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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

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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. Tucker has scored 1,462 with four. Eight of the 11 teams Badgers score in double figures. points in his career, good for in the league have at least four Two other Badgers were seventh place on UW’s all-time seniors on their rosters. The win over Minnesota honored when the Big Ten scoring list. The four players was the ninth time this season, announced its awards. Junior who rank sixth through ninth As of March 5, the Badgers’ and third time in the last four guard Kammron Taylor was an on that list (Mike Wilkinson, strength of schedule is ranked games, in which UW trailed in honorable mention All-Big Ten Kirk Penney, Tucker and Devin 10th in the country, second- the second half and came back choice and Joe Krabbenhoft Harris) all played for current toughest in the Big Ten accord- to win. It also improved the was named to the league’s All- Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan. ing to the RPI rankings. They Badgers’ record to 7-1 this sea- Freshman team. are ranked 17th in the latest son in games decided by six With just one senior on its RPI rankings, one of five Big points or less. Over the last two Tucker led the Big Ten in roster, UW is getting 88.5 per- Ten teams in the top 20. years, Wisconsin’s record is scoring in league games (20.0 cent of its minutes, 91.3 per- 14-2 in such games. Media Information

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RYAN AVAILABILITY: Head coach Bo Ryan holds a weekly press conference in the media room at the Kohl Center every Monday beginning at 12:30 p.m. Live video streaming of this media Junior Kammron Taylor is second on the Badgers in conference is available on uwbadgers.com. A complete transcript is also available on the web scoring, averaging 14.6 points per game. He has site Monday afternoon. Coach Ryan is also available to the media after most practices (except scored at least 20 points in seven games this Mondays). season. PHOTO AVAILABILITY: Mug and action photos of current Wisconsin basketball players and Alando Tucker suffered a nasal injury coaches are available at ftp://www.uwbadgers.com. Contact the UW Athletic Communications against Wake Forest on Nov. 29 and wore a Office for the passwords. custom-made protective mask for 13 games. In those games he averaged 18.2 points and POSTGAME: Wisconsin’s locker room will be open to the media following a cooling-off period shot .428 (92-of-215) from the field and (5 minutes for winning team, 15 minutes for losing team). After the cooling-off period ends, .455 (45-of-99) from the free throw line. Coach Ryan and selected players will be brought to the interview room and the UW locker Since taking off the mask 11 games ago, room will be open for 30 minutes. Tucker is averaging 19.4 points per game and shooting .491 (80-of-163) from the field and .627 (47-of-75) from the line. of the Badgers’ 29 games and has seven 20- Wisconsin has gotten large contribu- point outings. tions from a pair of true freshmen this sea- Wisconsin has gone 93-34 (.732) in son. Joe Krabbenhoft and Kevin Gullikson senior Ray Nixon’s four years. Only Mike Taylor leads the Badgers with 63 combined to average 31.9 minutes per game Wilkinson, with 93 wins in his four years, 3-point field goals, just two shy of cracking in Big Ten play. has had a hand in as many wins as Nixon. UW’s single-season top 10. He also paces He has played in 82 UW victories, second- Wisconsin in free throw percentage (.832), Krabbenhoft averaged 18.7 minutes most in school history behind Wilkinson’s tied for the eighth-best single-season mark during conference play, grabbing 5.1 93. in school history. rebounds per game. That was the second- best rebounding average in league play Nixon is second on the team with 44 Sophomore forward Brian Butch is among freshmen. He also ranked fourth in 3-pointers this season and has made at least leads the team in rebounding and is third assists among freshmen. one trey in seven straight games. Over that on the team in scoring, starting all but one span he is averaging 8.1 points and has game this season. This follows a freshman Gullikson has played at least 12 min- made 13-of-30 (.433) 3-pointers. season in which Butch scored just 33 points utes in eight of the last nine games and is and grabbed 20 rebounds in Big Ten play. averaging 22.0 minutes over the last three Wisconsin has used the same starting games. In the first 19 games of the season, lineup in 28 of its 29 games this season. Junior forward Jason Chappell entered Gullikson played a combined total of 19 The only deviation was on Feb. 8 vs. this season having played just 59 minutes minutes. Indiana when Michael Flowers started in and scored just 18 points in his career. This place of Brian Butch. year Chappell has started every game and is Wisconsin scored 80 points against third on the team in rebounding. Minnesota, reaching the 80-point plateau Junior guard Kammron Taylor averaged for the ninth time this season. UW is aver- 8.4 points and 24.0 minutes per game last Sophomore guard Michael Flowers is aging 71.5 points per game this season, a year and had 10 double-digit scoring per- the Badgers’ best perimeter defender. As the mark that would be its highest since the formances. This season, Taylor is second on team’s sixth man, Flowers is averaging 23.9 1994-95 season. The Badgers are 15-2 this the Badgers in scoring at 14.6 ppg. and minutes per game and leads the team with season and 71-4 under Bo Ryan when scor- leads the squad in minutes played (34.9 37 steals. Over the last four games, Flowers ing at least 70 points. mpg.) He has reached double figures in 23 is averaging 7.5 points and shooting .526 (10-of-19) from the field. BADGERS IN THE AROUND THE BIG TEN HEAD OF THE POLLS CLASS Team Big Ten Overall With just four seniors and Date AP Coaches Ohio State 12-4 .750 23-4 .852 Preseason RV RV juniors on its roster, UW is Illinois 11-5 .688 25-5 .833 tied with Penn State for the Nov. 21 RV RV Iowa 11-5 .688 22-8 .733 Nov. 28 RV RV fewest upperclassmen in the Wisconsin 9-7 .563 19-10 .655 Big Ten. Below is a look at Dec. 5 RV RV Indiana 9-7 .563 17-10 .630 Dec. 12 RV 24th how each team in the Michigan 8-8 .500 18-9 .667 conference stacks up: Dec. 19 RV 23rd Michigan State 8-8 .500 20-10 .667 Dec. 26 24th 22nd Penn State 6-10 .375 14-13 .519 School Sr. Jr. Tot. Jan. 2 RV 24th Northwestern 6-10 .375 14-14 .500 Michigan 6 5 11 Jan. 9 21st 17th Minnesota 5-11 .313 14-13 .519 Northwestern 6 4 10 Jan. 16 15th 13th Purdue 3-13 .188 9-18 .333 Iowa 5 4 9 Jan. 23 23rd 21st Michigan St. 5 4 9 Jan. 30 RV RV UW in the Big Ten Stats (team overall) Purdue 6 3 9 Feb. 6 RV RV Indiana 4 3 7 Feb. 13 RV RV Scoring Off...... 5th (71.5) TO Margin ...... 2nd (+2.07) Ohio State 4 3 7 Feb. 20 RV RV Scoring Def...... 6th (64.8) Asst./TO Ratio . . . . .6th (1.18) Minnesota 4 2 6 Feb. 27 RV 25th Scoring Margin . . . .4th (+6.7) Assists ...... 10th (13.79) Illinois 2 3 5 March 6 FG Pct...... 10th (.436) Steals ...... 10th (5.52) Penn State 1 3 4 March 13 3-pt. Pct...... 7th (.349) Blocks ...... 4th (3.41) Wisconsin 1 3 4 FT Pct...... 10th (.663) Off. Rebs...... 1st (12.76) FG Pct. Def...... 3rd (.418) Def. Rebs...... 4th (23.69) UW shot .471 (24-of-51) from the field against 3-pt. Pct. Def...... 6th (.338) 3-pt. FG Made . . . . .6th (6.45) Junior guard Kammron Minnesota on Feb. 26, improv- Reb. Margin ...... 6th (+2.1) Taylor hit a 3-pointer as time ing to 13-1 this season (75-8 expired to lead the Badgers to a under Bo Ryan) when shooting UW in the Big Ten Stats (individual overall) 54-51 win over UNC better than 45.0 percent from Wilmington on Dec. 12. Earlier the field. The Badgers are also Scoring Alando Tucker (18.9) ...... 3rd this season against Eastern 18-0 when having a better Free Throw Pct. Kammron Taylor (.832) ...... 7th Kentucky, Taylor drained a long shooting percentage than their 3-pt FG Made Kammron Taylor (2.17) ...... 9th trey with 3.3 seconds left in the opponents. Blocked Shots Brian Butch (0.79) ...... 9th first overtime to send the game Minutes Played Kammron Taylor (34.90) ...... 7th to a second OT. In its 19 wins this season, Wisconsin is shooting .471 UW in the Big Ten Stats (team conference games) It was the third time in from the field. In its 10 losses, less than a year that UW won the Badgers are shooting just Scoring Off...... 4th (67.5) TO Margin ...... T4th (+0.88) on a buzzer beater. Alando .371 from the field. No Badger Scoring Def...... 5th (64.2) Asst./TO Ratio . . . . .3rd (1.20) Tucker scored on a putback to is shooting better than 40.0 Scoring Margin . . . .4th (+3.2) Assists ...... 8th (13.50) beat Indiana on March 1 and percent from the field in their FG Pct...... 8th (.426) Steals ...... 11th (5.25) then hit a 3-pointer to beat 10 losses. 3-pt. Pct...... 6th (.348) Blocks ...... T4th (2.94) Iowa on March 12. FT Pct...... 10th (.655) Off. Rebs...... T1st (11.63) Forward Brian Butch’s FG Pct. Def...... 3rd (.416) Def. Rebs...... 3rd (23.63) UW defeated Norfolk numbers are the ones with the 3-pt. Pct. Def...... 5th (.345) 3-pt. FG Made . . . . .7th (6.56) State, Eastern Kentucky and biggest discrepancy between Reb. Margin ...... 6th (+0.2) Old Dominion to win the 2005 wins and losses. In Wisconsin’s Paradise Jam Tournament title 19 wins, Butch is averaging in St. Thomas, USVI on Nov. 11.1 points and shooting .553 UW in the Big Ten Stats (individual conference games) 18-21. Alando Tucker was from the field. In the 10 losses, named the tournament’s MVP Scoring Alando Tucker (20.0) ...... 1st he is averaging 7.8 points and and was joined on the all-tour- Rebounding Alando Tucker (6.2) ...... T10th shooting .390. nament team by Kammron Free Throw Pct. Kammron Taylor (.827) ...... 7th Taylor. The Badgers made a sea- Off. Rebounds Alando Tucker (2.56) ...... T8th son-high 29-of-36 (.806) free Minutes Played Kammron Taylor (36.06) ...... 8th throws against Minnesota. It was the second time this season UW has made better than The Badgers ranked third Wisconsin defeated No. 7 80.0 percent of its free throws. in the league in field goal per- Michigan State on Jan. 8. It was Wisconsin is 10-1 this season centage defense in league the Badgers’ second win over a (42-4 under Bo Ryan) when games (.416). UW is 15-2 when top-10 team under Bo Ryan. attempting at least 25 free limiting its opponent to less UW also defeated seventh- throws. than 45.0 percent shooting ranked Illinois on Jan. 5, 2002. from the field this season. UW-IU SERIES NOTES WISCONSIN RECORD WHEN ... CAREER GAMES PLAYED This will be the 148th meeting between Player GS GP the teams ... Indiana leads the all-time Under Ryan 2005-06 Ray Nixon 30 110 series 92-55 ... the Hoosiers won the Ahead at the half 87-6 12-0 Alando Tucker 88 96 teams’ only meeting in the Big Ten tourna- Behind at the half 22-36 6-9 Kammron Taylor 41 81 ment, defeating the Badgers Tied at the half 3-5 1-1 Michael Flowers 1 59 64-52 at the United Center in Chicago on FG% of .450 or more 76-8 13-1 Brian Butch 28 56 March 9, 2001 ... UW has won six of the FG% less than .450 34-39 6-9 Jason Chappell 29 51 last seven games in the series, including a Better FG% than opp. 81-6 18-0 Joe Krabbenhoft 0 29 72-54 win at the Kohl Center on Feb. 8 in Worse FG% than opp. 30-40 1-10 Tanner Bronson 0 27 the only meeting between the teams this Same FG% as opp. 1-1 0-0 Greg Stiemsma 0 26 season. Opp. FG% less than 45% 78-14 15-2 Kevin Gullikson 0 19 3FG% of 40% or more 49-11 9-3 Marcus Landry 0 16 3FG% less than 40% 62-36 9-7 Morris Cain 0 10 At Home at the Kohl Try more than 15 3FGs 72-35 13-8 Devin Barry 0 9 Center Try 15 or fewer 3FGs 40-12 6-2 Following are some notes about Wisconsin’s Make at least 70% FT 58-21 5-5 CONSECUTIVE STARTS performance at the Kohl Center in head Try at least 25 FTs 42-4 10-1 coach Bo Ryan’s five seasons: Try less than 25 FTs 70-43 9-9 Player Starts Outrebound opponent 76-12 14-1 Alando Tucker 36 In Ryan’s five seasons as Wisconsin’s Tied or outrebounded 36-35 5-9 Jason Chappell 29 head coach, the Badgers have compiled a More TOs than opp. 32-23 8-3 Ray Nixon 29 72-5 record at the Kohl Center, including a Same or fewer TOs 80-24 11-7 Kammron Taylor 29 38-2 record in Big Ten home games. Commit 12 or more TOs 44-28 10-4 Brian Butch 6 Commit less than 12 TOs 68-19 9-6 That is the fifth-best home winning Score less than 50 pts. 0-5 0-1 percentage in the country during that span. DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Score 50-59 pts. 6-21 1-3 (Records as of 3/1/06) Player Career 2005-06 Cons. Score 60-69 pts. 35-17 3-4 Score 70-79 pts. 44-1 7-1 Alando Tucker 76 26 5 Team Record Pct. Kammron Taylor 33 23 1 Gonzaga 62-2 .969 Score 80-89 pts. 23-3 6-1 Brian Butch 16 13 0 Duke 69-3 .958 Score 90 or more pts. 4-0 2-0 Ray Nixon 8 7 0 Illinois 69-3 .958 Allow less than 50 pts. 18-0 1-0 Jason Chappell 3 3 0 Southern Illinois 65-3 .956 Allow 50-59 pts. 45-9 8-1 Michael Flowers 3 3 0 Wisconsin 72-5 .935 Allow 60-69 pts. 36-16 6-3 Joe Krabbenhoft 2 2 0 Allow 70-79 pts. 10-16 2-4 Marcus Landry 2 2 0 For the third year in a row, all tickets Allow 80-89 pts. 2-4 2-1 Kevin Gullikson 1 1 0 for Wisconsin’s home games were sold out Allow 90 or more pts. 1-2 0-1 prior to the start of the season. Last season, Overtime 3-2 1-0 20-POINT SCORING GAMES the Badgers ranked fifth nationally (and vs. A.P. top 25 opponents 14-18 3-5 tops in the Big Ten) in average attendance. Home games 72-5 14-2 Player Career 2005-06 Cons. The Badgers have a string of 52 consecutive Road games 24-33 2-8 Alando Tucker 27 15 0 sold-out games at the Kohl Center. Neutral site games 16-9 3-0 Kammron Taylor 10 7 0 Day games 42-14 6-3 Brian Butch 2 2 0 Night games 70-33 13-7 STAYING CLOSE TO HOME DOUBLE-DIGIT REB. GAMES Games Decided By ... UW has nine players on its roster from 5 points or less 24-12 4-1 the state of Wisconsin (including three Player Career 2005-06 Cons. 6-10 points 19-19 3-6 starters). Four of the other five players are Alando Tucker 8 3 0 11-19 points 38-14 6-3 from states bordering Wisconsin (two Brian Butch 3 3 0 20 or more points 31-2 6-0 Joe Krabbenhoft 2 2 0 from Illinois and two from Minnesota). Freshman Joe Krabbenhoft grew up in Televised Games .... South Dakota. STARTING LINEUP RECORD ESPN 13-7 2-3 Two of the three Badger incoming ESPN2 3-6 1-2 Lineup Record recruits for the 2006-07 (Trevon Hughes ESPNU 2-0 2-0 Chap, Tucker, Butch, Nixon, Taylor 18-10 and J.P. Gavinski) also hail from CBS 14-7 1-0 Chap, Tucker, Flow, Nixon, Taylor 1-0 Wisconsin. The third, Jason Bohannon, is ESPN Plus 42-16 6-4 from Iowa. Fox Sports Net 9-3 1-0 BENCH POINTS CSTV 1-0 0-0 Points (Per game) UPN-14 0-1 0-0 Wisconsin 497 (17.1) Opponents 375 (12.9) WISCONSIN RECORD BOOK

Individual Records Team Records Career Offensive Rebounds 1. 370 in 2005-06 Points 2. 362 in 1995-96 4. Rick Olson, 1983-86 1,736 5. Trent Jackson, 1986-89 1,545 Blocked Shots 6. Mike Wilkinson, 2002-05 1,532 2. 135 in 1993-94 7. Alando Tucker, 2003-present 1,462 3. 103 in 1994-95 4. 102 in 1999-00 Field Goals 5. 99 in 2005-06 4. Claude Gregory, 1978-81 656 5. Cory Blackwell, 1982-84 563 6. Trent Jackson, 1986-89 557 7. Alando Tucker, 2003-present 529 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Free Throws Wisconsin has just one senior and three 3. Danny Jones, 1987-90 408 juniors on its roster this season. With 10 Clarence Sherrod, 1969-71 408 freshmen or sophomores, UW is tied for 5. Mike Wilkinson, 2002-05 394 17th among the youngest teams in 6. Devin Harris, 2002-04 362 Division I. Here is a sampling of where 7. Alando Tucker, 2003-present 344 the Badgers’ opponents rank:

