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friday, march 4, 2022
PREVIEW: Big 12 Tournament seeding on the line on Senior Day LANDON REINHARDT sports editor
Kansas State men’s basketball (14-15, 6-11) has all but ruled itself out of the NCAA Tournament since going on a four-game losing streak that includes three games decided by two scores or less. This means that the only way to get into the big dance is winning the Big 12 tournament and securing an automatic bid.
While no seeding presents an easy route to the championship, a win against Oklahoma on Saturday would get the Wildcats out of an eight-versus-nine-seed play-in game that would have to face the No. 1 seed in the following round. With Oklahoma State’s suspension from this year’s post-season, the Big 12 will feature a nine-team bracket, with the opening round of
games looking like this: No. 1 vs. the winner of the No. 8/9 play-in game, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5. Getting out of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 game means K-State would only have to win three games for the automatic bid instead of four.
To read more, visit kstatecollegian.com
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