Two in-state rivals in dire need of a bounce-back victory will meet Saturday on CBS as No. 9 Kansas plays host to Kansas State in the first of two meetings between the in-state fo

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Monday's Coretta Scott King Classic will provide Texas with a top-10 test and a national spotlight since Fox is airing the games.

The Jayhawks led by as many as 16 on Saturday, never trailing in an 84-74 win over the Wildcats. From the time it was 20-4 until the final buzzer, the No. 9 Jayhawks played cool, calm and collected, answering each K-State run with timely buckets.

Allen Fieldhouse remains a place of horrors for the Kansas State men’s basketball team. The Wildcats haven’t won a road game against Kansas since 2006, and that didn’t change on Saturday when the Jayhawks defeated their rivals 84-74 in front of a sellout crowd.

The Kansas Jayhawks got back on track Saturday with a solid 84-74 victory over their archrival Kansas State. In a game they badly needed, the Jayhawks delivered with one of their most balanced performances in weeks.