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K-State looks to validate Big 12 road success with rare Sunflower Showdown win at KU

Given its recent success in Big 12 road games, a Monday trip to Allen Fieldhouse shouldn’t scare anyone associated with the Kansas State basketball team.

But history can be a hard thing to overcome and the Wildcats haven’t beaten the Kansas Jayhawks on the road since 2006, when Jim Wooldridge was coach, so they aren’t exactly oozing confidence as they prepare for another Sunflower Showdown in Lawrence.

“We had chances the last two years and we played at a high level (at KU),” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “The crazy thing is they came here and just kind of took it to us.