Seven Questions with Jim Wilson

Full name: James Arthur Wilson III

Birth Date: June 7, 1981

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hometown: Rockport, Maine

Nickname: Jim, CJ, Crazy Jim

Favorite Athlete: Butterbean



Recently I've been receiving requests from athletes and some non-athletes who want to be featured in seven questions. While I am not able to field all of them, I felt I should respect Jim Wilson. Wilson is a senior co-captain of the men's basketball team. Jumping on the scene in during last year's season, Wilson has never left the lineup since. Showing leadership on the court and a strong pimp hand in the frats, Wilson has earned the nickname crazy. He is no Tim Hardaway, but you might catch Wilson on the hardwood displaying his own version of the killer-cross, while inventing a new style of lay-up on every drive. I happened to catch up to Wilson wearing Mardi Gras beads, his basketball warm-ups, and sun glasses in a crowded frat party last weekend, and asked him if he was down for seven questions. He was down, so naturally seven questions followed.



>1. Why is your nickname crazy?

A nine iron, a jar of mayonnaise, an electric toothbrush, a circus midget, two guys named Tony, and a pitching machine--that's all I can really tell you.



>2. As I wrote in the intro, I saw you in a frat last Saturday night after the Middlebury win. Exactly how much tail did you get that evening?

I never kiss and tell, but I can tell you I got enough to quench my insatiable and downright unhealthy sexual appetite.



>3. You got no burn your first two seasons and then catapulted into the lineup midway through last year's season, what did you do differently?

It took me a few years to convince Kyle, Lee, and Phil that we would all quit. Then, the day we were supposed to tell coach, I made them go first and I ran--after that my friend, I was getting playing time like Shapiro gets rebounds--like one or two a game. Then after that I got a lot more. I wonder whatever happened to Kyle and Lee and Phil...



4. Who have been your biggest influences at Tufts?

Andrew Bisharat for his sisters, Al Valle for his body hair, Jack Lambert for his belligerence, Dave Roy for his hairlessness, Dave Kauffman for his jafro, Lee Neugebauer for his sorority formal prowess, Jason Varano for his condoms, and Kyle Van Natta for his maternal nurturing and sponge baths.



5. I saw you at that same frat party with spiked up hair and sunglasses on. Do people ever consider you the Vanilla Ice of the basketball team?

Actually, I'm considered more the Chocolate Fire of the basketball team, Coupe is more the Vanilla Ice (or Robert Van Winkle as he wants us to call him now) I guess we all have our associations. McGlynn is the Elton John of the team, Reggie is the Ja Rule, Shapiro is the John Tesh--I mean I'm sure you can see those ones without me even telling you.



>6. You pick up any skills as an engineer that have helped you on the court?

Well, there aren't too many ladies in the engineering department, so I've mainly learned how to work well with guys who have no game--which has definitely helped me out with the basketball team. I'm just playin' all you engineers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1--oops, I slipped into binary code for a second--sorry.



>7. What can we expect to see in this Saturday's NESCAC semi-finals game against Williams at Amherst?

I can't make any promises but maybe--away jerseys, no bottoms, and high socks--real high.