Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes is taking over Kobe Bryant's locker for Sweet 16
The Wisconsin Badgers will be taking on the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Staples Center on Thursday in a Sweet 16 matchup, and Nigel Hayes has grabbed the most coveted locker in the building.
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The Badgers forward found out he will be sitting at Kobe Bryant's locker, and the team's Twitter account posted his reaction.
As if sitting in the Black Mamba's seat is not exciting enough, Bryant himself saw the tweet and sent the team and Hayes his well wishes.
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Maybe the prime seating was just the Staples Center way of making Hayes feel better after his embarrassing live mike mishap on Wednesday.
GALLERY: RANKING THE MASCOTS OF THE SWEET 16
March Madness: Ranking the Mascots in the Sweet 16
16 :: The Wildcat - Kentucky
15 :: Boomer and Sooner - Oklahoma
14 :: Mr. and Mrs. Wuf - NC State
13 :: Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat - Arizona
12 :: Swoop - Utah
11 :: Rameses - North Carolina
10 :: Joe and Josephine Bruin - UCLA
9 :: Cardinal Bird - Louisville
8 :: Bucky Badger - Wisconsin
7 :: The Blue Devil - Duke
6 :: The Leprechaun - Notre Dame
5 :: Mountaineer - West Virginia
4 :: Spike - Gonzaga
3 :: Wushock - Wichita State
2 :: D'Artagnan - Xavier
1 :: Michigan State - Sparty
- Brendan Maloy