nnanna-egwu Stories - Bucky's 5th Quarter
As Big Ten gets stronger, Ryan's recruiting puts Badgers in a hole
Today marks the start of the early signing period for high school seniors across the country. It's an exciting day for players, parents and the schools that put together the top recruiting classes. But for fans of the Wisconsin Badgers, they can only think about what could have been. Bo Ryan's...
On to Plan C? Badgers lose Wright to Pitt
Cameron Wright, who was re-offered a scholarship by the Badgers in May after Vander Blue decommitted from UW, is headed to Pittsburgh, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin had been hoping to land shooting guard Cameron Wright, who...
Badger Bits: Pre-season predictions starting to roll in
Don't Forget: This Tuesday at 1 p.m. we will start breaking down the Badgers' schedule in our 2009 Schedule Tour on The 5th Quarter Radio Show. We start the tour by analyzing the Badgers' first opponent, Northern Illinois, with Mad.Mike who runs Red and Black Attack, SBNations NIU blog. As we get...
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...
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...
5th Quarter Consensus: Kitty Cats get their revenge
Can't wait to get to the banner-less gym known as Welsh-Ryan Arena later today for Wisconsin's tilt at Northwestern (there are actually 11 banners in the gym, one for each Big Ten school).Actually, I can wait, as I'm convinced Wisconsin is going to lose its sixth straight basketball game tonight....
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