To take away like K-State falls in Utah, 74-69

The chances of the NCAA Tournament of Kansas State Mens Basketball were imposed on Monday in Life Support while the Wildcats fell in Utah, 74-69.

Dug McDaniel Had a chance to link the match with 31 seconds to play, but his lay-up was missed, effectively putting the chances of the Wildcats during a victory to come in the last minute of action.

Brendan Hauser led the Wildcats with 17 out of five points made three points. Max Jones And Dug McDaniel were the only two other Wildcats in two digits, marking 13 points each.

After winning six consecutive games, the Wildcats abandoned their two games during the road trip Utah. The two defeats exercised the chances of the K-State NCAA tournament in the balance, because the Wildcats may need to win their last five games to win a large-game offer.

The Wildcats will be back in action this weekend when they welcome Arizona State at home Sunday afternoon.

In the meantime, here are three points to remember from the defeat of K-State against Utah on Monday evening.

At home, K-State seems to have no problem beating teams. They come out hot, supported the tracks and find ways to remove victories, even if they sometimes seem unlikely. However, on the road, it is an entirely different story.

Including last season, the Wildcats have a 4-17 sheet on the road, most of which came to non-conference matches. The only victories of the Wildcats road conference this season took place during their sequence of six consecutive victories, where they beat Arizona State and Iowa State.

The road struggles of this magnitude are unacceptable. It’s one thing to fight on the road; This is another to look like a high school basketball team to expand at Coliseum Brand.

For the most part, the identification of the problems on the road is difficult because it seems to be a different problem with each game. Wildcats started hot this evening, jumping in an advance of 7-2 before the offensive is frozen . Their attack was limited not existing for stretching, allowing Utah to advance to start the second half.

The end -of -game push to almost equalize the match was impressive, but playing catching up is impossible in the Big 12. The conference has too much talent to let other teams do long shopping before deciding to retaliate.

After an impressive section during the victories sequence, Coleman Hawkins was a different player in the last games.

And it’s not a good thing.

Hawkins has followed his disappointing performance against Byu with an even worse match against Utah. Hawkins finished with seven points and seven assists, but was largely ineffective and invisible limited for most of the second half.

Part of this was due to an early problem – Hawkins flirted by dirtying for most of the half -time – but the transfer of the Illinois was not sufficiently asserted on each side of the ball.

The zero -reported figure which was given to him in the transfer portal amplifies Hawkins’ difficulties, but the truth is that this level of performance is not good enough for a team to the state of K was based on Him to make games.

If his shot does not fall, Hawkins must find other ways to get involved. Whether by being a defensive ace or by creating games for his opponents, the Wildcats need him to make games because the Wildcats have built this to play through him, good and bad.

K-State will need the best version of Hawkins in the last five games if they want to have a chance to enter Kansas City with a general offer possible. It is time for him to intensify and find ways to win the Wildcats games.

Each time a basketball team is exceeded from 51 to 28 and 21 to 6 on offensive glass, they will lose the match.

Tonight, K-State did this. And, without surprise, they lost.

While UTAH is one of the highest university basketball teams, the lack of effort from K-State in rebound was inexcusable. There was too much stretching during the match, especially in the second period, where K-State failed to obtain a body on painting players, allowing easy offensive rebounds and second chance points.

The Utes finished with 14 second chance points. Although it is a reasonably tiny amount, given the number of offensive rebounds seized, these easy points made the difference in a five -point match.

Utah center LEVERING LAWSON Dominated the Wildcats in this facet, entering ten rebounds – including six offensive rebounds – on the way to a 15 -point double -double. At 7 feet 1 inch, the lover was the greatest player in the floor, but K-State could not find an answer for him. If it was UGMAN ANAW Or David N’GuessanThe Wildcats were not physical enough against amateurs and did not make him difficult.

The rebound was a problem all season, and it is particularly worrying given the approach of the Wildcats in the transfer portal.

Jerome Tang and her staff prioritize the length of this dead, adding Hawkins, Onyenso, Baye FallAnd Mobi Ikegwurukaamong others. Max Jones is also a solid rebounder as a guard, which should have helped the rebounded misfortunes.

Instead, the Wildcats have not found any way to bounce back this season. Luck could play a factor, but the rebound is largely something effort. The height helps, but good rebound teams know how to find work against their opponents.

This season, the Wildcats were exceeded 2.2 per game. Last season, K-State won the 2.7-game rebound battle. To tell the truth, this trend should not be surprising.

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