Three Wisconsin Mr. Basketball winners (and two Wisconsin coaches) competing in Sweet 16 on Thursday

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Marquette has to wait until Friday, but the NCAA Tournament resumes Thursday with four Sweet 16 battles, and the late games will feature a bevy of Wisconsin connections. Most notably, three former Mr. Basketball winners in Wisconsin will take the floor, and the sideline will also feature Wisconsin natives in Alabama coach Nate Oats and Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger.

Iowa State’s Milan Momcilovic (Pewaukee, 2023), North Carolina’s Seth Trimble (Menomonee Falls, 2022) and Illinois’ Marcus Domask (Waupun, 2019) will be playing Thursday, and all three are likely to make an impact.

Marcus Domask (left), Milan Momcilovic (top right) and Seth Trimble all won Mr. Basketball in Wisconsin; now, they’ll lead Illinois, Iowa State and North Carolina, respectively, in the Sweet 16.

All the Wisconsin connections are crammed into Thursday’s late games

Oats will lead his fourth-seeded Crimson Tide against top-seeded North Carolina with a projected 8:39 p.m. CT tip from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. UNC, by the way, has Trimble coming off the bench.

At TD Garden in Boston with an approximate tip off of 9:09 p.m., Otzelberger, Momcilovic and second-seeded Iowa State will square off against third-seeded Illinois.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger reacts during the second half of his team’s game against Houston at Fertitta Center.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger’s tight shirts are about ‘unity’

Otzelberger, who attended high school at St. Thomas More and has previously been head basketball coach at Burlington Catholic Central High School before beginning a college coaching career, has been known to wear tight-fitting polo shirts. There’s apparently a reason for that.

Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY asked the 46-year-old Otzelberger about the fashion motif.

“Not a small and not a medium, Otzelberger’s collared shirts seem to exist in the purgatory between these two sizes, known as shmedium,” Myerberg wrote. “The cut will cling to his upper body and inch up his arms, revealing impressively…

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Author : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Publish date : 2024-03-28 16:49:37

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