���They created a legacy
and they���ve handed it off
to us to run with it,��� Dekker
said of the seniors. ���Now it���s
our job and our turn to take
what they started and build
upon it.���
DAVID STLUKA
know something didn���t go your way. I wish I
could say ���Back to the gym��� and we could correct it for the next game.
���But we don���t have the next game.���
What the Badgers didn���t have when they
needed it the most (toughness), or what they
didn���t do when they had the opportunities to
do so (score) will only serve as off-season motivation, he said.
���I think the younger guys on our team
learned a lot from this ride, from this journey,
so only positives can come out of what���s to
come for us,��� Dekker rationalized.
���I���ve said it all year. There are peaks and
valleys to a basketball season.
���We hit one of those valleys (against Ole
Miss).���
Before leaving the locker room, Dekker
showed his respect to the seniors.
���I hugged them all and thanked them and
I told them I loved them,��� he said. ���They
taught me so much through this ride. They
brought me in and showed me the ropes and
how things work here.
���I look up to them for a lot of things and I
thanked each and every one of them for the
memories that they���ve given me and how they
treated me and all the younger guys in the
program.
���They created a legacy and they���ve handed
it off to us to run with it. Now it���s our job and
our turn to take what they started and build
upon it.���
By the sounds of it, the program is in very
good hands.
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