Greg Gard and the Wisconsin basketball staff have worked hard to keep the top players in the state home, but it doesn't always happen. Now in back-to-back weeks, the Badgers are losing out on two of the top players in the state of Wisconsin: Dooney Johnson and Vaughn Karvala.
Karvala, from Oregon, Wisconsin, moved out of the state last year to play prep school in Arizona. That may have been the first indication that he was looking more nationally for a program. However, there was still hope that Gard would be able to retain him and get him to play for his home state Badgers.