Notebook: Breaking down the past week of Wisconsin’s spring ball practices
Insights from the Wisconsin Badgers' recent spring practices.

Wendell Carter Jr. discusses how he and Angel Reese support each other amid the pressures of professional basketball, emphasizing the importance of focusing on their established foundations and ignoring external distractions.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: Both you and Angel are constantly under the spotlight—especially with her move to Atlanta being the talk of the WNBA right now. How do you two support each other while dealing with the heavy expectations of professional basketball? Wendell Carter Jr.: We’re both competitors so before games after games we tell each other what we should do night in and night out and not to pay too much attention to the outside noise we call it the white noise. Try not to pay too much attention to it and just understand that we’ve already built our foundation in both our leagues and continue to build on it.
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Wendell Carter Jr. and Angel Reese support each other by sharing strategies and encouraging each other to ignore external pressures, which they refer to as 'white noise.'
Players like Wendell Carter Jr. and Angel Reese face heavy expectations and scrutiny from the public and media, particularly with significant moves like Reese's transfer to Atlanta.
Insights from the Wisconsin Badgers' recent spring practices.

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