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WWisconsinisconsin BasketballBasketball Junior Alando Tucker Senior Ray Nixon Junior Kammron Taylor ’06’06 BigBig TTenen TTournamentournament GuideGuide Sophomore Guard Tanner Bronson Freshman Forward Kevin Gullikson Freshman Forward Marcus Landry Sophomore Center Greg Stiemsma 2006 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 #1 Ohio State Game 4 #8 Penn State Noon EST - ESPN Game 4 winner Game 1 Game 1 winner Noon EST - ESPN2 Game 9* #9 Northwestern Game 9 winner 4:05 p.m. EST - CBS #4 Wisconsin Game 5* 2:30 p.m. EST - ESPN Game 5 winner #5 Indiana Game 10 Tournament 3:30 p.m. EST - CBS Champion #2 Iowa Game 6 #7 Michigan 6:40 p.m. EST - Game 6 winner ESPN Plus Game 2* Game 2 winner 2:30 p.m. EST - ESPN2 #10 Minnesota Game 8 Game 8 winner 1:40 p.m. EST - CBS #3 Illinois Game 7* #6 Michigan State 9:10 p.m. EST - Game 7 winner ESPN Plus Game 3* * Approximate game times 5:05 p.m. EST - ESPN2 Game 3 winner #11 Purdue 2006 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Wisconsin (19-10, 9-7 Big Ten) faces Indiana UW Quick Facts (17-10, 9-7 Big Ten) Friday at approximately 1:30 p.m. CST in the quarterfinals of the 2006 Big Ten 2005-06 Record: 19-10 Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse (18,345) in Big Ten Record: 9-7 National Ranking: Indianapolis, Ind. For more notes on the series Associated Press: RV between the teams, check the box on page 5. ESPN/USA Today: 25th RPI: 17th The Badgers and Hoosiers ended the Big Ten Sagarin Ratings: 35th season tied for fourth place. UW won the only meeting this season between the teams, 72-54, on Head Coach: Bo Ryan Feb. 8 at the Kohl Center. By virtue of that victo- Alma Mater: Wilkes, 1969 ry, Wisconsin enters the Big Ten tournament as Career Record/Yr.: 495-150/22nd the fourth seed while Indiana is the fifth seed. Record at UW/Yr.: 112-47/5th Notes: winningest active Division UW has advanced to the final of the Big Ten I head coach with at least 20 tournament in each of the last two years, both years of experience (.767) ... times facing Illinois. The Badgers won their first- owns third-best winning pct. of ever Big Ten tournament title as a No. 2 seed in any coach in Big Ten history with 2004, defeating Minnesota, Michigan state and at least 50 games coached Illinois along the way. Last year, as the third seed, (55-25, .688) ... two-time Big Ten Wisconsin defeated Ohio State and Iowa before Coach of the Year ... led UW to falling to Illinois. two Big Ten regular season titles and one tournament title ... guided Junior Alando Tucker led the Big Ten in scoring during Badgers to NCAA tournament in After not having an all-tournament selection league play (20.0 ppg.), becoming the first UW player to do each of his first four seasons in the first six years of the Big Ten tournament, so since Don Rehfeldt in 1950. four Badgers have earned all-tournament recogni- Assistant Coaches: tion in the last two years. In 2004, Devin Harris Greg Gard was named tournament MVP and was joined on the all-tournament team by Mike Wilkinson. Last year, Gary Close Zach Morley and Alando Tucker were named all-tournament. Howard Moore In the last two seasons, Wisconsin has recorded a 9-3 record in postseason play (Big Ten and NCAA Last Game: Lost at Iowa, 59-44, tournaments). Under head coach Bo Ryan, the Badgers have compiled an 18-9 record in March. on Saturday. 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. 6.4 1.6 1.5 Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican) Second on the team with 44 3-pointers 5 Jason Chappell F/C 6-10 240 Jr. 4.4 4.4 1.9 New Berlin, Wis. (New Berlin West/ Third on the team in rebounding Worcester (Mass.) Academy) 23 Kammron Taylor G 6-2 175 Jr. 14.6 3.1 2.4 Minneapolis, Minn. (North) Has 23 double-digit scoring games this season 32 Brian Butch F/C 6-11 240 So. 9.9 6.0 1.4 Appleton, Wis. (West) Leads the team in field goal percentage (.498) 42 Alando Tucker F 6-6 210 Jr. 18.9 5.7 1.7 Lockport, Ill. (Township) Leading scorer in Big Ten in league games (20.0) OFF THE BENCH 1 Marcus Landry F 6-7 215 Fr. 6.0 3.1 1.3 Milwaukee, Wis. (Vincent) Ineligible to play in second semester 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. 