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Collin Chandler went a long time without playing basketball. It was natural to expect that his ramp-up after two years on a Mormon mission would come with a hiccup or two. And unfortunately, that’s what happened. Last month, Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope first mentioned Chandler’s minor offseason setback. Even though the ramp-up process was slow-played from the beginning (Pope has plenty of experience coaching basketball players right after their long missions), some sort of problem was bound to arise. Pope didn’t go into details at the time, but Chandler explained on Tuesday …

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