PEORIA – His name is Skylar Paulson. Huge fan of “Fight Club” over here, hence the reference. I’m also very partial to red-headed grinders who spend a good portion of their life in my home state of
Wisconsin.

Hence, while his name is Skylar Paulson, I see UW floor-burner Mike Bruesewitz when I watch the Eastland junior ply his craft on the hardwood.

“I like him,” said Paulson, whose family lived in Monticello, Wis., before moving to Illinois about 10 years ago. “My stepdad compares me to him and says I’m a lot like him. If I said I was like another player, it’d be him: strong, undersized and working hard guarding the big man. Anyone, really.”