K-State basketball team dealing with travel issues as winter storm hits Manhattan
The Kansas State men’s basketball team usually travels straight home to Manhattan after road games, and it typically does so in style via a chartered flight.
But that wasn’t possible following a 63-62 loss against the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth. The Wildcats had to alter their travel plans because of the winter storm that has descended upon the Flint Hills and much of the Midwest.
K-State coach Jerome Tang said flying home on Saturday night was not possible, so the Wildcats planned to spend some time in the DFW metroplex while waiting for the weather to improve in Manhattan.
“We’re not sure,” Tang said of when K-State will travel home. “They just knew it wasn’t safe to fly back tonight. Maybe tomorrow evening we can fly back. I don’t know if that’s smart or not. So we will figure that out when we get back to the hotel.”
K-State has a few options.
The Wildcats will play their next game on Tuesday against Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena. If K-State can’t fly home on Sunday evening or Monday morning, it might make sense for the team to go straight from Fort Worth to Stillwater, Oklahoma via bus.
But snow is expected to stop falling in Manhattan on Sunday. If the weather clears up, the Wildcats may have enough to time to travel home and get some rest before returning to the road.
As of Saturday evening, however, K-State was stranded. And the Wildcats were just trying to make the best of the situation.
“We don’t get to travel back right now,” Tang said. “So we’re going to take care of our bodies and get some food and get some rest and start our scout on Oklahoma State.”
This story was originally published January 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM with the headline "K-State basketball team dealing with travel issues as winter storm hits Manhattan."