Kansas State basketball coach Bruce Weber has not given up on struggling point guard Kamau Stokes.
On Sunday, Stokes had a long conversation with K-State assistant Chester Frazier about what he can do to help the Wildcats against Creighton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. When the chat was over, Weber offered some extra words of encouragement.
“Don’t put pressure on yourself, let the game come, help us,” Weber recalls telling Stokes. “Work your tail off these next four days so you can have a chance to be successful on the court.”
K-State coaches are getting creative with Stokes, because he has been mired in a prolonged slump since recovering from a broken foot and returning to K-State’s rotation in early February.