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Tyson inspired by family loss

Sources of inspiration are everywhere for B.J. Tyson.

His East Carolina basketball coaches and teammates push him to get better on a daily basis. Questions linger about whether Tyson can live up to the hype he helped create by having a stellar freshman season, and those doubts become fuel for his competitive fire.

But the primary source of motivation for Tyson comes from a little boy who died when Tyson was young. The little boy was even younger.

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