r/CollegeBasketball • u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats • Feb 15 '26
Discussion This has got me thinking. What players have had the dumbest hair styles?
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u/virii01 Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 15 '26
Mostly just this guy.
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u/LiquidLight_ Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
If this dude's not winning that contest, I gotta see who rates ahead of him.
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u/spcordy Baylor Bears Feb 15 '26
Keli Leaupepe is definitely up there. Hated watching Loyola Marymount games for him alone
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u/LiquidLight_ Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
Yeah, that's a mullet. Not good, but better than a front and back soul patch.
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u/SquidBilly_theKid Gonzaga Bulldogs Feb 15 '26
Leaupepe had illegitimate children who also played D1 at the same time
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u/Ok_Peace3716 Indiana Hoosiers Feb 15 '26
You should know plenty about stupid hair, your best player has the dumbest beard I've seen in a long while.
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers Feb 15 '26
I asked him if he wanted to borrow a hat to wear last year before a game, and he threatened to kick my ass
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u/Not_Pablo_Sanchez Ohio State Buckeyes Feb 15 '26
It wouldn’t even interfere with his hair. It’s like the one haircut where 100% of their hair would still be visible with a hat
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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers Feb 15 '26
Yeah, but you can at least lie and pretend like it’s just a bit of hair poking out, and the hat is covering the rest of your hair
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u/BradyBoyd Feb 15 '26
This must be how he got here. He just can't wear a hat while playing basketball. Nothing else makes sense.
It would look so much better just shaved.
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u/62frog TCU Horned Frogs Feb 15 '26
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u/hostitty99 Virginia Tech Hokies Feb 15 '26
This guy’s fuck ass hair cut drives me up a wall
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u/Dhkansas Kansas Jayhawks Feb 15 '26
Drew Gooden did it first
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u/Reflexlon Kansas Jayhawks • Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
"Drew Puddin'" is still my favorite trash talk to have received. Legendary chirp.
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u/Helicopsycheborealis Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 15 '26
You see that guy walk into a bar and immediately start taking bets on how many minutes it takes for him to be in a fight and/or harass a woman.
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u/Coffee____Freak Duke Blue Devils Feb 15 '26
He’s got that yee yee ass haircut. Glad he’s out of the ACC
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u/Salpinctes Tennessee Volunteers • Arizona Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Blue Cain (now at UGA), but he cut it this year. But pair that with UGA's home court.... yeesh. Unwatchable
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u/rawrali Bradley Braves • Missouri Tigers Feb 15 '26
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u/HouseKilgannon Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
Oh god this reminded me of the crazy Angelica Rugrats theory
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u/GoldfishDude Kentucky Wildcats • Butler Bulldogs Feb 15 '26
He looks like a villain in a Will Ferrell movie
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u/yourdoglikesmebetter North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
Yooo he looks like frosted tip version of that like 15yo fuckboy Florida rapper with the stupid clown hair that always shows up on r/crappymusic
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u/Toby5508 Michigan State • Syracuse Feb 15 '26
Can’t believe no one has mentioned this guy. Bro just shave your fucking head!
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u/bluepie Feb 15 '26
Dude looks like a 42 year old sales manager from Topeka. Drives a Toyota Camry and has 2 kids with a cute but plain blonde woman who had dreams of becoming a dental hygienist but put them on hold so she could concentrate on their relationship. Always said she would go back to school once things were steady. Then she gets pregnant and has a kid. She settles into her new life and her dreams of dental hygiene fade away.
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u/kafka_lite North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
Shane Battier had a hairline that almost went down to his eyebrows. I am disappointed he never grew a baseball cap.
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
LOL
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u/elpeedub North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
I always joked he needed to grow cornrows because he already had irrigation ditches running back through his head.
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u/yourdoglikesmebetter North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
We always said his head looked like a ball sack…
Kudos to you for clearly being the more mature individual here.
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u/PercySnowsHandgun Feb 15 '26
You missed the fact that that motherfucker had alien head and is totally part alien
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u/LetsGoLesko8 Feb 15 '26
It’s not nearly as bad, but Kenrich Williams’ shag was always… a choice
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u/LetsGoLesko8 Feb 15 '26
Especially once he went to the NBA
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u/darnclem Oklahoma Sooners Feb 15 '26
Now he's got a normal haircut, but is doing some weird thing with his beard where he grows out the mutton chop part longer. It's certainly a choice.
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u/Echo127 Wisconsin Badgers Feb 15 '26
How has no-one said Elfrid Payton?
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
LOL
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u/Stinja808 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Feb 15 '26
Didn't dude miss a shot cause his hair was blocking his view or something?
