CHICAGO — John Blackwell was working out by himself during his first day back in Madison over the summer when he saw his newest teammate on the other side of the gym. Blackwell had heard good things about Nick Boyd, but he wasn’t about to turn on the tape for incoming transfers when he could get his own first impression. Blackwell approached Boyd and asked if he wanted to play one-on-one.
“He was kicking my ass at first,” Blackwell said at the 2026 men’s Big Ten tournament. “Then I started to get into a rhythm. I knew from then he was going to be really good.”
Boyd had played with a
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