0.1 0.3 0.0 Janesville, Wis. (Craig) First season as a walk-on / 3rd team All-State 14 Tanner Bronson G 5-11 160 So. 0.3 0.2 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) Former manager on scholarship this season 21 Morris Cain G/F 6-5 195 Fr. 0.4 0.2 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) First season as a walk-on 22 Michael Flowers G 6-2 185 So. 5.8 3.3 2.0 Madison, Wis. (La Follette) Leads the team with 37 steals 34 Greg Stiemsma F/C 6-11 245 So. 2.8 2.8 0.9 Randolph, Wis. (HS) Ineligible to play in second semester 43 Kevin Gullikson F 6-7 210 Fr. 2.7 1.9 0.5 Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater Area) Averaging 22.0 minutes over last three games 45 Joe Krabbenhoft G/F 6-7 217 Fr. 3.5 4.2 1.3 Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt) Averaged 5.1 rebounds during Big Ten play University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com ON THE AIR Live TV: Quarterfinals - ESPN NOTEBOOK (Brent Musberger, Steve BADGER Lavin and Erin Andrews) In Bo Ryan’s five seasons UW IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Semifinals and Final - CBS as UW head coach, the Badgers (Jim Nantz and Billy have amassed 55 Big Ten victo- Packer) ries. Only Illinois, with 61 1998 conference wins, has more over First Round: Wisconsin 52, Penn State 51 Radio: All games will be that span. Quarterfinals: Illinois 66, Wisconsin 61 boradcast on the Wisconsin Wisconsin has finished no 1999 Radio Network (Matt Lepay worse than fourth in the Big Quarterfinals: Wisconsin 74, Iowa 60 and Mike Lucas) Ten in Ryan’s five seasons. That Semifinals: Michigan State 56, Wisconsin 41 In Madison: five-year stretch is the best for WIBA (101.5 fm/1310 am) UW since 1914-18. 2000 First Round: Wisconsin 51, Northwestern 41 Quarterfinals: Wisconsin 78, Purdue 66 The Badgers’ current five- Wisconsin, which finished Semifinals: Michigan State 55, Wisconsin 46 year run with better than .500 the season at Michigan State records in Big Ten play is the 2001 and at Iowa, was the only Big longest for UW since 1920-24. Ten team to play consecutive Quarterfinlas: Indiana 64, Wisconsin 52 road games with just one day With one more victory in between this season. this season, Wisconsin will 2002 Quarterfinals: Iowa 58, Wisconsin 56 record the eighth 20-win sea- On the season, UW has son in school history and the 2003 grabbed a school-record 370 Badgers’ fourth in a row. Prior offensive rebounds. The Quarterfinals: Ohio State 58, Wisconsin 50 to Bo Ryan’s arrival, UW had Badgers lead the Big Ten in never won more than 22 games 2004 offensive boards, averaging and had four 20-win seasons. 12.76 per game. Including this year, Ryan’s Quarterfinals: Wisconsin 66,, Minnesota 52 Semifinals: Wisconsin 68, Michigan State 66 teams at Wisconsin have aver- The Badgers are 14-2 this Championship: Wisconsin 70, Illinois 53 aged 22.4 wins per season. season when winning the points in the paint battle. Junior Alando Tucker was 2005 Quarterfinals: Wisconsin 60, Ohio State 49 named first-team All-Big Ten UW leads the Big Ten in Semifinals: Wisconsin 59, Iowa 56 this year, marking the fifth fewest turnovers per game at Championship: Illinois 54, Wisconsin 43 consecutive season that 11.7. That would be the sixth- Wisconsin has had a consensus ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM best average in school history. first-team selection. Prior to Bo Ryan-coached team account 2004: Devin Harris (MVP) and Mike Wilkinson 2002, UW had just two consen- for three of the top four 2005: Zach Morley and Alando Tucker sus first-team All-Big Ten choic- turnover averages in UW es since 1952 (Michael Finley annals. in 1993 and Joe Franklin in 1968). ppg.) and scored at least 20 cent of its points and 95.7 per- In the win over Minnesota points in 10 of the Badgers’ 16 cent of its rebounds from on Feb. 26, the Badgers had Tucker is also the fourth conference games. The last underclassmen. four players (Alando Tucker, different Badger to be honored Wisconsin player to lead the Kevin Gullikson, Kammron in the last four years. Kirk Big Ten in scoring in confer- Among Big Ten teams, Taylor and Joe Krabbenhoft) Penney (2002 and ‘03), Devin ence games was Don Rehfeldt Wisconsin is tied with Penn score in double figures. Harris (2004) and Mike in 1950. State for the fewest number of Wisconsin is now 43-3 under Wilkinson (2005) were the seniors and juniors on its roster Bo Ryan when at least four other UW first-teamers.