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The date is December 6, 2014.

The Wildcats have just executed a routine annihilation of their Big-5 competition, St. Joe’s. They conclude the game “throwing their V’s up” with the fans, as they do every home game, and then high-five one another on the way to the locker room.

Business as usual.

The continuous patter of computer keyboards echoes in the empty press room. Reporters’ minds are spinning; is there anything to write about following a 28-point blowout?

From the locker room, out comes Jay Wright, followed by Josh Hart and Darrun Hilliard. Hilliard is the team’s leading scorer, but there has been a slight change of the guard against St.