MEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE • DECEMBER 21, 2006 2006-07 SCHEDULE GAME #13: PACIFIC AT WISCONSIN Date Opp. (A.P. Rank) Time/Result Records: Pacific (3-8) at Wisconsin (11-1) 11/12 MERCER W, 72-48 Date/Time: Saturday, Dec. 23 at 7:05 p.m. CST 11/15 UW-GREEN BAY W, 79-62 Location: Madison, Wis. (Kohl Center / 17,190) 11/19 SOUTHERN W, 92-39 Live TV: ESPN360 (Jeff Friedman and Nate Ross) 11/21 DELAWARE STATE W, 64-52 Tape-Delay TV: Wisconsin Public Television (Jay 11/24 vs. Missouri State* L, 64-66 Wilson and Charlie Wills) ... airs statewide at 11 p.m. 11/25 vs. Auburn* W, 77-63 Radio: Wisconsin Radio Network (Matt Lepay and 11/28 FLORIDA STATE W, 81-66 Mike Lucas) ... 51 affiliates throughout Wisconsin 12/2 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL W, 79-63 and Minnesota, including WIBA (101.5 FM and 1310 12/4 WINTHROP W, 82-79 (ot) AM) in Madison and WTMJ (620 AM) in Milwaukee 12/9 at Marquette (#17) W, 70-66 Polls: UW is ranked fourth in the Associated Press 12/13 UW-MILWAUKEE W, 68-49 poll and fifth in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll / 12/16 PITT (#2) W, 89-75 Pacific is not ranked 12/23 PACIFIC 7 p.m. Coaches: Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan (23rd year as a head 12/27 GARDNER-WEBB 7 p.m. coach: 506-153 / 6th year at UW: 123-50) and 12/31 at Georgia Noon Pacific’s Bob Thomason (21st year as a head coach: 1/6 MINNESOTA 3:37 p.m. 366-256 / 19th year at Pacific: 313-229) 1/9 OHIO STATE 8 p.m. Series: Tied 1-1 1/13 at Northwestern 1:32 p.m. Last Meeting: Pacific defeated UW, 55-48, on Nov. 1/17 PURDUE 7 p.m. 28, 1997 at the Big Island Invitational in Hilo, Hawaii 1/20 at Illinois 1 p.m. ... Wisconsin led 37-36 after three quarters (the 1/24 MICHIGAN 8 p.m. tournament was using experimental four-quarter 1/28 at Iowa Noon rules) but Pacific outscored UW 19-11 in the final 1/31 at Indiana 6 p.m. quarter ... Sean Daugherty led UW with 15 points 2/3 NORTHWESTERN 1:07 p.m. Wisconsin-Pacific Series Notes: UW won the only Junior Brian Butch scored a career-high 27 2/7 at Penn State 7 p.m. meeting in Madison, 92-68, on Dec. 16, 1961 ... the points and added 11 rebounds for his fifth 2/10 IOWA 1 p.m. Badgers’ last game vs. a Big West Conference career double-double vs. Pitt on Saturday. 2/14 at Minnesota 7 p.m. opponent was a 72-61 win over UC-Santa Barbara on Nov. 23, 2004 at the Kohl Center ... Pacific, which has 2/17 PENN STATE 11:17 a.m. been to three straight NCAA tournaments, has not faced a Big Ten team since playing Wisconsin in 1997. 2/20 at Michigan State 6 p.m. 2/25 at Ohio State 3 p.m. 3/3 MICHIGAN STATE TBA 2006-07 ROSTER/STATS All times listed as CST * - at South Padre Invitational PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Reb. Asst. 5 Jason Chappell F/C 6-10 245 Sr. 4.5 3.3 1.4 Around the Rim 22 Michael Flowers G 6-2 185 Jr. 8.0 3.6 3.4 Wisconsin is ranked fourth in the latest 23 Kammron Taylor G 6-2 175 Sr. 12.0 2.5 1.8 Associated Press Poll, the highest ranking 32 Brian Butch F/C 6-11 245 Jr. 11.1 6.4 0.9 in school history. 42 Alando Tucker F 6-6 205 Sr. 21.2 4.4 1.9 OFF THE BENCH The Badgers are 11-1, the best start to a 1 Marcus Landry F 6-7 230 So. 4.3 2.8 0.5 season for UW under head coach Bo Ryan. 2 Mickey Perry G 6-2 190 Fr. 1.0 0.4 0.1 The last time Wisconsin started a season 3 Trevon Hughes G 6-1 190 Fr. 1.6 1.2 0.3 11-1 was in 1998-99. 12 Jason Bohannon G 6-2 195 Fr. 4.7 1.6 1.6 14 Tanner Bronson G 5-11 160 Jr. 0.8 0.3 0.4 Alando Tucker scored a season-high 32 15 Brett Valentyn G 6-4 180 Fr. will redshirt this season points against Pitt and is averaging 25.3 points over the last four games. 