Style Archive: Best of the Dance
DeMarcus Cousins, the Kentucky Wildcats' style icon. (Luke Winn/SI)
Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins isn’t a lock for first-team All-America honors, but he is for first-team All-Style Archive. What other player has Cuz’s range? On Saturday we caught him rocking a bad bootleg tee that uses his name in a Southern inbreeding joke … and on Wednesday he came out for interviews with a look reminiscent of Spike Lee.
Our museum of college hoops style was closed for renovations during the regular season — blame the Olympics — but returns with a Cousins-led special exhibition:
 The Ralphie (Matthew Dellavedova, St. Mary’s) Is the Aussie wearing a mouthguard, or being forced — a la A Christmas Story‘s main character — to put a bar of soap in his mouth? We shall never know. |
 Two Masks & an Old Guy (Tai Wesley, Tyler Newbold, Utah St.) Texas A&M’s Bryan Davis, an easily startled octogenarian, was attacked by two masked men in the opening round. He survived (but lost to Purdue two days later). |
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 Soulshine (Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga) The Zags’ combo guard is the only college hoopster with an Allman Brothers/Warren Haynes shout-out on his Nike IDs. Better than sunshine, better than moonshine. |
 Lewis: Top Shooter (Gilberto Clavell, Sam Houston St.) A friend texted me when I was at the Baylor-Sam Houston State game and said of Clavell, “That guy in the rec-specs is straight out of Arch Rivals.” Hence, Lewis. |
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 Honest Abe Pullen (Jacob Pullen Kansas State) The Pullen Beard became a phenomenon in Manhattan, Kan., inspiring Fear The Beard shirts and mass purchases of Abe Lincoln costume facial hair. |
 O’Wolverine (Lucas O’Rear, Northern Iowa) He’s already been in the Archive for his shamrock shoulder tattoo, and now makes it for a second time on the strength of his chops, which give him X-Men-like powers. |
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 The Lil’ Boosie (Tweety Carter, Baylor) His homage to the incarcerated Baton Rouge rapper helped him win a bet with the Old Dominion band in New Orleans. And helped him beat Old Dominion. |
 Bearish Hosiery (Ekpe Udoh, Baylor) The man whose middle name is Friday goes animal-style with his game socks, displaying the Bears’ logo rather than Adidas stripes. The Archive approves. |
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 Chicago Ball (Sherron Collins, Kansas) KU’s senior point guard has a hard-to-spot Cubs logo tattooed on the inside of his right forearm, and a “312″ — Chicago’s main area code — on his left forearm. |
 Wes Coast Beats (Wes Johnson, Syracuse) Beats headphones now have a 92 percent market share in NCAA locker rooms, but Johnson’s white-pair-with-orange-jumpsuit look makes the best style statement. |
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