Free Throw Attempts Rk. School Avg. Age 1. Danny Jones, 1987-90 599 1 North Dakota State 1.60 2. Michael Finley, 1992-95 593 Junior Alando Tucker already ranks eighth on 4 UW-Green Bay 1.67 3. Claude Gregory, 1978-81 586 Wisconsin’s all-time scoring list and needs three T17 Wisconsin 1.87 points to move into seventh place. 4. Alando Tucker, 2003-present 548 T17 Penn State 1.87 23 Coastal Carolina 1.93 Free Throw Percentage 59 Pepperdine 2.13 4. Mike Carlin, 1966-68 .804 Free Throw Attempts T69 Illinois 2.17 5. Dick Miller, 1954-56 .801 1. Devin Harris, 2004 216 74 Marquette 2.19 6. Kammron Taylor, 2004-present .799 2. Alando Tucker, 2006 213 T96 Wake Forest 2.27 7. Sean Mason, 1995-99 .794 T101 Minnesota 2.29 Free Throw Percentage 158 Indiana 2.41 Offensive Rebounds 7. Chuck Nagle, 1969 .841 T159 Eastern Kentucky 2.42 1. Mike Wilkinson, 2002-05 311 8. Kammron Taylor, 2006 .832 T187 Michigan State 2.50 2. Andy Kowske, 1998-01 240 Clarence Sherrod, 1970 .832 T187 Pittsburgh 2.50 3. Alando Tucker, 2003-present 229 10. Trent Jackson, 1988 .830 208 Purdue 2.53 T213 Louisiana Tech 2.55 Season T221 Old Dominion 2.57 T246 Norfolk State 2.64 Points WELCOME TO THE BIG T256 Iowa 2.69 7. Clarence Sherrod, 1971 570 T280 Michigan 2.75 STAGE 8. Michael Finley, 1995 554 T290 UNC Wilmington 2.75 9. Claude Gregory, 1981 550 The Big Ten recently rolled out its “Welcome to 301 Ohio State 2.82 10. Alando Tucker, 2006 549 the Big Stage” campaign, a two-year T302 UW-Milwaukee 2.83 Wes Matthews, 1980 549 comprehensive marketing and promotional T307 Northwestern 2.86 program developed by the league office. Field Goals Average age is computed by assigning a number The campaign will begin with a new public value to each player’s eligibility (1=freshman) and 4. Danny Jones, 1990 215 service announcement (PSA), highlighting the averaging the team’s total Cory Blackwell, 1983 215 strengths of Big Ten basketball through a 6. Wes Matthews, 1980 211 contemporary messenger, well-known artist Clarence Sherrod, 1971 211 Talib Kweli. 8. Alando Tucker, 2006 209 Big Ten men’s basketball has led the nation in Field Goal Attempts attendance for the last 29 consecutive seasons. The conference also ranks first among all 5. Michael Finley, 1995 470 leagues in Final Four appearances (39) and 6. Bob Litzow, 1957 468 NCAA appearances (172), while also recording 7. Cory Blackwell, 1983 465 the second-most NCAA Tournament victories 8. Alando Tucker, 2006 457 (280). HEAD COACH BO RYAN

or the past two school record with decades, Bo Ryan has 38 consecutive THE RYAN Fbeen doing one thing wins, a streak that NOTEBOOK better than anyone else in was the longest in Personal the college basketball the country. Born Dec. 20, 1947 in Chester, Pa. coaching ranks: winning Individual suc- games. His .767 winning cess has followed Family percentage (495-150) over team success as a Wife: Kelly; children: Megan, Will, Matt, his 21-year career is by far number of Ryan’s Brenna and Mairin the best among active players have Division I coaches with at earned honors. UW Education least 20 years under their and Illinois are the Bachelor's degree in business belt. His 495 career victo- only two teams to administration from Wilkes (Pa.) ries place him 17th among have had a first- University, 1969 active Division I head team All-Big Ten coaches and his 112 wins selection in each of Collegiate Coaching Experience at UW are the fourth-best the last four sea- Asst. Coach, Wisconsin, 1976-84 Head Coach, UW-Platteville, 1984-99 in school history. sons (Kirk Penney – Head Coach, UW-Miilwaukee, 1999-2001 In his five seasons at 2002-03, Devin Head Coach, Wisconsin, 2001-present Wisconsin, Ryan has led the Badgers to heights not reached Harris – 2004 and in Madison in many years. Each season further establishes Mike Wilkinson – Collegiate Coaching Record 2005). Harris, the UW as a major player on the national scene and Ryan as one UW-Platteville: 353-76 (.822) fifth pick in the of the top coaches in the country. UW-Milwaukee: 30-27 (.526) 2004 NBA Draft, The accomplishments during Ryan’s first five seasons are Wisconsin: 93-37 (.715) varied and impressive. The Badgers have won a school-record was also named the 21-year career: 476-140 (.773) 25 games in each of the last two seasons. They have four 2004 Big Ten NCAA tournament appearances, advancing to two Sweet 16s Player of the Year and the Elite Eight in 2005. In 2002, Ryan’s first season, and was a consensus second-team All-American. He was a Wisconsin earned a share of the Big Ten title for the first finalist for every major national player of the year award and time since 1947. The next year, UW won the title outright, finished second for the Bob Cousy Award. securing back-to-back championships for the first time since 1923 and 1924. Not to be outdone, Ryan led the Badgers to their first Big Ten tournament title in 2004. Prior to Ryan’s arrival in Madison, Wisconsin had never won more than 22 games in a season. Ryan’s teams have averaged 22.4 wins in his five seasons and the Badgers are one of just eight teams in the country to have won at least 24 games in each of the past three seasons. Wisconsin’s success in Big Ten play under Ryan is unpar- alleled in school history. He is the first coach in conference history to lead a team to at least 11 Big Ten wins in each of his first four seasons. Prior to his arrival in 2001, UW had won at least 11 conference games just seven times, and only once since 1941. Ryan’s .688 (55-25) winning percentage in conference games is the third-best of any Big Ten coach in history with more than 50 games coached. Ryan has also made his mark in the postseason. He is the only coach in school history to have led UW to four NCAA tournament appearances. Wisconsin is also one of just six teams nationally to have won its first-round game in each of the last four years. Ryan’s seven NCAA tournament wins are a school record and he is the first coach in UW history to lead a team to two Sweet 16 appearances. In Ryan’s five seasons, the Kohl Center has become one of the toughest places to play in America. The Badgers have compiled a 72-5 home record under Ryan, including a 38-2 mark in Big Ten games. Over the last five seasons, that is the fifth-best home record in the country. From Dec. 7, 2002 to Jan. 24, 2005 Wisconsin did not lose a home game, setting a THE BO RYAN YEARS OVERALL RECORD UW pre-Bo Ryan: 1,172-1,035 (.531) With a victory over Marquette on Dec. 10, 2005, UW with Bo Ryan: 112-47 (.704) UW head coach Bo Ryan became the fifth coach to amass 100 career wins at Wisconsin. He is currently Prior to Bo Ryan taking over as UW’s fourth on UW’s career win list with 112. head coach in 2001-02, the Badgers had four 20-win seasons (with a high of 22) in Ryan’s 100th win came in his 138th game at UW. 103 years. Only hall of famer Walter “Doc” Meanwell reached 100 Ryan has led the Badgers to at least 24 wins as a Badger faster than Ryan. Meanwell got his wins in each of the last three seasons, 100th win in only his 111th game at UW. Harold “Bud” including a school-record 25 the past two Foster was the next fastest, earning his 100th victory in years. his 172nd game. Only seven other teams in the country have won at least 24 games the last three BIG TEN RECORD years. They are: Following are the conference records of Duke Gonzaga all the Big Ten teams since 2001-02 Illinois Kentucky Southern Illinois School W-L Pct. Utah Utah State WINNINGEST BIG TEN HEAD 1. Illinois 61-19 .763 COACHES 2. Wisconsin 55-25 .688 Following is a list of the coaches with the best all-time 3. Michigan State 53-27 .663 BIG TEN RECORD winning percentages in Big Ten play (min. 50 games) 4. Indiana 45-35 .563 5. Ohio State 44-36 .550 UW pre-Bo Ryan: 607-757 (.445) Coach (School) Yrs. Record Pct. 6. Iowa 39-41 .488 UW with Bo Ryan: 55-25 (.688) 1. Bob Knight (IND) 29 353-151 .700 7. Minnesota 35-45 .438 In the first 96 years of Big Ten play, 2. Tom Izzo (MSU) 11 125-55 .694 Michigan 35-45 .438 3. Bo Ryan (WIS) 5 55-28 .688 Wisconsin won at least 11 Big Ten games 9. Northwestern 30-50 .375 seven times (including just once since 4. Ward Lambert (PUR) 29 228-105 .685 10. Purdue 28-52 .350 5. Ralph Jones (ILL) 8 64-31 .674 1941). Ryan has led the Badgers to at 11. Penn State 15-65 .188 least 11 conference wins in each of his first four seasons, becoming the first Big Ten coach to accomplish that. WINNINGEST ACTIVE DIVISION I HEAD COACHES Ryan has led Wisconsin to a 55-25 Following is a list of the active Division I head coaches with the highest career winning percentages and at (.688) record in Big Ten play. That is the least 20 years of experience third-highest winning percentage of any coach with a minimum of 50 games Coach (Current School) Yrs. 2005-06 Overall Pct. coached in the Big Ten. 1. Bo Ryan (Wisconsin) 22 19-10 495-150 .767 UW has finished among the top four in 2. Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) 31 27-3 748-249 .750 the Big Ten in each of Ryan’s five seasons. 3. Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) 30 19-11 722-252 .741 That five-year stretch of top-four finishes 4. Lute Olson (Arizona) 33 18-11 758-267 .740 is the Badgers’ best since 1914-18. 5. Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State) 36 16-14 797-313 .718 6. Bob Knight (Texas Tech) 40 14-16 868-349 .713 7. John Chaney (Temple) 34 15-13 739-310 .704 NCAA TOURNAMENT 8. Jim Calhoun (Connecticut) 34 27-2 730-312 .701 RECORD 9. Pat Douglass (UC Irvine) 25 16-12 514-237 .684 UW pre-Bo Ryan: 7 appearances / 9-6 10. Larry Hunter (W. Carolina) 26 13-17 522-241 .684 UW with Bo Ryan: 4 appearances / 7-4

Wisconsin made seven appearances in the BEST RECORDS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS NCAA tournament in the 103 seasons Where UW ranks among national winning percentage leaders and top programs since Bo Ryan’s first season before Bo Ryan took over as head coach. Since Ryan came aboard, the Badgers School Record Pct. School Record Pct. have earned four consecutive tournament Gonzaga 132-24 .846 Syracuse 122-44 .735 bids and advanced to the Sweet 16 twice. Duke 142-26 .845 Florida 115-42 .732 UW is one of six teams to have won its Illinois 139-30 .822 Texas 117-43 .731 first-round NCAA tournament game in Pittsburgh 129-31 .806 Oklahoma State 118-44 .728 each of the last four seasons. The others Connecticut 133-33 .801 Louisville 115-46 .714 are: Kansas 132-35 .790 Xavier 112-45 .713 Connecticut Duke Kentucky 128-36 .780 Marquette 111-46 .707 Illinois Kentucky Oklahoma 123-37 .769 Wisconsin 112-47 .704 Wake Forest St. Joseph’s 118-40 .747 Mississippi State 112-47 .703 Arizona 120-42 .741 Stanford 107-46 .699 Cincinnati 117-42 .736 Maryland 109-50 .686 ASSISTANT COACHES

Greg Gard Gary Howard 5th Year at Close Moore Wisconsin 3rd Year at 1st Year at Greg Gard, a veteran Wisconsin Wisconsin of 12 seasons with Gary Close, a veteran Former University of Wisconsin coach Bo of 18 years in Division Wisconsin basketball Ryan, is in his fifth I, is entering his third player Howard Moore season on the Badger season with the begins his first season basketball staff as an Badgers. Close was an as a Badger assistant assistant coach. assistant for 16 years this year. Moore “Greg is one of the most thorough and at Iowa and Stanford before joining UW’s played for UW from 1990-95 and was part organized coaches I have ever been around,” staff in the spring of 2003. of the 1993 NIT team and 1994 NCAA Ryan said. “His attention to detail and his Close spent three years as the head Tournament team. ability to communicate that to the student- coach of Regina High School in Iowa City, Moore spent last season as an assistant athletes separates him from other coaches.” leading them to two state tournament at the University of Loyola-Chicago, han- Gard serves as the Badgers’ recruiting appearances, and as the Director of dling off-campus recruiting and working pri- coordinator in addition to on-floor coaching Basketball Operations for Championship marily with the team’s post players. The duties, opponent scouting and game prepa- Productions in Ames, Iowa. Ramblers, who were 9-20 overall and 4-12 in ration, and the constructing of future Prior to that, he spent 13 years as an the Horizon League in 2003-04, went 13-17 Badger game schedules. He is also the direc- assistant at Iowa under Tom Davis. During last season, including 8-8 in the Horizon tor of the Badger Boys Basketball Summer that time, the Hawkeyes made nine NCAA League. They won six of their last seven Camps. tournament appearances, advancing to the games, losing to UW-Milwaukee in the Gard came to the Badgers after spend- “Sweet 16” twice and the regional final Horizon League Tournament semifinals. ing the previous two seasons as Ryan’s assis- once. At Iowa he coached 13 future NBA Prior to joining the Loyola staff, Moore tant at UW-Milwaukee, where he had choices including B.J. Armstrong, Roy was an assistant under Tim Buckley at Ball responsibilities in scouting, summer basket- Marble, Acie Earl, Matt Bullard, Ricky Davis State for one season. At Ball State, Moore ball camp operations and on-floor coaching, and Ryan Bowen. A renowned shooting helped the Cardinals become the top three- as well as involvement with recruiting. coach, Iowa shot better than 48.0 percent point field percentage defense team in the Previously, Gard served as an assistant from the field five times during his tenure, Mid-American Conference, limiting foes to coach to Ryan at UW-Platteville from 1993- including a school-record .528 in 1987-88. .315 shooting from beyond the arc. 99. During Gard’s years on the Pioneer staff, Close was also an assistant for three Before his stint at Ball State, Moore UW-Platteville compiled a 161-13 (.925) years under Davis at Stanford. In his first served as the head off-campus recruiter and record and won three NCAA Division III season, Stanford won 19 games, the most at also mentored the guards and post players titles, five straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate the school since 1961-62. He was also part at Bradley from 2000-03. In that stretch he Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships of the staff that was responsible for recruit- helped mold Phillip Gilbert and James and appeared in six consecutive NCAA ing the Cardinal's all-time leading scorer, Gillingham into All-Missouri Valley Tournaments. In his final year at UW- Todd Lichti. Conference selections. Moore also served as Platteville, Gard served as Ryan’s top assis- A veteran of a number of international an administrative assistant at Bradley in tant in charge of recruiting, basketball camp tours, Close served as the assistant to Davis 1999-2000. operations and scouting. He also worked as on a Pac-10 all-star team that toured Moore played at UW from 1990-95, an advisor in the university’s admissions Australia in 1985. During the summer of playing for Steve Yoder, Stu Jackson and office. 1995, he and fellow Iowa assistant Rich Stan Van Gundy. The Badgers earned an NIT Prior to joining Ryan’s staff in Walker served as co-coaches for a Big Ten bid in 1991, Moore’s redshirt season. His Platteville, Gard spent three seasons at all-star team on an eight-game tour in sophomore year, Wisconsin returned to the Southwestern High School and one at Europe. NIT and as a junior, he was a part of UW’s Platteville High School, where he served in Under Close’s direction in 1996, the first NCAA tournament team in 47 years. junior high and assistant varsity coaching People-to-People Sports team became the Moore played in 47 games as a Badger, capacities. first American team to win the Malgrat including 21 as a senior. He represented the Gard is a 1995 graduate of UW- International Tournament in Malgrat, Spain. Big Ten by touring Argentina with a group Platteville with a degree in physical and In 1997, Close coached a team comprised of of league all-stars in 1994. Moore, who was health education. He and his wife, Michelle, current and former Iowa players to a perfect the recipient of the University of Wisconsin have two children, Mackenzie and Isaac. 6-0 record on a six-game tour in Germany. African-American Alumni Association A native of Moorestown, New Jersey, Student Leadership Award in 1993, graduat- Close earned a bachelor’s degree in business- ed from Wisconsin in 1995 with a bachelor’s agricultural with a minor in physical educa- degree in African-American Studies. tion (1978) and a master’s degree in athletic A 1990 graduate of Taft High School in administration and coaching (1982) from Chicago, Moore guided his team to the Arizona State. Close, his wife Kellie, their Chicago Public League semifinals as a senior son Sam and daughter Ellen live in and was named to the Chicago Public Middleton. League Hall of Fame in 1999. Moore and his wife, Jennifer, live in Madison. They are expecting their first child. Ray 4Nixon 6-7 • 220 lbs. • Senior • Forward Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican High School)

• Has started all 29 games and is averaging 23.3 minutes per game • Has been a part of a school-record tying 93 victories in his four seasons • Second on the team with 41 made 3-pointers • 110 of his 145 field goal attempts this season have been 3-pointers • Has played in 109 games in his career, most on the team • Has made at least one 3-pointer in each of the last seven games • Averaging 8.1 points over the last seven games (shooting .433 (13-of-30) from 3-point range) • Scored 13 points, including 10 in a span of 3:24 late in the second half, vs. Ohio State on Feb. 15 • Played a career-high 35 minutes vs. Indiana on Feb. 8, scoring 13 points • Scored a career-high 15 points in 32 minutes vs. Marquette on Dec. 10 • Also had 14 points vs. Louisiana Tech on Dec. 28 and vs. Penn State on Jan. 25 • Has 44 assists against just 19 turnovers this season Game-by-Game Statistics

Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 23 1-5 1-5 0-2 1-2-3 1 3 1 0 0 3 vs. E. Kentucky 24 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-2-2 4 3 0 0 0 3 vs. Old Dominion 20 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 3 0 0 1 5 Coastal Carolina 16 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 0 0 0 6 at Wake Forest 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Pepperdine 22 1-4 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 1 0 5 UW-Green Bay 23 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 1 0 0 8 Marquette 32 6-10 2-5 1-2 0-1-1 2 2 1 1 3 15 UNC Wilmington 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 UW-Milwaukee 27 3-6 1-4 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 Louisiana Tech 20 5-6 4-5 0-0 0-2-2 2 3 2 0 0 14 at Pitt 22 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 0 0 0 3 Iowa 20 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 4 0 0 0 0 Career Highs Michigan State 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Points: 15 vs. Marquette (12/10/05) at Minnesota 13 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 3 Northwestern 29 5-9 3-7 0-0 1-2-3 1 3 1 0 0 13 Field Goals: 6 vs. Marquette (12/10/05) at Ohio State 21 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-0-0 4 2 1 0 0 5 Field Goal Atts.: 11 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) North Dakota St. 27 2-9 1-6 0-0 4-1-5 4 1 0 1 1 5 3-Point Field Goals: 4 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) and vs. Penn State Penn State 24 4-11 4-10 2-2 0-2-2 2 1 0 0 1 14 (1/25/06) at Michigan 27 5-7 3-5 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0 1 0 13 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 10 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) Illinois 25 1-8 1-7 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Free Throws: 4 vs. Minnesota (2/4/04) and vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) at Purdue 28 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 2 1 0 1 0 Free Throw Atts.: 4, three times, MR: vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Indiana 35 5-8 3-5 0-0 1-2-3 2 3 0 1 1 13 Rebounds: 6 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/25/03) at Penn State 28 2-7 1-5 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 1 1 0 5 Assists: 4 vs. Ohio State (1/11/05) and vs. Iowa (1/5/06) Ohio State 30 4-6 3-5 2-2 0-0-0 1 3 2 0 0 13 Blocked Shots: 1, 14 times, MR: at Penn State (2/11/06) at Northwestern 31 2-6 1-4 0-2 0-3-3 2 1 2 0 0 5 Minnesota 29 1-2 1-2 4-4 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 2 7 Steals: 3 vs. Marquette (12/10/05) at Michigan State 19 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 2 0 0 5 Minutes: 35 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Iowa 24 3-9 3-7 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 1 9

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2002-03 17 0 70 4.1 4 17 .235 0 8 .000 0 1 .000 3 7 10 0.6 14 0 2 2 1 1 8 0.5 2003-04 31 0 345 11.1 35 75 .467 14 35 .400 11 17 .647 24 27 51 1.6 37 0 10 20 3 5 95 3.1 2004-05 33 1 385 11.7 31 79 .392 17 42 .405 5 8 .625 12 26 38 1.2 57 1 19 18 5 6 84 2.5 2005-06 29 29 676 23.3 65 154 .422 44 117 .376 11 16 .688 9 36 45 1.6 51 0 44 19 7 12 185 6.4 TOTAL 110 30 1476 13.4 135 325 .415 75 202 .371 27 42 .643 48 96 144 1.3 159 1 75 59 16 24 372 3.4 Jason 5Chappell 6-10 • 240 lbs. • Junior • Center New Berlin, Wis. (New Berlin West HS / Worcester (Mass.) Academy)

