Harkless, a Queens native, has been helping them out with recommendations on places to eat and where to get haircuts.
"We all hang out together all the time. You see one of us, you pretty much see all of us," Harkless said. "I think we've been bonding really well together -- real fast, actually. It's kind of surprising how well we've bonded so far."
They will have some new teammates soon, whether the trio of ineligible recruits come aboard in December or not. Soon after Midnight Madness, the coaching staff will hold open tryouts, and the plan is to add as many as five or six walk-on players to the roster, mostly to help out in practice.
"We'll have a strong student engagement," Lavin said, chuckling.
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