Wahl’s lifelong dream evolves into five-year reality at Wisconsin · The Badger Herald

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team enters the open portion of practice through the southwest tunnel. A rack of basketballs sits waiting for them as they jog and skip up the tunnel’s concrete floor. The next several minutes are a barrage of jump shots and dribble moves and then silence as strength and conditioning coach Jim Snider initiates warmups.

Just beside Snider running up and down the floor is fifth-year…