• Has started all 29 games and is averaging 20.1 minutes per game • Third on the team in rebounding (4.5 rpg.) • Third on the team with 55 assists and has a 1.67 assist-to-turnover ratio • Averaging 5.8 rebounds in the last six games • Recorded a career-high seven assists (with no turnovers) and tied a career-high with nine rebounds at Penn State on Feb. 11 • Played a career-high 32 minutes at Michigan on Jan. 28 • Scored a career-high 15 points vs. Pepperdine on Dec. 3 • Just missed a double-double with 10 points and a career-high nine rebounds vs. Marquette on Dec. 10 • Also grabbed eight rebounds vs. UW-Green Bay on Dec. 7 • Had 11 points in 24 minutes at Wake Forest on Nov. 29 • Had played just 59 minutes and scored 18 points in his career entering this season • Father, Len, played in the NBA from 1963-72, and older broth- Game-by-Game Statistics er, John, played basketball at South Carolina • Created his own line of “J-Cheezy” t-shirts Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 19 3-5 0-0 3-4 3-1-4 3 4 0 0 2 9 vs. E. Kentucky 17 0-2 0-0 0-2 2-1-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 vs. Old Dominion 18 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 3 1 2 1 1 0 Coastal Carolina 21 4-6 0-0 1-1 2-3-5 0 2 0 0 0 9 at Wake Forest 24 3-7 1-1 4-4 2-1-3 3 2 1 1 1 11 Pepperdine 24 5-10 2-3 3-4 2-2-4 3 3 1 0 1 15 UW-Green Bay 22 1-5 1-2 4-4 1-7-8 1 3 1 1 0 7 Marquette 27 3-6 0-0 4-7 5-4-9 3 3 1 0 0 10 UNC Wilmington 24 2-4 1-1 3-3 2-2-4 2 1 1 0 0 8 UW-Milwaukee 23 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 2 1 1 2 0 0 Louisiana Tech 22 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-3-4 1 0 2 0 2 7 at Pitt 23 3-4 0-0 0-1 3-4-7 4 4 1 0 0 6 Iowa 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 4 4 1 0 0 0 Michigan State 20 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-5-5 3 3 1 2 0 2 Career Highs at Minnesota 15 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 4 0 2 0 1 3 Northwestern 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 0 0 Points: 15 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) at Ohio State 30 1-3 0-1 2-2 1-3-4 0 3 2 0 2 4 Field Goals: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) North Dakota St. 22 1-7 0-2 2-2 3-1-4 2 1 0 1 0 4 Field Goal Atts.: 10 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) Penn State 25 2-2 0-0 1-2 3-0-3 1 1 0 0 0 5 3-Point Field Goals: 2 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) at Michigan 32 1-5 0-0 2-2 3-4-7 4 4 3 0 1 4 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 3 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) Illinois 23 0-4 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 2 0 5 1 2 1 Free Throws: 4, three times, MR: vs. Marquette (12/10/05) at Purdue 25 1-3 0-2 2-3 1-3-4 3 0 1 2 0 4 Free Throw Atts.: 7 vs. Marquette (12/10/05) Indiana 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 0 1 0 0 Rebounds: 9 vs. Marquette (12/10/05) and at Penn State (2/11/06) at Penn State 28 3-6 0-0 0-1 5-4-9 1 7 0 1 0 6 Assists: 7 at Penn State (2/11/06) Ohio State 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 1 1 0 2 1 2 at Northwestern 16 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 2 0 0 2 0 5 Blocked Shots: 2, five times, MR: at Northwestern (2/23/06) Minnesota 17 1-5 0-0 2-2 3-5-8 2 3 0 0 0 4 Steals: 2, four times, MR: vs. Illinois (1/31/06) at Michigan State 14 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-4-5 4 1 1 1 0 3 Minutes: 32 at Michigan (1/28/06) at Iowa 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 3 1 2 0 0 0

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2002-03 8 0 11 1.4 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 0.4 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.5 2003-04 Redshirt Season 2004-05 14 0 48 3.4 6 12 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 6 10 16 1.1 7 0 5 5 0 0 14 1.0 2005-06 29 29 584 20.1 41 101 .406 6 17 .353 41 57 .719 50 79 129 4.4 68 0 55 33 18 14 129 4.4 TOTAL 51 29 643 12.6 48 117 .410 7 19 .368 44 61 .721 58 90 148 2.9 75 0 60 39 19 14 147 2.9 Kammron 23Taylor 6-2 • 175 lbs. • Junior • Guard Minneapolis, Minn. (Minneapolis North High School)

• Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection • Has started all 29 games and leads the team in minutes played (34.9 mpg.) • Second on the team in scoring at 14.8 ppg. • Leads the Badgers in assists (69), 3-pointers made (63) and 3-point percentage (.394) • Has 23 double-figure scoring efforts this season, including seven 20-point games • Made a career-high six 3-pointers (on seven attempts) at Penn State on Feb. 11, scoring 24 points • Scored a career-high 29 points at Michigan on Jan. 28, making five 3-pointers • Scored 27 points and made 5-of-8 3-pointers vs. Michigan State on Jan. 8 • Scored UW’s last eight points, including the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired, vs. UNC Wilmington on Dec. 12 • Scored 23 points and made a career-high 13-of-15 free throws vs. UW-Milwaukee on Dec. 15 • Named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament team after scoring 27 points and grabbing eight rebounds in the title game • Ranks sixth in the Big Ten in free throw shooting at .832 (89-107) • Drained long 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left in first overtime Game-by-Game Statistics to tie game vs. Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 19 and send it to a Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS second overtime vs. Norfolk State 27 4-7 1-2 3-4 0-2-2 2 3 2 2 0 12 vs. E. Kentucky 44 5-13 5-9 0-0 1-0-1 3 4 4 0 1 15 vs. Old Dominion 39 8-15 4-9 7-9 1-7-8 3 0 1 0 0 27 Coastal Carolina 26 5-10 3-5 7-7 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 20 at Wake Forest 37 6-13 4-6 2-2 0-1-1 4 0 5 0 3 18 Pepperdine 29 4-6 1-3 3-3 0-0-0 3 2 3 1 5 12 UW-Green Bay 31 3-7 3-5 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 2 0 0 9 Marquette 36 6-17 3-6 3-6 1-5-6 1 1 1 0 1 18 UNC Wilmington 34 4-12 2-4 3-3 0-7-7 2 2 2 0 0 13 UW-Milwaukee 39 5-10 0-2 13-15 1-4-5 2 6 3 0 2 23 Louisiana Tech 24 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 4 4 0 0 2 at Pitt 33 2-9 1-5 0-0 2-1-3 2 1 4 0 0 5 Career Highs Iowa 37 5-14 1-4 0-0 0-4-4 0 4 2 0 1 11 Michigan State 35 11-17 5-8 0-0 1-4-5 2 2 1 0 2 27 Points: 29 at Michigan (1/28/06) at Minnesota 36 2-7 1-4 3-3 0-4-4 2 5 7 0 0 8 Field Goals: 11 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06) Northwestern 33 4-11 1-6 5-6 1-7-8 0 4 4 0 1 14 at Ohio State 37 6-15 3-9 6-7 2-0-2 3 0 3 0 0 21 Field Goal Atts.: 24 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) North Dakota St. 36 6-24 2-9 5-6 1-2-3 5 0 1 0 3 19 3-Point Field Goals: 6 at Penn State (2/11/06) Penn State 35 4-15 3-8 3-6 1-4-5 0 6 0 0 1 14 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 9, five times, MR: at Michigan (1/28/06) at Michigan 38 10-18 5-9 4-4 2-2-4 2 1 3 0 0 29 Free Throws: 13 vs. UW-Milw. (12/15/05) Illinois 36 3-7 1-4 7-8 0-1-1 1 2 4 0 0 14 Free Throw Atts.: 15 vs. UW-Mil. (12/15/05) at Purdue 40 4-11 3-6 0-1 0-3-3 4 3 4 0 0 11 Rebounds: 8 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05) and vs. Northwestern Indiana 33 2-10 1-7 0-0 0-4-4 4 2 3 0 0 5 (1/14/06) at Penn State 37 8-14 6-7 2-2 0-2-2 0 4 1 0 1 24 Assists: 6 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) and vs. Penn State (1/25/06) Ohio State 39 3-10 0-3 6-6 0-0-0 1 3 2 0 0 12 Blocked Shots: 2 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) at Northwestern 39 4-14 1-7 2-2 0-1-1 3 1 2 0 1 11 Steals: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) Minnesota 38 3-9 0-2 4-4 0-1-1 2 3 2 0 0 10 at Michigan State 33 4-18 0-5 1-3 3-2-5 2 1 0 0 1 9 Minutes: 44 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Iowa 31 4-9 3-4 0-0 1-2-3 0 1 4 0 0 11

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2003-04 18 0 41 2.3 7 19 .368 2 8 .250 5 6 .833 1 1 2 0.1 4 0 1 3 0 1 21 1.2 2004-05 34 12 816 24.0 85 224 .379 26 77 .338 89 116 .767 9 73 82 2.4 37 0 56 69 2 18 285 8.4 2005-06 29 29 1012 34.9 136 347 .392 63 160 .394 89 107 .832 18 73 91 3.1 54 1 69 75 3 23 424 14.6 TOTAL 81 41 1869 23.1 228 590 .386 91 245 .371 183 229 .799 28 147 175 2.2 95 1 126 147 5 42 730 9.0 Alando 42Tucker 6-6 • 210 lbs. • Junior • Forward Lockport, Ill. (Lockport Township High School)

• Consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection • Named to the Wooden Award Midseason All-American team and NABC first-team All-District 11 • Also on the Naismith Award Top 30 list • Has started all 28 games and leads the team in scoring (18.9 ppg.) • Led the Big Ten in scoring in league games at 20.0 points per game, the first Badger to do so since Don Rehfeldt in 1950 • Scored at least 20 points in 10 of the 16 Big Ten games, including three with at least 27 points • Has 1,462 career points, good for seventh on UW’s all-time scoring list and 12th among juniors in the country • Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors on Feb. 20 after recording his seventh career double-double with 27 points and 16 rebounds vs. Ohio State on Feb. 15 • Averaging 21.6 points against ranked teams this season (does not include 25 at Pitt on Dec. 31 and 27 vs. Iowa on Jan. 5 because the teams were not ranked at the time of the games) • Suffered a nasal injury late in the first half at Wake Forest and Game-by-Game Statistics wore a custom-made protective mask in 13 games • Scored 27 points, including 23 in the second half (after his Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 32 5-14 0-1 0-1 3-5-8 0 1 3 0 0 10 injury), against Wake Forest vs. E. Kentucky 44 14-23 1-3 9-14 5-5-10 3 0 2 0 0 38 • Scored a career-high and Paradise Jam Tournament-record 38 vs. Old Dominion 34 7-14 0-1 6-10 2-1-3 2 2 1 0 1 20 Coastal Carolina 24 1-1 0-0 3-6 0-2-2 0 3 1 0 1 5 points (fourth-most in school history and second-most by a at Wake Forest 33 10-27 2-6 5-8 2-1-3 2 5 2 0 0 27 Big Ten player this season) in win over Eastern Kentucky Pepperdine 33 6-14 1-2 3-7 3-3-6 0 2 3 0 0 16 UW-Green Bay 27 8-14 1-1 1-7 1-2-3 1 3 0 0 0 18 • Named Paradise Jam MVP, making a tournament-record 26 Marquette 20 2-8 1-2 3-4 0-3-3 3 1 2 0 1 8 field goals and scoring 68 total points, one shy of the UNC Wilmington 36 5-14 1-3 4-8 2-2-4 1 2 4 0 1 15 UW-Milwaukee 38 10-19 0-4 5-9 1-3-4 1 0 3 0 0 25 tourney mark Louisiana Tech 29 5-9 0-1 1-4 1-5-6 1 0 1 0 1 11 • Self-proclaimed “cartoon nut” at Pitt 36 8-20 0-4 9-12 3-4-7 2 0 4 0 0 25 Iowa 35 12-22 2-3 1-5 2-3-5 0 1 1 0 2 27 Career Highs Michigan State 36 5-17 1-3 6-17 2-4-6 1 1 1 0 1 17 at Minnesota 34 11-23 0-0 0-6 3-7-10 1 2 2 0 0 22 Points: 38 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) Northwestern 35 9-15 0-2 2-5 3-4-7 1 1 3 1 4 20 Field Goals: 14 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Ohio State 35 9-22 0-0 3-6 6-3-9 1 0 1 1 1 21 North Dakota St. 35 2-18 0-6 7-9 4-3-7 2 0 2 0 0 11 Field Goal Atts.: 27 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) Penn State 28 6-12 4-7 1-2 3-5-8 1 3 2 1 0 17 3-Point Field Goals: 5 vs. Texas Southern (12/21/02) at Michigan 36 8-16 0-2 5-8 1-1-2 4 4 1 0 2 21 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 7 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) Illinois 38 7-12 0-2 5-9 0-6-6 0 2 1 0 0 19 Free Throws: 15 vs. Bucknell (3/20/05) at Purdue 37 8-17 0-3 6-7 4-0-4 0 2 4 0 0 22 Free Throw Atts.: 18 vs. Bucknell (3/20/05) Indiana 38 12-20 1-3 4-6 1-5-6 0 2 2 2 1 29 Rebounds: 18 vs. UNLV (12/7/02) at Penn State 22 3-9 0-2 3-4 2-6-8 4 2 1 0 0 9 Assists: 5 vs. Alabama (12/29/04) and at Wake Forest (11/29/05) Ohio State 40 10-18 0-0 7-11 7-9-16 2 2 4 1 1 27 Blocked Shots: 2 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Northwestern 38 6-14 0-0 2-5 1-0-1 2 2 1 0 0 14 Steals: 4 vs. Northwestern (1/14/06) Minnesota 36 8-16 1-3 5-7 1-3-4 0 3 3 0 1 22 Minutes: 44 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Michigan State 26 8-16 0-1 7-11 1-0-1 2 2 1 1 0 23 at Iowa 34 4-13 0-0 2-5 4-2-6 1 2 2 0 0 10

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2002-03 32 27 1016 31.8 139 261 .533 18 58 .310 89 130 .685 86 103 189 5.9 78 0 34 41 10 28 385 12.0 2003-04 4 2 83 20.8 19 33 .576 3 7 .429 15 22 .682 7 11 18 4.5 7 0 1 5 0 2 56 14.0 2004-05 31 30 983 31.7 162 334 .485 23 73 .315 125 183 .683 68 121 189 6.1 40 1 52 60 2 22 472 15.2 2005-06 29 29 969 33.4 209 457 .457 16 65 .246 115 213 .540 68 97 165 5.7 38 0 50 58 7 18 549 18.9 TOTAL 96 88 3051 31.8 529 1085 .488 60 203 .296 344 548 .628 229 332 561 5.8 163 1 137 164 19 70 1462 15.2 Tanner 14 Bronson 5-11 • 160 lbs. • Sophomore • Guard Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet High School)

• In his first season on scholarship after walking on last season • Profiled in an Associated Press article that appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times and MSNBC.com • Played a career-high 12 minutes vs. Indiana, scoring four points, including his first career 3-pointer • Saw first-half action at Minnesota, collecting a steal • Served as a team manager for one season as well • Has played in 27 career games, including 15 this season • Mother, Jody, is the women’s tennis coach at Marquette • Prep teammate of UW’s Morris Cain, UW-Milwaukee’s Joah Tucker and Stanford’s Dan Grunfeld

Game-by-Game Statistics

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0- 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. E. Kentucky DNP vs. Old Dominion DNP Coastal Carolina 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 at Wake Forest DNP Pepperdine DNP UW-Green Bay 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marquette 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 UNC Wilmington DNP UW-Milwaukee DNP Louisiana Tech 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Pitt DNP Iowa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Highs Michigan State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Minnesota 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Points: 4 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) Northwestern 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals: 1 vs. UNC Greensboro (12/23/04) and vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Ohio State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Dakota St. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goal Atts.: 4 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) Penn State 4 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3-Point Field Goals: 1 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Michigan DNP 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 2 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) Illinois DNP Free Throws: 1 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) and vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Purdue DNP Free Throw Atts.: 3 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) Indiana 12 1-4 1-2 1-3 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 1 4 Rebounds: 1, three times, MR: vs. Ohio State (2/15/06) at Penn State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assists: 1, three times, MR: vs. Michigan (2/16/05) Ohio State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blocked Shots: 0 at Northwestern DNP Steals: 2 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) Minnesota DNP Minutes: 12 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Michigan State DNP at Iowa DNP

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 12 0 16 1.3 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0.2 2005-06 15 0 40 2.7 1 8 .125 1 4 .250 2 7 .286 0 3 3 0.2 6 0 0 2 0 6 5 0.3 TOTAL 27 0 56 2.1 2 13 .154 1 5 .200 2 7 .286 0 3 3 0.1 7 0 3 2 0 8 7 0.3 Brian 32 Butch 6-11 • 240 lbs. • Sophomore • Forward Appleton, Wis. (Appleton West High School)

• Has started 28 games and is third on the team in scoring (9.9 ppg.) • Leads the team in rebounding (6.0 rpg) and field goal percentage (.498) • Second on the team in blocked shots (23) • Averaging 10.8 points and 7.0 rebounds in the last six games • Tied a career-high with 23 points (11-of-15 shooting) and grabbed a personal-best 12 rebounds at Penn State on Feb. 11 for his third career double-double • Also scored 17 points vs. Ohio State on Feb. 15 • Just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds vs. Illinois on Jan. 31 • Recorded double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. Louisiana Tech on Dec. 28 • Also added five assists and three blocks in that game • Had 19 points and 10 rebounds at Wake Forest on Nov. 29 for first career double-double • Has scored in double figures 13 of 29 games, including a career-high 23 points (9-of-12 shooting) in the season-opener vs. Norfolk State on Nov. 18 • Nearly recorded a double-double with 17 points and nine Game-by-Game Statistics rebounds vs. Coastal Carolina on Nov. 26 Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 25 9-12 3-3 2-2 4-3-7 2 4 0 1 0 23 • 2005 Academic All-Big Ten vs. E. Kentucky 42 3-10 0-1 4-4 3-3-6 4 2 2 1 1 10 vs. Old Dominion 25 4-7 0-2 2-3 1-1-2 4 1 3 1 0 10 Coastal Carolina 20 7-12 0-1 3-4 2-7-9 3 3 1 0 1 17 at Wake Forest 26 8-12 2-4 1-2 4-6-10 4 2 1 1 0 19 Pepperdine 28 2-6 0-2 5-6 3-6-9 2 0 4 1 3 9 UW-Green Bay 27 6-10 0-1 2-4 2-6-8 2 0 1 2 1 14 Marquette 18 2-5 0-2 0-0 0-5-5 2 1 2 1 1 4 UNC Wilmington 18 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 UW-Milwaukee 24 3-6 0-1 0-0 3-5-8 3 0 0 3 1 6 Louisiana Tech 28 8-12 1-2 1-1 4-6-10 2 5 1 3 0 18 Career Highs at Pitt 26 4-9 1-2 0-0 0-5-5 0 9 3 0 2 9 Points: 23 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) and at Penn State (2/11/06) Iowa 28 3-9 1-3 0-0 4-4-8 2 0 0 0 1 7 Michigan State 25 5-9 2-5 0-1 2-3-5 2 3 2 2 1 12 Field Goals: 11 at Penn State (2/11/06) at Minnesota 28 4-8 2-5 2-3 0-8-8 0 2 1 0 1 12 Field Goal Atts.: 15 at Penn State (2/11/06) Northwestern 22 2-5 0-1 3-5 0-3-3 0 2 0 2 0 7 3-Point Field Goals: 3 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) and vs. Ohio State at Ohio State 19 5-11 1-4 0-0 1-1-2 4 1 0 0 1 11 (2/15/06) North Dakota St. 18 1-4 0-2 2-2 3-3-6 2 0 2 1 0 4 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 5 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06) and at Minnesota Penn State 21 3-6 0-2 2-2 1-4-5 2 0 3 1 0 8 (1/10/06) at Michigan 17 1-6 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 5 1 0 0 0 3 Free Throws: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) Illinois 25 3-8 1-4 3-4 2-7-9 4 0 2 0 0 10 Free Throw Atts.: 7 vs. Ohio State (2/15/06) at Purdue 20 2-8 0-2 2-2 2-1-3 3 0 0 1 0 6 Rebounds: 12 at Penn State (2/11/06) Indiana 8 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-1-1 3 0 0 0 0 4 Assists: 5 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) and at Pittsburgh (12/31/05) at Penn State 28 11-15 0-1 1-3 4-8-12 2 1 1 0 0 23 Ohio State 31 6-9 3-4 2-7 1-2-3 2 1 2 0 2 17 Blocked Shots: 3 vs. UW-Milw. (12/15/05) and vs. Louisiana Tech at Northwestern 28 1-4 0-1 0-1 3-6-9 2 3 0 2 0 2 (12/28/05) Minnesota 24 4-7 0-0 1-3 3-0-3 1 0 2 0 3 9 Steals: 3, three times, MR: at Iowa (3/4/06) at Michigan State 27 4-12 1-4 0-1 5-3-8 3 2 3 0 0 9 Minutes: 42 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Iowa 26 1-3 1-3 2-2 2-5-7 2 1 2 0 3 5

