'Maybe Nowell needs my help to reach a box of Honeycomb in the cereal aisle, but that’s about all the help he needs from me. I am a dwarf in his orbit.'
And you’ll remember that Nowell is short. Extremely short. Nowell is listed at 5-foot-8, and watching him slalom through a characteristically mean Spartans defense last night, I realized that when I fall in love with a player this time of year, it’s almost always one of the little dudes. It's the little dudes — the literal ones, not the low seeds — that make this tournament what it is every year.
I don’t watch college basketball for the Zachs Edey or the Bryants Reeves. I have no affection for big dudes who will invariably go on to become NBA salary dumps. I’m here for the mighty mice, like Nowell. And that entire Farleigh-Dickinson team that just put Edey and Purdue in a 40-minute brainlock. And. And Steph Curry when he was at Davidson. And Juan Dixon. And legendary tater tot Khalid El-Amin. And 1990s Arkansas sniper Al Dillard.
This is where I disclose that I myself am NOT a short person. I’m 6-foot-3, which means that I get to look down on my shorter brethren, often figuratively. If I see a short dude throwing a tantrum at the mall, you better believe I’m chalking up his inner anger to a Napoleon complex."LOL loogit the angry little man, demanding Nordstrom refund his tiny Cabbage Patch Kid shoes." So it’s not like I see myself in players like Nowell.
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