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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-21-2014, 02:16 PM:

I hope we make him eat his words and run them into the ground.

Did Big 12 play prepare Kansas State to play a team with Kentucky’s size, talent and athleticism? Kansas State coach Bruce Weber says yes.

“I would not have predicted our league to have the strength and balance that we had. It surprised even a lot of coaches. I think we caught the nation by surprise and all of a sudden at Christmas somebody says Big 12 is No. 1 R.P.I. and we’re almost finished with all the nonconference and the No. 1 schedule rating too thrown in,” Weber said.

“And I don’t think the national media like still believed it. I was on interviews with people like, Did you know this? Yeah, I know this. And it’s really, really good. So even Texas Tech, how Tubby (Smith) ‑‑ at the end of the year they could have competed with anyone in the country. If he would have got those guys a little earlier and got them going. So nine games every‑‑it was really, really tough and there are so many different styles.

“We have to face the size and athleticism of Kansas, the size of Texas, Oklahoma gave us a little bit of the dribble drive. And same with Iowa State

“We played some good people, nonconference, Gonzaga, George Washington, Mississippi, from the SEC. I think it prepared us, we’ll see tomorrow night. I know our guys won’t be scared and that’s an important thing.”

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