Shea Rush’s 15 minutes of fame are over. For now, anyway. That could still change.
A week after his bespoke hattery was the talk of the NCAA first and second rounds in South Carolina, the North Carolina freshman sat quietly in front of his FedEx Forum locker Thursday, unbothered, looking at his phone.
The man with the hat hobby was anonymous once again.
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In both Brooklyn and Greenville, S.C., the custom hats Rush made for everyone on the team became a huge story, especially when the team posed for pictures in them.