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Jerome Tang out as head coach of the Kansas State men’s basketball team.

Even better, the firing is “for cause”, which means they don’t have to pay his $18.7 million buyout.

It seems like the precipitating incident is a rant Tang went on last week:

Fans protested against Tang during the team’s past home game by wearing brown paper bags over their heads in the student section at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State lost that game 91-62 to Cincinnati, and Tang blasted his roster afterward, saying the players didn’t deserve to wear purple uniforms.

“These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform,” Tang said then. “There will be very few of them in it next year. I’m embarrassed for the university, I’m embarrassed for our fans, our student section. It is ridiculous … I have no answer. No words.”

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K-State (10-15, 1-11 Big 12) is currently in last place of the conference standings and off to its worst start ever in league play. It has lost six straight games. During that losing streak, the Wildcats lost three consecutive home games by at least 24 points.

Tang was 71-57 in “nearly four seasons” as coach.