Chris Lowery doesn’t consider himself an emotional basketball coach. Yes, he will have the occasional moments of joy, frustration, disgust and rage on Kansas State’s bench, but all assistants have those. You won’t see him cry after losses or hear him scream after victories.
About the only time he has dropped his even-keel persona came earlier this season on an early-November night, when he began crying during starter introductions and couldn’t stop. It took a hug from coach Bruce Weber and the support of K-State players to help him through the following two hours at Bramlage Coliseum.
Lowery had never experienced anything like that — the loss of his son, Kahari, followed by an entire basketball team wearing warm-up shirts that honored his son, followed by the team deciding the game to his son’s memory.