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12/30/2007 06:12:00 PM

Style Archive Update No. 4

This is the season's fourth 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. 31; full Archive can be found here):

Bein' Easy
Mike Beasley, 6-10 forward, Fr., Kansas State
Classification: Custom kicks
Spotted: Dec. 4 vs. Notre Dame
Notes: K-State has no shoe unity -- nearly every player wears a different pair of swooshes -- and Beasley has gone the NikeID route. His nickname, "B Easy," and number, 30, are stitched on the inner sides of his kicks.

Wavy Greivy
Greivis Vasquez, 6-6 guard, Soph., Maryland
Classification: Facial artistry
Spotted: Dec. 12 vs. Ohio by Mr. Irrelevant
Notes: "Greivis Vasquez has curious facial hair" was the title of Jamie Mottram's blog post on this questionable fashion statement. Vasquez needs to switch to Russell Westbrook's barber and improve on the details.

Juice Monsta
O.J. Mayo, 6-5 guard, Fr., USC
Classification: Customized kicks
Spotted: Dec. 4 vs. Memphis
Notes: Mayo, like Beasley, used NikeID, lettering the straps across the front of his cardinal, gold and white kicks with the words "Juice Monsta." Now will he stick with the swoosh when he signs his first shoe deal in '08?

Derek Obama
Barack Obama, 6-1 1/2 Democrat, '08 Presidential race
Classification: Jumpman Jeter Vital shoes
Spotted: Dec. 24 in SI's Gallery
Notes: Posters on the NikeTalk message board ID'd Obama's shoes -- worn in his one-on-one battle with SI's S.L. Price -- as the latest Derek Jeter Jordans. Obama also wore his wedding band during the game.

Where's Waldo Wisconsin?
Wisconsin Badgers
Classification: Throwback jerseys, socks
Spotted: Dec. 3 vs. Wofford
Notes: The Badgers honored their 1941 national title team by wearing throwbacks, complete with high, striped socks. Of the leggings, coach Bo Ryan said, "I don't think you'd have a striped-sock fan club started around here."

Greyer Sooner
Oklahoma Sooners
Classification: Alternate jersey
Spotted: Dec. 29 vs. West Virginia
Notes: The Sooners debuted these jerseys on Dec. 5 in an 81-55 win over Tulsa. The light-grey look also brought OU luck on Saturday in Charleston, W.V., as it upset the ranked Mountaineers in double overtime.

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