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Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead
Collins usually puts Kansas on his shoulders during times of stress. Against Northern Iowa, he was too busy engaging in immature antics with UNI point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe, who found an entry into Collins' head early and stayed there the whole game.
Ahelegbe made 1 of 11 shots and scored five points. Yet even with those nasty numbers, he played Collins to a standstill because Collins waited too long to assert himself physically because he was so compromised mentally.
He often complained to officials that he was being pushed or held. He shoved Ahelegbe as the teams were walking to the bench for a timeout. But late, after Northern Iowa had finally been able to put the game out of reach, Ahelegbe just laughed at Collins.
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Ahelegbe got in his head. Sports are very often about who is more psychologically prepared and mentally tough. That clearly wasn't Sherron yesterday. Whenever Collins got into these battles with a single player on another team during his career, it very often didn't end well for KU as a whole.