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Lee: Kelan Martin is Butler’s very own defibrillator

Kelan Martin waves to the crowd. Martin is averaging 20.9 points per game, good for second in the Big East. Collegian file photo.

Kelan Martin is the rarest kind of college basketball star. He’s a star too humble to admit it out loud. And please, don’t call him the heart of this Butler basketball team — the humility his parents instilled in him might protest.

At least, not until he can acknowledge the entire team — Tyler Wideman and Kamar Baldwin and Sean McDermott and wait — you don’t think Martin notices how freshman Aaron Thompson is always the first one on the court during shootarounds?