{"id":69166,"date":"2015-04-02T15:54:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=69166"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T20:56:22","slug":"frank-the-tank-badger-jokesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=69166","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Frank the tank,&#8221; &#038; Badgers&#8217; jokesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kaminskyphoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-69168\" alt=\"kaminskyphoto\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kaminskyphoto.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a>INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &#8211; Wisconsin has Frank the Tank and Captain America, plus Nigel Hayes and his adorable obsession for stenography.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The fun-loving Badgers might be the most tight-knit team at the Final Four.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But once coach Bo Ryan whistles practice into session, it&#8217;s all business for the Badgers.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;The Tank&#8221; refers to Frank Kaminsky, the player of the year candidate who leads Wisconsin&#8217;s versatile frontcourt that also includes Hayes and Sam Dekker. Captain Josh Gasser is the take-charge defensive sparkplug on the perimeter.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The chemistry has developed over two seasons growing into one of the best teams in the country. Wisconsin has returned to the national semifinals with largely the same roster.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kaminsky and Hayes are the lead jokesters. Instead of stifling personalities, Ryan says he lets guys feed off each other and enjoy themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &#8211; Wisconsin has Frank the Tank and Captain America, plus Nigel Hayes and his adorable obsession for stenography. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The fun-loving Badgers might be the most tight-knit team at the Final Four. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But once coach Bo Ryan whistles practice into session, it&#8217;s all business for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69166"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69173,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69166\/revisions\/69173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}