Coverage from K-State basketball's 3-game losing streak

Jerome Tang's frustration is growing after K-State's basketball's third straight defeat. He ripped the team's effort following the most recent loss, which came at home to Bowling Green.

What's been the problem for the Wildcats? Against Nebraska, Kansas State couldn't close out a tight game. Then the Wildcats lost by a greater margin on the road at Indiana.

For that, Monday's defeat, a home loss as a double-digit favorite, seemed to spark the biggest response from the K-State head coach. Tang vows to address the team's issues to improve K-State's competitiveness moving forward.

Kansas State guard PJ Haggerty goes up for a shot against the Bowling Green Falcons on Dec. 1, 2025. By Taylor Watkins

NO. 1: K-STATE BASKETBALL FALLS AT HOME TO BOWLING GREEN FOR 3RD STRAIGHT LOSS: TAKEAWAYS

Any optimism that the Kansas State men’s basketball team gave its fans by starting the season with five straight victories has disappeared. | Published December 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kellis Robinett

Kansas State coach Jerome Tang talks to his team during a timeout on Nov. 17, 2025, in Manhattan. By Travis Heying

NO. 2: WHY JEROME TANG RIPPED TEAM’S EFFORT LEVEL AFTER K-STATE LOST TO BOWLING GREEN

Jerome Tang didn’t make any excuses after the Kansas State men’s basketball team suffered what some will consider the most embarrassing loss of his tenure Monday at Bramlage Coliseum. | Published December 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kellis Robinett

David Castillo #10 of the Kansas State Wildcats dribbles the ball while being guarded by Lamar Wilkerson #3 of the Indiana Hoosiers in the first half at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on November 25, 2025 in Bloomington, Indiana. By Dylan Buell

NO. 3: TAKEAWAYS FROM KANSAS STATE’S ROAD BASKETBALL LOSS AGAINST THE INDIANA HOOSIERS

Jerome Tang wanted to challenge the Kansas State men’s basketball team in its first true road game of the season, so he scheduled a trip to historic Assembly Hall for a matchup with Indiana. | Published November 26, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kellis Robinett

K-State’s Abdi Bashir shoots a 3-pointer against Nebraska during a Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 men’s basketball game at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Wildcats and Cornhuskers played in the final contest of the annual Hall of Fame Classic tournament. By Gabriella Whisler

NO. 4: ‘IT CAME DOWN TO ONE PLAY’: TAKEAWAYS FROM K-STATE’S BASKETBALL LOSS TO NEBRASKA

Nebraska’s 86-85 victory over Kansas State in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Classic on Friday night was so loud and exciting that Huskers basketball coach Fred Hoiberg said the atmosphere inside T-Mobile Center reminded him of the old Big 12 Tournament. | Published November 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kellis Robinett

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