Bruce Weber can’t close out games. Kansas State will miss key free throws. There’s no go-to guy. The ‘Cats can’t come up with the big stop. So went the narrative over the past few seasons. But at least for now, none of that seems to be true.
Since the beginning of January — therefore not even including the improbable late comeback vs. lowly Washington State in Spokane — Kansas State is 5-1 in games when neither team led by more than five points with 5:00 left. Sure, the ‘Cats only erased a deficit once, and that was the two-point Texas lead on Wednesday, but it still says something K-State always held on and usually pulled away against solid opponents.