5th-quarter-recruiting Stories - Bucky's 5th Quarter
Victory Monday: UW put on a recruiting showcase Saturday... and not just in football
It's hard to imagine the stars aligning more perfectly before the Badgers' upset win over Ohio State Saturday. Go all the way back to July when ESPN announced the game would be the network's featured nationally televised game in primetime. That was just the beginning. From that point on,...
Badger Bits: Gasser takes Taylor's scholarship
It didn't take long for Bo Ryan to fill Diamond Taylor's vacated scholarship. Just a little over a week after Taylor withdrew from the University of Wisconsin after alledgedly burglarizing several campus dorm rooms, Port Washington's John Gasser told Ryan he will accept UW's scholarhsip offer and...
Badger Bits: How Taylor's withdrawal from UW might hurt Northwestern
For the last two years, all the talk about Wisconsin's 2010 recruiting class has been about Eau Claire's Evan Anderson and Madison's Vander Blue. But going almost unnoticed has been 6-4, 195 lb. senior guard Josh Gasser from Port Washington. Badger fans might want to get to know him, because he...
You're my boy Blue! You're my boy!
When Madison Memorial guard Vander Blue officially backed out of his verbal commitment to the Wisconsin Badgers Tuesday, it became clear that a second story had developed in this recruiting saga. A 17-year old boy was clearly hurt by the way he was treated by his hometown fans when stories first...
Fahey to join UW as walk-on
Dan Fahey, a 6-3 guard from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago will join the UW men's basketball team as a walk-on. He confirmed via e-mail Friday that he will attend summer workouts. Fahey was a high school teammate of Nnanna Egwu, a 2011 recruit who has a scholarship offer from UW. Fahey will...
Sorting out the Vander Blue rumors
Rumors of Vander Blue's decommitment to the University of Wisconsin have been swirling for months. So Tuesday, when a message on the Madison Memorial star's Facebook wall said he had made a "big decision for me" and will "really take in" the recruiting process, it caused quite a stir in...
UW recruit stars in front of Bruce Weber
I just got back from an incredibly exciting regional semifinal between St. Ignatius and St. Patrick here in Chicago, which Ignatius won 48-46 on a runner in the lane by senior guard Dan Fahey with 2 seconds remaining. Fahey has had conversations with the Wisconsin coaching staff about a possible...
5th Quarter Recruiting: Egwu making a difference at St. Ignatius
Wisconsin fans can’t help but to be intrigued by 6'9'' center Nnanna Egwu from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. Division I coaches can’t help it either.Florida, Purdue, Illinois and Oregon State are showing interest. Wisconsin has already offered a scholarship.Egwu is one of three sophomores...
5th Quarter Recruiting: Egwu edges Taylor in battle of UW Recruits
Unfortunately work pulled me away from today's showdown between St. Ignatius College Prep and Bolingbrook, featuring Wisconsin recruit Nnanna Egwu and Wisconsin-signee Diamond Taylor.I talked to a number of people who were at the game, however, and Michael O'Brien of Chicago Sun-Times has this...
Appleton picks Wisconsin over Illinois
Ending months of speculation, Kraig Appleton of East St. Louis has signed his letter of intent with the University of Wisconsin, reneging on his "soft verbal" to the Illini.Appleton is a four-star recruit and ranked No. 19 among wide receivers by Scout.com. He gave Illinois an oral commitment last...
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