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SLATE: Big 12 Tournament starts tonight
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The BatCats won last night, but we’re going to look back, before looking forward, before looking back.
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A year ago, K-State marshalled its forces to beat TCU in the Big 12 Tournament, ending a trying season on a high note. Tonight at 5:30, the Wildcats will try to match that feat, but without the weirdness that was the first week of cancellations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the 25th annual Phillips 66 Big Twelve Championship K-State (4-14) is listed as the 9-seed, while TCU (5-11) is the 8. The teams split the regular season series, with each team managing to win the away game by a close margin. K-State has been a team on the rise, winning three of its past four games, while TCU has lost six of its past seven. The Frogs, at 12-13 overall, have won more than K-State (8-19), but this looks like the kind of even match-up it has been recently. This is the fourth con