According to college basketball statistician Bart Torvik, K-State has played like a top 25 team over its past five games. He has the Wildcats at No. 20 nationally during that time. K-State is starting to play much better on offense and its defense has also picked up at home.

For the second staight game, Kansas State basketball leads wire-to-wire and avenges earlier loss to Oklahoma State.

When Kansas State's basketball players asked coach Jerome Tang to simplify things, he listened, and it has paid off for the Wildcats.