Led by Frank Kaminsky and Bo Ryan, Wisconsin finally gets to a Final Four

Bo was slightly less expressive in his public comments and with his players, though he did have a few tender moments. "He gave me a huge hug, said, 'Come

George Dohrmann | Mar 30, 2014

Led by Frank Kaminsky and Bo Ryan, Wisconsin finally gets to a Final Four /

Frank Kaminsky scored his 28 points in a plethora of ways against Arizona's impressive frontcourt. — Frank Kaminsky scored his 28 points in a plethora of ways against Arizona's impressive frontcourt :: Jae C. Hong/AP

Bo was slightly less expressive in his public comments and with his players, though he did have a few tender moments. "He gave me a huge hug, said, 'Come here, Sammie,'" Dekker said. "He may be hard on us and get on us, but he cares for us. He embraced me tight and said, 'I'm a proud of you and let's get to Dallas.'"

Published Mar 30, 2014

GEORGE DOHRMANN

Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated senior writer George Dohrmann is the rare sportswriter to have won a Pulitzer Prize. He earned journalism's top honor in 2000 while at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Pulitzer cited his "determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men's basketball program at the University of Minnesota." In 2000 he joined Sports Illustrated, where his primary beat is investigative reporting. He has also covered college football, college basketball and high school sports for SI and SI.com. Dohrmann is the author of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, an expose about youth basketball that was published by Random House in October 2010. It won the 2011 PEN/ESPN Award for literary sports writing and was named the best sports book of the year by Amazon. Dohrmann cites the 2010 story Confessions of an Agent and the Michael Vick dog-fighting case in 2007 as the most memorable stories of his SI career. He has also written investigative stories on Ohio State football, UCLA basketball and other schools. Dohrmann's previous experience includes stops at the aforementioned St. Paul Pioneer Press (1997-2000), where he covered University of Minnesota football and basketball, and the Los Angeles Times (1995-1997), where he was the beat writer for USC basketball. Dohrmann graduated from Notre Dame in 1995 with a B.A. in American studies and later earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (2006). He resides in San Francisco with his wife, Sharon, daughter, Jessica, son, Justin and a crazy mutt named Reyna.