Vanessa Bryant—the widow of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant—gifted the No. 1-seeded UConn men's basketball team pairs of yet-to-be released Kobe sneakers on Wednesday.
As seen in the following video on the UConn Men's Basketball X page, the players were taken by surprise and expressed gratitude for the offering:
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According to TMZ Sports, the shoes gifted to the UConn players were Nike Kobe 6 "Italian Camo" Protros, which will not be available to the public until next month.