Man, things are getting rough in Manhattan. On Saturday, Seton Hall rolled into Bramlage Coliseum and left with a 78‑67 win over Kansas State. The Wildcats shot 37% from the field, 20% from three, hit only 15-of-35 free throws, and turned the ball over 16 times. The Pirates turned those miscues into 22 points. Control vanished. Effort fizzled. The result? Another ugly loss under Jerome Tang’s watch.
The win streak for Kansas State? It doesn’t exist anymore. The skid is now four games and counting. This program that once walked into 2025 with some optimism now looks rattled, soft, and lost.
What’s worse is this isn’t a weird one‑off. It’s a pattern. Both the 2023-24 team and the 2024-25 team looked awful, and what’s crazy is just a few seasons ago, this same coach had taken the Wildcats to an Elite Eight run, earned Big 12 Coach of the Year and Naismith National Coach of the Year honors. That feels like a lifetime ago.
What’s happened since feels like decay. The wins have dried up. The energy’s gone. The offense looks sloppy and stunted, the defense passive. Players execute plays like they’ve got one foot out the door. Tang’s message, once fresh, looks stale now.
And yeah, that sideline moment from Holloway, “These motherf****** soft. SOFT.” It cut deep, but it also speaks a truth a lot of folks in Manhattan have known for a minute. This isn’t just a bad loss. It might as well be a mirror.
For Kansas State fans, this season started with hope that Tang’s system could rebuild the program. Now you’ve got hunger coming from visitors, not the home crowd. You’ve got turnovers, bad communication, and limp effort. You’ve got a coach trying to patch a leaky roof with duct tape while the storms keep coming.
There’s still time for a turnaround, always is. But right now, this feels less like a rebound and more like a downward spiral. At the moment, Tang’s window doesn’t look half‑open. It looks wide shut.
