K-State gets back to work against Abilene Christian

Despite a major accomplishment that happened on the football field, and the ensuing celebration, it would have been easy to forget that a basketball game as also played last Saturday. Though it helps that the opponent was fellow in-state program Wichita State, and at 7-1, Kansas State is off to it’s best start since 2017-18...the season that ended in the Elite Eight.

These Wildcats probably wont make it that far, but the way the non-conference portion of the schedule it set-up, it’s likely that these Cats can get to Big 12 play with just the one loss, which would be far more reminiscent of the 2016-17 squad that entered Big 12 play at 11-1 before struggling in conference play, but still…