After last night’s win over Baylor, Kansas State’s Jacob Pullen was asked about how special it was to get a third shot at Kansas in Saturday’s Big 12 Tournament championship. He responded with, “We just want to win the Big 12 Tournament,” conceding later that his team felt like they “lost the regular season title at Kansas,” but claimed that the Wildcats needed no added incentive to get pumped up for a Big 12 title game. We admire Mr. Pullen’s diplomacy, but this is the game just about everybody wanted — the two best teams in the best conference. Ridiculous rivals. National title contenders. Frank Martin predicted that this would be the best atmosphere of any college basketball game this season, and we think he’s right. Kansas has started slow in its two Big 12 Tournament games, taking a half to get warmed up. Kansas State has played Final Four-level basketball in their two games, and turned in one of the best performances by any team in any single game this year in their defeat of Baylor last night. Who’s ready for Sunflower Showdown III? We sure are, and we’re honored to be courtside for it with a championship edition of RTC Live. The game’s on at 6 PM ET on ESPN, and we hope you’ll check us out while you’re watching. See you there!