Jim Klebesadel didn’t have to say anything. His smile told the whole story.
He was smiling when he arrived at the Kohl Center as a guest of the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team during its practice Monday and he was still smiling when he left Bo Ryan’s office later that afternoon accompanied by his three daughters.
Klebesadel, the 81-year-old grandfather of former Wisconsin standout Mike Wilkinson and an unabashed fan of the Badgers, told Ryan that it was one of the best days of his life.