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 27 0 261 9.7 35 83 .422 8 25 .320 20 34 .588 26 41 67 2.5 35 0 6 16 9 5 98 3.6 2005-06 29 28 702 24.2 113 227 .498 21 65 .323 41 64 .641 59 116 175 6.0 67 1 40 39 23 22 288 9.9 TOTAL 56 28 963 17.2 148 310 .477 29 90 .322 61 98 .622 85 157 242 4.3 102 1 46 55 32 27 386 6.9 Michael 22Flowers 6-2 • 185 lbs. • Sophomore • Guard Madison, Wis. (Madison La Follette High School)

• Has played in all 29 games (one start) and is fourth on the team in minutes played (23.9 mpg.) • Team’s best perimeter defender, leads squad with 37 steals • Shooting .526 (10-of-19) and averaging 7.5 points over the last four games • Made his first career start vs. Indiana on Feb. 8, grabbing seven rebounds • Second on the team with 57 assists • Made 25-of-29 (.862) free throws during Big Ten play • Scored a career-high 12 points and added six steals vs. UW-Green Bay on Dec. 7 • Six steals were the most by a Badger since Mike Kelley had six vs. Fresno State on March 16, 2000 • Scored 10 points and had five assists vs. Penn State on Jan. 25 • Set career highs in assists (5) and minutes played (36) against Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 19

Game-by-Game Statistics

Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 22 1-7 1-5 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 2 0 0 3 vs. E. Kentucky 36 2-7 2-6 2-2 2-4-6 1 5 5 0 4 8 vs. Old Dominion 23 1-5 1-3 2-2 0-2-2 1 2 3 0 0 5 Coastal Carolina 24 3-4 1-1 2-4 1-4-5 2 2 0 1 5 9 at Wake Forest 27 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-2-2 3 1 0 0 1 3 Pepperdine 20 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 3 1 1 1 0 3 UW-Green Bay 27 4-7 1-1 3-4 1-0-1 3 4 1 0 6 12 Marquette 23 2-4 0-1 2-2 2-1-3 3 1 1 0 1 6 UNC Wilmington 33 2-3 1-2 2-4 0-5-5 2 4 1 0 1 7 UW-Milwaukee 17 2-3 1-2 1-2 0-0-0 3 2 2 1 1 6 Louisiana Tech 22 4-8 2-3 0-0 3-0-3 2 4 1 0 0 10 at Pitt 23 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 2 1 1 0 1 3 Iowa 22 3-6 1-3 0-0 2-6-8 1 2 0 0 1 7 Career Highs Michigan State 26 3-5 1-2 2-2 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 0 9 at Minnesota 29 1-2 1-2 5-6 1-3-4 2 3 2 0 0 8 Points: 12 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) Northwestern 20 0-2 0-2 3-4 1-0-1 1 3 1 0 0 3 Field Goals: 4, three times, MR: at Michigan State (3/2/06) at Ohio State 26 0-4 0-2 0-0 2-2-4 3 3 1 0 2 0 North Dakota St. 30 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 3 2 0 0 2 0 Field Goal Atts.: 8 vs. Louis. Tech (12/28/05) Penn State 27 3-5 2-4 2-2 0-4-4 1 5 3 0 1 10 3-Point Field Goals: 2, eight times, MR: at Northwestern (2/23/06) at Michigan 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 4 2 1 0 0 2 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 6 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) Illinois 24 1-4 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 0 0 2 2 Free Throws: 5 at Minnesota (1/10/06) at Purdue 20 2-3 2-2 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 1 0 1 6 Free Throw Atts.: 6 vs. Penn (11/20/04) and at Minnesota (1/10/06) Indiana 26 1-5 0-2 4-4 2-5-7 4 1 4 0 1 6 Rebounds: 8 vs. Iowa (1/5/06) at Penn State 21 2-4 2-4 0-1 2-0-2 1 3 0 0 1 6 Assists: 5 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) and vs. Penn State (1/25/06) Ohio State 23 1-4 0-2 3-4 2-3-5 3 1 1 0 1 5 Blocked Shots: 1, fives times, MR: at Iowa (3/4/06) at Northwestern 23 2-4 2-2 2-2 0-4-4 3 0 1 0 3 8 Steals: 6 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) Minnesota 16 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-2-2 2 0 1 0 0 6 Minutes: 36 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Michigan State 30 4-6 1-2 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 1 9 at Iowa 24 2-6 1-3 2-2 2-0-2 1 1 1 1 1 7

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 30 0 270 9.0 12 39 .308 6 17 .353 7 14 .500 13 34 47 1.6 22 0 15 17 2 16 37 1.2 2005-06 29 1 693 23.9 51 119 .429 24 61 .393 43 55 .782 31 64 95 3.3 61 0 57 37 4 37 169 5.8 TOTAL 59 1 963 16.3 63 158 .399 30 78 .385 50 69 .725 44 98 142 2.4 83 0 72 54 6 53 206 3.5 Greg 34Stiemsma 6-11 • 245 lbs. • Sophomore • Center Randolph, Wis. (Randolph High School)

• Ineligible to play during the second semester • Played in 16 games, averaging 11.7 minutes per game • Leads the Badgers with 24 blocked shots (1.50 per game) • Had career bests in blocks (5), assists (4) and steals (3) vs. Iowa on Jan. 5 • Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds in 15 minutes vs. Old Dominion on Nov. 21 • Career-high six points vs. Coastal Carolina on Nov. 26 • Took a temporary leave of absence from the team in mid-January due to personal medical reasons

Game-by-Game Statistics Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 1 0 0 4 vs. E. Kentucky 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Old Dominion 15 2-6 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 3 0 0 2 1 4 Coastal Carolina 10 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 1 1 0 6 at Wake Forest 12 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 4 0 0 2 0 1 Pepperdine 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 4 0 1 2 1 2 UW-Green Bay 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 Marquette 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 2 0 4 UNC Wilmington 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 0 0 0 2 UW-Milwaukee 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 2 1 0 0 2 Louisiana Tech 17 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-4-4 0 1 1 5 0 5 at Pitt 15 3-3 0-0 0-1 2-1-3 3 2 0 1 0 6 Iowa 17 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-4-4 4 4 1 5 3 0 Career Highs Michigan State 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-4-4 4 1 1 2 1 0 at Minnesota 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 3 0 0 0 0 2 Points: 6 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) and at Pitt (12/31/05) Northwestern 10 2-3 0-0 1-1 1-3-4 2 0 0 2 0 5 Field Goals: 3 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) and at Pitt (12/31/05) at Ohio State DNP North Dakota St. DNP Field Goal Atts.: 6 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05) Penn State DNP 3-Point Field Goals: 0 at Michigan DNP 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 1, three times, MR: vs. Michigan State (1/8/06) Illinois DNP Free Throws: 1, four times, MR: vs. Northwestern (1/14/06) at Purdue DNP Free Throw Atts.: 2, three times, MR: vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) Indiana DNP Rebounds: 7 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05) at Penn State DNP Assists: 4 vs. Iowa (1/5/06) Ohio State DNP Blocked Shots: 5 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) and vs. Iowa (1/5/06) at Northwestern DNP Steals: 3 vs. Iowa (1/5/06) Minnesota DNP Minutes: 18 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) at Michigan State DNP at Iowa DNP

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 10 0 27 2.7 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 6 0.6 5 0 0 1 2 1 11 1.1 2005-06 16 0 187 11.7 21 38 .553 0 3 .000 3 7 .429 11 34 45 2.8 37 0 15 8 24 6 45 2.8 TOTAL 26 0 214 8.2 26 44 .591 0 3 .000 4 9 .444 12 39 51 2.0 42 0 15 9 26 7 56 2.2 Devin 10Barry 6-1 • 180 lbs. • Freshman • Guard Janesville, Wis. (Janesville Craig High School)

• In his first season as a walk-on • Has seen limited action in nine games this season • Made a free throw vs. Penn State on Jan. 25 for his only point of the season • Third-team all-state as a senior in high school

Game-by-Game Statistics

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. E. Kentucky DNP vs. Old Dominion DNP Coastal Carolina 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Wake Forest DNP Pepperdine DNP UW-Green Bay DNP Marquette DNP UNC Wilmington DNP UW-Milwaukee DNP Louisiana Tech 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Pitt DNP Iowa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Highs Michigan State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Minnesota DNP Points: 10 vs. Michigan (2/16/05) Northwestern 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals: 4 vs. Michigan (2/16/05) at Ohio State DNP North Dakota St. DNP Field Goal Atts.: 6, three times, MR: at Minnesota (2/5/05) Penn State 4 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-0-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3-Point Field Goals: 3 vs. Illinois (1/25/05) at Michigan DNP 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 6 vs. Illinois (1/25/05) Illinois DNP Free Throws: 4 vs. Minnesota (2/4/04) at Purdue DNP Free Throw Atts.: 4 vs. E. Illinois (11/25/03) and vs. Minnesota (2/4/04) Indiana 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rebounds: 6 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/25/03) at Penn State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assists: 4 vs. Ohio State (1/11/05) Ohio State DNP Blocked Shots: 1, seven times, MR at Illinois (2/12/05) at Northwestern DNP Steals: 1, 11 times, MR at Michigan State (2/24/05) Minnesota DNP Minutes: 21 vs. Purdue (1/14/04) and at Indiana (1/8/05) at Michigan State DNP at Iowa DNP

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 9 0 13 1.4 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 TOTAL 9 0 13 1.4 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 Morris 21Cain 6-5 • 195 lbs. • Freshman • Forward Milwaukee, Wis. (Nicolet High School)

• In his first season as a walk-on • Has seen limited action in 10 games • Scored four points vs. Coastal Carolina on Nov. 26, his only points of the season • Prep teammate of UW’s Tanner Bronson, UW-Milwaukee’s Joah Tucker and Stanford’s Dan Grunfeld

Game-by-Game Statistics

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. E. Kentucky DNP vs. Old Dominion DNP Coastal Carolina 2 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 4 at Wake Forest DNP Pepperdine DNP UW-Green Bay DNP Marquette 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UNC Wilmington DNP UW-Milwaukee DNP Louisiana Tech 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Pitt DNP Iowa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michigan State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Highs at Minnesota DNP Northwestern 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Points: 4 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) at Ohio State DNP Field Goals: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) North Dakota St. DNP Field Goal Atts.: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) Penn State 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-Point Field Goals: 0 at Michigan DNP 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 0 Illinois DNP Free Throws: 0 at Purdue DNP Free Throw Atts.: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) Indiana 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rebounds: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) at Penn State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assists: 0 Ohio State DNP at Northwestern DNP Blocked Shots: 0 Minnesota DNP Steals: 0 at Michigan State DNP Minutes: 3 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) at Iowa DNP

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 10 0 13 1.3 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 2 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.4 TOTAL 10 0 13 1.3 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 2 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.4 Kevin 43Gullikson 6-7 • 210 lbs. • Freshman • Forward Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater Area High School)

• Has played in 19 games, averaging 10.2 minutes per game • In his first season as a walk-on • Averaging 17.5 minutes over the last 10 games • Played a combined 19 minutes over the first 19 games of the season • Scored a career-high 12 points vs. Minnesota on Feb. 26 • Registered career highs in rebounds (7) and minutes (24) vs. Indiana on Feb. 8 • Scored four points in 20 minutes at Michigan on Jan. 28 • Also scored four points and grabbed five rebounds at Purdue on Feb. 4 • Has made 25-of-32 (.781) free throws • Second-team all-state as a high school senior, averaging 20.1 points and 9.6 rebounds • Academic all-state selection as well

Game-by-Game Statistics

Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 vs. E. Kentucky DNP vs. Old Dominion DNP Coastal Carolina 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 at Wake Forest DNP Pepperdine DNP UW-Green Bay DNP Marquette 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UNC Wilmington DNP UW-Milwaukee DNP Louisiana Tech 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 at Pitt DNP Iowa 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Career Highs Michigan State 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 at Minnesota DNP Points: 12 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Northwestern 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Field Goals: 3 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) at Ohio State DNP North Dakota St. 2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Field Goal Atts.: 5, three times, MR: vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Penn State 6 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3-Point Field Goals: 0 at Michigan 20 1-5 0-0 2-2 2-0-2 0 1 0 0 1 4 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 0 Illinois 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Free Throws: 6 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) at Purdue 19 1-3 0-0 2-2 1-4-5 1 1 3 0 0 4 Free Throw Atts.: 8 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Indiana 24 2-5 0-0 3-3 4-3-7 2 2 0 0 0 7 Rebounds: 7 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) at Penn State 15 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 1 0 0 4 Assists: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) and vs. Indiana (2/8/06) Ohio State 7 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-1-1 3 0 1 0 0 2 Blocked Shots: 1 at Michigan State (3/2/06) at Northwestern 12 1-1 0-0 2-4 1-1-2 3 1 0 0 0 4 Steals: 2 at Michigan State (3/2/06) Minnesota 18 3-5 0-0 6-8 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 0 12 Minutes: 27 at Michigan State (3/2/06) at Michigan State 27 1-2 0-0 3-4 0-5-5 4 1 1 1 2 5 at Iowa 21 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 5 0 1 0 0 0

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 19 0 194 10.2 13 35 .371 0 0 .000 25 32 .781 13 23 36 1.9 23 1 9 12 1 3 51 2.7 TOTAL 19 0 194 10.2 13 35 .371 0 0 .000 25 32 .781 13 23 36 1.9 23 1 9 12 1 3 51 2.7 Joe 45Krabbenhoft 6-7 • 217 lbs. • Freshman • G / F Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt High School)

• Named to the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team • Has played in all 29 games, averaging 15.8 minutes per game • Averaged 5.1 rebounds (second-best among Big Ten freshmen) and 18.7 minutes in league play • Recorded first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Minnesota on Feb. 26 • Averaging 6.7 rebounds and 25.0 minutes over the last three games • Scored a career-high 11 points and added seven rebounds vs. North Dakota State on Jan. 21 • Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds in a personal-best 31 minutes at Ohio State on Jan. 18 • Scored nine points in 11 minutes at Purdue on Feb. 4 • Also third among freshmen in assists in league games • Registered a career-high four assists while grabbing eight rebounds in 24 minutes at Minnesota on Jan. 10 • Averaging one rebound every 3.8 minutes, the best ratio on the team

Game-by-Game Statistics

Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 2 0 1 0 0 0 vs. E. Kentucky 11 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 vs. Old Dominion 9 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-3-3 1 1 0 0 0 2 Coastal Carolina 16 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 3 2 3 0 1 2 at Wake Forest 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 2 1 1 0 1 2 Pepperdine 11 2-5 1-2 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 UW-Green Bay 4 0-0 0-0 5-6 2-0-2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Marquette 8 0-0 0-0 0-3 4-1-3 4 0 0 1 0 3 UNC Wilmington 17 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 UW-Milwaukee 9 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-2-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Louisiana Tech 11 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-0-1 1 2 1 0 0 1 Career Highs at Pitt 9 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 0 5 Points: 11 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) Iowa 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Michigan State 11 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 2 1 2 0 0 4 Field Goals: 4 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) at Minnesota 24 1-6 0-0 4-4 4-4-8 1 4 3 0 1 6 Field Goal Atts.: 8 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) Northwestern 22 1-3 0-1 1-2 3-3-6 3 2 1 1 1 3 3-Point Field Goals: 1, seven times, MR: vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) at Ohio State 31 2-6 1-4 0-0 3-10-13 3 2 2 1 0 5 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 4 at Ohio State (1/18/06) and at Penn State North Dakota St. 28 4-8 1-2 2-5 4-3-7 2 0 4 0 1 11 (2/11/06) Penn State 23 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-3-5 2 2 1 0 2 0 Free Throws: 5 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) and vs. Minnesota at Michigan 21 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 4 0 2 1 0 0 (2/26/06) Illinois 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 2 2 1 0 1 2 Free Throw Atts.: 6 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) and vs. Minnesota at Purdue 11 3-6 0-1 3-5 3-1-4 5 0 0 0 0 9 (2/26/06) Indiana 16 1-2 0-0 2-3 0-3-3 4 2 1 0 0 4 Rebounds: 13 at Ohio State (1/18/06) at Penn State 18 2-7 1-4 0-0 2-3-5 3 2 0 0 0 5 Ohio State 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 3 0 0 0 0 Assists: 4 at Minnesota (1/10/06) and at Northwestern (2/23/06) at Northwestern 13 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 1 4 4 0 1 2 Blocked Shots: 2 at Michigan State (3/2/06) Minnesota 22 2-4 1-1 5-6 2-8-10 4 3 0 0 0 10 Steals: 2 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) at Michigan State 24 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-4-4 5 3 0 2 1 2 Minutes: 31 at Ohio State (1/18/06) at Iowa 29 1-6 0-1 0-0 2-4-6 4 1 4 0 1 2

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 29 0 458 15.8 31 90 .344 7 26 .269 33 47 .702 42 79 121 4.2 67 2 39 33 6 11 102 3.5 TOTAL 29 0 458 15.8 31 90 .344 7 26 .269 33 47 .702 42 79 121 4.2 67 2 39 33 6 11 102 3.5 Marcus 1Landry 6-7 • 215 lbs. • Freshman • Forward Milwaukee, Wis. (Vincent High School)

• Ineligible to play during the second semester • Played in 16 games, averaging 6.0 points in 15.4 minutes per game • Had season highs in points (19), rebounds (8) and minutes (32) against E. Kentucky on Nov. 19 • Scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in the final 12 minutes vs. Old Dominion on Nov. 21 • Younger brother of Purdue’s Carl Landry

