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Lucas Oil Stadium goes into lockdown for World Wide Wes

Pictures have been distributed.

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Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

We’re not sure why Lucas Oil Stadium isn’t allowing World Wide Wes into the arena on Friday night, or why the noted NBA power broker would even want to be in the building given the lack of obvious draft lottery talent on the floor. But we do know Lucas Oil Stadium is very serious about keeping the man out the building. Security guards have been issued pictures!

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via Mark Blankenbaker

How fun! To clarify, Wes can enter the building with a ticket, he’s just banned from the “special access areas.” So if World Wide Wes is going to the Sweet 16 at all tonight, he’s for once going to have to do it as just a normal fan.

UPDATE: This happened:

SI’s Thayer Evans is saying Wes left the arena on his own accord and can re-enter whenever he wants, so long as he has a ticket.

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