Kansas State basketball vs Kansas: score prediction, screening report for sunflower revenge

Manhattan-Basketball of the state of Kansas has overturned its fortunes late in the past two weeks, but can wildcats maintain this success against their archival?

This is the big question for the Wildcats (11-11, 5-6 Big 12), who return to their homes consecutive road victories who seek to extend a better sequence of victories of four games when Kansas n ° 17 ( 16-6, 7-4) Visit Bramlage Coliseum at 1 p.m. Saturday for part II of the Sunflower force test.

Ku won the first meeting, 84-74, January 18 in Lawrence.

The reversal of the Wildcats began with decisive home victories against Virginia-Western (73-60) and Oklahoma State (85-57) and was transported last Saturday to the state of Iowa, when they ended a sequence of losses of 15 games by exploding the Iowa State, 80-61, at the Hilton Coliseum. They then continued Tuesday evening with a narrow escape of 71-70 on Arizona State.

By ahead of Arizona State, the Wildcats returned to 0.500 for the first time since the sliding at 7-7 with a defeat of January 7 at Oklahoma State.

Here are three things to know, plus a prediction, for the match on Saturday.

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Bramlage was a refuge against Ku

While K-State is still looking for his first victory at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence since 2006, the Wildcats have behaved better at home against Kansas, including consecutive decisions in overtime in the last two years.

The third year coach of the state K Jerome Tang is 2-0 against the Jayhawks at the Coliseum Bramlage after the Wildcats prevailed, 75-70, last year and 83-82 in 2023. In fact, a Victory on Saturday would make Tang the first coach of Wildcat to win his first three home games against Ku since Jack Gardner did in 1947-49.

A sequence of three home games against Ku was elusive. The last time the Wildcats did, it was 1981-1983, when they won four in a row since they played twice at Ahearn Field House in 1982.

A more in -depth look at the Kansas Jayhawks

Kansas had a season from top to bottom compared to its standards, but the Jayhawks had nowhere to go but as a team n ° 1 in the two main pre-season polls.

The Jayhawks are currently n ° 17 in the USA Today and N ° 16 coaches survey by the Associated Press, their lowest ranking this season after having separated their last four games. They come out of a decisive victory of 69-52 at home on Monday against the state of Iowa, but before that, they made a big lead in a loss of road against Baylor.

The pre-season player Big 12 of the year, the hunter Dickinson, leads the Jayhawks by scoring with 16.3 points per match and bouncing at 9.6, while the transfer of state of the southern Dakota and the Native of Lawrence Zeke Mayo add 15.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists. The leader Dajuan Harris, a choice of pre-team of all the conferences, has an average of 9.9 points and 5.5 assists.

K-State can establish a new Big 12 victories standard

The Kansas State is far from being equaled to its global record for the first two years of the era of the training of Jerome Tang. At 11-11, the Wildcats still have work to do before they can even think of an invitation from tournament in playoffs.

But thanks to their current sequence of four consecutive victories, the Wildcats have a chance against Ku to accomplish something that none of the previous teams of Tang could, namely five consecutive conference games.

The K-State 2022-23 team, which finished 26-10 in total, 11-7 in the Big 12 and qualified for the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, produced a pair of sequences of sequences Victories of four games, while last year’s Wildcats (19-15, 8-10) has never won more than two games.

Prediction: Kansas State 75, Kansas 72

A month ago, K-State Ku at home for a third consecutive year would have been unthinkable. But suddenly, the Wildcats play with balance and confidence and are faced with a team from Jayhawk who, although one of the best in the league is also vulnerable.

Arne Green is based in Salina and covers the sports of Kansas State University for the Gannett network. It can be reached at granted@gannett.com or on x (formerly twitter) at @arnegreen.

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas State Basketball vs Kansas: Scouting report, prediction