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MEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE • JAN. 3, 2006 IOWA STORYLINES UW Quick Facts Game Notes Wisconsin (10-2) hosts Iowa 2005-06 Record: 10-2 Opponent: Iowa (11-3) (11-3) Thursday at 7 p.m. CST at National Ranking: Location: Madison, Wis. the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Associated Press: RV Time: 7 p.m. CST This is the Big Ten opener for ESPN/USA Today: 24th Arena: Kohl Center (17,142) RPI: 7th both teams. For more notes on Sagarin Ratings: 23rd the series between the teams, IOWA QUICK FACTS check the box on page 2. National Ranking Head Coach: Bo Ryan Associated Press: RV Alma Mater: Wilkes, 1969 Wisconsin is 44-53 all-time ESPN/USA Today: RV Career Record/Yr.: 486-142/22nd in Big Ten openers, including RPI: 17th Record at UW/Yr.: 103-39/5th 23-27 in openers at home. Under Sagarin Ratings: 25th Notes: winningest active Division Bo Ryan, the Badgers are 2-2 in I head coach with at least 20 conference openers, with both Head Coach: Steve Alford Alma Mater: Indiana, 1987 years of experience (.775) ... wins coming at the Kohl Center. owns best Big Ten winning Career Record/Yr.: 277-163/15th Record at Iowa/Yr.: 121-86/7th percentage of any coach in history UW did not lose consecutive Notes: Has led Iowa to five with at least 50 games coached games all last season. The last (46-18, .719) ... two-time Big Ten Junior Alando Tucker scored 25 consecutive postseason time Wisconsin lost back-to-back points at Pittsburgh, his fifth 20- Coach of the Year ... led UW to appearances including NCAA games was on Feb. 18 (at Illinois) point game of the season. two Big Ten regular season titles tournament bids in 2001 and 2005 and Feb. 22 (at Michigan), 2004. and one tournament title ... guided ... guided the Hawkeyes to the Badgers to NCAA tournament in 2001 Big Ten Tournament title ... Under Bo Ryan, the Badgers are 17-0 in home games following each of his first four seasons previously was the head coach at road losses. Ten of those victories have come by at least 11 points. Division III Manchester College Assistant Coaches: and Southwest Missouri State Greg Gard Junior Alando Tucker led all scorers with 25 points against Gary Close Pittsburgh on Saturday. It was Tucker’s fifth 20-point game of the Assistant Coaches Howard Moore season and his fourth with at least 25 points. Tucker leads the Craig Neal Badgers and ranks fifth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.2 ppg. Brian Jones Last Game: Lost at Pitt, 73-64, on Greg Lansing Saturday. Wisconsin started the season 10-1, its best to start a season Last Game: Won at Saint Louis, under head coach Bo Ryan. The last time UW was 10-1 was the 60-50, on Friday. beginning of the 2000-01 season. WISCONSIN PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Reb. Asst. Hometown (High School) Notes 4 Ray Nixon G/F 6-7 220 Sr. 5.8 1.3 1.7 Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican) Shooting 40.0 percent (16-40) from 3-pt. range 5 Jason Chappell F/C 6-10 240 Jr. 6.8 4.9 2.2 New Berlin, Wis. (New Berlin West/ Tied for second on the team in rebounds Worcester (Mass.) Academy) 23 Kammron Taylor G 6-2 175 Jr. 14.5 3.0 2.3 Minneapolis, Minn. (North) Nine double-figure scoring efforts this season 32 Brian Butch F/C 6-11 240 So. 11.6 6.7 1.9 Appleton, Wis. (West) 10 total assists in the last two games 42 Alando Tucker F 6-6 210 Jr. 18.2 4.9 1.6 Lockport, Ill. (Township) Game-high 25 points vs. Pittsburgh OFF THE BENCH 1 Marcus Landry F 6-7 215 Fr. 6.7 3.3 1.4 Milwaukee, Wis. (Vincent) Career-high 19 points vs. Eastern Kentucky 2 Mickey Perry G 6-2 175 Fr. -- -- -- Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) Intends to redshirt this season 10 Devin Barry G 6-1 175 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 Janesville, Wis. (Craig) First season as a walk-on / 3rd team All-State 14 Tanner Bronson G 5-11 160 So. 0.0 0.2 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) Former manager earned scholarship this year 21 Morris Cain G/F 6-5 195 Fr. 1.0 0.5 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) First season as a walk-on 22 Michael Flowers G 6-2 185 So. 6.3 3.2 2.3 Madison, Wis. (La Follette) Leads the team with 20 steals 33 DeAaron Williams G/F 6-4 190 Fr. 3.3 2.6 0.3 Peoria, Ill. (Limestone) Shooting .611 (11-18) from the field 34 Greg Stiemsma F/C 6-11 245 So. 3.2 2.3 0.8 Randolph, Wis. (HS) Fourth in the Big Ten