Jacob Pullen blasts K-State basketball after ‘embarrassing’ loss to Iowa State
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- Jacob Pullen criticized K-State after a 95-61 home loss to Iowa State.
- Loss marked team’s worst margin under Jerome Tang and deepened Big 12 slide.
- Wildcats fell to 10-12 (1-8 Big 12), losing past two home games by a combined 59.
Kansas State’s all-time leading scorer was not happy after his alma mater lost a home game to Iowa State 95-61 on Sunday at Bramlage Coliseum.
Jacob Pullen voiced his displeasure on social media, calling the defeat “embarrassing” to watch.
“Embarrassing to say the least,” Pullen wrote on X. “The effort, the energy, the defense and the offense. I never thought I’d see the day where Iowa State beat us by (34) at home. I think (I) lost once in my career to them.”
It was an ugly loss for the Wildcats, no doubt.
It was the most lopsided defeat they have suffered in four seasons under head coach Jerome Tang. It was also the third-biggest loss ever for K-State at the Octagon of Doom.
Afterward, Tang surprisingly said he was not disappointed by the margin of defeat. If anything, he was proud of his players for not quitting against a top-10 opponent.
Things seem to keep getting worse for the Wildcats (10-12, 1-8 Big 12) this season. Not only are they in last place of the conference standings at the midway point of the Big 12 schedule, but they have lost their past two home games by a combined 59 points against their biggest rivals — Kansas and Iowa State.
Pullen never experienced anything like that when he scored a program record 2,132 points during his time with the Wildcats. From 2007 to 2011, he guided K-State to the NCAA Tournament three times, making it as far as the Elite Eight in 2010.
K-State went 7-1 against Iowa State with Pullen on the roster. The lone loss came in overtime when he was a junior.
This story was originally published February 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM with the headline "Jacob Pullen blasts K-State basketball after ‘embarrassing’ loss to Iowa State."