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Wisconsin Badgers Believe High School Coach Helped Miami Tamper With Xavier Lucas

More details are coming out of the Wisconsin Badgers lawsuit against the Miami Hurricanes for tampering with cornerback Xavier Lucas.
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Former Wisconsin Badgers cornerback Xavier Lucas (6) is at the center of a lawsuit against Miami over tampering last winter.
Former Wisconsin Badgers cornerback Xavier Lucas (6) is at the center of a lawsuit against Miami over tampering last winter. | Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK

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The Wisconsin Badgers are still suing the University of Miami over its tampering with cornerback Xavier Lucas.

As the case continues to work its way though the court system, more details are coming out about what exactly happened last winter when the young player left to join the Hurricanes.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Wisconsin and its attorneys now believe that one of the assistant coaches at the Florida high school that Lucas graduated from was involved in the tampering effort for Miami.

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During a recent hearing, UW said Renel Tanis facilitated communication between the Hurricanes and Lucas without them having to talk directly.

The Badgers are trying to subpoena social media activity logs and other communications data for the coach and Lucas, among others.

Miami's lawyers are fighting against that push, arguing that it oversteps and invades the privacy of those invovled.

The judge in the case hasn't made any rulings yet as lawyers on both sides submit motions and filings.

Related: Miami is trying to dismiss Wisconsin Badgers' lawsuit over Xavier Lucas transfer

Lucas made national headlines last winter when he requested to enter the transfer portal and the Badgers denied him, citing a multi-year contract he had signed with the school.

The cornerback circumvented the transfer portal by leaving Wisconsin and choosing to enroll at Miami with the intention of joining the football team.

He started 10 games for the Hurricanes this season en route to a National Championship game loss to Indiana.

The lawsuit won't have any bearing on Lucas' career continuing at Miami, but Wisconsin is seeking a legal ruling on the alleged tampering.

The case is likely to continue for several months before any kind of ruling comes down.

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LORIN COX

Lorin Cox is the managing editor of Wisconsin Badgers on SI. He has been covering Badgers sports since 2014, when he was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin. He previously wrote for the Wisconsin State Journal, NBC Sports Chicago and USA Today Sports Media Group, and he is a former analyst for Pro Football Focus.

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