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'These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform.' Jerome Tang rips K-State players
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Kansas State basketball fans wore brown paper bags over their heads at Wednesday's game versus Cincinnati, though it may have been the players who wanted to hide after coach Jerome Tang's postgame tirade.
Tang ripped his team following the Wildcats' 91-62 home loss to Cincinnati — a third straight home loss by 24 or more points and fifth straight loss overall.
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"This was embarrassing," Tang said. "These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform, and there will be very few of them in it next year. I'm embarrassed for the university, I'm embarrassed for our fans, and our student section. It's just ridiculous.
"We have practice at 6 a.m. tomorrow. I have no answers or no words. Y'all got two questions, so whoever wants to ask two questions, I'll answer 'em to the best of my ability right now. But right now, I'm pissed."
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The Wildcats (10-14, 1-10 Big 12) allowed 16 Cincinnati 3-pointers, second-most ever by a K-State opponent. The team's lack of effort was highlighted by a failed block out on a missed free throw allowing a Bearcats player get the rebound and dunk.
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About 20 Kansas State students wore paper bags over their heads with messages pleading for someone to pay Tang's $18.6 million buyout . Fans booed the Wildcats during a first-half timeout when they were down by 22 at the under-eight timeout.
"These dudes have to have some pride, man," Tang said. "It means something to wear a K-State uniform. It means something to put on this purple, man. Our university's all about that, and it's why I love this place, man. They don't love this place, so they don't deserve to be here."
The next question was about the paper bags and the booing.
"I'd wear a paper bag, too, if I was them," Tang said as he got up and walked away.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang rips players after Cincinnati loss
