and to think, if I hadn't worked that temp job this summer, I wouldn't have known why this is funny

Faried, the Ohio Valley Conference’s defensive player of the year, led a team that relies on balance and rebounding to get it done. Morehead State dominated the boards 50-27.

The senior center chose to go to Morehead even though he thought someone was playing a joke on him the first time he heard the school wanted to recruit him.

“I’m from northern New Jersey, and to hear about Morehead—that was amazing,” Faried said. “I thought it was a pretty funny name, that they were playing around with me. I didn’t know who they were.”