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Senior nights happen every year, at every school.
For those directly involved, maybe to the more invested fans following a team or even to some of the media covering the sport, the symbolic culmination of basketball journey and the turning of the page for the young men and women playing in the games are genuinely emotional, special events.
But the reality is they’re also rather repetitive. And the stories are often full of hyperbole and clichés about how this player, more than any other, was truly special in how they overcame adversity and persevered.