Kansas State senior linebacker Arthur Brown is one of 42 defensive players nationally and seven from the Big 12 Conference to be named to the 2012 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List. In his first season in a Wildcat uniform, Brown was named the Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year after collecting a team-high 101 [...]
Kansas State head football coach Bill Snyder has announced that quarterback Collin Klein, linebacker Arthur Brown, center B.J. Finney and defensive back Ty Zimmerman have been named team captains for the 2012 season. Klein and Brown, both seniors, will serve as captains for the second straight year, while Finney, a sophomore, and Zimmerman, a junior, [...]
K-State Athletics and the Wildcat football program will host numerous events the weekend of April 27-28, culminating with the 1:10 p.m. Purple/White spring football game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday. The 28th annual Powercat Golf Tournament at Colbert Hills Golf Course will kick off the weekend on Friday with a shotgun start at [...]
K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber named the first member of his coaching staff on Thursday, as former Southern Illinois head coach Chris Lowery was selected as an assistant coach. Lowery’s specific title and duties will be assigned at a later date, as Weber completes his initial staff. Lowery’s contract details are still being finalized, [...]
Prepare for “The Stare” at South Carolina games next season. The Gamecocks hired fiery Frank Martin from Kansas State to re-energize a program that had dropped to the bottom of the Southeastern Conference. Martin spoke for nearly an hour in front of several hundred fans, media and South Carolina administrators. Afterwards, he was asked to [...]
Kansas State athletic director John Currie admitted to having some differences with coach Frank Martin over the years. The two men didn’t always see eye to eye. One thing they agreed on Tuesday: There was no rift in their relationship. “John has been great,” Martin said during a conference call shortly after being introduced as [...]
Frank Martin has agreed to become South Carolina’s next men’s basketball coach, said people familiar with the decision say The people spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the school had not announced the hiring. The university’s board of trustees is scheduled to meet Tuesday morning to discuss a contract matter. [...]
It had been a while since Syracuse played like the team that spent all season ranked in the top five. During the second half Saturday, the top-seeded Orange looked like that group and maybe even better, pulling away to a 75-59 victory over eighth-seeded Kansas State in the third round of the East Regional. “The [...]
Frank Martin watched freshman point guard Angel Rodriguez flub his way through the first half against Southern Miss Thursday and tried to keep his sanity. At one point, the always animated Martin feared Rodriguez and his fellow freshmen were “going to make me cry on national TV.” Tears of joy, maybe. Rodriguez overcame his early [...]
Kansas State men’s basketball team was rewarded for their successful 2011-12 season on Sunday night, as the Wildcats earned their 26th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and their fourth in the last five seasons by receiving an at-large bid to the tournament. Kansas State (21-10, 10-8 Big 12) was selected as a No. 8 seed [...]