A full-on brawl broke out under the basket to conclude Tuesday night’s Kansas-Kansas State college basketball game in Lawrence.
The game was already *over* for all intents and purposes, when Kansas State freshman DeJuan Gordon tried to go up for a layup in the final seconds of the game… trailing 81-59. But Kansas sophomore Silvio De Sousa (emphatically) rejected the meaningless layup, and then things got out of control.
Here’s how it looked on the ESPN broadcast:
Benches emptied at the end of the Kansas State-Kansas game. pic.twitter.com/zWv46h3RJC
— ESPN (@espn) January 22, 2020
I think this is maybe the best angle of the Kansas – KState fight pic.twitter.com/jhMPiQTO7l
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) January 22, 2020
And here’s how the chaos looked in the stands behind the basket, from 247 Sports’ Riley Gates:
An all-out brawl just happened. pic.twitter.com/73MBmr0RNf
— Riley Gates (@Riley_Gates) January 22, 2020
This particularly looks awful for De Sousa, who’s seen trying to use a chair as a weapon (WWE style).
This 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, 2020
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 22, 2020
All photos via Getty Images’ Jamie Squire. pic.twitter.com/wEnT6LbJgc
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 22, 2020
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
we almost had a chairshot pic.twitter.com/nY7fviM9zf
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 22, 2020
Kansas ultimately won 81-60, but that’s obviously secondary in the grand scheme of things to how the game concluded, and there’s sure to be some punishment coming for the brawl (especially for De Sousa).
[Photo Credit: Nick Krug]
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