Deb Patterson is getting ready for life without Ohlde. "You don't replace Nicole Ohlde," she said. "She established herself as the best to ever put on a Kansas State women's basketball jersey. That's why her jersey is hanging in Bramlage Coliseum."

The preseason coachs' poll put K-State third, behind Texas and Baylor.

Colorado, its roster decimated by graduations and transfers, was picked to finish in the bottom half.