2004 Men's Basketball Season Wrap-Up
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2004 Men’s Basketball Season Wrap-Up WISCONSIN SETS SCHOOL RECORD WITH 25 WINS WISCONSIN UW’S 2003-04 HIGHLIGHTS (25-7, 12-4 Big Ten) Wisconsin (25-7, 12-4 Big Ten) completed another remarkable • School-record 25 wins season in 2003-04, setting a school record with 25 wins, winning National Ranking its first Big Ten Tournament title and advancing to its sixth con- Associated Press: 10th • Sixth consecutive NCAA secutive NCAA tournament. ESPN/USA Today: 10th tournament appearance The Badgers received a No. 6 seed in the East Rutherford Sagarin Ratings: 15th CollegeRPI.com: 12th • Won first round NCAA tourney regional and defeated No. 11 Richmond in the first round, their game for third straight season third consecutive first-round victory. UW fell to No. 3 seed Head Coach: Bo Ryan Pittsburgh in the second round, 59-55. Career Record/Yr.: 451-131/20th • 2004 Big Ten Tournament Wisconsin earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament Record at UW/Yr.: 68-28/3rd champions (first tourney title in after winning the 2004 Big Ten Tournament, the first conference Alma Mater: Wilkes, 1969 school history) tournament victory in school history. The Badgers defeated Notes: led Wisconsin to back-to- Minnesota (66-52), Michigan State (68-66) and Illinois (70-53) to back Big Ten regular-season titles • Devin Harris named Big Ten claim the title. Junior point guard Devin Harris was the unani- in 2002-03 ... first coach in Big Player of the Year (first Badger Ten history to earn coach of the since Don Rehfeldt in 1950) mous choice as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player while year honors in each of his first junior forward Mike Wilkinson was a unanimous choice for the two seasons ... led UW to school- • Tied school record with 12 Big all-tournament team. record 25 wins this season ... Ten victories For the second consecutive season, UW went 12-4 in Big Ten three straight NCAA tourney play, tying the school record for conference victories. Wisconsin appearances ... second-highest • Went undefeated at home for ended the regular season with four straight wins, including victo- career winning percentage of any first time since 1929-30 (28 ries at Michigan State and Indiana, and had a chance to earn a DI coach with at least 15 years straight wins at the Kohl Center) share of their third consecutive league title until Illinois defeated experience ... won four DIII NCAA titles at UW-Platteville. • Set school record for fewest Ohio State by one point on the final day of the season. turnovers per game (10.0) Harris became the first Badger since Don Rehfeldt in 1950 to Assistant Coaches be named Big Ten Player of the Year. He was the only unanimous Rob Jeter • Led Big Ten in scoring defense choice on the all-conference first team. Wilkinson was a consensus Gary Close (57.0 points per game) second-team All-Big Ten selection, giving UW a consensus first- Greg Gard team and second-team member for the first time in school history. • Ranked among the top 25 for The Badgers ended the season ranked 10th in both the Last Game: Lost to Pitt, 59-55, in the entire season (second time in NCAA tournament second round. school history) Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today coaches polls. WISCONSIN PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Reb. Asst. Hometown (High School) Notes 12 Boo Wade G 6-3 185 So. 6.8 3.4 2.6 Milwaukee, Wis. (Vincent) 25 points in two NCAA tourney games 24 Freddie Owens G 6-2 190 Sr. 6.5 2.8 0.9 Milwaukee, Wis. (Washington) 111 career games played (61 starts) 30 Dave Mader C 6-11 265 Sr. 2.4 2.5 0.3 Appleton, Wis. (East) 51 career starts 34 Devin Harris G 6-3 175 Jr. 19.5 4.3 4.4 Milwaukee, Wis. (Wauwatosa East) Big Ten Player of the Year 54 Mike Wilkinson F 6-8 240 Jr. 13.1 6.8 1.9 Blue Mounds, Wis. (Wisconsin Heights) Second-team All-Big Ten OFF THE BENCH 1 Sharif Chambliss G 6-1 185 Sr. -- -- -- Racine, Wis. (St. Catherine’s/Penn State) Transfer from PSU; eligible in 2004-05 3 Ike Ukawuba G 6-3 190 Sr. 0.2 0.3 0.1 Chicago, Ill. (Lincoln Park) Appeared in 22 games this season 4 Ray Nixon F 6-8 205 So. 3.1 1.6 0.3 Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican) 11.1 minutes per game 5 Jason Chappell F/C 6-10 240 So. -- -- -- New