In the final days of Black History Month, in the city that gave us Martin Luther King Jr., we, African-Americans, surrendered yet another acre of the moral high ground as it pertains to racial equality. Channeling our inner Glenn Beck, we bitched and moaned last week so loudly about the results of a national step-show competition won by an all-white sorority that we provoked Coca-Cola/Sprite to retroactively name a black co-winner.

MANHATTAN, Kan. | Given unexpected life in the Big 12 title race earlier in the afternoon, Frank Martin’s Kansas State Wildcats responded with a first-half offensive output that brought back memories of Tom Asbury. The sixth-ranked Wildcats clanked 16 straight shots, finished the opening 20 minutes six of 32 from the field and — shockingly — tied with the Missouri Tigers.

MANHATTAN, Kan. | Given unexpected life in the Big 12 title race earlier in the afternoon, Frank Martin’s Kansas State Wildcats responded Saturday night with a first-half offensive output that brought back memories of Tom Asbury. The sixth-ranked Cats clanked 18 straight shots, finished the opening 20 minutes six of 32 from the field and — shockingly — tied at 23 with the Missouri Tigers.