Flash back to last season. The alarm buzzes and Marvin Clark Jr. gets out of bed, puts on his practice gear and makes his way out of Wonders Hall. It’s 5:30 in the morning and campus is covered with a blanket of darkness, but he isn’t alone.
“We get up pretty early,” said Clark. “I remember mornings that we all woke up together and we had a lift. We would just walk everywhere on campus because none of us had a car. We didn’t have bikes either.”
College roommates often become close by nature, but very few can claim relationships like the one that developed between Clark and teammates Tum Tum Nairn Jr.