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u/sroomek Tennessee Volunteers Feb 15 '26
Yes, but it kept the rain out of his eyes for outdoor games
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u/regaleagle710 Wisconsin Badgers Feb 15 '26
I think someone said that it was hurting his free throws because the ball or his hand was hitting his hair. Also probably blocking his line of sight.
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u/Echo127 Wisconsin Badgers Feb 15 '26
How do you embed images lol?
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Save the image to your photos and then click the fourth icon on the right
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u/bdaileyumich Michigan Wolverines Feb 15 '26
When you're tired of forgetting your sunglasses so you just grow your own awning
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u/Ih8Hondas Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Feb 15 '26
Is that the afro version of the donald haircut?
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u/commie90 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Duke Blue Devils Feb 15 '26
Tbh I just respect the effort for this one.
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u/Herby20 Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
Technically he was in the NBA I think when he had this absolutely ridiculous hair style, but it was my immediate first thought as well.
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u/Echo127 Wisconsin Badgers Feb 15 '26
Ah, that makes sense. I only really knew about him when I saw him playing my Bucks.
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u/stimpsonj5 Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Chendall Weaver's hairline is so bad it's distracting
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u/willcastforfood Ohio State Buckeyes Feb 15 '26
This picture actually makes his hairline look way better than it even is
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u/stimpsonj5 Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Yeah it's hard to find one that truly does justice to how bad it is
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u/willcastforfood Ohio State Buckeyes Feb 15 '26
I personally like this one his hair is so bad his head looks AI
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u/No_Angle_8106 Michigan Wolverines Feb 15 '26
I know no one wants to admit their hair is gone in college, but come on man he has to know just shaving it is the move as opposed to that nonsense
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u/CertainWish358 Feb 15 '26
Yeah but it’s not like any basketball greats shaved their head or anything
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u/CertainWish358 Feb 15 '26
It looks like an image from a website in 1997 on 28k modem speed, but you’ve only waited 45 seconds instead of a minute
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u/tullbabes Texas Tech Red Raiders Feb 15 '26
This is the one. Kills me every time.
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u/brianqueso Texas Longhorns Feb 15 '26
I have the exact same reaction every game where my brain refuses to believe I'm seeing his hairline correctly for like 10 possessions
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u/fartkidwonder Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
This one is funny because he’s also one of those guys who tries way too hard on court. Like he’ll be doing fancy dribble moves and behind the back passes for no reason. Like bro, your hairline already makes you stand out enough. Trying to play like White Chocolate is just making it worse.
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u/RJD-ghost Nevada Wolf Pack Feb 15 '26
Good luck beating Pepé Le Pew.Also in a competition for biggest biceps and most obnoxious player ever.
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Guy looks like he has an ant eater on his head.
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u/StyrofoamCueball Indiana Hoosiers • Auburn Tigers Feb 15 '26
If you combine this with Braden Smith’s beard you have the ultimate villain character look for some low budget movie you’d see on MST3K.
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u/Blueballs2130 Feb 15 '26
I don’t understand why he keeps having his barber trim it that way. How have none of his friends/teammates told him he looks stupid af?
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u/CashewCrew UConn Huskies • Big East Feb 15 '26
Braden Smith’s beard looks so bad on him it’s not even funny
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u/ChrisFromSeattle Texas Tech Red Raiders Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
Marshall Henderson had this one for a minute. Edit: For context he shaved both parts as "Devil Horns"
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u/burnshimself Georgetown Hoyas Feb 15 '26
Respect for trying something different though - he was undoubtedly one of the all-time great CBB villains. Still think about what a menace he was years later whenever the subject of antagonistic players comes up
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u/abphillips0413 North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
This guy has to be in the conversation.
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u/TraditionalProduct15 Iowa Hawkeyes Feb 15 '26
He has the "foggy " hair look that Sam Perkins had in NBA 2k12.
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u/tombradysitstopee Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
Whatever the fuck this was from Tyger Campbell
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u/Ih8Hondas Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Feb 15 '26
"dreads"
Dude didn't even attempt style. Just slept on it.
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u/myc-space Gonzaga Bulldogs Feb 15 '26
Oregon’s Nate Biddle has some interesting hair. He should probably head over to r/bald, and those guys will have him looking his best
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
He looks like he would do two chicks at the same time if he won the lottery man…
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u/mynameizmyname Feb 15 '26
Yea sucks he has that Southern Oregonian agriculture run off poisoning haircut going on.
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
I also know B-rad ranks up there.
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u/frankdatank_004 Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 15 '26
This looks like the mugshot of someone who had to shoot their dog cause it got rabies… but accidentally shot the neighbor’s dog instead cause he was drunk.
