Bo's Offseason Recruiting Drama

The drama continues for the Wisconsin men's basketball team when it comes to recruiting this offseason.

One of the first problems facing the Badger coaching staff is what to do with the Ben Brust situation. Brust was denied by the Big Ten his appeal to transfer to Wisconsin with a scholarship after Iowa fired head coach Todd Lickliter. Wisconsin is now appealing to the Big Ten commission of faculty executives that will reach a decision later this week before making a decision in the Brust case.

If the appeal is granted for Brust he can then transfer to another school within the conference and remain on scholarship with the school. There are two other Big Ten schools also looking to bring Brust into their program.

The other recruiting problem is the re-opening of recruitment for a one time member of the 2011 Wisconsin freshman class. Devon Hodges a junior forward from Bollingbrook, Ill. has decided to withdraw his verbal commitment to UW leaving one spot open in the recruiting class.

There is no word at this point if Hodges will come back to Wisconsin after a period of time, but Wisconsin could use the spot to seek out a few highly recruited prospects in Wisconsin.