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Josh Harrellson last to cut the nets in postgame celebration

2011 SEC Champs

2011 SEC Champs

Standing gleefully on the court after winning his second straight SEC Tournament Championship, UK’s lone senior called out instructions for cutting down the nets.  “Freshmen first!” Harrellson said. “Freshmen first.”  It was Harrellson’s second time celebrating an SEC Tournament title, but his first playing a significant role on the team.  “I definitely wanted to be the last one to cut those nets down,” Harrellson said in the postgame locker room, the net hung around his neck.

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