INSIDE MEN���S BASKETBALL
BY PATRICK HERB
@BadgerMBB
SCHEDULE (7-4, 0-0)
Last Week
12/8
at Marquette
12/12
Green Bay
This Week
Saturday Milwaukee
Senior is pursuing master���s degree at UW
R
yan Evans began his final campaign at Wisconsin as the Big Ten���s top
returning rebounder, finishing fifth overall a year ago.
The 6-foot-6 forward has
spent three years hitting the
boards with reckless abandon, and it���s now clear that
he hits the books with the
same intensity.
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The Phoenix, Ariz., native
is spending his last year of eligibility in Wisconsin���s graduate program, where he will
receive his master���s degree
in education leadership and
policy analysis later this year.
���I really wanted to pursue
graduate school, but I knew I
had to handle business as an
undergrad and stay on pace
8:15 p.m.
Next Five
Dec. 29
Jan. 3
Jan. 6
Jan. 12
Jan. 15
Higher learning: Evans
embraces grad school
L, 50-60
W, 65-54
1 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
TBA
1:15 p.m.
8 p.m.
Samford
Penn State
at Nebraska
Illinois
at Indiana
to finish in four years to be able to do
that,��� Evans said after earning his undergraduate degree in August. ���I can���t
say it was easy, but it was worth the
long hours and late nights.���
Evans admits the rigors of grad
school have resulted in some adjustments, including shifts in his sleeping habits, but he does not regret
taking on the heavy task of attending
three-hour classes throughout the
course of a week while playing a major Division I sport.
���Earning a graduate degree has
always been something that���s important to me,��� Evans added. ���Having the opportunity to attend grad
school is a huge step in anyone���s life,
but to earn it at a university with this
kind of academic reputation really
puts me in great position to succeed
whenever I���m done playing.���
Intra-state interest
�� UW has faced all three in-state Division I foes every season under Bo
Ryan, compiling a 28-7 record.