Game-by-Game Statistics Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State 23 4-7 0-2 1-2 1-1-2 0 2 2 1 1 9 vs. E. Kentucky 32 8-14 0-2 3-3 4-4-8 3 1 1 2 0 19 vs. Old Dominion 17 3-7 1-2 4-4 2-4-6 3 2 2 0 0 11 Coastal Carolina 16 2-7 0-0 2-3 2-2-4 1 4 2 0 0 6 at Wake Forest 12 2-4 0-0 3-4 1-1-2 1 2 1 0 0 7 Pepperdine 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 UW-Green Bay 12 1-3 0-1 3-4 1-4-5 2 1 1 0 0 5 Marquette 16 3-5 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 3 0 0 1 7 UNC Wilmington 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 3 1 0 4 UW-Milwaukee 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Louisiana Tech 10 2-4 0-0 2-4 3-3-6 1 1 1 0 2 6 at Pitt 13 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 2 Iowa 19 3-5 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 1 7 Michigan State 16 2-2 0-0 2-4 0-2-2 1 2 0 1 1 6 Career Highs at Minnesota 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 3 0 1 0 Northwestern 14 1-5 1-2 0-0 3-1-4 3 0 1 0 0 3 Points: 19 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Ohio State DNP Field Goals: 8 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) North Dakota St. DNP Field Goal Atts.: 14 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) Penn State DNP 3-Point Field Goals: 1, four times, MR:vs. Northwestern (1/14/06) at Michigan DNP 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 2, four times, MR: vs. Northwestern (1/14/06) Illinois DNP Free Throws: 4 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05) at Purdue DNP Free Throw Atts.: 4, five times, MR: vs. Michigan State (1/8/06) Indiana DNP Rebounds: 8 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Penn State DNP Assists: 4 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05) Ohio State DNP Blocked Shots: 2 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Northwestern DNP Minnesota DNP Steals: 2 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) at Michigan State DNP Minutes: 32 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) at Iowa DNP

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 16 0 246 15.4 36 76 .474 4 11 .364 20 28 .714 22 28 50 3.1 23 0 20 21 6 7 96 6.0 TOTAL 16 0 246 15.4 36 76 .474 4 11 .364 20 28 .714 22 28 50 3.1 23 0 20 21 6 7 96 6.0 Mickey 2Perry 6-2 • 175 lbs. • Freshman • Guard Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East High School)

• Intends to redshirt this season • Third-team all-state selection by the Associated Press as a high school senior • Prep teammate of Michigan State’s Shannon Brown • Attended the same high school as UW’s all-time leading scorer Michael Finley and reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Dee Brown (Illinois)

Game-by-Game Statistics Opponent Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTS vs. Norfolk State DNP vs. E. Kentucky DNP vs. Old Dominion DNP Coastal Carolina DNP at Wake Forest DNP Pepperdine DNP UW-Green Bay DNP Marquette DNP UNC Wilmington DNP UW-Milwaukee DNP Louisiana Tech DNP at Pitt DNP Iowa DNP Career Highs Michigan State DNP at Minnesota DNP Points: 0 Northwestern DNP Field Goals: 0 at Ohio State DNP North Dakota St. DNP Field Goal Atts.: 0 Penn State DNP 3-Point Field Goals: 0 at Michigan DNP 3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 0 Illinois DNP Free Throws: 0 at Purdue DNP Free Throw Atts.: 0 Indiana DNP Rebounds: 0 at Penn State DNP Assists: 0 Ohio State DNP Blocked Shots: 0 at Northwestern DNP Steals: 0 Minnesota DNP Minutes: 0 at Michigan State DNP at Iowa DNP

Career Statistics

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 Intends to Redshirt TOTAL 00 0000 00 0 000 0000 000000000 2005-06 Schedule Day Date Opponent Time/Result TV Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder Paradise Jam Tournament (St. Thomas, USVI) Friday Nov. 18 vs. Norfolk State W, 80-51 Butch - 23 Tucker - 8 Saturday Nov. 19 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 95-89 Tucker - 38 Tucker - 10 Monday Nov. 21 vs. Old Dominion W, 84-81 FCS Taylor - 27 Taylor - 8

Saturday Nov. 26 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 92-54 Taylor - 20 Butch - 9

ACC-Big Ten Challenge Tuesday Nov. 29 at Wake Forest (#24) L, 88-91 ESPN Tucker - 27 Butch - 10

Saturday Dec. 3 PEPPERDINE W, 71-55 Tucker - 16 Butch - 9 Wednesday Dec. 7 UW-GREEN BAY W, 82-62 ESPN Plus/ESPNU Tucker - 18 Chappell/Butch - 8 Saturday Dec. 10 MARQUETTE W, 77-63 ESPN Reg./ESPNU Taylor - 18 Chappell - 9 Monday Dec. 12 UNC-WILMINGTON W, 54-51 WPT Tucker - 15 Taylor - 7 Thursday Dec. 15 UW-MILWAUKEE W, 74-68 ESPN Plus/WPT Tucker - 25 Butch - 8 Wednesday Dec. 28 LOUISIANA TECH W, 78-52 WPT Butch - 18 Butch - 10 Saturday Dec. 31 at Pittsburgh L, 64-73 ESPN Plus Tucker - 25 Tucker/Chappell - 7

Thursday Jan. 5 IOWA W, 66-52 ESPN Plus / WPT Tucker - 27 Flowers/Butch - 8 Sunday Jan. 8 MICHIGAN STATE (#7) W, 82-63 CBS Taylor - 27 Tucker - 6 Tuesday Jan. 10 at Minnesota W, 64-62 ESPN Tucker - 22 Tucker - 10 Saturday Jan. 14 NORTHWESTERN W, 68-52 ESPN Regional Tucker - 20 Taylor - 8 Wednesday Jan. 18 at Ohio State (#19) L, 67-77 ESPN2 Taylor/Tucker - 21 Krabbenhoft - 13 Saturday Jan. 21 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 55-62 Taylor - 19 Tucker/Krabbenhoft - 7 Wednesday Jan. 25 PENN STATE W, 72-43 ESPN Plus Tucker - 17 Tucker - 8 Saturday Jan. 28 at Michigan L, 76-85 ESPN Regional Taylor - 29 Chappell - 7 Tuesday Jan. 31 ILLINOIS (#6) L, 51-66 ESPN / WPT Tucker - 19 Butch - 9

Saturday Feb. 4 at Purdue L, 62-70 ESPN Plus Tucker - 22 Gullikson - 5 Wednesday Feb. 8 INDIANA (#24) W, 72-54 ESPN / WPT Tucker - 29 Flowers/Gullikson - 7 Saturday Feb. 11 at Penn State W, 82-62 ESPN2 Taylor - 24 Butch - 12 Wednesday Feb. 15 OHIO STATE (#12) W, 78-73 ESPN Plus / WPT Tucker - 27 Tucker - 16 Thursday Feb. 23 at Northwestern L, 51-62 ESPN2 Tucker - 14 Butch - 9 Sunday Feb. 26 MINNESOTA W, 80-74 ESPN Plus Tucker - 22 Krabbenhoft - 10

Thur. March 2 at Michigan State (#25) L, 65-74 ESPN Tucker - 23 Butch - 8 Saturday March 4 at Iowa (#23) L, 44-59 ESPN Regional Taylor - 11 Butch - 7

2006 Big Ten Tournament (Conseco Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Ind.) Friday March 10 vs. Indiana 1:30 p.m. ESPN Saturday March 11 vs. TBA 3:05 p.m. CBS Sunday March 12 vs. TBA 2:30 p.m. CBS

2006 NCAA Tournament 1st and 2nd Rounds (TBA) Thurs.-Sun. March 16-19 TBA TBA CBS 2006 NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals and Finals (TBA) Thurs.-Sun. March 23-26 TBA TBA CBS 2006 NCAA Tournament Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) Sat. & Mon. April 1 & 3 TBA TBA CBS home games in CAPS all times CST and subject to change GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Reb. Final Score BADGER STARTERS FG-FGA PCT. 3P-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D-T PF A TO BK ST 1st 2nd OT Final

Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 31-63 .492 7-19 .368 11-19 .579 18-24-42 14 18 12 4 4 40 40 -- 80 vs. Norfolk State 22-50 .440 2-11 .182 5-15 .333 8-19-27 24 7 14 2 5 25 26 -- 51 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 34-76 .447 9-26 .346 18-25 .720 21-23-44 23 17 16 3 6 31 35 29 95 vs. Eastern Kentucky 29-59 .492 11-20 .550 20-32 .625 11-23-34 23 12 15 2 11 32 34 23 89 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 27-59 .458 7-20 .350 23-30 .767 9-31-40 22 12 12 4 4 32 52 -- 84 vs. Old Dominion 27-60 .450 8-22 .364 19-22 .864 4-25-29 21 13 11 3 5 36 45 -- 81 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 33-61 .541 6-11 .545 20-30 .667 16-22-38 15 23 11 2 9 41 51 -- 92 Coastal Carolina 19-49 .388 9-27 .333 7-8 .875 6-19-25 23 9 22 0 5 17 37 -- 54 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 31-73 .425 9-21 .429 17-24 .708 18-18-36 25 14 11 4 6 32 56 -- 88 @ Wake Forest 31-65 .477 3-13 .231 26-29 .897 18-27-45 21 13 16 10 5 37 54 -- 91 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 24-52 .462 7-16 .438 16-22 .727 15-19-34 18 11 15 6 10 33 38 -- 71 Pepperdine 22-56 .393 2-8 .250 9-12 .750 15-14-29 18 5 19 1 6 23 32 -- 55 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 28-55 .509 8-16 .500 18-29 .621 8-25-33 16 17 7 3 8 40 42 -- 82 UW-Green Bay 21-55 .382 6-19 .316 14-16 .875 9-25-34 24 10 15 2 1 37 25 -- 62 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 27-61 .442 7-18 .389 16-27 .593 12-28-40 16 12 9 5 8 44 33 -- 77 Marquette 24-64 .375 5-20 .250 10-15 .667 16-26-42 28 12 16 1 4 31 32 -- 63 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 18-44 .409 6-14 .429 12-18 .667 10-25-35 11 10 14 1 2 16 38 -- 54 UNC-Wilmington 21-55 .382 9-24 .375 0-1 .000 10-17-27 19 14 9 1 9 16 35 -- 51 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 26-51 .510 2-15 .133 20-30 .667 10-25-35 15 11 12 8 4 37 37 -- 74 UW-Milwaukee 23-61 .377 12-32 .375 10-12 .833 14-20-34 29 8 16 1 3 30 38 -- 68 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 31-58 .534 7-16 .438 9-16 .563 13-31-44 11 20 15 8 5 39 39 -- 78 Louisiana Tech 20-64 .313 7-30 .233 5-9 .556 14-19-33 17 13 14 2 10 25 27 -- 52 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 24-57 .421 3-15 .200 13-20 .650 11-21-32 20 15 14 1 3 28 36 -- 64 @ Pitt 27-49 .551 5-12 .417 14-24 .583 7-25-32 23 18 14 4 8 35 38 -- 73 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 28-60 .467 7-17 .412 3-8 .375 8- 28-36 14 20 6 5 9 32 34 -- 66 Iowa 17-56 .304 5-17 .294 13-17 .765 13-28-41 18 12 11 5 2 34 18 -- 52 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 29-56 .518 10-21 .476 14-30 .467 9-26-35 18 14 9 7 7 36 46 -- 82 Michigan State 22-63 .349 8-22 .364 11-15 .733 13-27-40 24 7 15 5 4 26 37 -- 63 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 21-52 .404 5-13 .385 17-26 .654 11-37-48 17 16 22 0 5 25 39 -- 64 @ Minnesota 21-61 .344 5-21 .238 15-23 652 8-25-33 25 12 11 2 15 17 45 -- 62 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 24-55 .436 5-22 .227 15-23 .652 13-27-40 15 15 13 6 6 37 31 -- 68 Northwestern 18-51 .353 8-22 .364 8-12 .667 8-20-28 21 9 19 4 6 25 27 -- 52 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 25-66 .379 6-24 .250 11-15 .733 16-22-38 18 11 10 2 6 31 36 -- 67 @ Ohio State 28-52 .538 7-15 .467 14-25 .560 8-27-35 15 11 12 0 2 31 46 -- 77 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 16-72 .222 4-27 .148 19-26 .731 22-17-39 21 4 10 3 7 16 39 -- 55 North Dakota State 23-46 .500 3-10 .300 13-24 .542 9-37-46 21 9 24 3 6 30 32 -- 62 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 22-56 .393 13-34 .382 15-22 .682 13-23-36 12 18 10 2 7 40 32 -- 72 Penn State 18-54 .333 5-17 .294 2-4 .500 12-23-35 20 9 18 2 2 18 25 -- 43 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 27-60 .450 9-17 .529 13-16 .813 11-16-27 25 14 10 2 4 27 49 -- 76 @ Michigan 28-51 .549 7-21 .333 22-27 .815 12-24-36 21 15 18 4 5 38 47 -- 85 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 16-45 .356 3-20 .150 16-23 .696 6-22-28 11 6 14 1 5 28 23 -- 51 Illinois 25-60 .417 7-14 .500 9-16 .563 15-28-43 18 10 10 2 10 34 32 -- 66 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 21-55 .382 5-18 .278 15-20 .750 13-17-30 19 10 14 3 2 29 33 -- 62 @ Purdue 26-53 .491 5-10 .500 13-19 .684 10-25-35 18 16 12 1 9 36 34 -- 70 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Nix, Tay, Flow 25-55 .455 7-20 .350 15-21 .714 8-24-32 25 13 10 4 4 31 41 -- 72 Indiana 16-56 .286 3-16 .188 19-26 .731 16-26-42 21 7 15 1 3 22 32 -- 54 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 33-66 .500 10-23 .435 6-11 .545 18-27-45 13 21 5 2 2 34 48 -- 82 @ Penn State 23-55 .418 8-16 .500 8-14 .571 6-18-24 12 15 3 1 2 36 26 -- 62 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 26-53 .491 6-14 .429 20-31 .645 15-23-38 17 14 12 3 5 28 50 -- 78 Ohio State 26-56 .464 4-17 .235 17-19 .895 7-20-27 23 13 10 0 8 37 36 -- 73 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 19-49 .388 4-14 .286 9-18 .500 9-22-31 18 12 10 4 5 28 23 -- 51 @ Northwestern 20-44 .455 4-14 .286 18-24 .750 7-25-32 19 13 10 7 9 31 31 -- 62 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 24-51 .471 3-9 .333 29-36 .806 11-22-33 14 14 10 0 6 36 44 -- 80 Minnesota 30-64 .469 4-12 .333 10-12 .833 12-19-31 25 9 9 5 6 38 36 -- 74 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 25-62 .403 4-18 .222 11-19 .579 13-21-34 21 11 9 5 5 31 34 -- 65 @ Michigan State 27-53 .509 4-7 .571 16-21 .762 7-30-37 23 18 11 5 4 35 39 -- 74 Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 15-51 .294 8-18 .444 6-9 .667 12-21-33 17 7 16 1 6 22 22 -- 44 @ Iowa 23-56 .411 5-17 .294 8-15 .533 16-26-42 13 12 10 4 12 24 35 -- 59 Wisconsin vs. Indiana INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Wisconsin Opponents Points 38, Alando Tucker vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 37, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Field Goals 14, Alando Tucker vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 11, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05) 11, Mohammed Hachad, Northwestern (2/23/06)

Field Goal Attempts 27, Alando Tucker vs. Wake Forest (11/29/05) 23, Shannon Brown, Michigan State (1/8/06)

FG Pct. (5 made) .750 (9-12), Brian Butch vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) .800 (8-10), Courtney Sims, Michigan (1/28/06)

3-Point FG 6, Kammron Taylor at Penn State (2/11/06) 7, Boo Davis, UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)

3-Pt. FG Pct. (3 made) 1.000 (3-3), Brian Butch vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) .750 (3-4) Rico Tucker, Minnesota (1/10/06)

Free Throws Made 13, Kammron Taylor vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 13, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Free Throw Attempts 17, Alando Tucker vs. Michigan State (1/8/06) 13, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05) 13, Ben Woodside, North Dakota State (1/21/06)

FT Pct. (6 made) 1.000 (7-7), Kammron Taylor vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) 1.000 (13-13), Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Rebounds 16, Alando Tucker vs. Ohio State (2/15/06) 13, Andre Smith, North Dakota State (1/21/06) 13, Brian Randle, Illinois (1/31/06)

Assists 7, Jason Chappell at Penn State (2/11/06) 8, Dominic James, Marquette (12/10/05)

Blocked Shots 5, Greg Stiemsma vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) 4, Kyle Visser, Wake Forest (11/29/05) 5, Greg Stiemsma vs. Iowa (1/5/06)

Steals 6, Michael Flowers vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) 5, Jason McLeish, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 5, Adam Boone, Minnesota (1/10/06)

Minutes Played 44, Alando Tucker vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 41, Matt Witt, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 44, Kammron Taylor vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 41, Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) TEAM GAME HIGHS & LOWS

Wisconsin Highs Opponent Highs

POINTS: 95 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) POINTS: 91 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) FIELD GOALS MADE: 34 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) FIELD GOALS MADE: 31 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 76 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 65 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) FIELD GOAL PCT.: .541 (33-61) vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) FIELD GOAL PCT.: .551 (27-49) at Pittsburgh (12/31/05) 3-PT FGs MADE: 13 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) 3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE: 12 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 34 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) 3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 32 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 3-PT FG PCT.: .545 (6-11) vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) 3-PT FG PCT.: .571 (4-7) at Michigan State (3/2/06) FREE THROWS MADE: 29 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) FREE THROWS MADE: 26 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) FT ATTEMPTS: 36 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS: 32 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05) FREE THROW PCT.: .813 (13-16) at Michigan (1/28/06) FREE THROW PCT.: .897 (26-29) at Wake Forest (11/29/05) REBOUNDS: 48 at Minnesota (1/10/06) REBOUNDS: 46 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) ASSISTS: 23 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) ASSISTS: 18 at Pittsburgh (12/31/05) STEALS: 10 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) STEALS: 15 at Minnesota (1/10/06) BLOCKED SHOTS: 8 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) and vs. Louis. Tech (12/28/05) BLOCKED SHOTS: 10 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) TURNOVERS: 22 at Minnesota (1/10/06) TURNOVERS: 24 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) FOULS: 25 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) FOULS: 29 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)

Wisconsin Lows Opponent Lows

POINTS: 44 at Iowa (3/4/06) POINTS: 43 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) FIELD GOALS MADE: 15 at Iowa (3/4/06) FIELD GOALS MADE: 16 vs. Indiana (2/8/06) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 44 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 44 at Northwestern (2/23/06) FIELD GOAL PCT.: .222 (16-72) vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) FIELD GOAL PCT.: .286 (16-56) vs. Indiana (2/8/06) 3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE: 2 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE: 2 vs. Norfolk St. (11/18/05) and vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) 3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 9 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) 3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 7 at Michigan State (3/2/06) 3-PT FG PCT.: .133 (2-15) vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 3-PT FG PCT.: .182 (2-11) vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) FREE THROWS MADE: 3 vs. Iowa (1/5/06) FREE THROWS MADE: 0 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS: 8 vs. Iowa (1/5/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS: 1 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) FREE THROW PCT.: .375 (3-8) vs. Iowa (1/5/06) FREE THROW PCT.: .000 (0-1) vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) REBOUNDS: 27 at Michigan (1/28/06) REBOUNDS: 24 at Penn State (2/11/06) ASSISTS: 4 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) ASSISTS: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) STEALS: 2 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) and at Purdue (2/4/06) STEALS: 1 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) BLOCKED SHOTS: 0 at Minnesota (1/10/06) and vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) BLOCKED SHOTS: 0, three times, MR: vs. Ohio State (2/15/06) TURNOVERS: 5 at Penn State (2/11/06) TURNOVERS: 3 at Penn State (2/11/06) FOULS: 11 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) and vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) FOULS: 12 at Penn State (2/11/06) LAST TIME IT HAPPENED

