Though Ben Napier ended up attending college in Mississippi, where he first met his wife, Erin, the HGTV host originally had dreams of playing college basketball at Duke University. In this way, while his Duke pencils may have served as a special good luck charm in the past, they also have a special significance to his childhood dreams.
“I was going to be a professional basketball player,” he told Mississippi Today, with Erin mentioning that he wanted to play at Duke. “My dad went to Duke. He went to Divinity School there and we’re all huge fans.” As mentioned, Ben didn’t end up making it to Duke, attributing this lightheartedly to his grades and not his lack of basketball skills. While we would’ve loved to see Ben as a college sports star, we think everything might’ve worked out for the best. After all, his Mississippi studies did lead to his heartwarming love story with Erin.
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