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Famous for his past, Farokhmanesh carefully eyeing his future

Not since his sophomore year of high school has Ali Farokhmanesh, now 27, lived in the same place for more than two years.

Should that pattern change — and Farokhmanesh hopes it does — he may need some security in December when the Nebraska men’s basketball team plays Kansas at venerable Allen Fieldhouse.

In fact, Farokhmanesh already has somebody in mind.

“I’ll be walking next to Drew, so I’ll be all right,” Farokhmanesh said of Nebraska guard Andrew White, a former Kansas player adored by Jayhawk fans.

Now finishing his two-year position as a Nebraska graduate manager, Farokhmanesh is famous for swishing that gutsy three-pointer with 34 seconds remaining that sealed No.