Wisconsin Team Wisconsin Team 3-Point UW ranked in A.P. top 25: 23rd (1/23/06) Field Goal Shooting UW ranked in coaches’ top 25: 25th (2/27/06) Shot 40-49 percent (min. 8 att.): .444 at Iowa (3/4/06) Played A.P. No. 1-ranked opponent: Lost to Illinois 54-43 Shot 50-59 percent (min. 8 att.): .529 at Michigan (1/28/06) (3/13/05) Shot 60-69 percent (min. 8 att.): .636 vs. Purdue (1/5/05) Defeated A.P. No. 1-ranked opponent: Ohio State 86-67 Shot 70-79 percent (min. 8 att.): .706 vs. Michigan (2/16/00) (3/3/62) Shot 80-89 percent (min. 8 att.): .889 vs. North Dakota State Played A.P. No. 2-ranked opponent: Lost to North Carolina 88-82 (12/10/86) (3/27/05) Shot 90 percent or better (min. 8 att.): .900 at Illinois (1/25/97) Defeated opponent ranked 3-10 by A.P.: No. 7 Michigan State Made 10-14 3-point field goals: 10 at Penn State (2/11/06) 82-63 (1/8/06) Made 15 or more 3-point field goals: 15 vs. Missouri (3/19/94) Defeated opponent ranked 11-25 by A.P.: No. 12 Ohio State Attempted 20-29 3-point field goals: 23 at Penn State (2/11/06) 78-73 (2/15/06) Attempted 30-39 3-point field goals: 34 vs. Penn State (1/25/06) Defeated A.P. top-25 opponent on the road: at No. 22 Indiana Attempted 40 or more 3-point field goals: 40 vs. Temple 64-63 (2/13/02) (12/3/01)

Wisconsin Individuals Wisconsin Free Throw Shooting Had a triple-double: never Shot 80-89 percent (min. 12 att.): .806 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Had a double-double: Alando Tucker (27-16) vs. Ohio State Shot 90-99 percent (min. 12 att.): .917 vs. Iowa (3/8/02) (2/15/06) Shot 100 percent (min. 12 att.): 12-12 vs. Marquette (12/4/90) Four players scored in double figures: vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Made 20-29 free throws: 29 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Five players scored in double figures: vs. Northwestern (2/2/05) Made 30-39 free throws: 36 vs. Minnesota (2/26/06) Six players scored in double figures: vs. Eastern Illinois Made 40 or more free throws: 40 vs. Minnesota (1/12/53) (12/28/95) Attempted 30-39 free throws: 31 vs. Ohio State (2/15/06) No Badger scored in double figures: vs. Illinois (3/13/05) Attempted 40-49 free throws: 41 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/25/03) One Badger scored in double figures: at Michigan State (3/2/06) Attempted 50-59 free throws: 50 at Indiana (2/12/62) Scored 30-39 points: 38, Alando Tucker vs. E. Kentucky Attempted 60 or more free throws: 61 at Michigan (2/21/53) (11/19/05) Scored 40 or more points: 42, Michael Finley at Wisconsin Scoring Eastern Michigan (12/10/94) Two or more Badgers scored 30 points, same game: Joe Franklin Scored 80-89 points: 82 at Penn State (2/11/06) (31) and Chuck Nagle (30) vs. Purdue (3/2/68) — only Scored 90-99 points: 92 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) other time this happened in school history was Jack Brens Scored 100 or more points: 105 vs. Eastern Illinois (12/28/95) (31) and Ken Siebel (31) vs. Utah (12/28/62) Two or more Badgers scored 20 points, same game: Kammron Wisconsin Rebounds Taylor (29) and Alando Tucker (21) at Michigan (1/28/06) Had 40-49 rebounds: 45 at Penn State (2/11/06) Perfect at the FT line (10 att.): 12-12, Sean Mason at Penn State Had 50-59 rebounds: 53 vs. Western Carolina (12/27/04) (2/14/98) Had 15-19 rebounds: 16, Alando Tucker vs. Ohio State (2/15/06) Wisconsin Assists Had 20-29 rebounds: 25, Joe Chrnelich vs. St. Mary’s (12/2/76) Had 30 or more rebounds: 30, Paul Morrow vs. Purdue (1/3/53) Had 20-29 assists: 21 at Penn State (2/11/06) Had 10 or more assists: 12, Mike Kelley vs. Maryland Had 30 or more assists: 30 vs. Iowa (3/9/94) (11/29/00) Had 5-9 steals: 6, Michael Flowers vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) Wisconsin Blocked Shots Had 10 or more steals: 10, Mike Kelley vs. Texas (12/7/99) Had at least 10 blocked shots: 12 vs. Northwestern (3/9/00) Had 5-8 blocked shots: 5, Greg Stiemsma vs. Iowa (1/5/06) Had 9 or more blocked shots: 9, Brad Sellers vs. Toledo Wisconsin Steals (11/29/82) Had 10-14 steals: 10 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05) Wisconsin Team Field Goal Shooting Had 15 or more steals: 16 vs. New Hampshire (12/11/02) Shot 50-59 percent: .500 at Penn State (2/11/06) Shot 60-69 percent: .607 vs. Penn Sate (2/1/03) Shot 70 percent or better: .744 vs. Army (12/30/79) Made 30-39 field goals: 33 at Penn State (2/11/06) Made 40-49 field goals: 42 vs. Iowa (3/9/94) Made 50 or more field goals: never Attempted 60-69 field goals: 62 at Michigan State (3/2/06) Attempted 70-79 field goals: 72 vs. North Dakota State (1/21/06) Attempted 80-89 field goals: 83 vs. Northwestern (1/28/95) Attempted 100 or more field goals: 102 vs. South Dakota (12/9/72) SEASON BOXSCORES UW 80, Norfolk State 51 UW 95, E. Kentucky 89 UW 84, Old Dominion 81 (Nov. 18, UVI Sport & Fitness Center - (Nov. 19, UVI Sport & Fitness Center - (Nov. 19, UVI Sport & Fitness Center - 2,346) 2,495) 3,147)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 19 3-5 0-0 3-4 4 3 4 0 9 Butch 42 3-10 0-1 4-4 6 4 2 2 10 Chappell 18 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 3 1 2 0 Tucker 32 5-14 0-1 0-1 8 0 1 3 10 Tucker 44 14-23 1-3 9-14 10 3 0 2 38 Butch 25 4-7 0-2 2-3 2 4 1 3 10 Butch 25 9-12 3-3 2-2 7 2 4 0 23 Chappell 17 0-2 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 2 0 Tucker 34 7-14 0-1 6-10 3 2 2 1 20 Nixon 23 1-5 1-5 0-2 3 1 3 1 3 Nixon 24 1-5 1-4 0-0 2 4 3 0 3 Nixon 20 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 5 Taylor 27 4-7 1-2 3-4 2 2 3 2 12 Taylor 44 5-13 5-9 0-0 1 3 4 4 15 Taylor 39 8-15 4-9 7-9 8 3 0 1 27 Landry 23 4-7 0-2 1-2 2 0 2 2 9 Landry 32 8-14 0-2 3-3 8 3 1 1 19 Landry 17 3-7 1-2 4-4 6 3 2 2 11 Barry 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Flowers 36 2-7 2-6 2-2 6 1 5 5 8 Flowers 23 1-5 1-3 2-2 2 1 2 3 5 Bronson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stiemsma 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Stiemsma 15 2-6 0-0 0-0 7 3 0 0 4 Cain 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Krabbenhoft11 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 2 Krabbenhoft 9 0-1 0-1 2-2 3 1 1 0 2 Flowers 22 1-7 1-5 0-0 5 1 0 2 3 TEAM 6 TEAM 5 Williams 8 2-2 1-1 2-4 1 0 0 0 7 TOTALS 250 34-76 9-26 18-25 44 23 17 16 95 TOTALS 200 27-59 7-20 23-30 40 22 12 12 84 Stiemsma 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 4 (.447)(.346) (.720) (.447)(.346) (.720) Gullikson 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Krabbenhoft 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 0 Blocks (3): Landry 2, Butch 1 Blocks (4): Stiemsma 2, Chappell 1, Butch 1 TEAM 5 Steals (6): Flowers 4, Butch 1, Taylor 1 Steals (4): Chappell 1, Tucker 1, Nixon 1, TOTALS 200 31-63 7-19 11-19 42 14 18 12 80 Stiemsma 1 (.492)(.368) (.579) EKU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Blocks (4): Taylor 2, Butch 1, Landry 1 Dialls 41 1-5 0-0 2-2 8 4 1 3 4 ODU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Steals (4): Chappell 2, Landry 1, Bronson 1 Hird 28 7-9 0-0 4-6 5 5 0 3 18 Dahi 29 10-15 3-6 2-2 6 3 1 1 25 Witt 41 9-19 6-10 1-4 1 2 2 4 25 Loughton 32 8-17 1-5 5-6 3 4 0 3 22 Brown 40 3-4 1-1 0-2 2 2 1 1 7 Vasylius 19 3-7 1-2 6-7 1 4 0 1 13 NSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP McLeish 36 3-10 1-3 5-8 2 2 4 2 12 Williamson 23 4-10 2-4 1-1 6 2 6 2 11 Brown 26 6-9 0-0 2-7 4 2 0 1 14 Long 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Henderson 32 2-5 1-3 0-0 2 1 1 0 5 Ogunride 26 3-5 0-1 1-2 3 4 0 1 7 Brock 16 1-3 1-2 2-2 6 1 1 2 5 Hunter 16 0-4 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 Faulcon 33 2-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 4 4 Rose 28 4-7 2-4 4-6 7 3 3 0 14 Morris 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Murphy 37 6-14 1-6 1-2 2 1 1 0 14 Adams 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 2 Johnson 23 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 1 2 Dunkley 20 2-6 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 2 4 Wiersma 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Thompson 7 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 3 0 1 2 Thomas 7 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 2 1 2 4 TEAM 3 Harris 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Young 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 2 2 TOTALS 250 29-59 11-20 20-32 34 23 12 15 95 Adams 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Lyons 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 (.492) (.550) (.625) TEAM 0 Gordon 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 TOTALS 200 27-60 8-22 19-22 29 21 13 11 81 Gary 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 0 0 Blocks (2): Dialls 1, Wiersma 1 (.450) (.364) (.864) Vickers 14 1-5 0-0 0-2 4 1 0 1 2 Steals (11): McLeish 5, Brown 2, Wiersma 2, TEAM 7 Rose 1, Adams 1 Blocks (3): Loughton 2, Dahi 1 TOTALS 200 22-50 2-11 5-15 27 24 7 14 51 Steals (5): Johnson 2, Williamson 1, Henderson 1, (.440) (.182) (.333) Halftime: Eastern Kentucky 32, Wisconsin 31 Hunter 1 Officials: Natilli, Upton, Nestor Blocks (2): Brown 2 Halftime: Old Dominion 36, Wisconsin 32 Steals (5): Brown 1, Ogunride 1, Faulcon 1, Officials: Natilli, Spainhour, Nestor Dunkley 1, Young 1 Key Plays • After EKU’s Michael Brock makes two free throws Halftime: Wisconsin 40, Norfolk State 25 to give Eastern Kentucky a three-point lead, Key Plays Officials: Edsall, Spainhour, Quick Kammron Taylor dribbles the length of the floor and • Michael Flowers’ 3-pointer with 7:34 remaining hits a 27-foot 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left to gives UW the lead for good. • Kammron Taylor hits a 3-pointer with 40 seconds Key Plays send the game to a second overtime. • Taylor’s trey with 1:54 left in the second overtime left to give Wisconsin a four-point lead. • Leading 19-17 with 9:57 left in the first half, gives Wisconsin a four-point lead it would never Wisconsin goes on a 13-2 run. Brian Butch and Key Stats relinquish. Alando Tucker combine for 11 of the UW’s points • There were six lead changes and nine ties during during that stretch. Key Stats the game. • Marcus Landry scored 11 points and grabbed five Key Stats • There were 17 lead changes and 12 ties during the game. rebounds in the final 12 minutes of the game. • The Badgers outrebounded Norfolk State 42-27, • UW hit 10-12 free throws in the second OT. grabbing 18 offensive boards. Notables Notables • Kammron Taylor scored a career-high 27 points Notables • Alando Tucker set a Paradise Jam record with a and added a personal-best eight rebounds. • In his first career start, Brian Butch scored a career-high 38 points. That is tied for fourth-most • Alando Tucker was named the Paradise Jam career-high 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting. points in UW history. Tournament MVP. Taylor joined him on the all-tour- • Junior Jason Chappell also made his first career • Marcus Landry’s 19 points and eight rebounds nament team. start and scored a career-high nine points. were both career highs. SEASON BOXSCORES UW 92, Coastal Carolina 54 Wake Forest 91, UW 88 UW 71, Pepperdine 55 (Nov. 26, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Nov. 29, Joel Joel Coliseum - 14,665) (Dec. 3, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 21 4-6 0-0 1-1 5 0 2 0 9 Chappell 24 3-7 1-1 4-4 3 3 2 1 11 Chappell 24 5-10 2-3 3-4 4 3 3 1 15 Butch 20 7-12 0-1 3-4 9 3 3 1 17 Tucker 33 10-27 2-6 5-8 3 2 5 2 27 Butch 28 2-6 0-2 5-6 9 4 1 3 9 Tucker 24 1-1 0-0 3-6 2 0 3 1 5 Butch 26 8-12 2-4 1-2 10 4 2 1 19 Tucker 33 6-14 1-2 3-7 6 0 2 3 16 Nixon 16 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 3 1 0 6 Nixon 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 Nixon 22 1-4 1-3 2-2 1 2 1 0 5 Taylor 26 5-10 3-5 7-7 0 0 1 1 20 Taylor 37 6-13 4-6 2-2 1 4 0 5 18 Taylor 29 4-6 1-3 3-3 0 3 2 3 12 Landry 16 2-7 0-0 2-3 4 1 4 2 6 Landry 12 2-4 0-0 3-4 2 1 2 1 7 Landry 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 2 2 Barry 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Flowers 27 1-4 0-2 1-2 2 3 1 0 3 Flowers 20 1-1 1-1 0-0 3 3 1 1 3 Bronson 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Stiemsma 12 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 4 0 0 1 Williams 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 2 Cain 2 2-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 4 Krabbenhoft17 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 1 2 Stiemsma 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 Flowers 24 3-4 1-1 2-4 5 2 2 0 9 TEAM 9 Krabbenhoft11 2-5 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 5 Williams 15 4-8 0-1 0-1 6 0 1 0 8 TOTALS 200 31-73 9-21 17-24 36 25 14 11 88 TEAM 2 Stiemsma 10 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 1 6 (.425)(.429) (.708) TOTALS 200 24-52 7-16 16-22 34 18 11 15 71 Gullikson 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 (.462)(.438) (.727) Krabbenhoft16 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 3 2 3 2 Blocks (4): Stiemsma 2, Chappell 1, Butch 1 TEAM 1 Steals (6): Taylor 3, Chappell 1, Flowers 1, Blocks (6): Stiemsma 2, Butch 1, Nixon 1, Taylor 1, TOTALS 200 33-61 6-11 20-30 38 15 23 11 92 Krabbenhoft 1 Flowers 1 (.541)(.545) (.667) Steals (10): Taylor 5, Butch 3, Chappell 1, Stiemsma 1 Blocks (2): Flowers 1, Stiemsma 1 WFU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Steals (9): Flowers 5, Butch 1, Tucker 1, Bronson 1, Williams 23 8-13 0-0 1-1 4 4 0 6 17 Krabbenhoft 1 Strickland 35 3-7 0-2 3-4 10 2 3 3 9 PEP MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Visser 26 5-10 0-0 3-4 7 3 5 1 13 F.-Kelly 31 4-9 1-3 3-3 4 2 1 0 12 Gray 37 11-20 2-5 13-13 3 1 2 3 37 Oakes 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 CCU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Hale 24 1-5 0-2 2-2 2 4 2 1 4 Henry 28 2-6 0-0 0-1 4 3 0 5 4 Paelay 36 5-9 0-3 3-4 2 2 4 3 13 Ellis 19 2-5 1-2 2-2 5 4 0 0 7 Gerrity 31 4-13 0-0 4-6 2 2 2 5 12 Brennan 31 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 2 Dukes 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 Barlow 16 2-9 0-1 2-2 4 1 0 2 6 Ferguson 26 3-5 2-4 0-0 3 4 0 2 8 Stanley 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Pranciliauskas 8 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Sonko 27 6-10 5-7 2-2 5 3 0 2 19 Swinton 11 0-2 0-0 0-1 5 2 0 1 0 Costain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Leasure 31 2-16 1-10 2-2 2 4 2 6 7 Drum 19 1-3 0-2 2-2 2 1 0 0 4 Jarbo 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Harris 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 2 0 TEAM 4 Grubb 21 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 8 White 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 200 31-65 3-13 26-29 45 21 13 16 91 Galick 23 3-5 0-0 0-0 6 3 1 2 6 Sisinni 15 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 2 0 (.477) (.231) (.897) Horning 23 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 2 5 Stevens 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 3 2 TEAM 2 Sexton 10 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 2 3 Blocks (10): Visser 4, Ellis 3, Strickland 2, Hale 1 TOTALS 200 22-56 2-8 9-12 29 18 55 5 19 Laborn 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Steals (5): Williams 2, Gray 1, Swinton 1, Drum 1 (.393)(.250) (.750) Gross 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 TEAM 2 Halftime: Wake Forest 37, Wisconsin 32 Blocks (1): Henry 1 TOTALS 200 19-49 9-27 7-8 25 23 9 22 54 Officials: Jones, Eades, Luckie Steals (6): Gerrity 3, Forehan-Kelly 1, Barlow 1, (.388) (.333) (.875) Galick 1

