Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) dunks the ball against Libbey on Jan. 29, 2010.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) and St. John's Marc Loving (32) in a game on Feb. 16, 2010 in Toledo.
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St. John's Cheatham Norrils (24), right, handles the ball against Nigel Hayes (23) on Feb. 16, 2010.
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Nigel Hayes (23) blocks Start's James Grays (34) on Dec. 10, 2010.
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Nigel Hayes dribbles the ball for Whitmer against a Central Catholic defender on Dec. 17, 2010.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes puts up a shot over Central Catholic's player Domingo Muniz III on Dec. 17, 2010.
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Bowsher's Maurice Birdsong pressures Whitmer's Nigel Hayes on Jan. 14, 2011.
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Bowsher's Maurice Birdsong defends against Nigel Hayes during a game on Jan. 14, 2011.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes dunks against St. John's at Whitmer on Feb. 8, 2011.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) knocks the ball away from Findlay's Brock Ammons (35) during a game on Feb. 15, 2011.
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Nigel Hayes (23) steals the ball from Central Catholic's Deontae Cole (30) during the City League boys basketball playoff semifinals at Savage Arena on Feb. 22, 2011.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes plays against John's Jesuit during the City League Championships at Savage Areana on Feb. 24, 2011.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes shoots against Start as Start's Maurice Taylor looks on during the Division I boys sectional finals at Waite High School on March 4, 2011.
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Start's James Grays defends as Whitmer's Nigel Hayes goes to the basket in the Division I boys sectional finals at Waite High School on March 4, 2011.
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Nigel Hayes of Whitmer dunks against Central Catholic in the Division I boys district basketball semifinals on March 10, 2011.
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Nigel Hayes of Whitmer dunks against Central Catholic in the Division I boys district basketball semifinals on March 10, 2011.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) busts through St. John's forward Alex Carter's (4) defense with Dilyn Good (52) in hot pursuit and scores on a jump shot during the game at Whitmer on Dec. 9, 2011.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) battles Central Catholic's Cliff Bussey (12) for a rebound on Jan. 13, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) and Central Catholic's Cliff Bussey (12) chase a loose ball on Jan. 13, 2012.
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Central Catholic's Nathaniel Harris (22) and Gaylon Hughes battle Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) for a loose ball on Jan. 13, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) goes to the net agains St. John's Jesuit's Marc Loving (32) on Jan. 24, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) and Chris Wormley (44) defend against Findlay's C.J. Gettys (41) on Jan. 27, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) dunks the ball against Findlay on Jan. 27, 2012.
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Central Catholic's player Dexter Johnson (10) has his shot blocked by Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) at Central Catholic on Feb. 17, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes, right, high-fives his Whitmer teammates after the Panthers defeat Central Catholic on Feb. 17, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes (23) drives inside against Sylvania Northview's Conner Hartnett (14) during the Division I sectional basketball finals at Central Catholic on March 2, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) soars to the basket against St. John's Jesuit during the Division I District semifinal at Savage Arena, March, 8, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes dunks over Sylvania Southview's Allen Gant during the Division I District final at Savage Arena, March 10, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes dunks for Whitmer against the Sylvania Southview defense during the Division I District final at Savage Arena, March 10, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes drives between Sylvania Southview players Joey Vermilya (3) and Brandon Stewart (14) during the Division I District final at Savage Arena, March 10, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes brings the ball past Sylvania Southview's Me'Gail Frisch during the Division I District final at Savage Arena, March 10, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) drives to the net against Norwalk's Trey Hallock (21) during the Division I regional basketball semifinal, March 14, 2012, at Savage Arena.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) defends against Norwalk's Jacob Cashen (40) during the Division I regional basketball semifinal on March 14, 2012 at Savage Arena in Toledo.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) is surrounded by Norwalk defenders during the Division I regional basketball semifinal March 14, 2012, at Savage Arena.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes dunks the ball against Norwalk during the Division I regional basketball semifinal on March 14, 2012 at Savage Arena in Toledo.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) looks for an opening against Medina during the Division I regional final in Akron on March 17, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) takes a shot against Medina's Billy Geschke (12) during the Division I regional final on March 17, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) steals the ball from Medina's Dillon Wiesler (44) during the Division I regional final on March 17, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes (23) pulls in a rebound for Whitmer against St. Edward's Tim Stainbrook (15) during the Division I state semifinal on March 23, 2012 in Columbus.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes and Leroy Alexander celebrate their 62-51 victory over Lakewood St. Edward during the Division I state semifinal on March 23, 2012 in Columbus.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) plows over Pickerington Central's Jae'Sean Tate (23) and Chad Nelson (5) during the Division I state championship on March 24, 2012, in Columbus.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) comes up with a turnover against Pickerington Central's during the Division I state championship on March 24, 2012, in Columbus.
