Excitement Building In Some Quarters, But Colorado Sleeps

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Beating Nebraska over the weekend has put Kansas State in the mood to think about an NCAA bid in coach Bob Huggins' first year. <br/><br/>The 68-45 win kept them only one game

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 7:55 pm

By: News On 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Beating Nebraska over the weekend has put Kansas State in the mood to think about an NCAA bid in coach Bob Huggins' first year.

The 68-45 win kept them only one game away from Kansas, Texas A&m and Texas for the conference lead.

The #8 Jayhawks toyed with Colorado for a while before dispatching the outmanned Buffaloes 97-74 for the 35th time in 36 meetings.

Super freshman Durant scored 34 points to help Texas take out pesky Baylor 84-79. Sixth ranked Texas A&M overcame coach Billy Gillispie's technical foul to beat Oklahoma 70-61.

Making it a clean sweep for the home teams was Number 13 Oklahoma State, rallying from an early deficit to beat Iowa State 62-to-50.