When the Final Four begins this weekend, one team will stand out from the other three as soon as it walks onto the floor.
All five starters for Duke, Kentucky and Michigan State are African-American. Only one Wisconsin starter — sophomore forward Nigel Hayes — is black.
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This is nothing new, however. Wisconsin has featured just one black starter in its past two Final Four appearances as well. Senior point guard Traevon Jackson started for the Badgers last year and was the starter this season before a foot injury forced him to miss 19 games.
Former Wisconsin assistant Howard Moore says people often get the wrong impression when they look at the makeup of the school’s basketball team.
"I think the misconception is that (head coach) Bo (Ryan) just likes to recruit the big, white kids," Moore told USA Today Sports. "Those (assistant coaches at Wisconsin) have done a great job of recruiting to Bo's system and staying true to what Bo believes in and going and getting the kids that believe in what they do. That's the key."
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Demographics are another factor in Wisconsin’s makeup. Just 6.5 percent of Wisconsin residents are black, roughly half the national average. Seven of the 16 players on the Badgers' roster are from Wisconsin. Four other states are represented on the squad: Ohio (three), Illinois (three), Minnesota (two) and California (one).
And it's not just the basketball team that has a difficult time attracting black talent. Wisconsin Afro-American studies president Craig Werner told USA Today Sports that, at times, he has found it difficult to recruit black professors to his department. Werner is white.
"Part of that is it was harder to recruit a first-rate black scholar to come to Madison," he was quoted as saying. "They legitimately wanted to be somewhere where there is a large black professional class. It isn't Madison."
Though Wisconsin has the lowest percentage of African-Americans in the Final Four field, Kentucky has the least diverse student population. Seventy-nine percent of UK students are white, compared to 77 percent at Wisconsin and 71 percent at Michigan State, according to Forbes.
Duke is the most diverse school in this year's Final Four. It is 47 percent white, according to Forbes.
So how does Jackson, one of five black players on Wisconsin’s team, feel about his team’s makeup?
"White, black, whatever," Jackson told USA Today. "We all worked hard, and Coach Ryan is a tough-nosed coach who gets the most out of you. We're in back-to-back Final Fours, and we're looking for more."