One by one, Kansas State players sauntered onto midcourt on Monday night. Rodney McGruder was the last one to take the floor, and under the spotlight, the senior first-team All-Big 12 selection carried a little something shiny high above his head in a darkened Bramlage Coliseum. Less than 48 hours after No. 11 K-State incurred a spectrum of emotion, the Wildcats surfaced wearing smiles the size of the Flint Hills. Armed with the program's winningest regular season in history, K-State hoisted its first league championship trophy in 36 years.

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