Watch Willie Cauley-Stein Introduce Himself To Harrison Barnes With This Rejection

The University of Kentucky took on the University of North Carolina on Sunday night in Lexington’s Rupp Arena, but it wasn’t an early midnight-madness college love-fest, but an inter-college alumni game with more tired countenances and lazy alley-oops.

But the past college stars showed up to play, most notably former Tar Heel and 2015 NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors, Harrison Barnes, who poured in a game-high 39 points, despite Kentucky leading by as much as 21 at one point and coasting to a 122-115 win.

Barnes did get to meet the No. 6 pick in the draft, Willie Cauley-Stein, who proved that defense really does happen sometimes in these alumni games.

Cauley-Stein and new Kings teammate DeMarcus Cousins connected on a couple of plays — DMC lead the Kentucky squad with 33 points — but it was his rejection of Barnes that got the biggest cheers from the obviously pro-Kentucky crowd.

(Via T.J. Beisner)

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