At 6-foot-7 and 275 pounds, Kansas State's Thomas Gipson is quick to draw a crowd inside the paint. Through the first five weeks of his college career, the freshman forward has also drawn a healthy buzz behind a bruising back-to-the-basket presence, soft hands and a steadily emerging rebounding prowess unlike any the Wildcats have seen in half a decade.

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