Would Kansas State be able to cover an 18-point spread? That was the only real question when the Wildcats traveled to Lawrence to face No. 23 Kansas Tuesday night.
Let’s be clear, if the front of their jerseys had a different name on them the Jayhawks would be unranked and their record streak of weeks in the AP Top 25 poll would be already over (it was 221 last November, so someone else can do the match to figure out what it is now). But even as the team that smoked KU over the weekend collapsed in an embarrassing loss to Ole Miss, these Jayhawks were good enough to put away Kansas State 74-51 for their 200th win in the Sunflower Showdown.