MANHATTAN — Every day in practice, Kansas State basketball runs a drill called "Championship Points," where it practices late-game situations, specifically when the Wildcats are in need of a stop, a score and a stop.

Wildcats coach Jerome Tang tends to give his team a hard time , saying he doubted whether it could get it done in a real game. He repeated it over and over.

Late in Kansas State's matchup with Tulsa, the Wildcats needed to apply what they had practiced in the game. Down five with 46 seconds to go, they needed to do it at least three times.

"That's how you get a championship," Tang said.

Kansas State's last-minute rally to secure an 84-83 win over Tulsa on Monday, Nov. 17, wasn't necessarily for a championship, but rather it was a testament to the Wildcats' ability to o

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