Pete Carroll pulls April Fools' joke on Wisconsin basketball team
Pete Carroll has become somewhat of a prankster over the course of his coaching career, so it came as no surprise when he added to the reputation Monday on April Fools'€™ Day.
Carroll'€™s latest prank involved the Wisconsin men'€™s basketball team -- in the midst of preparing for its Final Four game against Kentucky --€” and Seattle Seahawks starting quarterback Russell Wilson.
The Seahawks head coach tweeted that Wilson was invited to practice with the Badgers, even going as far as to add a picture of Wilson playing high school basketball.
Even Wisconsin'€™s athletic director Barry Alvarez was in on the joke, calling in to 710 AM ESPN Seattle to endorse the ploy. It was, of course, a ruse, and Carroll later called the radio station to yell "April Fools!"
Thankfully for Seahawks fans, they'€™ll only have to worry about their star quarterback being a two-sport athlete.