Like Lindsay Lohan in "The Parent Trap," the psychopath twins depicted in "The Following," and countless other "single-doubles" before, after, and between, the Harrison twins of Kentucky are actually played by one person, Alex Harrison.

You may have been fooled by their different haircuts on Saturday night. (Aaron, the one who hit the game-winner, sported a more shaven crop.) You were probably further sold when they played 95 percent of the game together. Really, Alex Harrison is just the best at what he does.

"It hasn't been easy playing twins on the same team, especially because they're always on the court together," he said on Tuesday as the Wildcats prepared for the the Final Four. "Unlike the Lopez twins, I wanted them to have almost identical abilities."

How did Alex do it? The answer lies in clever camera work, a desperate agreement between Alex's agent and Kentucky head coach John Calipari, and, at times, super human speed by Alex.

"I didn't want to be just another one-and-done college star," Alex said, referring to his decision to enter college as two personalities. "I wanted to do something never been done before."

Obsessed with acquiring Alex's services, Calipari agreed to enroll him as "Andrew" and "Aaron" if that's what had to be done. In order to gain the cooperation of his opponents, he also had to agree to lose 10 regular season games. That wasn't an easy thing to do for the preseason #1 team some believed could go undefeated.

"I made the deal on the assumption that by the time the postseason began, Aaron, I mean Andrew, I mean... Alex would be so good at what he did that we would no longer need camera tricks and such," Calipari said. "Alex would be able to play both roles at the same time. And the human eye would be none the wiser."

Indeed, that's been the case. In the NCAA Tournament, the Kentucky Wildcats have actually been using only four men on the court when the Harrisons play together. The final play on Sunday night -- when Andrew handed the ball off to Aaron for the game winner -- was the culmination of Alex's transformation.

"You'd think the so-called 'twin connection' would be easier when you share 100 percent of the same DNA instead of 99, but that hasn't always been the case. That last play, me handing it off to myself for the game winner, was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Technically, it was also a double dribble."

Making things extra difficult for Alex were the uniform requirements of college basketball. Unlike the twins in "The Following" and other shows/movies, Aaron and Andrew couldn't distinguish themselves through dress. They couldn't really differentiate their hairstyles either after center Willie Cauley Stein stole their potential thunder and dyed his blonde. Rather, Alex was forced to subtlely alter his game when switching back between Aaron and Andrew. Thus, Andrew became the better passer (11.1 ppg, 3.9 apg) and Aaron the better scorer (14 ppg, 1.9 apg).

"It was important to me that they distinguish themselves, but at the same time remain equally-skilled basketball players in the eyes of their teammates and coaches," Alex said. "Nobody has ever done that before."

Will Alex continue his double life next season in the NCAA or the NBA? Could he let one twin enter the pros and the other stay in college?

"I'm still not sure, but one of us will probably enter the league. That's the reason I'm telling people about all this now. 'Experts' who have us going in the second round forget that, really, I averaged 25 ppg, 6 apg, 6 rpg this season. Split between two guys, however, those numbers don't look as good."

For an insider's perspective, we asked former coach and current NBA analyst Hubie Brown his opinion on the Harrisons.

"You're telling me there's a third Harrison?" Brown said when we told him about Alex. "Oh wow, I'm wondering how Wisconsin is going to game plan for that!"

"If Alex wanted to continue to pose as twins, I'd take them both, but on the condition that they enter the draft as Alex so I can get them with one pick," said Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, known for his number-crunching ways.

Fans of the Harrisons were disappointed, but not shocked when they heard the news.

"After being fooled by Eddie Murphy in 'The Nutty Professor,' nothing surprises me," said Kentucky resident Wes Lyles.