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100 Questions: Most swagger?

Cartier Diarra may not just lead K-State in swagger, but the entire Big 12.
Cartier Diarra may not just lead K-State in swagger, but the entire Big 12. (USA Today)

***Yesterday's Question HERE***

In an attempt to pass the time this off-season we're fortunate to have secured the help of scottwildcat from Boscoe's Boys. Scott is going to provide 100 questions about the past, present, future (and who-knows-what) involving Kansas State sports, and I'll do my very best to answer them.

Let's dive in to the 100 Questions.

Question No. 44: Which K-State basketball player do you believe will have the most swagger next season?  

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You darn well know the answer to this question.

Maybe a better question would be how many Wildcats in recent memory - in football or basketball - have put off the swag vibe Cartier Diarra does?

He's got it all.

The hair is fantastic - and evolves throughout his career and seasons.

No. 2 is the coolest looking number you can wear in basketball.

He's got great size and length for his position.

He's an explosive athlete, but he's so smooth and makes it look so easy it doesn't look like he's trying too hard.

He's left handed.

All he (seemingly) does is dunk or hit threes.

You design lob jams for him as the lob man, and he's a point guard.

He finished Kansas off with that windmill.

He missed like ten games, returned to the floor in a high pressure situation against Iowa State in Kansas City and promptly looked like the best - and calmest - player on the floor.

Oh, and his name is CARTIER DIARRA, pronounced in the coolest way possible.

Every version of the K-State uniform looks best on Diarra. Don't believe me? Let's check 'em all out.

White? Yup.
White? Yup. (Getty Images)
Now I feel like I should wear finger braces, too.
Now I feel like I should wear finger braces, too. (Getty Images)
Okay, Lowery's coach swag takes some of the spotlight here.
Okay, Lowery's coach swag takes some of the spotlight here. (Getty Images)
It even passes on to Bruce!
It even passes on to Bruce! (Getty Images)
It's like I created a player on NBA2K and made him look unrealistically cool.
It's like I created a player on NBA2K and made him look unrealistically cool. (Getty Images)
Fine. I'll talk about practice (practice?!?) jerseys, too.
Fine. I'll talk about practice (practice?!?) jerseys, too. (Matt Hall/KSO)

All fun aside, he's also going to have a monster junior season.

Both KMAN's John Kurtz and I sat beside pairs of Big 12 assistant coaching staffs scouting the Wildcats last year in Kansas City, during the previously mentioned ISU/KSU game.

Both staffs, completely independent of one another with no idea the other was also talking about Diarra, remarked to us how the Wildcats' left-handed guard was set to explode.

"That guy is going to be a problem," was one staff's specific wording. And I tend to think they are right.

Oh, and he'll look fantastic, too.

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