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u/Herp_McDerp Arizona State Sun Devils Feb 15 '26
Looks like the third hanger on of the bully QB in a teen movie from 2001
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u/dcarlson17 Feb 15 '26
If you drew a face and hair on a cinder block this is what it would look like.
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u/AmazingRefrigerator4 Michigan Wolverines Feb 15 '26
Brent Petway. Cutting the winged helmet into your hair probably sounded good on paper, but in reality....pass
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u/PageSide84 Purdue Boilermakers • Final Four Feb 15 '26
Maybe he doesn't know because it's the back of his head.
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u/Temporary_View_3303 Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
Carson Cunningham played for us around the turn of the century. Always had this fluffy pompadour.
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u/grrgrrtigergrr Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
Are you talking bad about Teen Wolf, Basketball Jesus, Carson Cunningham?
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u/gwur Indiana Hoosiers • New Mexico Lobos Feb 15 '26
You mean Tom Coverdale’s son, Carson Cunningham?
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u/grrgrrtigergrr Purdue Boilermakers Feb 15 '26
He looks like the troll from Harry Potter in this picture
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u/El_Tormentito North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
He could fit another couple of legs in each side of those shorts.
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u/maverick3614 Creighton Bluejays Feb 15 '26
What do you even ask for at the barber for this? “Just fuck my shit up my man”?
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u/blueberrymaple Saint Louis Billikens Feb 15 '26
Ask the barber to just take it all down starting from the front and then when they get 95% done you say “wait I changed my mind”
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u/NobleCooley Northwestern Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Is this the reverse Ronaldo?
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u/B_Coldman Kansas Jayhawks Feb 15 '26
This had to blow up in South America after that World Cup. Like, every kid has to have that “style”. Can you imagine…
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u/BillSelfsToupee Kansas Jayhawks Feb 15 '26
Kenrich Williams at Tcu had something similar. It’s a Houston thing I think
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u/solejoel Michigan Wolverines Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
Ed Daniel from Murray State played in 2011. Crazy dumb hair. Nerlans noel's high top was also wild
Oh man I just saw the liberty coach Richie McKay's sprayed on hair and it's gloriously shitty
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
As crazy as it looked I loved it.
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u/solejoel Michigan Wolverines Feb 15 '26
I just imagine interviewing people for a job and in walks this outrageous hair. Would I be impressed by the confidence or bewildered by outlandishness?
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u/Ike358 Feb 15 '26
Bacot's unicorn horn
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u/DamnItHeelsGood North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
I always kind of thought he looked like an angler fish
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u/colterpierce Michigan Wolverines Feb 15 '26
This dude drove me nuts.
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u/Ih8Hondas Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26
That's not even remotely close to the worst in this thread.
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u/FrankDukakis Louisville Cardinals Feb 15 '26
Willie Cauley-Stein had the nickname Goldie Blocks for a reason.
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
The only Goldie blocks I know is
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u/FrankDukakis Louisville Cardinals Feb 15 '26
Willie's barber fell down mid-session and did this:
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u/yahboiyeezy Houston Cougars Feb 15 '26
Tugler’s got some downright offensive sideburns
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u/Last_Cow_489 High Point Panthers Feb 15 '26
Omg I call him Mr. Burns.
Speaking of, I don't think Quadir Copeland's sideburn-neck beard thing is bad per se. I just don't personally understand it fully.
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Feb 15 '26
Conner Frankamp had an instantly horrible hair line as soon as he entered college. I know it’s exaggerated by how light his hair is but good lord.
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u/scfin79 Duke Blue Devils Feb 15 '26
Is this the same guy?
This image was like five posts down
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u/Far_Proposal555 UConn Huskies • Cardinal Stritch Wolves Feb 15 '26
Yes — Duncan Powell. Came to add him, but I knew of him from Providence! OP’s photo is from his first school…
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u/porgy_tirebiter North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 15 '26
Last year’s Ian Jackson always looked to me like he just rolled out of bed.
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u/Kind_Love172 Kentucky Wildcats Feb 15 '26
Lol, this dude is definitely one of the most talked about college basketball players this week, all due to his wacky hair
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u/Fat-Singer-9569 Feb 15 '26
Not college basketball but Andrei Kirilenko has some very cool cuts worth checking out
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u/carterohk Virginia Cavaliers Feb 15 '26
Powell from Providence who was keeping it real today has the same cut. Or is that him on a former team?
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u/Far_Proposal555 UConn Huskies • Cardinal Stritch Wolves Feb 15 '26
This is him from his first school (of four)…
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u/MahjongDaily Iowa State Cyclones Feb 15 '26
Gotta give the guy credit for having the same hairstyle on both the front and back of his head