Charleston’s Dalton Bolon in seventh season, proud of ‘daddy shoes’
ORLANDO– College of Charleston Cougars guard Jack Miller had one concern the very first time he saw colleague Dalton Bolon’s choice of footwear.
“What are those?”
Sparkly, white Nike Air Monarchs, the authorities shoes of fathers all over– and, apparently, among the earliest players in this year’s NCAA tournament.
“He wears those things all over,” Miller said.Proudly, it turns out.”I do not care what any person says,”said Bolon, who turns 25 years of ages in June.” You know, they see grandpas using these things. Like, grandfathers are the smartest people on the earth. I don’t know why individuals do not take their guidance regularly. “These are so comfortable.
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sports them due to the fact that they’re better for his ideal foot, which he broke. And he really does use them everywhere: Around campus, hanging out, and even during Wednesday’s interview session heading into the 12th-seeded Cougars’first-round NCAA tournament matchup versus the fifth-seeded San Diego State Aztecs on Thursday at the Amway Center.Unfortunately, he will not be using them during the game. Charleston is an Under Armour basketball school, however Bolon said the shoes the group wears put pressure on the spot where his injury took place, so he secured permission from the garments company to use black Nikes throughout games and the Air Monarchs off the court.” I’ll use [them for] the rest of my life,”he said. “I have no style. “Guys’s Tournament Obstacle Total your bracket by selecting the winner for each game of the 2023 guys’s NCAA tournament. Play Tournament Obstacle His colleagues provide him a great deal of grief for it, however Bolon’s fine with it due to the fact that it’s what he anticipates from his colleagues as a player in his seventh season of college basketball. Bolon began his career in 2017 at Division II West Liberty, and after redshirting his first season, he played four more seasons for the Hilltoppers, ending up second on the school’s career scoring list(2,247 points). He moved to Charleston for the 2021-22 season with a COVID year however broke his ideal foot 3 games into the season.
He got an additional year and led the Cougars in scoring(12.3 points per game) while helping them to a 31-3 record, Colonial Athletic Association regular-season and competition titles and their first NCAA tournament berth since 2018. Thursday’s game versus the Aztecs will be the 155th game of his career– and possibly his last one. Unless …” Yeah, trying to find an eighth [year],”he joked. “So if there’s a method I can get an eighth, if you individuals might tell me how, that would be great.”He might have to switch to slippers if that takes place.