21 Morris Cain G/F 6-5 210 So. 0.3 0.2 0.0 34 Greg Stiemsma C 6-11 260 Jr. 1.5 1.1 1.3 Wisconsin has won 12 straight games at 43 Kevin Gullikson F 6-7 240 So. 1.9 0.9 0.3 the Kohl Center and is 81-5 in home 44 J.P. Gavinski C 6-11 245 Fr. will redshirt this season games under Bo Ryan. 45 Joe Krabbenhoft G/F 6-7 217 So. 5.7 5.5 1.8 University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com Notable, Quotable and Promotable Our top items for this week ... Wisconsin hosts Pacific on Saturday at the Kohl Center in BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG GAME Madison. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 Since the start of the 2004-05 season, Wisconsin has played 18 games against ranked opponents. Senior 7:05 p.m. CST. This is the Badgers’ final game in a stretch of five straight games Alando Tucker has played in each of those games and is averaging 21.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, against 2006 NCAA Tournament partici- while shooting .481 from the field. He has scored at least 20 points in 11 of those 18 games. Here is a look pants. at how Tucker fared in each of those games: Date Team (AP rank) Pts. Rebs. FG-FGA FT-FTA Wisconsin defeated Pitt, 89-75, Nov. 30, 2004 Maryland (#12) 27 2 8-14 11-15 last Saturday. The Panthers Dec. 29, 2004 Alabama (#18) 21 7 7-13 4-6 2 entered the game ranked No. 2 in Jan. 16, 2005 Michigan State (#15) 8 6 3-9 1-4 both the Associated Press and ESPN/ USA Jan. 25, 2005 Illinois (#1) 16 8 7-10 0-1 Today Coaches polls. It was the Badgers’ Feb. 12, 2005 at Illinois (#1) 24 8 9-18 4-7 first win over a No. 2 team since defeating Feb. 24, 2005 at Michigan State (#10) 18 3 5-8 8-8 second-ranked Minnesota on March 8, March 13, 2005 vs. Illinois (#1)* 9 3 4-14 0-0 1997. That game took place at the UW March 27, 2005 vs. North Carolina (#2)^ 25 2 9-17 7-9 Field House. Pitt was the highest-ranked Nov. 29, 2005 at Wake Forest (#24) 27 3 10-27 5-8 team Wisconsin has defeated at the Kohl Jan. 8, 2006 Michigan State (#7) 17 6 5-17 6-17 Center. Jan. 18, 2006 at Ohio State (#19) 21 9 9-22 3-6 Jan. 31, 2006 Illinois (#6) 19 6 7-12 5-9 With their two wins last week, the Feb. 8, 2006 Indiana (#24) 29 6 12-20 4-6 Badgers moved up to No. 4 in the Feb. 15, 2006 Ohio State (#12) 27 16 10-18 7-11 3 Associated Press Poll. That is the March 2, 2006 at Michigan State (#25) 23 1 8-16 7-11 highest UW has ever been ranked, sur- March 4, 2006 at Iowa (#23) 10 6 4-13 2-5 passing the No. 6 ranking Wisconsin Dec. 9, 2006 at Marquette (#17) 28 5 13-22 2-3 earned on Dec. 4, 1962. So far this season, Dec. 16, 2006 Pitt (#2) 32 10 10-17 9-14 UW has been ranked in the top 10 for five TOTALS 381 107 140-287 85-140 weeks. Heading into this season, the (AVERAGES) (21.2) (5.9) (.488) (.607) Badgers had spent a total of six weeks in * - Big Ten Tournament / ^ - NCAA Tournament the A.P. top 10 in school history. • In his last 11 games against ranked teams, Tucker is averaging 23.5 points. With the win over Pitt, UW improved to 3-10 under Bo Ryan 4 against teams ranked in the top Tucker was named Big Ten Player Tucker and Butch combined 10. The Badgers’ previous wins were of the Week after averaging 26.0 for 59 points against Pitt. against No. 7 Illinois on Jan. 5, 2002 and 8 points on .576 (19-of-33) shooting 11 That is the most points for a No. 7 Michigan State on Jan. 8, 2006. from the field and adding 7.0 rebounds per pair of Badgers in a game since Michael game. He was also named the national Finley scored 36 points and Tracy Webster Pitt, ranked second in both polls, player of the week by Andy Katz and Dick had 27 in UW’s 109-96 loss to Missouri in was the highest-ranked non-con- Vitale of ESPN.com as well as Mike the second round of the 1994 NCAA 5 ference opponent the Badgers DeCourcy from SportingNews.com and Jeff Tournament. have defeated in school history. Previously, Goodman of FoxSports.com. UW beat third-ranked Kentucky, 69-65, on In addition, Tucker and Dec.