Joey Hauser "It's all worth it" story in On Milwaukee

[WarriorDad]

Glad he is here, but can understand him missing the chance to win another state title.

https://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/marquette-golden-eagles-joey-hauser.html?50000

[GGGG]

My guess is not actually participating in basketball drills doesn't help. 

[Marcus92]

During shootaround before the Harvard game, Joey was standing near half court with Ike and Ed. Joey was the only one of the three with a basketball in his hands, and kept spinning/mock "shooting" it to himself. You could tell it killed him not to be out there playing.

[tower912]

He is an awfully young kid away from home for the first time.    Homesickness is part of it.   Having Sam close by helps, I am sure. 

[Litehouse]

He is an awfully young kid away from home for the first time.    Homesickness is part of it.   Having Sam close by helps, I am sure.

Joey is 4 months younger than Markus.

[79Warrior]

He is an awfully young kid away from home for the first time.    Homesickness is part of it.   Having Sam close by helps, I am sure.

how far away does he live? an hour?

[Litehouse]

how far away does he live? an hour?

About 2.5 hrs

[79Warrior]

About 2.5 hrs

not horrible. at least he does not have to jump on a plane.

[Bad_Reporter]

Speaking from my experience I never recall missing high school.  I was like a pig in s**t when I attended MU.  Hope joey starts feeling better

[Galway Eagle]

Well at least we know he'll be solid from the free throw line next year

[StillWarriors]

"What could have been" for his senior year is an understandably tough pill to swallow. What a run before that though.

[MU82]

Speaking from my experience I never recall missing high school.  I was like a pig in s**t when I attended MU.  Hope joey starts feeling better

I didn't miss high school, but I did miss home at first. By my second semester freshman year, I was all about Marquette, though. I was having too much fun to think about home anymore!

[The Lens]

Wojo hit it on the head.  He should have gone down as one of the best ever.  Think of this resume:

4 state titles (All as a starter)
3 time All State
Mr. Basketball

Who can top that?

[GGGG]

I didn't miss high school, but I did miss home at first. By my second semester freshman year, I was all about Marquette, though. I was having too much fun to think about home anymore!

First semester I went home four times.  I don't think I went home four times the next seven semesters.

[Herman Cain]

When It first came out that Joey was accelerating his matriculation I posted that it was a) good for MU but b) potentially not good for Joey the person. Like I said everything has its place in life and giving up your senior year in high school is something you can't get back.

[warriorchick]

I didn't miss high school, but I did miss home at first. By my second semester freshman year, I was all about Marquette, though. I was having too much fun to think about home anymore!

I was super homesick the first few weeks, but I didn't miss high school at all.  I couldn't shake the nerd/geek label in HS, but no one at Marquette knew about it.  It was a great opportunity to rebrand myself.

[Herman Cain]

I was super homesick the first few weeks, but I didn't miss high school at all.  I couldn't shake the nerd/geek label in HS, but no one at Marquette knew about it.  It was a great opportunity to rebrand myself.

Look at it this way, you were ahead of your time, today the nerd/geeks are in the in crowd.

[MU82]

I was super homesick the first few weeks, but I didn't miss high school at all.  I couldn't shake the nerd/geek label in HS, but no one at Marquette knew about it.  It was a great opportunity to rebrand myself.

College is awesome for a bazillion reasons, and this is one of the biggies.

No wonder you went on to become such a super groovy chickadee!!

[dgies9156]

I was super homesick the first few weeks, but I didn't miss high school at all.  I couldn't shake the nerd/geek label in HS, but no one at Marquette knew about it.  It was a great opportunity to rebrand myself.

Ditto and I was no great fan of Nashville at the time either. I had good friends there but I could take it or leave it.

Milwaukee was so much fun and in many ways, so liberating!

[Eldon]

I was super homesick the first few weeks, but I didn't miss high school at all.  I couldn't shake the nerd/geek label in HS, but no one at Marquette knew about it.  It was a great opportunity to rebrand myself.

[real chili 83]

After nickel beer night at Good Time Charlie's and visiting the floor below us in Schroeder, there was no homesickness.   I'll bet you a quarter Joey is having the time of his life. 

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

After nickel beer night at Good Time Charlie's and visiting the floor below us in Schroeder, there was no homesickness.   I'll bet you a quarter Joey is having the time of his life.

Was there another kind of sickness involved?

[GB Warrior]

He is an awfully young kid away from home for the first time.    Homesickness is part of it.   Having Sam close by helps, I am sure.

And it's just not being away from home. It's the suddenness. Kid was a senior one day and to a certain extent, just flipped a switch to college. There's a lot that he gave up to make this happen. Missing that is to be expected.

[warriorchick]

Ditto and I was no great fan of Nashville at the time either. I had good friends there but I could take it or leave it.

Milwaukee was so much fun and in many ways, so liberating!

Nashville is very cool now, but in 1980, I couldn't wait to get out of there.

I did miss my family a lot at first, though. 

[dgies9156]

Nashville is very cool now, but in 1980, I couldn't wait to get out of there.

I did miss my family a lot at first, though.

I missed my friends. But I needed to get out on my own and in the 1970s and early 1980s, Nashville was the Bubba Capital of the known universe!