Written by Brent Yarina, BTN.comWhat were you doing around 1 p.m. ET Monday? Chances are, you weren’t having as much fun as Minnesota basketball player Trevor Mbakwe. In the wake of announcing he will use his sixth year of eligibility and return to the Gophers for the 2012-13 season, Mbakwe went to Twitter (@TMbakwe 32), started a hashtag, #imgetting2old4college, and got to tweeting. The result: Hilarity. See the 23-year-old star’s entertaining series of self deprecating tweets in this post.
I'M BACK GOPHERNATION!!!!!! I promise this will be my last year though. I'm running out of classes to take lol—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
#imgetting2old4college when I find myself telling bedtime stories to my teammates on road trips.—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
#imgetting2old4college when my first game at Marquette was filmed in Black & White—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
#imgetting2old4college because gas was 89 cents my freshman year.—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
#imgetting2old4college when I'm on a first name basis with every Professor at the U and they think I'm on staff.—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
#imgetting2old4college when I have to put my head down when I walk by the freshman dorms lol—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
Ok I'm done but seriously I'm happy I got the opportunity from the NCAA to have the option of even coming back. It feels good being back.—
Trevor Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) April 16, 2012
These are priceless. Kudos to Mbakwe, who knows he’s getting a little old for the college game. Born in January, he’ll be 24 and playing alongside guys who are 18 for most of the 2013 Big Ten season. He knows it, and he’s fine with it. You would be, too, if you were playing the sport you loved and earning a Master’s degree, free of charge.
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