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After the beatdown had been delivered and Louisville had set what felt like a record for dunks and Rick Pitino had emptied his bench to the delight of the student section with several minutes remaining, Alex Oriakhi exited the Connecticut locker room and, with an ice pack on his elbow, summarized things pretty well.
"Everybody is pissed off," Oriakhi said. "Nobody wants to get embarrassed like that."
And almost nobody ever does.
At least not on national television.
At least not when they've got two lottery picks.
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