Patrick Mahomes Grows Influences Over Basketball as NCAA Team Seen Running Sneaky Play on March Madness

Last season in the NFL, Patrick Mahomes, and the Chiefs outshined every team in the league to win Super Bowl 57. Apart from winning the Super Bowl, the Chiefs also have a reputation for executing trick plays to confuse the opposition. In the previous season, the head coach Andy Reid and Mahomes executed some trick plays to perfection many times. Safe to say, many teams in the NFL take inspiration from them for the plays they draw. Now, it seems like, Mahomes and co. are inspiring other teams to use trick plays in other sports as well.

On Sunday, the Kansas State Wildcats played against the Kentucky Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Although Kansas State won the game, one particular play in the final minutes caught the attention of many fans.

Patrick Mahomes inspires Kansas State to win in the NCAA tournament

As there were less than 30 seconds remaining on the clock, the Kansas State was in-bounding the ball and three players stood out of bounds. When the in-bounder threw the ball, those three players used a ‘bubble screen’ to block the opposition players. Eventually, Kansas State got the ball. You can watch the video below.

Certainly, the Kentucky players looked confused by the design of the play. Later at the press conference, one reporter asked the head coach of Kansas State, Jerome Tang about that particular play. Initially, he refused to reveal the secret of that play but later he confessed that Mahomes inspired that trick move.

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“Yeah… we stole it from somebody else. We actually call it ‘Mahomes’ for Patrick Mahomes, the quarterback for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs,” the Kansas State HC revealed.

Notably, this is Tang’s first season as the head coach of the Wildcats. After beating the Kentucky team 75-69, they have now reached the Sweet Sixteen, which was a pretty great achievement for Tang and his players. Moreover, Kansas is having a pretty amazing year after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win.

Mahomes shows that he is a true team man

Meanwhile, Mahomes is doing everything he can to help his team compete for the Super Bowl once again. As per the latest reports, the Chiefs converted $12 million of his roster bonus into a signing bonus, which will eventually free up around 9.6 million in cap space. This reconstruction will give the Chiefs a much-needed boost in free agency. The Chiefs have already acquired some free agents, like OT Jawaan Taylor, and re-signed LB Tershawn Wharton.

On the other hand, Mahomes and his teammates have been enjoying and partying everywhere since their Super Bowl win over the Eagles. Despite that, the QB has been making a conscious decision to help the team and get ready for the next season, as their off-season will start pretty soon.

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