[Cracked Sidewalks] Kansas State Preview

[brewcity77]

Student reporter at K-State reporting Nijel Pack is out tonight.

https://twitter.com/landonian87/status/1468707234666496007?s=21

[BM1090]

Appreciate all the 4-1-1, brew.

Normally I'd say I don't care if we win by 1 or 21, but apparently winning close isn't good anymore, so I'm hoping your rout prediction is right.

I agree with Muggs, JB and others who say this feels like an important game to win.

And it won't bother me one iota if their stud doesn't play. I rather
liked that Illinois' stud didn't play!

We're underdogs tonight, so any win would be beneficial.

Larger margin would obviously be better.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Fouls, we're great at drawing them and K-state is great at committing them. With Pack out, they basically have 7 players...and 2 warm bodies to backup Ezeagu at the 5. They have three players who exclusively play the 5 and six who cover positions 1-4 with Massoud occasionally playing out of position at the 5 and Smith out of position at the 4. My observation has been that Massoud and Smith don't play well when forced into their out of position roles. Wear Ezeagu out or get him to pick up some early fouls and Weber is left with a tough choice between playing a stiff at the 5 or playing two of his best players out of position (Massoud is the only true 4 on the roster).

Morsell going off would be nice, but would rather see him locked in on defense (both is preferred of course). If he shut down Markus in Orlando, he should be able to shut down Nowell in Kansas. If Nowell is shut down, hard to see where their points will come from.

[panda]

My guess is he plays. He's been retweeting/liking posts about tonight's game.

It appears that even while still in concussion protocol, one can still press buttons on their phones.

[mubb3434]

Student reporter at K-State reporting Nijel Pack is out tonight.

https://twitter.com/landonian87/status/1468707234666496007?s=21

Pack has shot 48% on 37 attempts from 3 this year (leads the team). Shot 42% last year on 143 attempts. He also leads KSU in minutes and points per game. This is a big loss for KSU.