Throughout the whole season, Bramlage Coliseum has been packed with fans for Wildcat games, including Gap Goat, the secretary of defense for the Kansas State women’s basketball team.
However, the stuffed goat mascot is earning a new army of supporters now that K-State’s two NCAA Tournament games are drawing record crowds to the arena (Sunday’s 1 p.m. second-round contest with Colorado is officially a sellout). Super-senior guard Gabby Gregory came up with the idea for Gappy, as he is popularly called when coach Jeff Mittie pushed team leaders Serena Sundell, Ayoka Lee, and Gregory to come up with an entertaining manner to celebrate gaps, which consisted of three straight defensive stops. Gregory’s favorite animal is unsurprisingly the goat.
Gappy Motivates The Kansas State Team To Score Well
Regarding the goat, Lee remarked, “He’s like our motivator to get gaps.” “Last night he got eight, and then once we get seven he gets his chains.”
According to Mittie, the theory holds that teams who score seven points in a game have a higher than 90% chance of winning. When it does, Gappy gets to wear two gold chains, one of which has a pendant with the number seven on it. The popularity of Gap Goat has increased all season long. With Kansas-State sitting at 27-6 going into Sunday’s contest, he has a lot to be happy about. In addition, a tiny army of baby Gap Goat clones has been created by Gappy, who even has his own Instagram account (@gapgoat7). Gregory’s Amazon.com site is neatly connected to the accessories and baby Goat replicas.
