On Friday, Bol Bol – son of the late Manute – led No. 13 Oregon into the 2K Empire Classic consolation game against No. 15 Syracuse, but there was no question who was the main focus, the 7’3” Ducks center.
It was an eclectic group that gathered at Madison Square Garden to watch the Sudanese prodigy play on his 19th birthday. There were little kids who called out his name, trying to gain his attention as he worked on his outside shot.
Then, there was Michael Thornberg, a classmate of Bol’s father, the late Manute, at the University of Bridgeport.