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And just like that, they stepped off their floor for the final time

On a veteran team, Bryant McIntosh is the veteran, a sage and calming presence. He's a quiet leader, but a leader nonetheless. Having missed the previous two games with an arm injury, coming back for his senior night was important to him. He couldn't lift his arm in the days preceding the game against Wisconsin, and he didn't even know if he could shoot a basketball heading into the game. He played, and in Bryant McIntosh fashion, he fought.

Between the lines, he was himself. He probed the perimeter. He flipped in the floaters he's spent years perfecting — at this point, it's muscle-memory.