97.1 The Ticket -- Rivalry games can be intense. We all know that.
But things got really, really ugly Tuesday night at Phog Allen Fieldhouse as the Kansas-Kansas State game drew to a close.
With the game firmly in-hand, Kansas was dribbling out the clock when K-State guard DaJuan Gordon stole the ball from Silvio De Sousa just past midcourt. As Gordon went to put in a layup at the final buzzer, De Sousa emphatically swatted his shot away and clearly had some words for Gordon, who wound up on the ground.
Then all hell broke loose.
Benches emptied at the end of the Kansas State-Kansas game. pic.twitter.com/zWv46h3RJC
— ESPN (@espn) January 22, 2020Benches cleared, punches were thrown, and De Sousa was even seen raising a stool over his head, though he did not hit anyone with it. The madness unfolded among fans who were seated on the floor.
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, 2020A fight broke out to close out the Sunflower Showdown. Punches were flying, and Silvio De Sousa is seen picking up a chair. pic.twitter.com/4eQD4Jsd4A
— Mitchel Summers (@WIBWMitchel) January 22, 2020This is the image that you should never see in a college basketball game, no matter what happened before it. Brutal. Serious punishments likely to follow. Photo by @nickkrug #KUbball pic.twitter.com/FC6FAwkwzZ
— Matt Tait (@mctait) January 22, 2020De Sousa was seen exchanging shoves, and possibly punches with a man in white pants and a black shirt that is believed to have come off the Kansas State bench.
Complete chaos at the end of the Kansas State-Kansas game.(via @riley_gates) pic.twitter.com/dOU9IwzC2e
— RADIO.COM Sports (@RDCSports) January 22, 2020The Big 12 and NCAA will have a lot of investigating to do, but there will surely be plenty of fallout from this incident, with several suspensions probably on the way.
No. 3 Kansas won the game 81-60 to improve to 5-1 in conference play.
