College basketball teams lose more often than not when they give up 76 points. Their chances are even worse when they only score 50. Do both on the same night—as Kansas State (5-10, 1-6 Big 12) did against the Oklahoma Sooners (8-4,4-3) Tuesday evening, and you get run out of the arena by a 76-50 score.
The frustrating thing is, for a period of about five minutes the Wildcats showed what they could be—running crisp offense, playing solid defense and taking care of the ball to turn a 15-12 deficit into a 22-17 K-State advantage with just over six minutes to play in the first half.