After the NCAA allowed college players to use numerals higher than the number five, a prankster at Michigan State asked his coach if he could wear #69.
Coach Tom Izzo told the player no. The player in question? Steven Izzo. No word on what mom Lupe had to say about her son’s cheeky request.
As far as we can tell, the move to adopt new numbers has been pretty slow, at least in the ACC.
As far as we can discern, only three players have opted to make the move. At Miami, freshman Keyshawn George, a 6-8 freshman, will wear #7.