Kansas State and Kansas are heated rivals but they took things to a whole new ugly level Tuesday night, which is going to likely lead to some massive punishments coming up.
The two teams got into a huge brawl right as the game – which Kansas won 81-59 – ended, with both benches rushing out to get involved.
The brawl spilled into the crowd behind the basket and saw coaches and assistant coaches jumping in to try to break things up.
But this thing got UGLY.
First, here’s the broadcast shot from overhead that shows you how this whole thing went down. It started with some taunting after a blocked shot at the buzzer after Kansas State tried to sneak in a layup:
Ugly fight erupts at the end of the Kansas State-Kansas game.
(via @espn)pic.twitter.com/OwonUsHVVF
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 22, 2020
Here’s another angle from inside the madness:
K-State and KU just got into a FULL BLOWN BRAWL 😳pic.twitter.com/YjyDeNVC8D
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 22, 2020
That is not good at all. It looked like assistant coaches were diving at guys to try to stop things.
Oh, and Kansas’ Silvio De Sousa almost used a chair on someone:
Kansas’ Silvio De Sousa went full WWE and picked up a chair amid a huge brawl between Kansas and Kansas State. pic.twitter.com/flC5NDPRfd
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 22, 2020
What made things even more amazing is that the refs let K-State shoot technical free throws after the fight because… why not?
https://twitter.com/Adoughty88/status/1219803432946749440
Yeah, this is gonna lead to some punishments.