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The insiders with established track records have been saying definitively for a while that Jamil wouldn't end up at Wisconsin.
TroyD supposedly has had conversations with Wilson and he claims Wisconsin is the favorite. So the lack of interest is not on Jamil's part. I doubt Wisconsin would have a complete lack of interest in a likely in state Burger Boy, especially one they already offered.
So the deduction I would logically draw is that the final scholarship available for the 08-09 cycles was already rewarded to someone. Whether it's to Jenkins, Prosser, Evans, or someone else high on the Badgers; I don't know. I have no reason not to believe CaveDave (who is cave aged to perfection, btw), that Evans is our guy. One poster I read contradicted the Rivals article about Evans, saying if he were coming to Wisconsin, it would be on scholarship. Another inkled that Bo might be accepting a player that the recruitniks wouldn't be overly happy with.
I could see Bo moving on an '08 recruit because he's sick and tired of flaming out in the NCAA tourney, in part because he hasn't used his full allotment of scholarships in the past few years (I'm sick of that too). Every time we suffer one or two injuries, it's doomsday for our outlook. We're starting with anywhere from 10-12 true scholarship players because of walk-ons, redshirts, banking, etc. There are just less opportunities to find enough legitimate rotation players as a result. .
Theoretically, Crean's departure from Marquette should have benefitted our case with Wilson. Crean employed a much more up tempo style, which was arguably their biggest advantage over Wisconsin. The new coach they hire may be more halfcourt oriented like Bo. Then I'd like our chances if Jamil was determined to stay in state. There's still almost a year until Jamil makes his decision. In that time a player could transfer (for grades, character, friction, PT) or declare early for the NBA (probably unlikely with our personnel). It's far from impossible that Jamil will be a Badger come March of 2009.
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