Ever since Grayson Allen burst onto the national scene during the 2015 Final Four, the former Duke star has been called a Ted Cruz lookalike.
That, frankly, is not exactly a compliment, and it is a comparison that Allen initially bristled at, but now that his college career, Allen seems to be embracing the long-running joke.
We know that because Allen met Cruz this weekend as he helped the senator from Texas beat Jimmy Kimmel in a game of one-on-one:
Picking up my stand in… are you ready, @jimmykimmel? #KimmelvsCruz #CruzToVictory pic.twitter.com/z8LGoM0ljV
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 16, 2018
The actually game won’t be broadcast until Monday night so we won’t know exactly how Cruz won or what Allen did to help, but Cruz did beat Kimmel 11-9.
We will get getting our answers this evening.
#KimmelvsCruz is going down TONIGHT in Houston! Be sure to watch the #BlobfishBasketballClassic on #Kimmel MONDAY at 11:35|10:35c on ABC! #Cruzin4aLosin pic.twitter.com/y6WGwjPGPS
— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) June 16, 2018