Kansas State Fans Unleash On Jerome Tang After Arizona State Loss
It probably felt good for Kansas State coach Jerome Tang to finally hear fans stop calling for his job amid a six-game winning streak.
Now, they are back to criticizing him after three underwhelming conference defeats, including the latest to Arizona State.
"Markquis Nowell and Keyontae Johnson gave us one of the more memorable seasons in recent history at the cost of cursing us to being coached by Jerome Tang for eternity," one user tweeted. "I can't handle any more seasons with this guy at the helm. Apathy is gonna be BAD next year."
Markquis Nowell and Keyontae Johnson gave us one of the more memorable seasons in recent history at the cost of cursing us to being coached by Jerome Tang for eternity. I can't handle any more seasons with this guy at the helm. Apathy is gonna be BAD next year.
— kstate_MAN (@kstateman14) February 23, 2025
Going into the season, the standard was competing in the NCAA Tournament. However, these aspirations seemed dead after a 1-6 start in conference play. The season was revitalized with six consecutive victories, several over ranked opponents. A Tournament spot was still in question as Kansas State was the hottest team in college basketball.
The magic has run out. The BYU loss started the avalanche to regress the Wildcats back to their previous form.
Jerome Tang taking a timeout while down 14 with 40 seconds left is some real Bruce Weber type shit
— Schoon (@SchoonKC) February 23, 2025
Kansas State shot 19.2 percent from 3-point range against the Sun Devils, with guard Dug McDaniel having arguably his worst performance as a Wildcat.
Getting ran out of your own gym by Arizona State, the latest greatest embarrassment in the Jerome Tang era
— qǝlɐɔ (@EMAWCaleb) February 23, 2025
Tang didn't steer away from the critiques, taking full accountability for the loss Sunday afternoon.
"I wish I had given them a better game plan today," Tang said. "This wasn't on them, this was on me. I'll do better moving forward, I just didn't give them a game plan that gave them the best chance to win today."
Jayden Armant is a graduate of the Howard University School of Communications and a contributor to Kansas State Wildcats on SI. He can be reached at jaydenshome14@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @jaydenarmant.
Jayden is a journalism school graduate of Howard University. He was the 2024 recipient of the Terez Paylor scholarship award. He previously worked at the Orlando Sentinel.