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WISCONSIN BASKETBALL 21 NCAA Tournaments (17 consecutive) § 4 Final Fours (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015) § 18 Big Ten Championships § 21 Consensus All-Americans WISCONSIN (3-2, 0-0) vs. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (0-4, 0-0) 2015-16 SCHEDULE WED., NOV. 25, 2015 § 7 P.M. (CT) § 2K CLASSIC § MADISON, WIS. § KOHL CENTER § BTN Date Opponent Time Location . .Madison, Wis. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PANTHERS NOV. 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS L, 67-69 Site . Kohl Center Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR NOV. 15 SIENA W, 92-65 Capacity . .17,287 Record (SWAC) .....................................0-4 (0-0) NOV. 17 NORTH DAKOTA W, 78-64 TV . Big Ten Network (Jeff Levering & Jon Crispin) Head Coach ..................................Byron Rimm II Radio. .Badger Radio Network (Matt Lepay & Mike Lucas) Record at PVAMU (Years) ............114-181 (10th) 2K Classic – New York City WISCONSIN BADGERS Nov. 20 vs. Georgetown L, 61-71 All-Time Series. .WIS leads, 2-0 Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR Nov. 22 vs. VCU W, 74-73 All-Time in Madison . .WIS leads, 2-0 Record (Big Ten) ...................................3-2 (0-0) Last Meeting vs. PVAMU NOV. 25 PRAIRIE VIEW 7 pm . WIS won, 80-43 Head Coach ............................................Bo Ryan Dec. 28, 2013 (at the Kohl Center, Madison, Wis.) Record at Wisconsin (Years) ........360-127 (15th) Nov. 29 at Oklahoma [7] 1:30 pm Dec. 2 at Syracuse (Big Ten/ACC) 6:15 pm DEC. 5 TEMPLE 11:30 am UP NEXT: UW HOSTS PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ON WEDNESDAY DEC. 9 MILWAUKEE 8 pm u Three days after earning a split at the 2K Classic in New York City, the DEC. 12 MARQUETTE 12:30 pm Badgers will welcome Prairie View A&M to the Kohl Center on Wednesday, DEC. 15 TEX. A&M CORPUS CHRISTI 8 pm Nov. 25. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. on the Big Ten Network. DEC. 23 GREEN BAY 8 pm DEC. 29 PURDUE 6 pm u Wisconsin will then head on the road for back-to-back challenging contests at No. 7 Oklahoma (Nov. 29) and at Syracuse (Dec. 2). The fi rst of JAN. 2 RUTGERS 1 pm a two-year home-and-home series with the Sooners, the Badgers will look Jan. 5 at Indiana 6 pm to repeat a 69-56 win over OU in the 2014 Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament. JAN. 9 MARYLAND TBA Jan. 12 at Northwestern 6 pm NOTES TO KNOW For the second-straight season, UW boasts JAN. 17 MICHIGAN STATE TBA 1 ALL-BIG TEN TANDEM: UW returns just 38% of its minutes played 2 players on the Wooden Award preseason Jan. 21 at Penn State 7 pm from last season, but welcomes back a pair of Wooden Award candidates Top 50 in Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig. JAN. 26 INDIANA 6 pm in juniors Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig. Hayes, who was 9th in the AP Jan. 31 at Illinois 6:30 pm Preseason All-American voting, is scored in double fi gures in all 5 games averaging 14.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 3.6 apg. FEB. 4 OHIO STATE 6 pm 2 KLUTCH KOENIG: Junior Bronson Koenig entered the season with a single-game career high of 19 points. He FEB. 10 NEBRASKA 6 pm has already topped that twice in 5 games this season, leading UW with 17.6 ppg. On Sunday vs. VCU, Koenig scored a Feb. 13 at Maryland 5 pm game-high 22 points, including the game-winning basket with 5.9 seconds remaining. Feb. 18 at Michigan State 8 pm 3 MAKING IT HAPP-EN: With back-to-back double-doubles in the 2K Classic in New York, Ethan Happ became FEB. 21 ILLINOIS 12/6:30 pm the first UW freshman to post consecutive double-doubles since Mike Wilkinson in the 2001-02 season. Feb. 24 at Iowa 8 pm 4 FEB. 28 MICHIGAN 3/5 pm YOUNG BLOOD: No team in the nation has more freshmen than Wisconsin (8) and a quartet of the Badgers’ newcomers are having an immediate impact. Ethan Happ, Alex Illikainen, Khalil Iverson and Charlie Thomas are March 2 at Minnesota 8 pm combining to average 22.0 points and 15.2 rebounds per game. Freshmen have played 32.3% of UW’s minutes. March 5/6 at Purdue TBA 5 BO KNOWS: A 2015 Naismith Hall of Fame finalist, Bo Ryan ranks 9th in conference history with 172 career Big Ten wins and owns the highest Big Ten winning percentage in conference history. Overall, Ryan ranks 28th