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Miami Hurricanes tributes to Kobe Bryant prevalent throughout social media

By Alan Rubenstein

TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 14: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat and the Eastern Conference speaks to Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Western Conference after the NBA All-Star Game 2016 at the Air Canada Centre on February 14, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 14: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat and the Eastern Conference speaks to Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Western Conference after the NBA All-Star Game 2016 at the Air Canada Centre on February 14, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Mario Cristobal

played at Miami on two national championship teams from 1989-92. He is currently the head coach at Oregon. Ducks all-American basketball player Sabina Ionescu had a special relationship with Bryant. Cristobal paid tribute as did the Oregon and Oregon State women’s teams prior to their game Sunday.

No coach grasps social media as well and Manny Diaz. He used the medium on Sunday to pay tribute to Bryant in a simple manner. The picture of Bryant standing in the spotlight of a black and white picture with his back turned wearing his number 24 Diaz said RIP with the emojis of three hands praying.

The tragedy that befell Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people in the helicopter crash on a foggy Sunday in Southern California is one that Miami Hurricanes fans can relate to. As has been said it had an eerie comparison to the deaths of Brown and Taylor.

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The death of Gianna struck down a young girl on the verge of stardom. Many projected her to be a great woman’s basketball player. Kobe had NBA dreams for his daughter. Bryant told a story that fans would often come up to him and say he needed a son to carry on his legacy. Her response was that “I got this.”

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