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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes wants hometown game, needs 50K retweets

Richard Mackson / Reuters

Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes wants to play in his home town really, really, bad.

The senior big man has petitioned the Badgers' coaching staff since his junior year to schedule a non-conference game in Toledo, Oh. so that he could play in front of his family. Hayes could not convince the coaching staff last year, but CBS' Gary Parrish reports that he recently came to an agreement with assistant coach Lamont Paris.

"I texted him and asked, 'What if I get a certain amount of retweets?" Hayes told Parrish. "He said (go get) 50,000 (retweets)."

Hayes has had a remarkable three years thus far with the Badgers. He has been to the Final Four not once, but twice, and is on pace to become one of the most elite scorers in school history.

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