After a dismal start to the season, no team in the conference has won more consecutive games than the one that wears lavender uniforms. This might have been the hardest game to date for K-State.

Kansas State barged its way into this column like a lavender-colored Kool-Aid Man thanks to Top 25 wins at home over Kansas and Arizona, a stunning turn for a team that seemed dead and buried ...

Kansas State blitzed No. 3 Iowa State 80-61 in Ames ... a 3-point basket to make the score 58-39 Cats. Just like that, the lavender-clad visitors had a 19-point lead in one of the toughest arenas ...