Going into the game versus Colorado, I was a bit worried. Colorado is a much better team than their record would have you believe. They play an interesting four guard lineup and have a unique offense and defense. They present some interesting challenges for every team they play, and took Texas down to the wire at home last Saturday. There was every reason to expect that K-State would have a hard time with the buffs. Luckily, they didn’t.

Despite Richard Roby’s excellent night, and K-State’s sloppy play, the cats won the game in lop-sided fashion. Prior to the game, first-year head coach Frank Martin was concerned due to a serious lack of focus in the last few wildcat practices. Perhaps a sign of Frank Martin’s hard-nosed style, Frank told the team after the win that they got lucky, the game should have been a loss.

This game could have been a loss easily…without Michael Beasley and Bill Walker. These two freshman are proving why they are the best in the country. The Beaz was in top form in the second half, scoring 26 of his 29 points and grabbing 10 of his 13 rebounds. Walker finished with numbers almost as impressive: 18 points, 8 rebounds. All of these numbers were pretty decent, considering both players were in foul trouble early and spent a abnormally long portion of the game on the bench.

Next up is Iowa State, which again presents some interesting problems. The cyclones have been playing improved basketball of late and are not to be taken lightly. It will be an interesting game and if the cats come out on top, they will be neck and neck with KU for the top spot in the conference.

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