MINNEAPOLIS — This game? This Final Four matchup against Auburn on Saturday with a berth in the national championship on the line? This is nothing. Want real pressure? Let’s travel to the ISSA Indy Indoor Sports Park on the south side of Indianapolis, circa 2012.
Eighth-grader Kyle Guy has been telling classmate Alexa Jenkins that he can hoop a little bit. They’ve just started dating—or whatever passes for dating in eighth grade. Guy isn’t bragging bragging. It’s more humblebragging. She would ask how his game went. He’d say he scored 20 or so points.