on the Big Ten Tournament – Banker’s Life (Indy) NCAA’s all-time wins list with a record of 743-230 (.764), just 4 wins short of passing the legendary Phog Allen (746). Mar. 9-13 at Big Ten Tournament 6 HOME SWEET HOME: UW owns one of the best home records in all of college basketball. In 15 seasons under Bo Ryan, the Badgers have amassed a 211-23 (.902) record at home, the 4th-best winning percentage in the country All times Central over that span. Ryan’s Badgers are 105-9 (.921) at home in non-conference play. FOLLOW THE #BADGERS: u WEBSITE: www.UWBadgers.com WISCONSIN’S PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes u TWITTER: @BadgerMBB 3 Zak Showalter G Jr. 8.6 5.8 2.2 10 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast, 3 stl, 2 blk vs. VCU; 12-for-14 FTs u FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball 10 Nigel Hayes F Jr. 14.8 4.2 3.6 18 assists, 5 turnovers; 6-for-14 (.400) 3FGs this season u INSTAGRAM: @BadgerMBB 22 Ethan Happ F R-Fr. 10.6 7.6 0.8 2K Classic All-Tourn. Team; Back-to-back double-doubles in NYC u YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers 24 Bronson Koenig G Jr. 17.6 3.6 3.2 22 pts with game-winner vs. VCU; 38.7% 3FGs (12-31) u SNAPCHAT: OfficialBadgers 30 Vitto Brown F Jr. 10.8 5.8 0.4 Career-high 16 points with 7 rebounds vs. Siena (11/15) MOBILE APP: BADGER GAMEDAY WISCONSIN’S KEY RESERVES Improved for the 2014 season, the free Badger No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes Gameday app for iPhone, iPad and Android 1 Brevin Pritzl G Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 Made debut vs. Siena; missed entire preseason with broken foot devices offers fans a wide variety of information on the Badgers. 11 Jordan Hill G So. 0.0 0.2 0.0 Redshirted last season; Avg. 4.6 mpg this season 15 Charlie Thomas F Fr. 4.4 3.6 0.2 Career-high 9 points and 5 rebounds vs. VCU; Avg. 14.4 mpg 21 Khalil Iverson G Fr. 4.2 3.2 0.8 Avg. 20.6 mpg; 8 of 16 rebounds have been offensive 25 Alex Illikainen F Fr. 2.8 0.8 0.0 Made debut vs. Siena (11/15), scoring 6 points in 7 minutes Men’s Basketball Contact: Patrick Herb | Offi ce: 608-890-2477 | Cell: 608-957-2085 | E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office § University of Wisconsin § Kellner Hall § 1440 Monroe Street § Madison, WI 53711 @BADGERMBB NOTES GAME 6: VS. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M WISCONSIN BASKETBALL Will Decorah Brevin Pritzl Jordan Smith Zak Showalter Matt Ferris Aaron Moesch 0 G, Jr., 6-4, 205 1 G, Fr., 6-3, 185 2 G, R-Sr., 6-3, 181 3 G, R-Jr., 6-2, 184 4 G, So., 6-6, 196 5 F, R-So., 6-8, 211 Waunakee, Wis. De Pere, Wis. Orono, Minn. Germantown, Wis. Appleton, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Nigel Hayes Jordan Hill Jackson Bax Charlie Thomas T.J. Schlundt Khalil Iverson 10 F, Jr., 6-8, 240 11 G, R-So., 6-3, 178 13 G, Fr., 5-11, 157 15 F, Fr., 6-8, 253 20 G, R-Fr., 6-5, 194 21 G/F, Fr., 6-5, 205 Toledo, Ohio Pasadena, Calif. Frankfort, Ill. Highland, Md. Oconomowoc, Wis. Delaware, Ohio Ethan Happ Bronson Koenig Alex Illikainen Vitto Brown Andy Van Vliet Riley Dearring 22 F, R-Fr., 6-9, 235 24 G, Jr., 6-4, 193 25 F, Fr., 6-9, 220 30 F, Jr., 6-8, 230 33 F, Fr., 6-11, 203 35 G, R-So., 6-5, 181 Milan, Ill. La Crosse, Wis. Grand Rapids, Minn. Bowling Green, Ohio Antwerp, Belgium Minnetonka, Minn. WISCONSIN ROSTER POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 0 Will Decorah G 6-4 205 Jr./Jr. Waunakee, Wis. (HS) 1 Brevin Pritzl G 6-3 185 Fr./Fr. De Pere, Wis. (HS) 2 Jordan Smith*** G 6-3 181 5th/Sr. Orono, Minn. (HS) 3 Zak Showalter** G 6-2 184 Sr./Jr. Germantown, Wis. (HS) 4 Matt Ferris (+) G 6-6 196 So./So. Appleton, Wis. (Xavier) 5 Aaron Moesch* F 6-8 211 Jr./So. Green Bay, Wis. (Southwest) 10 Nigel Hayes** F 6-8 240 Jr./Jr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 11 Jordan Hill* G 6-3 178 Jr./So. Pasadena, Calif. (LaSalle/Exeter Academy [N.H.]) 13 Jackson Bax G 5-11 157 Fr./Fr. Frankfort, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East) Bo Ryan Greg Gard 15 Charlie Thomas F 6-8 253 Fr./Fr. Highland, Md. (River Hill) Head Coach Associate Head Coach 20 T.J. Schlundt G 6-5 194 So./Fr. Oconomowoc, Wis. (St. John’s Military Academy [Wis.]) 21 Khalil Iverson G/F 6-5 205 Fr./Fr. Delaware, Ohio (Rutherford B. Hayes) 22 Ethan Happ F 6-9 235 So./Fr. Milan, Ill. (Rock Ridge) 24 Bronson Koenig** G 6-4 193 Jr./Jr.