Kansas State football delightfully recreated men’s hoops Sweet 16 highlights with a mini basketball setup

We love to see it.

It’s always wonderful during the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments when others associated with the schools show up in some way to support the players trying to make a deep March Madness run. We see it in different forms all the time each March.

Kansas State football took that sentiment to another level.

Following the No. 3 Wildcats topping No. 7 Michigan State in a men’s Sweet 16 thriller on Thursday to advance to Saturday’s Elite Eight matchup against No. 9 Florida Atlantic, Kansas State football players celebrated the hoops victory in the best way.

With a mini basketball, a mini net and a “court” set up in the football locker room, they brilliantly recreated some of the stunning moments from the basketball team’s 98-93 overtime Sweet 16 victory.

And they hit the major highlights, including, of course, Wildcats guard Markquis Nowell’s unbelievable shot while falling on a hobbled ankle, one of forward Ismael Massoud’s several deep 3-pointers and Nowell arguing with coach Jerome Tang before connecting with forward Keyontae Johnson for a jaw-dropping reverse alley-oop.

It’s so great to see this kind of support from the Kansas State football team, which also had an impressive season with a Big 12 championship.

And Tang was among the many people on Twitter who loved this awesome recreation, including running back Deuce Vaughn playing Nowell.