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As Kansas State's Sweet 16-clinching win over BYU came to a close at the Ford Center on Saturday night, the Wildcats celebrated in every direction.
A large group of players danced off the court and shook hands with fans on their way through the tunnel. Jacob Pullen waved to a group of K-Staters chanting his name. And when coach Frank Martin was given a standing ovation, he applauded right back.
For the first time in 22 years, K-State was headed to the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, and there was no hiding the euphoria.
"K-State basketball is back on the map," said Dominique Sutton.
"This is something I've dreamed of since I started
playing basketball," added Luis Colon.
The Wildcats had reason to be excited, and they continued celebrating until a police escort helped them board the team bus.
The extended party was their way of living up the moment. With other, more important goals still within reach, they knew it was their only chance to do so.
"As good as this feels," senior guard Chris Merriewether said, "we won't think about it too much longer. We'll stay happy and feel good about ourselves through the end of the night, but then it's right back to work. We've got more games ahead of us."
Several more if Wally Judge has his way.
Since the NCAA Tournament began, the freshman forward has said nothing of the Sweet 16. Sure, it's a good achievement and all, but that's just a stop along the way to K-State's ultimate prize: a trip to Indianapolis for the Final Four.
"I'm hungry for more," Judge said. "I'm pretty sure all my teammates are, too. We want to keep playing."
The journey for No. 2-seed K-State continues at 8:37 p.m. Thursday at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City against No. 6-seed Xavier, a team the Wildcats defeated 71-56 on Dec. 8 at Bramlage Coliseum.
With the journey on his mind, Martin found it difficult to answer a question about what making it through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament meant to him. He said he would need time to come up with an answer.
"When the season is over, whenever these kids get me off this ride, whenever it ends, I'll separate from the whole deal," Martin said. "Then I'm sure I'll enjoy the moment."
Curtis Kelly spoke the same way.
He doesn't think anyone on K-State's roster is satisfied by a pair of wins in the NCAA Tournament.
"We understand the job ain't done," Kelly said. "We've made it further than any K-State team has in a long time, and we're happy about that. But we want go even further. We've got lots of work coming next week, and we're going to get after it."
