Selton Miguel injured his ankle against Baylor in the first meeting against the Bears on January 25 and hasn't played since. He is getting a bit closer, though, as he practiced a little bit on Monday.

Bruce Weber shared that his foot and ankle still aren't there or perfect and they want to see how it responds since Miguel was pushing it Monday in practice. The hope is to have Miguel available to play by the end of the week.

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It still isn't out of the question for Kansas State to make the NCAA Tournament. The problem is that they have to be mostly perfect the rest of the way.

A win over Baylor, a top 10 team in the AP Poll and NET rankings, would go a long way for their tournament hopes. They are focused on grinding and fighting one game at a time and not worrying about the postseason, though, according to Weber.

K-State has lacked consistency for much of the year, and the goal is to find it down the home stretch.

A stat that probably hasn't been discussed enough is that Kansas State is undefeated this season (5-0) when Mike McGuirl scores in double figures.

To win big games, like Saturday, other players need to step up and make plays with efficiency and McGuirl has done so in some of the more significant wins this season. The 'super senior' had 10 at Wichita State, 10 in the win over Texas Tech, 13 versus Texas and 13 on Saturday against TCU.

Although he did not score in double figures or shoot well against Oklahoma State last week, he had a career-high in rebounds with 10 and added four assists as well.

Weber and McGuirl had a conversation two weeks ago where Weber intimated that McGuirl could have a pity party and feel bad for himself or he could rise to the occasion and do something about it.

Since that back-and-forth, McGuirl has stepped up and played well and the hope is that it continues.

Although they aren't playing their best basketball, Baylor is a very good team. The Bears are the only Big 12 team that currently ranks in the top 20 in both offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency in KenPom's ratings.

To Weber, that's what sets them apart from the other teams in the league. He pointed out that offensively, Kansas is really good, and defensively, Texas Tech is really good. But the Bears' efficiency on both ends of the court stands above.

With LJ Cryer missing the last three games with a foot injury and Adam Flagler missing a game last week with a knee injury, James Akinjo has been the lead guard for Baylor. He has been struggling without his running mates, however.

He only had eight points against Alabama, responded with 25 points against West Virginia last Monday and then was shut out by Kansas on Saturday.

Akinjo is tough to stop when he gets downhill and is more of a combo guard in that regard. The Bears screen a lot for him and Kansas State cannot give him any space off of a screen and need to stay connected to him so that he can't fire away with great looks.