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USA Today asks: 'Why is the Badgers' roster predominantly white?'
The Cap Times ^ | 4/3/2015 | Todd D. Milewski

Posted on 04/03/2015 10:57:26 AM PDT by gorush

With the Wisconsin men's basketball team about to make its second straight Final Four appearance, national media outlets are looking into all sorts of angles on the team.

On Thursday, USA Today published a story trying to answer this question: "Why is the Badgers' roster predominantly white?"

Reporter Josh Peter interviewed former Badgers players, assistant coaches and UW-Madison officials to get into why Wisconsin is so unlike the other Final Four teams in terms of racial makeup.

(Excerpt) Read more at host.madison.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: race
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To: gorush

Why is the NBA 99% black?


61 posted on 04/03/2015 12:21:10 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: driftless2

Jackson and Sharpton are racists of the first order.


62 posted on 04/03/2015 12:21:50 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: MrB

need to fix...

because Scott Walker muscled his law through a predominantly white Wisconsin legislature.......


63 posted on 04/03/2015 12:22:40 PM PDT by GotMojo
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To: gorush

Why did Georgetown only have black players on the team the entire time John “whats-his-name” was coach? I began to think Georgetown was Howard.


64 posted on 04/03/2015 12:23:37 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: Old Yeller

Blacks comprise 76% of NBA players and 43% of NBA coaches.

Blacks comprise less than 1% of Nascar drivers and 0% of Nascar crew chiefs.

Clealy government needs to make gasoline and hand tools available on EBT cards.


65 posted on 04/03/2015 12:26:37 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: gorush

Why are blacks so overrepresented on basketball teams? The disparate impact against whites indicates systematic racism.


66 posted on 04/03/2015 12:35:47 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: gorush

I will be sure to bring this up with my barista.


67 posted on 04/03/2015 12:43:16 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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To: gorush

Because Wisconsin is predominantly white?


68 posted on 04/03/2015 1:03:39 PM PDT by ez (Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is... - Milton)
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To: gorush

Oh, the horror!


69 posted on 04/03/2015 1:12:48 PM PDT by afsnco
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To: Red Badger; Slyfox
Stinking Badgers
70 posted on 04/03/2015 1:25:38 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: gorush

Why is the NBA predominately black? I haven’t read that article yet.


71 posted on 04/03/2015 1:26:17 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: gorush

My guess is that those players can play ball as well as black players and they wanted to go to Wisconsin for their education.


72 posted on 04/03/2015 1:34:55 PM PDT by Happy1947
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To: gorush

Better question: Why is the staff of USA Today predominantly racist and stupid? Ah, journalism school graduates. Never mind.


73 posted on 04/03/2015 1:38:00 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Disambiguator

I love that movie!!


74 posted on 04/03/2015 1:42:32 PM PDT by Slyfox (I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
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To: Darren McCarty

Wisconsin has a very disciplined style. Bo tolerates no show-boating. Is there a racial aspect as to which players enjoy a disciplined team style as opposed to a more freewheeling style? Interesting topic, but verboten in today’s overly PC dominated zeitgeist.


75 posted on 04/03/2015 1:59:49 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: gorush

It’s culture more than race. I’m a Michigan State fan, and it takes certain types of people to buy into Izzo’s style. Denzel Valentine and Bryn Forbes are almost brothers. Valentine’s dad (ex-Spartan) is a high school coach. Travis Trice’s dad is a high school coach. Izzo likes to recruit coach’s kids, football players, blue collar players, and all around tough guys. There isn’t a lot of playground ball there either, but MSU is definitely not known as a white basketball schools. It is however very Midwestern, and doesn’t get many east coast players.


76 posted on 04/03/2015 2:20:45 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (We need a conservative electable candidate in 2016)
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To: gorush

They’re not white, they’re clear.


77 posted on 04/03/2015 2:31:25 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: nascarnation

With all left turns and going around in circles progressives should be naturals at race car driving! ;-)


78 posted on 04/03/2015 2:35:20 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: gorush

No guarantees to start, no trash talk, no technicals, no meaningless classes catering to athletes. Regardless of how wisconsin is portrayed African American athletes are welcomed at Wisconsin.

Jean-Pierre Tokoto, a five star recruit,played at Menomonee Falls High School in Wisconsin. Although highly recruited by Wisconsin he decided that he wanted to play at a high profile school, North Carolina, and a high profile coach, Roy Williams. If he he had gone to Wisconsin he would be playing on his second Final Four team instead of staying home and watching the games from afar. Wisconsin, by the way beat Tokoto and NC on their way to the West Championship.

Diamond Stone is almost certainly one and done at Maryland and, maybe, didnt have the grades to get into Wisconsin.


79 posted on 04/03/2015 2:55:50 PM PDT by joemsewi
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To: Tripoli

Years ago, I read a story that said 0bama tried to play the race card on the BB team. The coach told him he wasn’t good enough to be on the floor and to shut up and sit down.


80 posted on 04/03/2015 3:08:06 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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