Blocks (0): Key Plays Halftime: Wisconsin 33, Pepperdine 23 Steals (5): Brennan 2, Paelay 1, Harris 1, Sexton 1 • Wake Forest is a perfect 8-of-8 from the free Officials: Crawford, Hutchinson, Smith throw line in the last 27 seconds, allowing the Halftime: Wisconsin 41, Coastal Carolina 17 Demon Deacons to hold on for the victory despite Officials: Sanzere, Clark, Shaw Key Plays 10 Wisconsin points in the final 42 seconds. • After Pepperdine went on a 14-4 run to cut UW’s lead to 46-37 with 11:48 left in the game, the Key Plays Key Stats Badgers answer with nine straight points, including • Wisconsin outscores Coastal Carolina 26-8 over • Wake Forest makes 26-of-29 free throws (.897). back-to-back 3-pointers from Alando Tucker and the first 10:30 of the game. UW then opens the sec- Michael Flowers. From that point on, UW never saw ond half with a 29-4 run. Notables its cushion fall below 15 points. • Brian Butch recorded the first double-double of his Key Stats career with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Key Stats • The Badgers committed just 11 turnovers, com- • Despite suffering an injury to his nose late in the • Wisconsin converts Pepperdine’s 19 turnovers pared to 22 for Coastal and shot 30 free throws to first half, Alando Tucker scored 23 of his team-high into 28 points just eight for the Chanticleers. 27 points in the second half. Notables Notables • Michael Flowers (9), DeAaron Williams (8) and • Brian Butch led UW in rebounding for the third Greg Stiemsma (6) all recorded career highs in consecutive game points. • Kammron Taylor netted a career-high five steals SEASON BOXSCORES UW 82, UW-Green Bay 62 UW 77, Marquette 63 UW 54, UNC-Wilmington 51 (Dec. 7, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Dec. 10, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Dec. 12, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 22 1-5 1-2 4-4 8 1 3 1 7 Chappell 27 3-6 0-0 4-7 9 3 3 1 10 Butch 18 0-1 0-1 0-010010 Butch 27 6-10 0-1 2-4 8 2 0 1 14 Butch 18 2-5 0-2 0-0 5 2 1 2 4 Tucker 36 5-14 1-3 4-8412415 Tucker 27 8-14 1-1 1-7 3 1 3 0 18 Tucker 20 2-8 1-2 3-4 3 3 1 2 8 Chappell 24 2-4 1-1 3-342118 Nixon 23 3-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 2 1 8 Nixon 32 6-10 2-5 1-2 1 2 2 1 15 Nixon 10 0-1 0-1 0-021010 Taylor 31 3-7 3-5 0-0 2 1 3 2 9 Taylor 36 6-17 3-6 3-6 6 1 1 1 18 Taylor 34 4-12 2-4 3-3722213 Landry 12 1-3 0-1 3-4 5 2 1 1 5 Landry 16 3-5 1-1 0-0 2 0 3 0 7 Landry 11 2-4 0-0 0-012034 Bronson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 0 0 Flowers 33 2-3 1-2 2-452417 Flowers 27 4-7 1-1 3-0 1 12 4 1 12 Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams 7 0-0 0-0 0-010000 Williams 7 1-2 0-1 0-1 1 2 0 0 2 Flowers 23 2-4 0-1 2-2 3 3 1 1 6 Stiemsma 10 1-2 0-0 0-020102 Stiemsma 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 1 0 2 Williams 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 2 Krabbenhoft 17 2-3 1-2 0-041015 Krabbenhoft 4 0-0 0-0 5-6 2 2 0 0 5 Stiemsma 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 4 TEAM 4 TEAM 1 Gullikson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 18-44 6-14 12-18 35 11 10 14 54 Totals 200 28-55 8-16 18-29 33 82 17 7 82 Krabbenhoft 8 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 4 3 0 3 (.409)(.429) (.667) (.509)(.500) (.621) TEAM 3 Totals 200 27-61 7-18 16-27 40 16 12 9 77 Blocks (1): Landry 1 Blocks (3): Butch 2, Chappell 1 (.443)(.389) (.593) Steals (2): Tucker 1, Flowers 1 Steals (8): Flowers 6, Butch 1, Williams 1 Blocks (5): Stiemsma 2, Butch 1, Nixon 1, Krabbenhoft 1 UNCW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UWGB MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Steals (8): Nixon 3, Butch 1, Tucker 1, Taylor 1, Grkovic 21 2-6 1-2 0-030005 Evans 29 5-11 2-5 2-2 5 4 2 2 14 Landry 1, Flowers 1 Hendley 29 4-8 0-2 0-054028 Tillema 31 0-8 0-4 0-0 6 3 0 2 0 Wyrick 31 1-5 1-3 0-072333 Lawrence 12 1-5 1-1 0-0 1 5 0 1 3 Goldsberry 36 3-10 3-7 0-023529 Schachtner35 6-14 2-5 4-4 6 3 1 1 18 MU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Soyebo 17 0-1 0-0 0-011210 Evanochko 37 7-12 1-4 7-8 5 1 6 3 22 Novak 35 5-14 2-9 2-2 8 4 1 3 4 Carter 30 8-14 3-6 0-0532019 Farine 15 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 2 2 Barro 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 3 1 Lay 142-51-30-002205 Minatee 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 2 2 James 34 4-12 0-3 2-5 8 3 8 4 3 Miller 1 0-0 0-0 0-000000 Dearlove 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 McNeal 13 3-7 0-0 0-0 2 5 1 3 5 Kuljanin 5 0-1 0-0 0-013010 Barkley 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Matthews 32 2-12 1-3 4-4 3 4 0 0 4 Laue 16 1-5 0-1 0-132002 Morris 22 0-1 0-0 1-2 6 2 10 1 1 Fitzger 19 3-4 1-2 0-0 3 5 1 2 5 TEAM TEAM 2 1 Chapman 23 1-2 1-2 1-2 2 1 0 0 1 Totals 200 21-55 9-24 0-1 27 19 14 9 Totals 200 21-55 6-19 14-16 34 24 10 15 62 Grimm 8 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1 1 (.382) (.375) (.000) (.382) (.316) (.875) Amoroso 23 4-10 0-1 1-2 4 4 1 0 4 Lott 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Blocks (1): Carter 1 Blocks (2): Evans 1, Tillema 1 TEAM 3 Steals (9): Wyrick 3, Goldsberry 2, Laue 2, Hendley Steals (1): Tillema 1 Totals 200 24-64 5-20 10-15 42 28 12 16 63 1, Kuljanin 1 (.375) (.250) (.667) Halftime: Wisconsin 40, UW-Green Bay 37 Halftime: Wisconsin 16, UNC-Wilmington 16 Officials: Sanzere, Clark, McDonald Blocks (1): James 1 Officials: Hillary, Burr, Chrisman Steals (4): James 1, McNeal 1, Matthews 1, Fitzgerald 1 Key Plays Key Plays • After finding themselves trailing 47-46 early in the Halftime: Wisconsin 44, Marquette 31 • With six seconds remaining and the game tied at second half, the Badgers go on a 22-7 run and hold Officials: Hightower, Higgins, Cahill 51, Kammron Taylor sinks a contested 3-point field on from there. goal at the buzzer.

Key Stats Key Plays Key Stats • Wisconsin outscored UW-Green Bay 34-12 in the • The Golden Eagles begin the game shooting 11-of- • Both teams shot less than 30 percent in the first paint. 18 (.611) from the floor, but the Badgers limit them period—UW was slightly better at 6-of-21 (.286) • UW notched a season-low seven turnovers. to 13-of-46 (.283) the rest of the way. than UNCW at 7-of-27 (.259). In the second half, • Wisconsin closed the first half on a 23-6 run. the Badgers improved to 12-of-23 (.522) while the Notables Seahawks were 14-of-28 (.500). • Michael Flowers had career highs of 12 points and Key Stats six steals. • UW converts Marquette’s 16 turnovers into 20 Notables points. • That was the first game-winning basket at the • Two MU players foul out and three others are in buzzer for Wisconsin since Alando Tucker hit a 3- foul trouble as the Golden Eagles commit 28 fouls. point bucket vs. Iowa in the 2005 Big Ten Tournament. Notables • Ray Nixon tallied career highs of 15 points and three steals. SEASON BOXSCORES UW 74, UW-Milwaukee 68 UW 78, Louisiana Tech 52 Pittsburgh 73, UW 64 (Dec. 15, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Dec. 28, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Dec. 31, Petersen Events Center - 11,580) UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Nixon 27 3-6 1-4 0-0 3 1 0 1 7 Chappell 22 3-5 0-0 1-1 4 1 0 2 7 UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 23 0-2 0-1 0-0 4 2 1 1 0 Butch 28 8-12 1-2 1-1 10 2 5 1 18 Nixon 22 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 0 3 Tucker 38 10-19 0-4 5-9 4 1 0 3 25 Tucker 29 5-9 0-1 1-4 6 1 0 1 11 Chappell 23 3-4 0-0 0-1 7 4 4 1 6 Butch 24 3-6 0-1 0-0 8 3 0 0 6 Nixon 20 5-6 4-5 0-0 2 2 3 2 14 Butch 26 4-9 1-2 0-0 5 0 5 3 9 Taylor 39 5-10 0-2 13-15 5 2 6 3 23 Taylor 24 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 4 4 2 Taylor 33 2-9 1-5 0-0 3 2 1 4 5 Landry 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Landry 10 2-4 0-0 2-4 6 1 1 1 6 Tucker 36 8-20 0-4 9-12 7 2 0 4 25 Flowers 17 2-3 1-2 1-2 0 3 2 2 6 Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Landry 13 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 2 Williams 7 1-2 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 0 3 Bronson 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Flowers 23 0-0 0-0 3-4 3 2 1 1 3 Stiemsma 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 1 2 Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stiemsma 15 3-3 0-0 0-1 3 3 2 0 6 Krabbenhoft 9 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 1 0 1 0 Flowers 22 4-8 2-3 0-0 3 2 4 1 10 Krabbenhoft 9 2-4 0-1 1-2 1 2 1 0 5 TEAM 2 Williams 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1 2 TEAM 1 Totals 200 26-51 2-15 20-30 35 15 11 12 74 Stiemsma 17 2-4 0-1 1-2 4 0 1 1 5 Totals 200 24-57 3-15 13-20 32 20 15 14 64 (.510)(.133) (.667) Gullikson 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 (.421)(.200) (.650) Krabbenhoft11 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 2 1 0 1 Blocks (8): Butch 3, Chappell 2, Nixon 1, Landry 1, TEAM 2 Blocks (1): Stiemsma 1 Flowers 1 Totals 200 31-58 7-16 9-16 44 11 20 15 78 Steals (3): Butch 2, Flowers 1 Steals (4): Taylor 2, Butch 1, Flowers 1 (.534)(.438) (.563)

Blocks (8): Stiemsma 5, Butch 3 Pitt MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UWM MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Steals (5): Chappell 2, Landry 2, Tucker 1 DeGroat 24 2-3 1-2 0-0 3 3 1 0 5 Tucker 16 4-9 2-5 0-0 5 5 0 7 10 Kendall 19 2-5 1-2 1-1 3 3 0 1 6 McCoy 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 1 2 Gray 14 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 4 0 3 5 Tigert 36 5-7 0-1 4-6 12 4 2 1 14 LT MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Ramon 20 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 6 0 0 Hill 33 3-10 1-4 2-2 4 4 2 1 9 Wilds 20 3-8 3-7 0-0 2 1 0 3 9 Krauser 35 7-14 2-5 6-9 3 3 4 6 22 Davis 30 7-15 7-14 2-2 3 3 0 2 23 Millsap 34 7-16 0-2 2-3 5 4 0 2 16 Benjamin 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 0 2 Massiah 20 0-4 0-1 0-0 3 2 0 1 0 Haskins 26 1-1 0-0 0-0 5 0 3 3 2 Fields 20 2-3 1-1 4-8 1 0 3 0 9 Smith 23 2-10 1-4 2-2 3 5 2 1 7 Elliott 23 2-10 2-7 1-2 2 2 0 0 7 Biggs 19 4-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 8 Pancratz 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 Dean 19 2-6 0-1 0-0 2 2 2 0 4 Graves 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 Hanson 9 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 3 McKenzie 20 2-8 1-7 1-2 3 4 2 3 6 Young 28 7-11 0-1 2-4 5 3 2 4 16 Bendall 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 1 0 TEAM 4 Ford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 McDowell 5 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 200 27-49 5-12 14-24 32 23 18 14 73 TEAM 1 1 Ibrahim 8 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 3 (.551) (.417) (.583) Totals 200 23-61 12-32 10-12 34 29 8 16 68 Richardson12 0-3 0-0 1-2 6 1 1 2 1 (.377) (.375) (.833) Disy 17 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 Blocks (4): Biggs 2, Kendall 1, Young 1 Parker 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 Steals (8): Krauser 2, Benjamin 2, Kendall 1, Blocks (1): Hill 1 TEAM 3 Gray 1, Ramon 1, Young 1 Steals (3): Davis 1, Smith 1, Bendall 1 Totals 200 20-64 7-30 5-9 33 17 13 14 52 (.313) (.233) (.556) Halftime: Pittsburgh 35, Wisconsin 28 Halftime: Wisconsin 37, UW-Milwaukee 30 Officials: Higgins, Roberts, Burr Officials: Sanzere, Collins, Skiles Blocks (2): Ibrahim 1, Disy 1 Steals (10): Haskins 3, Wilds 1, Dean 1, McKenzie 1, Washington 1, McDowell 1, Richardson 1, Disy 1 Key Plays Key Plays • After cutting their deficit to four with 1:48 left, the • UW gets a combined 26 second-half points from Halftime: Wisconsin 39, Louisiana Tech 25 Badgers fail to score on their next two possessions, Kammron Taylor and Alando Tucker to counter UW- Officials: Corbett, Crawford, Simpson allowing the Panthers to jump back up by eight. Milwaukee’s 23-2 run. Key Stats Key Plays Key Stats • Pitt shot 55.1 percent from the field, ending a • The Badger never trailed en route to building a 30- • Wisconsin makes 9-of-12 free throws in the final streak in which UW had prevented six straight point cushion in the second half. two minutes. opponents from shooting better than 40.0 percent. • UW dominates in the paint, 34-16. Key Stats Notables • UW shoots 53.4 percent from the floor and ties a Notables • Alando Tucker notched his fifth game this season season high with 44 rebounds. • The Badgers posted a season-high eight blocks. with at least 20 points. • Louisiana Tech is limited to 7-of-30 (.233) from beyond the arc.

Notables • Four Wisconsin players scored in double figures. • Brian Butch posted his second career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. • Greg Stiemsma racked up a career-high five blocks. SEASON BOXSCORES UW 66, Iowa 52 UW 82, Michigan State 63 UW 64, Minnesota 62 (Jan. 5, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Jan. 8, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Jan. 10, Williams Arena - 13,672)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 4 4 1 0 Chappell 20 0-0 0-0 2-4 5 3 3 1 2 Nixon 13 1-3 1-2 0-012013 Tucker 35 12-22 2-3 1-5 5 0 1 1 27 Butch 25 5-9 2-5 0-1 5 2 3 2 12 Butch 28 4-8 2-5 2-3802112 Butch 28 3-9 1-3 0-0 8 2 0 0 7 Tucker 36 5-17 1-3 6-17 6 1 1 1 17 Chappell 15 0-0 0-0 3-434023 Nixon 20 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 4 0 0 Nixon 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 3 Taylor 36 2-7 1-4 3-342578 Taylor 37 5-14 1-4 0-0 4 0 4 2 11 Taylor 35 11-17 5-8 0-0 5 2 2 1 27 Tucker 34 11-23 0-0 0-6 10 1 2 2 22 Landry 19 3-5 1-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 7 Landry 16 2-2 0-0 2-4 2 1 2 0 6 Landry 11 0-1 0-0 0-031030 Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-001010 Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Flowers 29 1-2 1-2 5-642328 Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Stiemsma 9 1-2 0-0 0-053002 Flowers 22 3-6 1-3 0-0 8 1 2 0 7 Flowers 26 3-5 1-2 2-2 1 2 1 1 9 Krabbenhoft24 1-6 0-0 4-481436 Stiemsma 17 0-0 0-0 0-1 4 4 4 1 0 Stiemsma 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 4 4 1 1 0 TEAM 2 Gullikson 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 2 Gullikson 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 200 21-52 5-13 17-26 48 17 16 22 64 Krabbenhoft 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 Krabbenhoft11 1-2 0-0 2-2 2 2 1 2 4 (.404)(.385) (.654) TEAM 1 TEAM 3 Totals 200 28-60 7-17 3-8 36 14 20 6 66 Totals 200 29-56 10-21 14-30 35 18 14 9 82 Blocks (0) (.467)(.412) (.375) (.518)(.476) (.467) Steals (5): Butch 1, Chappell, Krabbenhoft 1, Landry 1, Bronson 1 Blocks (5): Stiemsma 5 Blocks (7): Chappell 2, Butch 2, Stiemsma 2, Steals (9): Stiemsma 3, Tucker 2, Butch 1, Taylor 1, Landry 1 Landry 1, Flowers 1 Steals (7): Taylor 2, Butch 1, Tucker 1, Nixon 1, Minn MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Landry 1, Stiemsma 1 Coleman 14 2-8 0-2 0-024004 Tollackson 23 0-2 0-0 3-663003 Iowa MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Grier 40 6-18 1-3 4-7 11 4 3 3 17 Brunner 28 2-8 0-0 4-6 10 3 8 1 8 MSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Hargrow 37 4-13 0-5 4-6223412 Hansen 11 2-5 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 4 Gray 14 1-4 0-0 1-2 7 2 0 4 3 Boone 37 2-9 1-7 0-063315 Haluska 27 3-11 1-7 4-4 2 5 1 3 11 Davis 29 1-6 0-1 0-0 9 3 2 3 2 Stamper 16 2-2 0-0 0-025114 Horner 37 4-12 3-7 0-0 3 2 3 3 11 Brown 36 9-23 3-9 10-11 6 3 0 2 31 Tucker 20 5-9 3-4 4-4022217 Henderson 26 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 2 Neitzel 37 5-8 4-6 0-0 1 1 1 2 14 Williams 6 0-0 0-0 0-012000 Thompson 17 0-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 0 Ager 31 5-19 1-6 0-1 3 5 1 1 11 Puchtel 2 0-0 0-0 0-000000 Freeman 14 1-3 1-3 0-0 2 1 2 0 3 Ibok 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 Abu-Shamala5 0-0 0-0 0-000000 Wieck 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 2 Walton 17 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 TEAM 3 Wessels 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Suton 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 21-61 5-21 15-23 33 25 12 11 62 Thomas 27 4-13 0-0 2-3 8 2 2 0 10 Trannon 21 1-2 0-0 0-0 7 5 2 1 2 (.344) (.238) (.652) Reed 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Joseph 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gorney 6 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 1 1 Rowley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Blocks (2): Coleman 1, Tollackson 1 TEAM 2 TEAM 3 Steals (15): Boone 5, Tucker 4, Grier 2, Hargrow 2, Totals 200 17-56 5-17 13-17 41 18 12 11 52 Totals 200 22-63 8-22 11-15 40 24 7 15 63 Tollackson 1, Stamper 1 (.304) (.294) (.765) (.349) (.364) (.733) Halftime: Wisconsin 25, Minnesota 17 Blocks (5): Hansen 3, Thomas 1, Gorney 1 Blocks (5): Suton 1, Gray 1, Davis 1, Trannon 1 Officials: Hightower, Welmer, Hartzell Steals (2): Haluska 1, Horner 1 Steals (4: Ager 2, Brown 1, Walton 1

