They stood in a hallway underneath the bleachers and around the corner from the court where they had just rewritten the Big 12 race. This was the most important game of the week, and everyone knew it, and the whole thing flipped because of the two men in this hallway.
“We hit how many?” Lindell Wigginton asked.
The Iowa State guard heard the answer, about the three-pointers he and one teammate hit, and popped his eyes.
“Eleven? For real?”
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If Kansas State is unable to keep a two-game lead at the turn of the Big 12 race, this is the moment that will be remembered — a 78-64 loss to Iowa State at home on a Saturday afternoon when seemingly everything went against the Wildcats.