Texas tips off Big 12 play at Kansas State

Scott Sewell-USA TODAY SportsThe Texas Longhorns get the Big 12 season started tonight with a trip to Manhattan, Kansas. A non-conference season featuring some highs and lows is now over, and conference games will come and go quickly.

The Texas Longhorns aren’t the only Big 12 team that had an up and down start to the season. Bruce Weber’s Kansas State squad has also struggled at times, and is now facing the start of Big 12 play with its best player (Dean Wade) sidelined with a foot injury.

The story on the Wildcats without Wade is pretty simple. This is the same team, and the same players, you have gotten familiar with over the past few seasons. Thus far, Kansas State’s offense has struggled…