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Whitmer's Storm Norton (420, Nigel Hayes (23), and Leroy Alexander (24) react to their loss to Pickerington Central during the Division I state championship on March 24, 2012 in Columbus.
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Nigel Hayes drives past Sylvania Northview's Mark Bernsdorff (22) and Connor Hartnett (14) during a game Friday on Dec. 18, 2012.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) goes to the net against St. John's Marc Loving (32) during a game on Dec. 12, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes dunks the ball against Perrysburg at Whitmer High School on Dec. 27, 2012.
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Nigel Hayes takes a shot against St. John's Jesuit's Parker Ernsthausen (24) on Jan. 22, 2013.
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Vitto Brown, left, and Nigel Hayes at the Brown home in Bowling Green, Feb. 2013. Brown, a senior at Bowling Green High School, and Hayes, a senior at Whitmer High School, will be at Wisconsin.
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Nigel Hayes dunks the ball over Anthony Wayne's Ose Omofoma (22) on Feb. 5, 2013 in Whitehouse, Ohio.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) tries to get past Springfield's Curtis Hassell (12) during a Division I boys sectional game Friday on March 1, 2013.
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Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) drives to the net against Springfield's Anthony Jones (34) during a Division I boys sectional game on March 1, 2013 at Central Catholic High School.
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Nigel Hayes, right, steals the ball from Springfield's Christian Jackson (20) during the Division I boys sectional game on March 1, 2013 at Central Catholic High School.
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Nigel Hayes plows over Central Catholic's C.J. Bussey (12) during the Division I boys district semifinal on March 7, 2013.
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Nigel Hayes (23) takes a shot against Central Catholic's Keith Towbridge (44) during the Division I boys district semifinal on March 7, 2013.
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Central Catholic's Keith Towbridge (44) and Deontae Cole (30) chase Whitmer's Nigel Hayes (23) after he stole the ball during the Division I district basketball semifinal on March 7, 2013 at Savage Arena.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) moves past Purdue's Travis Carroll (50) to take a shot on Jan. 25, 2014, in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Ohio State's Marc Loving (2) defends against Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes, center, on Feb. 1, 2014, in Madison, Wis.
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Penn State's Brandon Taylor, right, defends the basket against Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) during a game on March 2, 2014, in State College, Pa.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) tries to get around Nebraska's Leslee Smith (21) during a game in Lincoln, Neb., on March 9, 2014.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes lays on the bench to relax before a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament against American, on March 20, 2014, in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes listens to questions from reporters during a news conference for the third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament on March 21, 2014, in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes fights for a rebound against Baylor's Royce O'Neale (00) during the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball tournament regional semifinal, March 27, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes, left, jokes as teammate Ben Brust talks to reporters in an interview room at the NCAA college basketball tournament on March 28, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif.
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Illinois' Rayvonte Rice, left, and Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes go after the ball on Feb. 15 in Madison, Wis.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) shoots past Illinois' Nnanna Egwu during the second half of an NCAA game on Feb. 15 in Madison, Wis.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes, center, passes against Minnesota's Joey King (24) and DeAndre Mathieu, right, on Feb. 21 in Madison, Wis.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes, center, passes the ball under pressure from Minnesota guard Andre Hollins, left, and others during on March 5.
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Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell, right, drives to the basket against Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes during a game on March 8 in Columbus.
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Michigan's Max Bielfeldt (44) and Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) tangle as they battle for a rebound in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament on March 13 in Chicago.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) dunks against Michigan on March 13 in Chicago.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) drives against Michigan's Max Bielfeldt (44) in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament on March 13 in Chicago.
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Wisconsin's Josh Gasser (21), Nigel Hayes (10), Josh Gasser (21), Sam Dekker (15) celebrate as they walk off the court against Purdue in the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Chicago on March 14.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) hugs Josh Gasser in the closing second of overtime in an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Chicago on March 15.
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Michigan State's Gavin Schilling (34) stops the drives of Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes (10) in the championship of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Chicago on March 15.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes grabs a rebound in front of Coastal Carolina guard Josh Cameron, right, during an NCAA tournament game in the Round of 64, March 20 in Omaha, Neb.
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Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes, left, drives past Coastal Carolina's Shivaughn Wiggins (10) during the Round of 64 in Omaha, Neb., March 20.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes speaks during a news conference for an NCAA college basketball tournament third round game, Saturday, March 21 in Omaha, Neb.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes (10) is fouled by Oregon forward Dillon Brooks while driving to the basket on March 22 in Omaha, Neb.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes smiles after makes a basket during practice on March 25 in Los Angeles.
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes answers questions aat the NCAA men's college basketball tournament West regional on March 27 in Los Angeles.
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