MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Spike Albrecht went all in.
After the 2013 national championship game, in which Albrecht scored 17 first-half points for Michigan with model Kate Upton in the stands watching, Albrecht took to Twitter to reach out.
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Alas, Upton never responded.
Albrecht still is shaking off the disappointment.
Especially with the most recent development in his new locker room with Purdue. Fellow guard P.J. Thompson , a fan of "The Bachelor," made a pitch to Danielle Lombard, who recently left the show after not receiving a rose, via a TV interview. The TV reporter tweeted at Lombard with this:
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And Lombard actually responded.
She tweeted, "aww so sweet! Thank you."
How has that changed Purdue's locker room dynamics? We asked the key pieces:
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