It’s finally here, the long-awaited rematch with the Butler Bulldogs. The team that lucked into playing a tired Kansas State team in 2010, knocking one of K-State’s best teams out of the NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight.
Of course the vestiges of both of those teams are long gone. Both programs have gone through a couple coaches since then, fortunes have changed, and now we are back together in 2022 for a rematch that has lost most of it’s fire. That said, not everything is gone, as Curtis Kelly, a starting forward for K-State in 2010, is on Jerome Tang’s staff as a grad assistant.