in blocked shots 43 Kevin Gullikson F 6-7 210 Fr. 0.5 0.3 0.5 Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater Area) First season as a walk-on / 2nd team All-State 45 Joe Krabbenhoft G/F 6-7 217 Fr. 2.7 2.7 0.7 Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt) Six double-figure minute games this season University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com ON THE AIR Live TV: ESPN Plus (Larry Morgan and Mike Kelley) NOTEBOOK Madison - WISC BADGER Milwaukee - WMLW Green Bay - WACY CBS announced on THE MATCHUP Sunday that Wisconsin’s game Tape-Delay TV: WPT (Jay against Michigan State on Iowa vs. Wisconsin Wilson and Charlie Wills) Jan. 8 will begin at 12:30 p.m. Airs statewide at 11 p.m. In Bo Ryan’s five seasons Radio: Wisconsin Radio as Wisconsin’s head coach, the Network (Matt Lepay and Badgers have compiled a 65-3 Mike Lucas) record at the Kohl Center, In Madison - WIBA including a 31-1 record in Big (101.5 fm/1310 am) Ten home games. That is the best home record in league games of any Big Ten team In the last nine games over that span. UW’s lone (216 minutes), sophomore home loss in Big Ten play came guard Michael Flowers has 20 on Jan. 25, 2004 to No. 1- assists and just eight turnovers IOWA 2005-06 Statistics UW 2005-06 Statistics ranked Illinois. (one every 27.0 minutes). Over Scoring Offense ................67.1 78.2................Scoring Offense that stretch, Flowers has also Scoring Defense ................55.1 65.8 ..............Scoring Defense In four conference seasons FG Percentage ...................421 .470 ..................FG Percentage made 7-of-13 (.538) 3-pointers. under Ryan, Wisconsin has FG Percentage Def. ...........359 .416 ..........FG Percentage Def. recorded a 46-18 record in Big 3-Pt. FG Percentage ...........313 .377..........3-Pt. FG Percentage Led by Flowers, the Ten play. During that span, 3-Pt. FG Pct. Def. ...............296 .332 ............3-Pt. FG Pct. Def. Badgers’ bench has been pro- only Illinois (50) has more FT Percentage.....................707 .666 ..................FT Percentage ductive all season, averaging wins than UW. Rebounding Margin..........+4.1 +5.3 ........Rebounding Margin 21.4 points per game. UW Turnovers Per Game ........15.4 12.4 ........Turnovers Per Game opponents, on the other hand, UW has finished among Steals Per Game ..................7.3 5.8 ................Steals Per Game are averaging just 14.8 points the top three in the Big Ten in Blocks Per Game ................5.6 4.1 ................Blocks Per Game per game from their reserves. each of Ryan’s four seasons. Wisconsin’s reserves have That four-year stretch of top- SERIES NOTES outscored the opposing team’s three finishes is the Badgers’ This will be the 144th meeting between the teams ... Iowa leads bench in eight of 12 games this best since 1921-24. the all-time series 74-69 ... Wisconsin has won nine of the last 11 season. meetings between the teams, including the last five in a row ... Sophomore Brian Butch the Badgers lead the all-time series 44-29 in Madison and have This season, Wisconsin put together the most complete won four straight home games against Iowa ... UW is 4-1 vs. the has made almost as many free game of his Badger career Hawkeyes in Big Ten openers, including 4-0 at home ... throws (193) as its opponents Wednesday vs. Louisiana Tech. Wisconsin assistant coach Gary Close was an assistant at Iowa have attempted (195). Butch recorded his second dou- from 1986-99. ble-double of the season with Wisconsin is 4-1 this sea- 18 points (8-of-12 shooting) Wisconsin ranks fourth in Sophomore Greg Stiemsma son in games decided by six and 10 rebounds and added a the Big Ten in scoring offense, had one of his best all-around points or less. Over the last two career-best five assists and three averaging 78.2 points per game. games vs. Louisiana Tech. The seasons UW is 11-2 in such blocked shots with just one The Badgers have scored at least 6-11 center registered a career- games. turnover. 70 points in 10 of their 12 high five blocked shots to go games this season. UW is 64-3 with five points and four Junior guard Kammron One the season, Butch under head coach Bo Ryan rebounds in 17 minutes. Taylor hit a 3-pointer as time leads UW in rebounding (6.7 when it scores at least 70 points Stiemsma is fourth in the Big expired to lead the Badgers to a rpg.) and field goal percentage (including 41-0 when it scores Ten with 1.25 blocks per game.