‘”A lot of times in college you’ll have teammates and friends, but then you also have some guys on each team that you’re really close with,” Nelson said Tuesday as a crush of reporters surrounded him at his locker stall. “Tim was one of those guys I was really close with and spent a lot of time with. We developed a relationship to where we know that (even if) we’re not playing together, we still keep in touch and still try to stay connected.”‘