Berlin, Wis. (West/Worcester Acad.) Redshirted this season 13 Clayton Hanson G 6-5 195 Jr. 4.8 1.6 0.8 Reedsburg, Wis. (HS) Averaged 25.2 minutes over last 16 games 21 Andreas Helmigk F/C 6-9 245 So. 2.7 1.5 0.5 Klagenfurt, Austria 27 games played. including 15 starts 23 Kammron Taylor G 6-2 175 Fr. 1.2 0.1 0.1 Minneapolis, Minn. (North) Played in 18 games this season 32 Brian Butch C 6-11 215 Fr. -- -- -- Appleton, Wis. (West) Redshirted this season 42 Alando Tucker F 6-5 205 So. 14.0 4.5 0.3 Lockport, Ill. (Township) Played in just four games (right foot injury) 44 Zach Morley F 6-8 220 Jr. 8.9 5.8 1.7 Maryville, Mo. (HS/Indian Hills CC) Team’s sixth man Sports Information Office University of Wisconsin • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 • Fax: (608) 262-8184 • UWBADGERS.COM Contact: Brian Lucas • Phone: (608) 263-5052 • Cell: (608) 513-3987 • Email: [email protected] TEAM NOTES year span are the most in school history. It is also UW’s third consecutive season A LOOK AT THE • Wisconsin won a school-record 25 with at least 11 Big Ten wins. The only SEEDS games this season, surpassing the old other time in school history that hap- On “Selection Sunday” (March 14), the mark of 24 set last year. In Bo Ryan’s pened was from 1912-14. Badgers had an RPI of 12 and were three seasons, the Badgers have won 68 ranked 10th in the Associated Press poll. games, the most in any three-year span • Over the past three seasons, UW has They received a No. 6 seed in the East in school history. The previous high was won 35 Big Ten games, tying a school Rutherford Regional. Here is a look at the 62 from 1998-99 to 2000-01. record set from 1912-14. That also ties No. 3-7 seeds: Illinois for the most of any Big Ten team A.P. • In its first 100 years of basketball, over that span. Michigan State (32 wins) Team Record RPI Rank Wisconsin had just two 20-win seasons is the only other Big Ten team with more No. 3 Seeds (1915-16 and 1940-41). Over the past six than 26 wins over the past three seasons. Pittsburgh 28-4 8 6 years, the Badgers have won 130 games Texas 23-7 10 11 (an average of 21.7 per year) and have • Devin Harris was selected as Big Ten Georgia Tech 23-9 16 14 four years with at least 22 wins. Player of the Year by the media and N.C. State 20-9 17 17 coaches, becoming the first Badger to No. 4 Seeds • Wisconsin earned its sixth straight bid win the award since Don Rehfeldt in Cincinnati 24-6 11 13 to the NCAA tournament, a school 1950. Harris was second in the confer- Kansas 20-8 15 18 record. Michigan State is the only two ence in scoring in league games, just Maryland 19-11 18 RV other Big Ten team that has been to the missing on becoming the first UW player Wake Forest 19-9 20 15 NCAA tournament six straight years. to lead the Big Ten in scoring since No. 5 Seeds The Badgers are one of 12 teams to be Rehfeldt. He was also among the top 10 Florida 20-10 13 RV making their sixth straight tourney in assists, free throw percentage, three- Syracuse 21-7 14 19 appearance. The others are: Arizona, point percentage, three-pointers made, Providence 20-8 21 20 Cincinnati, Duke, Florida, Kansas, steals and assist-turnover ratio. Harris Illinois 24-6 23 12 Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, was the only unanimous choice for first- No. 6 Seeds Oklahoma State, Stanford and Texas. team all-conference by both the media Wisconsin 24-6 12 10 and coaches. North Carolina 18-10 19 16 • The Badgers won their NCAA tourna- Boston College 23-9 22 RV ment first round game for the third con- • Harris set a school record by scoring Vanderbilt 21-9 27 RV secutive season, a school record. Only 11 624 points this season, four more than No. 7 Seeds other teams have advanced to the second Michael Finley scored in 1992-93. His Memphis 21-7 32 23 round in each of the last three seasons scoring average of 19.5 points per game Xavier 23-10 35 RV (Connecticut, Duke, Illinois, Kansas, was the highest for a Badger since Finley DePaul 21-9 37 RV Kentucky, Maryland, Pittsburgh, averaged 20.5 in 1994-95. Michigan State 18-11 39 RV Stanford, Texas, Wake Forest and Xavier). • Junior forward Mike Wilkinson was all records and rankings as of March 14 • For the first time in school history, named second-team All-Big Ten by both Wisconsin won the Big Ten tournament the media and coaches.