Kansas vs. KSU: Score and Twitter Reaction for Wildcats' Upset Win

In college basketball, rivalry games can never be taken lightly—especially on the road. 

No. 8 Kansas was reminded of that Monday night as the Jayhawks went into Bramlage Coliseum and were upended by unranked Kansas State, 70-63. 

The University Daily Kansan provided a look at the chaotic court-storming following the game: 

Perhaps, though, it got a little too chaotic. As CollegeBasketballTalk's Rob Dauster showed, the postgame handshake between head coaches turned dangerous: 

C.J. Moore of Bleacher Report shared a Vine of a fan going after Kansas forward Jamari Traylor: 

ESPN.com shared an apology from the fan who attacked Traylor:

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Nathan Power, the fan who threw an elbow at Kansas forward Jamari Traylor as he was walking off the court after Kansas State's 70-63 victory Monday night, apologized Tuesday in a "letter to the editor" that the KSU school newspaper, The Collegian, posted online.

"I want to take this moment to share a sincere apology in breaking from the Wildcat way and stepping outside what is acceptable in the spirit of the game," Power wrote. "Following the basketball game I simply let my emotions get the best of me in all of the chaos."

"In my excitement I was not careful of the people I was around. I am sorry that I made the KU basketball team -- Jamari Traylor in particular -- feel disrespected," Power wrote. "By no means can I change what took place but in the future I will be aware of how emotions can impact good judgment."

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Michigan State Director of Basketball Operations Kevin Pauga gave his thoughts on the situation:

Kansas coach Bill Self commented on the wild scene, per Jesse Newell of the The Topeka Capital-Journal:

Kansas State coach Bruce Weber offered an apology to Self and his team, per Kellis Robinett of The Kansas City Star:

John Currie, Kansas State's athletic director, would later apologize for the behavior, via Sam Mellinger of The Kansas City Star:

ESPN's Andy Katz reports the Big 12 will be reviewing the situation and will "report on our security procedures."

While there is certainly no reason for the court-storming to be taken to this level, the Wildcats had plenty of reason to celebrate. ESPN Stats & Info put the victory into historical perspective: 

These kind of upsets typically come when least expected. The Wildcats had lost seven of their last eight games, dropped to eighth in the deep Big 12 and had seemingly lost their confidence.

"Nobody is on the same page," senior Thomas Gipson said prior to the game, via The Topeka Capital-Journal's Ken Corbitt. "That's what happens when you're not on the same page, you get distant from each other and you don't play as a team and you get beat by 27 [speaking of Saturday's 69-42 loss to Baylor]."

Even with leading scorer Marcus Foster continuing his horrid shooting slump (six points, 0-of-6 from three-point range), the Wildcats were able to get on the same page. Nigel Johnson poured in 20 points off the bench, Nino Williams had 15 and Gipson finished with 12 and six rebounds.

Bleacher Report's Jason King summed up the performance:

For Kansas, building on the streak of 10 straight Big 12 titles is suddenly looking much less secure. The Jayhawks, who have dropped two of their last three, are tied with Iowa State in the loss column, and as ESPN's Jeff Borzello noted, they have a more difficult schedule upcoming: 

The Jayhawks should be fine once the Big Dance rolls around, but the next two weeks are going to be very interesting for Self and his team.