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FROM PARIAH TO PINNACLE SIXTEEN YEARS AGO, BRUCE PEARL BLEW THE WHISTLE ON ILLINOIS. THE UW-MILWAUKEE COACH WILL BE REMINDED ABOUT IT OFTEN THIS WEEK.(SPORTS)
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Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
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March 22, 2005
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Byline: Adrian Wojnarowski Bergen County (N.J.) Record
Looking back, Bruce Pearl was probably naive to believe his spineless industry would react any other way but how it did: Blackball his tattling behind and kick the old Iowa assistant down to Division II for his first head coaching shot.
Sixteen years ago, Pearl had grown tired of losing recruits to dirty programs, and suspected that's what happened when Chicago schoolboy star Deon Thomas decided to go to Illinois after originally orally committing to Iowa.
So, Pearl taped Thomas' confession over the telephone, a conversation that included the recruit saying that an Illinois assistant, Jimmy Collins, had ...
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