On the day Tai Strickland decided to commit to the Wisconsin Badgers, he was in contact with two key figures of UW’s coaching staff. One was assistant coach Howard Moore. The other was head coach Greg Gard, though he took a hint longer to contact.
“I called coach Moore first ‘cause coach Gard was actually in San Antonio, and he was on a horseback ranch or something like that,” the Florida guard told B5Q on Wednesday. “I called coach Moore and he was ecstatic. He told me, ‘You’re going to make a lot of people’s day today.