It didn’t take long for ISU coach Fred Hoiberg to move on from the upset win against then-No. 5 Kansas on Saturday.

Even in the immediate aftermath of the team’s biggest win at Hilton Coliseum since 2004, Hoiberg and the players said they needed to keep the momentum of the win rolling to avoid a letdown. With a physical Kansas State team coming to Ames on Tuesday, that task won’t be an easy one.

“I talked to [the players] about it after the game against Kansas,” Hoiberg said of a possible letdown. “I told our guys, go out and enjoy it and have fun with it, but be ready to get back to work.”

With all the national exposure a win like the one against Kansas brings, Hoiberg said the Cyclones (15-6, 5-3 Big 12) can’t let the attention get to them.

The coach said keeping the proverbial pedal to the metal is all the team needs to focus on.

“It’s great to have that recognition,” Hoiberg said. “But you can’t let it get to you. We’ve got way too much season left. We’ve got to go out and take care of business. Our home court is so important to protect because of how hard it is to win on the road in this league.”

The players were obviously happy with beating the No. 5 team in the country, but any sense of dwelling on the win was cast away at Monday’s news conference.

Guard Scott Christopherson said one win doesn’t make a season, and to achieve the team’s goal of an NCAA tournament berth, the team will have to continue to perform at a high level each and every game.

“We’re just 5-3 in the [Big 12],” Christopherson said. “We’re off to a good start, but it’s not like we’re off to a 7-1 or 8-0 [start]. You can drop two games in a row, [and] you’re right back behind the eight ball. It was a good win for us, but it’s not like we really have a reason to feel satisfied with ourselves.”

Guard Chris Babb echoed his teammate Monday, saying the team’s mindset is on more than just beating one opponent.

“It was exciting for us, definitely a big win for us,” Babb said. “But with the mindset we’re trying to have, we expect to win on our home court. We expect to win games. We’re just preparing for [Kansas State] like any other game.”

That “any other game” involves a Kansas State (15-5, 4-4) team, led by coach Frank Martin, that was ranked prior to a loss to Oklahoma.

The Wildcats are well-known for being physical under Martin, but the word used by Hoiberg and his players to describe Kansas State was “tough.”

“Kansas State is going to be the toughest team we play all year,” Hoiberg said. “If you let them hit you first, it’s going to be a long night for us. They’re longer than us. They’re wider than us. We’ve got to do a good job of getting into their bodies and trying to limit them to one shot.”

Forward Royce White, who led the Cyclones against Kansas with 18 points and nine rebounds, used the word “tough” six times when describing how the Wildcats approach the game.

“They’re just tough, just from the way they play,” White said. “They’ve got a tough coach. I think their whole theory is being tough. That’s tough when a team comes in with the mindset that ‘we’re going to out-tough you,’ because if that’s not your mindset, you’ll get beat.

“It’s something we haven’t faced yet this year. Kansas State is going to try to out-tough us and we have to be prepared for that.”

Christopherson said Kansas State commits a large number of fouls and that if referees called the Wildcats closely with their physical nature, the team would foul out quite a bit.

He said he didn’t mean disrespect by that, but rather that the way the Wildcats play makes referees change the way they call the game.

And if the Cyclones aren’t ready to step to that level of play, Christopherson said, his team won’t last long.

“They kind of make the refs adjust to them, and they kind of make you adjust to them,” Christopherson said. “If you’re not ready to play big-boy basketball, then they’re going to come in and push you around and beat you up.”