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I had been hearing for quite some time that he may not return, but had kept my mouth shut, hoping it would pass.

It's definitely been a badly kept secret, if you'd even call it that. I'd rather have him stay, but it's also not going to make or break the team. Good luck, Nick!

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Never been a big Harney fan, but I wish him the best of luck in whatever he decides to do next.

Not a huge loss for the Zips. Nick had his moments here, but he never really did consistently put it all together. Just means more minutes opened up in the frontcourt for some of our younger guys.

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I think Harney was a pretty easy guess for who wouldn't be back, I just wasn't sure if he'd be the only one. Off-court issues and never really fulfilled his on-court potential. It's incredible how similar the situations of Harney/Treadwell were coming in and how different they are in now. Good decisions and bad decisions...

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If you'd have told me two years ago that Harney would leave the Zips after his Junior season, and that his departure would generate nothing more than a few short comments in a non-Harney thread, I would have said you're nuts.

I really thought he could be something special. 20% of the time, he was.

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Nick is a really personable kid. Always has a smile on his face and a happy attitude. He just doesn't have the focus needed to put all those physical skills to use on a consistent basis. I'm hoping that where ever he lands he uses those skills to make something out of his life.

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Maybe a recent retweet on Nick's Twitter account sums it up:

The hardest decision you’ll ever make: deciding when to stay and try harder or when to take your memories and walk away.

I'll miss Nick the person more than Nick the player who occasionally tantalized Zips fans with spectacular moves only to leave us frustrated with a lack of intensity and consistency. My best basketball memory of Nick will always be the way he took over at the unlikely position of PG after Alex's unexpected departure and led the Zips to a huge MAC championship upset over the media darling defending Sweet 16 Kitties. Whatever his future in basketball might be, I'm really happy for him being able to pursue a college degree on scholarship at UA. I really hope he stays focused on earning that degree, which could serve him well long after his basketball playing days are over.

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I wouldn't have mentioned Nick's tweet if I thought it was going to make Zips fans paranoid about what other Zips players are tweeting. Anyone who follows the Twitter accounts of teenagers needs to take a deep breath and try to remember what was going through your head when you were a teenager. :lol:

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Maybe a recent retweet on Nick's Twitter account sums it up:

I'll miss Nick the person more than Nick the player who occasionally tantalized Zips fans with spectacular moves only to leave us frustrated with a lack of intensity and consistency. My best basketball memory of Nick will always be the way he took over at the unlikely position of PG after Alex's unexpected departure and led the Zips to a huge MAC championship upset over the media darling defending Sweet 16 Kitties. Whatever his future in basketball might be, I'm really happy for him being able to pursue a college degree on scholarship at UA. I really hope he stays focused on earning that degree, which could serve him well long after his basketball playing days are over.

Agreed. A game I'll never forget. We wouldn't have won it without him stepping up and into the PG role. Good luck to him.

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