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Close is finalist for Eastern Illinois job

It was an interesting Thursday for two assistant coaches for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team. Rob Jeter headed to Milwaukee and signed a five-year deal to become the new UW-Milwaukee head coach. Gary Close, meanwhile, returned from Charleston, Ill., where he interviewed for the vacant head coaching job at Eastern Illinois

Suddenly, there appears to be a good possibility that UW head coach Bo Ryan will lose two-thirds of his respected coaching staff to teams nicknamed the Panthers.