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Big East Roundtable July: Pt 2
(This is the second of a series. For a list of participants and who is leaving the Big East, see Part I) This is the second of four installments of the July roundtable series with Big East bloggers. This one will cover the incoming recruiting classes for Big East men's basketball teams. Check back...
Blue Christmas coming early?
Maymon's departure from Marquette, UW's interest in JUCO guard leaves door open for Memorial star to reconsider Badgers Consider it another bizarre chapter in the recruitment of one Madison's best high school basketball players ever. On the same day rumors started to swirl about a fourth recruit...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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