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12/03/2007 02:07:00 PM

Style Archive Update No. 2

This is the season's second update of the Style Archive, a museum of college hoops fashion that featured 44 exhibits in 2006-07 and has reopened for '07-08.

Readers are encouraged to make nominations in the comments or by sending an e-mail to hoopstylesi@gmail.com, and will get credit for successful suggestions. Pictures are welcome.

Without further ado, the Archive (latest update Dec. 3; full Archive can be found here):

Air Es Salaam
Hasheem Thabeet, 7-3 center, Soph., UConn
Classification: NikeID customized kicks
Spotted: Nov. 15 vs. Gardner-Webb
Notes: The Dar Es Salaam-born Thabeet sported these custom, 25th-anniversary Air Force Ones during the opening game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic at Madison Square Garden, but ditched them for the finale.

The Bron"X"
Gavin Grant, 6-8 forward, Sr., N.C. State
Classification: Arms Sign
Spotted: Nov. 25 vs. Villanova
Notes: Grant, a Bronx native, flashed this on ESPN immediately after hitting the game-winning free throw against 'Nova in the Old Spice Classic final. Of the home-town shout-out, Grant said, "Loyalty is priceless."

American Made
Joey Dorsey, 6-9 forward, Sr., Memphis
Classification: Team USA socks
Spotted: Nov. 16 vs. UConn
Notes: Dorsey made the U.S. Pan American Games team this summer, playing in Brazil on Jay Wright's fifth-place squad. And apparently Joey likes the U.S. socks ... because he's still wearing them.

High-Fashion Rec-Specs
Alfred Aboya, 6-8 forward, Jr., UCLA
Classification: Protective Eyewear
Spotted: Dec. 2 vs. Texas
Notes: Aboya fractured an orbital bone below his right eye in a game against Yale on Nov. 24, but didn't miss a game with the injury. He returned sporting a pair of goggles that would earn Mystery's approval.

Trajan Invasion
Kansas Jayhawks
Classification: Jersey font change
Spotted: Nov. 25 vs. Arizona
Notes: KU paid what Brandon Rush called "a pretty penny" -- $88,900, to be exact -- to switch its classic jersey font to Trajan this offseason. This spawned at KU fan to launch a "Trajan Sucks" Web site.

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Posted: 12:36 PM   by Anonymous Anonymous
i think abrams is ok im supprised he did not get drafted
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