By Tim Everson

The group, which had been tutored by the current Wildcat offensive line coach Brian Lepak up to last season, is now being led in his first year in Manhattan by Luke Wells, a former tight ends coach at Tulsa, Texas Tech, Utah State and Iowa State, and the brother of associate head coach and offensive coordinator Matt Wells.

“So far, it’s been great,” Luke Wells said. “We’ve had a lot of fun out there. This is a fun group to coach. These guys are excited to play every day. I love the culture of this football program, and we’ve got a bunch of tough kids that love playing football and love showing up to work. It’s a really good environment to be around.”

Wells got quite the present when he arrived in Manhattan. K-State’s tight end room may be the most veteran-laden and talented on the roster, and just turned in a season where they recorded 13 touchdowns as a whole, which led the nation. Those 13 scores were split up between the top four returners, led by junior Garrett Oakely who tied with sophomore wide receiver Jayce Brown for a team-high five touchdowns in 2024.

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All five Wildcat starters scored in double figures, including a season-high 20 points from junior Dug McDaniel, as Kansas State snapped No. 3/3 Iowa State’s 29-game home court winning streak with an 80-61 victory on Saturday afternoon before a sold-out crowd of 14,267 fans at Hilton Coliseum.

K-State (10-11, 4-6 Big 12) became the first sub .500 in AP poll history to win by 15 or more points on the road against an AP top 5 opponent.

The win was the first over a Top 5 team on the road since a 56-54 win at No. 2 Baylor on Feb. 4, 2017. The 19-point margin is the largest-ever on a Top 5 team on the road. It is the first over Top 5 victory since a 75-70 overtime win over No. 4 Kansas at home on Feb. 5, 2024.

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By Tim Everson

One would be hard-pressed to find a regular-season victory sweeter than Kansas State’s 80-61 win at No. 3 Iowa State on Saturday.

It gave the Wildcats a win over a top-five team in one of the hardest places to win in the country. It also gave K-State its first three-game winning streak of the season. But perhaps most importantly, the Wildcats snapped a 15-game road losing streak that stretches back to January of 2024.

“Obviously, it’s huge,” head coach Jerome Tang said. “(Iowa State) is a great team, I think they are a team that can win a national championship with the pieces they have and when they’re fully healthy. So to win on the road, it was a challenge. We haven’t won a road game in a while, and I took it personally as a coach. I was thankful I had a team that took it personally also, and gave us this opportunity today.”

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K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.

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K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.

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Jeff Mittie

Taryn Sides, Serena Sundell & Zy Walker

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K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.

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Jeff Mittie

Taryn Sides, Serena Sundell & Zy Walker

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