Cartier Diarra put it real simple.
When asked what it will take for the Kansas State basketball team to win games without starting point guard Kamau Stokes, who is sidelined with a foot injury, he responded with eight words.
“Somebody,” he said, “is going to have to be special.”
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Stokes. A junior star, he was averaging 13.4 points, 4.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds. He was leading K-State in three-pointers (33), assists (69) and minutes played (458) before suffering an injury in the first half of a 74-58 loss to Texas Tech on Saturday.