This week featured a banner day for Badgers basketball junkies. Local media day: an opportunity to speak to any Wisconsin men’s basketball player, limited availability to talk with assistant coaches, and finally, a Greg Gard press conference.
That opportunity to speak with the Badgers assistant coaches? It was probably the best part of the day. I also got an exclusive interview with Wisconsin basketball’s “offensive coordinator” Kirk Penny. We discussed the revamped offense, NIL, European recruiting, and how to reform college basketball. My gosh, the New Zealander was a chatterbox.
And all that was only an appetizer for an open practice!
Premium subscribers heard the full interview with Penney at the end of the podcast earlier this week, along with my other takeaways from media day. That episode is a wonderful companion to the notebook below.
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Notes from Media Day
Over and over again, players, often unprompted, laud the continuity offense that Penney has implemented.
Northern Illinois transfer Xavier Amos is going to see time on the wing. We’ve heard that a few times.
Potentially a big change is in store for Carter Gilmore, he has…
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