The reality of the situation sits there, weighing heavily on everyone who realizes it.
With a victory tonight in Lawrence, K-State would clinch — at worst — a tie with the Kansas Jayhawks. With three games remaining, a win tonight would leave K-State only needing a win, any win, to finally put an end to KU’s stranglehold on the Big 12 conference title. A win tonight, and what Kansas does no longer matters, although a KU loss would also be a fatal blow. A win tonight, and the Wildcat path to at least a share of the title, if not the outright possession of same, opens wide and clear.