Last year’s yellow-frosting of D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera’s black hair is shorn off. In fact, much of his hair overall has been removed. The highlighted flattop has been replaced with tighter styling. A throwback to more successful times.
“The last time I had a haircut like this, we won the Big East championship,” Smith-Rivera said.
It’s fall, and Smith-Rivera is standing in the lobby of Georgetown’s McDonough Arena. That he would be present in October was in doubt at the end of March. The point guard declared for the NBA draft then.