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“No just cause is futile, even if it’s lost, if it helps make the future better than the past." - John McCain
AJ Van Handel
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AJ Van Handel
@BadgerMBBVC
Former VC for Jeff VandeLoo Ashwaubenon HS Former Manager Current VC UW Basketball, Thrower of Starfish #PLI #TraditionRich #WisconsinProud
- For the last 12 months I’ve listened to everyone tell me what this program I’ve worked for the last 16 years wasn’t, today 17 young men and a coaching staff I’m proud to work for just showed the world what we are: Big Ten Champions. Stay True. Just Enjoy the Show.
- Huge shout out to the KC crowd today - amazing how the right 10,000 can be louder than 17,000
- For a kid that grew up in Wisconsin this is about as good as it gets…big thanks to Coach Jackson, Coach Bennett and Coach Ryan for making the trip - through line from all of them - how special this place is - and I couldn’t agree more #TraditionRich #WisconsinProud
- This is what hope looks like in a hopeless world - it just takes a spark to ignite a flame, to change everything. “Raise a glass to freedom something they can never take away” m.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQyku… #MarchForOurLives
- We are stewards of this program, lucky to be part of something so much bigger than ourselves. No one knows that and embraced that challenge better than Coach Moore. He is in my heart everyday I come to work so ya today wasn’t about a scoreboard. #TraditionRich #WisconsinProud
01:32A moment we’ve been waiting on for nearly five years… Welcome home, Howard Moore ❤️ - Anytime we lose a Badger it’s a bad day, let alone one that showed incredible kindness to everyone who walked the KC grounds regardless of title. I’m not a hockey guy - I don’t know enough to know how to fix it but I do know this: Today was not a great day for hockey.
- So did they make you believe this weekend? Damn proud of our group - process driven, wired for success, made for March. Even prouder of the group of @BadgerMBBMGRS who absolutely killed the tourney prep. We’ll be ready. #BadgersAfterDark
- Change is inevitable. The dream never stays stable, it evolves. But man what a good feeling it is to see a 10 year olds face light up at the sight of Chucky Hepburn walking in a gym of campers the same way they did 17 years ago when Trevon Hughes did the same.
- Might be one of the last to ever pull this off…T deserves all the flowers in the world this weekend. Everything that was once good about college athletics in that young man. If Badger fans don’t appreciate Tyler they’re as broken as the system currently is.He took full advantage of college. Helped UW win two league titles and got two degrees. He'll likely play overseas and make some decent coin if he chooses before moving on to other things.
- Thank you to the staff, players and managers from the 2000 team, hope they had as much fun coming home as we had hosting them. Hopefully we made Coach Bennett proud with that 1st half def. performance. Could not be prouder of our guys carrying on their legacy. #LivingTheDream
- So happy for Tony, Dick, and Brad - Wisconsin Basketball wouldn’t be what it is without them, and I know a whole bunch of folks who believe that as well. Blessed to grow up in a state with Gard, Ryan, Bennett, Soderberg and so many other great teachers of not just game but life.
- We were the lucky ones Frank - guy gets named player of the decade in the Big Ten, names everyone else. Special. This is Wisconsin Basketball. #TraditionRich #WisconsinProudJosh Gasser, Sam Dekker, Nigel Hayes, Jordan Smith, Ben Brust, Duje Dukan, Dan Fahey, Zach Bohannon, Traevon Jackson, Zak Showalter, Vitto Brown, Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Jordan Taylor, Jared Berggren, Ryan Evans, George Marshall, Rob Wilson, Aaron Moesch, Matt Ferris
