DALLAS — Tyler Kolek did everything in his power to keep his head held high.
He walked off the court, his face beet red and his jersey torn in half.
Tears streamed from his eyes. The pain was overwhelming. Too much so to fight it back, to keep it down.
As he made his way into the locker room, just minutes removed from Marquette men’s basketball’s 67-58 season-ending loss to NC State in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, the realization was setting in.