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Five things to know about K-State’s NCAA Tournament opponent: the UC Irvine Anteaters

Kamau Stokes couldn’t help but laugh.

Seconds after a reporter informed the Kansas State senior guard that some basketball experts were tabbing the UC Irvine Anteaters as a trendy upset pick to defeat the Wildcats in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Stokes chuckled and shook his head.

“People doubted us when we were winning, people doubted us when we were losing,” Stokes said. “So that’s why I chuckled, because no matter what there will be people out there doubting you. It’s really up to us. So if we handle our business, there won’t be no upsets.