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Post by tbl2006andon on Mar 31, 2009 10:13:18 GMT -6
watching him in the scrimmage games on friday and saturday he resembled more of a point guard than a shooting guard. If you look at his game by game numbers last year he was consistently putting up 8,9,10 assists every game. Not to mention he had 80+ steals on the season.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 31, 2009 10:32:05 GMT -6
We really want the guy who was in town last weekend. In a big way.
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Post by thepantherfan on Mar 31, 2009 12:03:11 GMT -6
I'm crossing my fingers
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Post by hanson on Apr 18, 2009 21:57:39 GMT -6
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Post by reggiewheelerfor3 on Apr 18, 2009 23:53:57 GMT -6
Well that is a kick in the shorts. |
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Post by PantherU on Apr 18, 2009 23:56:41 GMT -6
Have fun never playing, Marquis.
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Kingsbury
Junior
Sadly, no longer in the "Fear 42" Fan Club!!!
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Post by Kingsbury on Apr 19, 2009 9:08:46 GMT -6
Wow Jimmy, you can really be a dick sometimes. Congrats to Marquis for receiving DI scholarship in 2 sports. Best of luck in football
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Post by pantherdon on Apr 19, 2009 9:27:37 GMT -6
I have a feeling that Jimmy's right. He may never see the court outside of garbage time.
If Basketball was his first choice, this seems foolish.
Madison is just jerking his chain.
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Post by uwmplanner on Apr 19, 2009 10:45:56 GMT -6
I have a feeling that Jimmy's right. He may never see the court outside of garbage time. If Basketball was his first choice, this seems foolish. Madison is just jerking his chain. You think they are using a scholarship just to jerk his chain? I know Bielema may be struggling but I doubt he offers kids just for kicks. Personally I see him as a big reciever or growing into the Travis Beckum/Owen Daniels H-back in the Badgers program. I hope for the best for Marquis. Good luck at UW. |
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Post by teddyp00 on Apr 19, 2009 10:57:19 GMT -6
I dont know why this is a surprise. We all knew his verbal was soft at best since he wanted try and play football somewhere. He got his chance and I dont know how anyone can blame him. This does not bother me at all. Best of luck to him.
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Post by BBFran on Apr 19, 2009 11:03:07 GMT -6
From what I know Marquis prefers basketball, but the common wisdom is that his ceiling is higher in football. He can't make a bad decision here. If he takes the UW football ride nobody should blame him for that. That said, I agree he is very unlikely to see playing time on the Wisconsin basketball squad assuming he even makes the team. Basically he'll be a very athletic walk-on in that program if his first obligation is football -- and believe me, it will be.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 19, 2009 11:53:30 GMT -6
I meant never playing basketball. I've never seen him play football, so I wouldn't assume anything about his playing time in that sport.
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Post by BBFran on Apr 19, 2009 12:25:29 GMT -6
I have been told be very knowledgeable people that Marquis has NFL potential as a receiver.
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Post by Pantherholic on Apr 19, 2009 21:57:47 GMT -6
From what I heard originally, football was his top choice but he chose bball b/c it didn't appear he'd get a scholarship from Bielema. He didn't seem real interested in playing football for anyone but UW. After this past season, things changed and with his improving grades, the chances seemed greater and greater. I agree he'll practically never see the bball court in Madison but like Fran said his ceiling is much higher for football.
This is a lot like when we recruited Rick Wagner from Nathan Hale, he had a very good chance to land him if Bielema didn't come calling. The Badgers aren't doing this to just toy with him since Bielema would legitimately want him to play football.
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Post by reggiewheelerfor3 on Apr 19, 2009 22:37:35 GMT -6
I've never seen Marquis play football. But, having seen him play basketball a couple of times, I think he may be able to find a few minutes with the Badgers ala Kevin Gullickson, assuming Mason is able to devote enough time to that sport.
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