No one inside the Kansas State locker room took a season-ending loss to Baylor at the Big 12 Tournament harder than Coleman Hawkins. The senior forward buried his face under his shirt after head coach Jerome Tang spoke with the team and then fought back tears throughout the entirety of his postgame interview with reporters.

Kansas State senior forward Coleman Hawkins became the center of debate after an emotional postgame moment following his team’s heartbreaking Big 12 Tournament exit. As cameras captured Hawkins visibly frustrated and upset,