Kansas And Kansas State Both Suffer Multiple Exhibition Losses Abroad

First-year coach Bruce Weber was ejected near the end of Kansas State’s 74-72 exhibition loss to Tijuca Club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday.

Five K-State players fouled out of the game, which featured 78 total free throws, 41 of which were attempted by the home team. The game officials also handed out four technical fouls, two of which went to Weber, who was ejected and escorted off the court after arguing a call with about six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

Kansas wrapped up its exhibition tour of Switzerland and France with a 79-60 beatdown at the hands of the AMW France Pro Team. This loss came just a day after the Jayhawks saw their 41-game exhibition winning streak come to an end with a 74-73 loss to the same team.

“If anything it tells us how hard we need to work because we’re not very good right now,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “I’m not sure anybody’s any good in early August, but we’re certainly not. Our veterans need to really step up. There’s no reason we should have lost back-to-back games.”

Kansas and Kansas State don’t agree on much, but thanks to a pair of overseas exhibition losses, divided households in The Sunflower State will now have some common conversations to share around the dinner table.

The defending national runners-up from KU defeated the Swiss national team by scores of 79-76 and 83-79 before falling to the mysterious AMW Team France, 74-73, on Saturday. The loss snapped Kansas’ 41-game exhibition winning streak, which dated back to 1995. “Oh, we’re not very good at all,” Kansas coach Bill Self said to reporters after the game. “We could improve on everything.”