The Wisconsin men's basketball team didn't end up playing basketball with President Barack Obama Thursday (they still might down the road), but it wasn't for lack of effort by junior Zach Bohannon.The Badgers did end up getting a private meet-and-greet with the president before Obama addressed a crowd on campus.
While connections from freshman George Marshall sealed the deal to meet Obama, Bohannon's full-court press via Twitter got the ball rolling. Here is a sampling of some of Bohannon's nearly 100 Tweets aimed at Obama and his staff.
@barackobama, Sir, the Wisconsin bball team extends an offer 2 play open gym on Thursday before or after ur talk. Badgers RETWEET 4 support!
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 3, 2012
@barackobama, Sir, if u want Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes, you'll come play w/ the #Badgers! The ball (literally) is in your court! #Obama
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 3, 2012
@barackobama, Sir, I know you're preparing for your debate, but what you can't debate is how fun playing hoops with the #Badgers would be!
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 3, 2012
@michelleobama, Happy Anniversary to you & ur husband @barackobama! Can u tell him to get some exercise tmw & come run w/ the #Badgers?!
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 3, 2012
@barackobama, Sir, we will save u the hassle of doing background checks & not let our half Croatian/American teammate in! @ddukan13 #Obama
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 3, 2012
@barackobama, Sir, Wisconsin is a swing state? We can teach you how we run the #Badgers swing offense! @presssec #Obama #ObamaMadison2012
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 3, 2012
@barackobama, sir, hot off the press, your very own Wisconsin jersey (44th President edition) from our program! #Obama twitter.com/ZBohannon/stat...
-- Zach Bohannon (@ZBohannon) October 4, 2012