Halftime: Iowa 34, Wisconsin 32 Halftime: Wisconsin 36, Michigan State 26 Key Plays Officials: Burr, Gray, O’Neill Officials: Hillary, Gray, Valentine • Joe Krabbenhoft and Kammron Taylor each make two free throws in the final 16 seconds to put the game out of reach for Minnesota. Key Plays Key Plays • The Badgers limit the Hawkeyes to 5-of-30 (.167) • UW holds MSU scoreless for the first three min- Key Stats field goal shooting in the second half. utes of the second half en route to doubling its lead • Wisconsin holds Minnesota without a field goal for to 20 (46-26). 15:54 in the first half. The Gophers end up shooting Key Stats just 3-of-24 (.125) in that period. • Iowa goes on field goal droughts of 11:46 (0-for- Key Stats 19) and 5:55. • Wisconsin holds Michigan State to a season-low Notables • UW commits a season-low six turnovers. .349 shooting percentage (22-of-63). • Alando Tucker posts his sixth career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Notables Notables • Greg Stiemsma matches a career-high with five • Kammron Taylor matches career highs of points blocks and sets career bests of steals (three) and (27) and 3-point baskets (five). assists (four). • Michael Flowers grabs a career-high eight rebounds. SEASON BOXSCORES UW 68, Northwestern 52 Ohio State 77, UW 67 North Dakota St. 62, UW 55 (Jan. 14, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Jan. 18, Value City Arena - 16,127) (Jan. 21, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Butch 22 2-5 0-1 3-5 3 0 2 0 7 Chappell 30 1-3 0-1 2-2 4 0 3 2 4 Butch 18 1-4 0-2 2-262024 Tucker 35 9-15 0-2 2-5 7 1 1 3 20 Butch 19 5-11 1-4 0-0 2 4 1 0 11 Tucker 35 2-18 0-6 7-9720211 Chappell 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 2 0 Tucker 35 9-22 0-0 3-6 9 1 0 1 21 Chappell 22 1-7 0-2 2-242104 Nixon 29 5-9 3-7 0-0 3 1 3 1 13 Nixon 21 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 4 2 1 5 Nixon 27 2-9 1-6 0-054105 Taylor 33 4-11 1-6 5-6 8 0 4 4 14 Taylor 37 6-15 3-9 6-7 2 3 0 3 21 Taylor 36 6-24 2-9 5-6350119 Landry 14 1-5 1-2 0-0 4 3 0 1 3 Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Bronson 2 0-0 0-0 0-001000 Barry 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Flowers 26 0-4 0-2 0-0 4 3 3 1 0 Flowers 30 0-2 0-0 0-043200 Bronson 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Krabbenhoft31 2-6 1-4 0-0 13 3 2 2 5 Gullikson 2 0-0 0-0 1-200011 Cain 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 4 Krabbenhoft28 4-8 1-2 2-5720411 Flowers 20 0-2 0-2 3-4 1 1 3 1 3 Totals 200 25-66 6-24 11-15 38 18 11 10 67 TEAM 3 Stiemsma 10 2-3 0-0 1-1 4 2 0 0 5 (.379)(.250) (.733) Totals 200 16-72 4-27 19-26 39 21 4 10 55 Gullikson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 (.222)(.148) (.731) Krabbenhoft22 1-3 0-1 1-2 6 3 2 1 3 Blocks (1): Tucker 1 TEAM 2 Steals (6): Chappell 2, Flowers 2, Butch 1, Tucker 1 Blocks (3): Butch 1, Chappell 1, Nixon 1 Totals 200 24-55 5-22 15-23 40 15 15 13 68 Steals (7): Taylor 3, Flowers 2, Nixon 1, (.436)(.227) (.652) Krabbenhoft 1 OSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Blocks (6): Butch 2, Stiemsma 2, Tucker 1, Sullinger 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 6 5 2 0 2 Krabbenhoft 1 Sylvester 33 6-9 2-3 0-0 4 2 3 3 14 NDSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Steals (6): Tucker 4, Taylor 1, Krabbenhoft 1 Dials 34 7-10 0-0 1-3 6 2 1 2 15 Winkelman 37 2-5 0-2 0-0 12 4 4 6 4 Butler 29 4-10 2-4 4-6 5 1 3 0 14 Smith 33 8-16 0-1 0-2 13 5 0 5 16 Foster 35 3-7 1-3 2-7 5 1 1 3 9 Moormann 29 3-4 0-0 0-393036 NU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Harris 13 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 6 Woodside 38 6-12 1-3 11-13442424 Doyle 29 3-10 0-1 0-1 4 2 2 2 6 Lewis 22 4-7 0-2 6-7 4 1 0 2 14 Nelson 36 3-8 1-3 0-241127 Vukusic 37 6-15 2-7 1-2 4 4 0 3 15 Mayes 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Riley 3 0-00-00-001010 Cote 11 2-6 2-5 2-2 3 2 0 3 8 Terwilliger 5 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 0 3 Obadina 0 0-0 0-0 0-001000 Moore 36 4-7 4-7 2-2 3 2 2 0 14 TEAM 3 1 Hahn 12 1-1 1-1 2-410205 Williams 24 1-4 0-0 3-5 3 4 2 3 5 Totals 200 28-52 7-15 14-25 35 15 11 12 77 Brown 12 0-0 0-0 0-002010 Kennedy 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 (.538) (.467) (.560) TEAM 3 2 Jenkins 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 Totals 200 23-46 3-10 13-24 46 21 9 24 62 Houlihan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Blocks (0): (.500) (.300) (.542) Hachad 27 1-4 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 3 2 Steals (2): Butler 1, Foster 1 Seacat 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Blocks (3): Winkelman 1, Smith 1, Woodside 1 Melchior 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Halftime: Wisconsin 31, Ohio State 31 Steals (6): Woodside 3, Winkelman 2, Moormann 1 Scott 17 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 4 1 4 0 Officials: Hightower, O’Neill, Collins TEAM 4 Halftime: North Dakota State 30, Wisconsin 16 Totals 200 18-51 8-22 8-12 28 21 52 9 19 Officials: Hughes, Banks, Wymer (.353) (.364) (.667) Key Plays • Despite being shorthanded, Wisconsin keeps the Blocks (4): Houlihan 2, Hachad 1, Scott 1 game close until missing nine of its final 10 shots. Key Plays Steals (6): Doyle 2, Vukusic 2, Moore 1, Jenkins 1 • NDSU goes on a 21-3 run midway through the Key Stats first half and keeps the lead for the remainder of the Halftime: Wisconsin 37, Northwestern 25 • Ohio State made 5-of-6 3-point baskets in the sec- game. Officials: McDonald, Hutchinson, Simpson ond half while UW was just 1-of-11. Key Stats Notables • Wisconsin shot a season-low 22.2 percent (16-of- Key Plays • Alando Tucker (21) and Kammron Taylor (21) each 72) from the field. • After seeing its 12-point halftime lead drop to scored at least 20 points in the same game, the seven, UW goes on a 7-0 run and following a pair third this season they have accomplished that feat. Notables of free throws by Michael Flowers, its lead never • Joe Krabbenhoft tallied career highs in minutes • Joe Krabbenhoft scored a career-high 11 points. dips below 10 for the final 7:42. (31) and rebounds (13). Key Stats • NU entered the game with a Big Ten-best 11.7 turnovers per game, but the Badgers force 11 in the first half alone.

Notables • Alando Tucker notches his eighth game of the season with 20 or more points, and he tallies a career- high four steals. SEASON BOXSCORES UW 72, Penn State 43 Michigan 85, UW 76 Illinois 66, UW 51 (Jan. 25, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Jan. 28, Crisler Arena - 13,751) (Jan. 31, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 25 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 1 1 0 5 Butch 17 1-6 1-1 0-0 3 5 1 0 3 Butch 25 3-8 1-4 3-4 9 4 0 2 10 Butch 21 3-6 0-2 2-2 5 2 0 3 8 Tucker 36 8-16 0-2 5-8 2 4 4 1 21 Tucker 38 7-12 0-2 5-9 6 0 2 1 19 Tucker 28 6-12 4-7 1-2 8 1 3 2 17 Chappell 32 1-5 0-0 2-2 7 4 4 3 4 Chappell 23 0-4 0-2 1-2 1 2 0 5 1 Nixon 24 4-11 4-10 2-2 2 2 1 0 14 Nixon 27 5-7 3-5 0-0 1 2 1 0 13 Nixon 25 1-8 1-7 0-0 2 0 0 0 3 Taylor 35 4-15 3-8 3-6 5 0 6 0 14 Taylor 38 10-18 5-9 4-4 4 2 1 3 29 Taylor 36 3-7 1-4 7-8 1 1 2 4 14 Barry 4 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 1 0 1 1 Flowers 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 4 2 1 2 Flowers 24 1-4 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 0 2 Bronson 4 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 Gullikson 20 1-5 0-0 2-2 2 0 1 0 4 Gullikson 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Cain 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Krabbenhoft21 0-2 0-0 0-0 6 4 0 2 0 Krabbenhoft17 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 1 2 Flowers 27 3-5 2-4 2-2 4 1 5 3 10 TEAM 1 TEAM 3 Gullikson 6 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 1 0 0 2 Totals 200 27-60 9-17 13-16 27 25 14 10 76 Totals 200 16-45 3-20 16-23 28 11 6 14 51 Krabbenhoft23 0-2 0-1 0-0 5 2 2 1 0 (.450)(.529) (.813) (.356)(.150) (.696) TEAM 1 Totals 200 22-56 13-34 15-22 36 12 18 10 72 Blocks (2): Nixon 1, Krabbenhoft 1 Blocks (1): Chappell 1 (.393)(.382) (.682) Steals (4): Tucker 2, Chappell 1, Gullikson 1 Steals (5): Chappell 2, Flowers 2, Krabbenhoft 1

Blocks (2): Butch 1, Tucker 1 Steals (7): Bronson 2, Krabbenhoft 2, Nixon 1, Mich MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Ill MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Taylor 1, Flowers 1 Coleman 30 1-2 1-2 0-0 4 2 2 4 3 Augustine 32 3-5 0-0 1-2 9 4 1 5 7 Brown 26 3-3 0-0 1-3 12 3 3 1 7 Randle 29 6-13 0-0 0-0 13 4 0 0 12 Sims 15 8-10 0-0 2-2 3 4 0 3 18 Pruitt 22 1-5 0-0 1-4 6 2 0 0 3 PSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Horton 31 2-10 0-4 10-10 5 4 5 3 14 Brown 40 6-18 1-5 3-6 4 0 7 4 16 Cornley 28 2-7 0-0 2-2 8 2 0 3 6 Harris 37 8-12 5-9 2-2 4 1 1 2 23 McBride 32 5-10 4-6 2-2 1 4 0 0 16 Parker 18 1-8 0-2 0-0 4 3 0 0 2 Smith 18 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 0 3 2 1 Frazier 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 Luber 27 1-6 1-3 0-0 2 1 1 3 3 Shepherd 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Smith 26 4-4 2-2 2-2 2 2 1 0 12 Claxton 30 8-12 1-1 0-0 5 3 1 3 17 Petway 14 2-2 0-0 0-1 2 2 0 0 4 Carter 4 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Jackson 27 2-5 2-4 0-0 5 1 3 2 6 Hunter 25 4-10 1-5 6-7 3 4 1 3 15 Arnold 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Walker 21 1-7 0-5 0-0 1 0 3 1 2 TEAM 3 TEAM 4 1 Leiner 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 200 28-51 7-21 22-27 36 21 15 18 85 Totals 200 25-60 7-14 9-16 43 18 10 10 66 Obradovic 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 (.549) (.333) (.815) (.417) (.500) (.563) Hardin 2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 Soutamo 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 2 2 Blocks (4): Coleman 1, Sims 1, Horton 1, Petway 1 Blocks (2): Randle 1, Pruitt 1 Hassell 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 2 2 Steals (5): Horton 2, Hunter 2, Petway 1 Steals (10): Pruitt 2, Brown 2, Smith 2, Augustine Scovill 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 1, Randle 1, McBride 1, Frazier 1 Bogetic 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Halftime: Michigan 38, Wisconsin 27 McSweeney 9 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 3 Officials: O’Neill, Chrisman, Bush Halftime: Illinois 34, Wisconsin 28 TEAM 1 Officials: Hightower, Welmer, Burr Totals 200 18-54 5-17 2-4 35 20 9 18 43 (.333) (.294) (.500) Key Plays • Kammron Taylor makes four 3-point baskets in a Key Plays Blocks (2): Claxton 1, McSweeney 1 1:30 span and scores UW”s final 13 points in an • After jumping to a 24-13 lead, the Badgers went Steals (2): Jackson 1, Walker 1 attempted rally, but Michigan makes 13-of-14 free scoreless for 8:33, and the Fighting Illini capitalize throws in the final two minutes to hold on. with a 19-0 run and never trailed from then on. Halftime: Wisconsin 40, Penn State 18 Officials: Greenwood, Collins, Yorkovich Key Stats Key Stats • The Badgers make 8-of-12 3-point field goals • UW shoots 3-of-20 (.150) from beyond the arc, including 0-for-8 in the second half. Meanwhile, Key Plays attempts in the second half. • Michigan shoots 54.9 percent from the floor and Illinois makes 7-of-14 3-point attempts. • Wisconsin holds Penn State scoreless for 9:55 in 81.5 percent from the free throw line. • Illinois outrebounds Wisconsin 43-28. the first half and uses a 21-0 lead to jump ahead 26-5 by midway through the first half. Notables Notables • Kammron Taylor scores a career-high 29 points. • Brian Butch just misses out on a double-double Key Stats He and Alando Tucker (21) both score at least 20 with 10 points and nine rebounds. • Wisconsin drains 13 3-point baskets, which ties points in the same game for the fourth time this its Kohl Center record. season. • Penn State takes just four free throw attempts.

Notables • The Badgers hold an opponent to below 50 points for the first time since March 11, 2005, when they beat Ohio State 60-49 in the Big Ten tournament. SEASON BOXSCORES Purdue 70, UW 62 UW 72, Indiana 54 UW 82, Penn State 62 (Feb. 4, Mackey Arena - 11,502) (Feb. 8, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Feb. 11, Bryce Jordan Center - 8,587)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 25 1-3 0-2 2-3 4 3 0 1 4 Chappell 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 Butch 28 11-15 0-1 1-3 12 2 1 1 23 Tucker 37 8-17 0-3 6-7 4 0 2 4 22 Tucker 38 12-20 1-3 4-6 6 0 2 2 29 Tucker 22 3-9 0-2 3-4 8 4 2 1 9 Butch 20 2-8 0-2 2-2 3 3 0 0 6 Nixon 35 5-8 3-5 0-0 3 2 3 0 13 Chappell 28 3-6 0-0 0-1 9 1 7 0 6 Nixon 28 0-4 0-2 0-0 2 1 2 1 0 Flowers 26 1-5 0-2 4-4 7 4 1 4 6 Nixon 28 2-7 1-5 0-0 2 2 2 1 5 Taylor 40 4-11 3-6 0-1 3 4 3 4 11 Taylor 33 2-10 1-7 0-0 4 4 2 3 5 Taylor 37 8-14 6-7 2-2 2 0 4 1 24 Flowers 20 2-3 2-2 0-0 2 2 2 1 6 Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gullikson 19 1-3 0-0 2-2 5 1 1 3 4 Bronson 12 1-4 1-2 1-3 0 3 0 0 4 Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Krabbenhoft11 3-6 0-1 3-5 4 5 0 0 9 Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 3 Butch 8 1-1 1-1 1-2 1 3 0 0 4 Flowers 21 2-4 2-4 0-1 2 1 3 0 6 Totals 200 21-55 5-18 15-20 30 19 10 14 62 Gullikson 24 2-5 0-0 3-3 7 2 2 0 7 Gullikson 15 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 4 (.382)(.278) (.750) Krabbenhoft16 1-2 0-0 2-3 3 4 2 1 4 Krabbenhoft18 2-7 1-4 0-0 5 3 2 0 5 TEAM TEAM 2 Blocks (3): Chappell 2, Butch 1 Totals 200 25-55 7-20 15-21 32 25 13 10 72 Totals 200 33-66 10-23 6-11 45 13 21 5 82 Steals (2): Nixon 1, Flowers 1 (.455)(.350) (.714) (.500)(.435) (.545)

Blocks (4): Tucker 2, Chappell 1, Nixon 1 Blocks (2): Chappell 1, Nixon 1 Purdue MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Steals (4): Tucker 1, Nixon 1, Flowers 1, Bronson 1 Steals (2): Taylor 1, Flowers 1 Dillon 38 3-5 0-0 2-4 7 2 3 3 8 Kiefer 36 6-16 2-4 2-2 8 2 0 1 16 White 24 7-12 0-0 4-7 6 5 2 2 18 Indiana MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP PSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Hartley 30 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 1 4 0 2 Killingsworth 20 5-10 0-1 4-4 8 5 1 4 14 Cornley 29 6-11 0-0 2-4 3 1 0 1 14 Lutz 35 4-8 2-3 2-3 6 1 6 3 12 Wilmont 19 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 Claxton 38 7-14 2-2 5-8 9 3 2 1 21 Riddell 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Strickland 36 4-8 2-4 2-2 7 1 1 5 12 Parker 26 5-12 3-5 0-0 3 4 0 0 13 Green 16 2-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 4 Vaden 28 4-15 1-4 2-8 12 4 1 2 11 Luber 26 2-7 2-4 0-0 1 1 4 0 6 Carroll 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Calloway 34 1-8 0-1 8-8 4 2 3 1 10 Jackson 33 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 6 1 2 Ware 12 3-6 0-0 1-1 5 5 1 1 7 Suhr 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Walker 20 1-6 1-4 0-0 0 0 2 0 3 TEAM 1 Ratliff 13 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Leiner 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 26-53 5-10 13-19 35 18 16 12 70 Allen 9 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 0 2 Obradovic 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 (.491) (.500) (.684) Kline 14 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 2 0 1 3 Suotamo 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Monroe 18 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 Hassell 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Blocks (1): Kiefer 1 TEAM 2 Bogetic 19 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 1 0 3 Steals (9): White 4, Dillon 2, Hartley 1, Green 1, Totals 200 16-56 3-16 19-26 42 21 7 15 54 McSweeney 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Ware 1 (.286) (.188) (.731) TEAM 3 Totals 200 23-55 8-16 8-14 24 12 15 3 62 Halftime: Purdue 36, Wisconsin 29 Blocks (1): Allen 1 (.418) (.500) (.571) Officials: Sanzere, Steed, Roberts Steals (3): Vaden 2, Strickland 1 Blocks (1): Claxton 1 Halftime: Wisconsin 31, Indiana 22 Steals (2): Parker 1, Luber 1 Key Plays Officials: Gray, McDonald, Clark • The Badgers lose their lead for good after allowing Halftime: Penn State 36, Wisconsin 34 a 27-7 run in the first half while shooting just 3-of- Officials: Higgins, O’Connell, Bracco 14 in an 11:18 stretch. Key Plays Key Plays • UW rallies near the end of the game from 16 • Wisconsin jumps to a 20-6 lead and survives a • The Badgers use a 16-2 run to retake the lead for points down to just five but could come no closer. 10-0 run by Indiana. • The Badgers get a huge spark off the bench from good in the first seven minutes of the second half, a Key Stats Kevin Gullikson, who tallies career highs of seven period in which they outscored Penn State 48-26. • Wisconsin gives up 18 points off its 14 turnovers. points and seven rebounds in 24 minutes of play. Key Stats • Purdue shoots 49.1 percent from the floor, includ- • UW dominates the low post, boasting a 42-18 ing 50.0 percent from beyond the arc. Key Stats • Indiana shoots just 28.6 percent, a season low for advantage in points in the paint and outrebounding Notables a UW opponent. PSU 45-24. • Kevin Gullikson grabbed a career-high five • Wisconsin converts IU’s 15 turnovers into 21 • Kammron Taylor makes 6-of-7 3-point fields goals rebounds. points. en route to a game-high 24 points. • Kammron Taylor played all 40 minutes. Notables Notables • Michael Flowers made his first career start. • Brian Butch records his third double-double of his • Alando Tucker converts 12-of-20 field goal career with a 23-point, 12 -rebound effort. attempts for 29 points. • Jason Chappell posts a career-high seven assists and matches a career high with nine rebounds. SEASON BOXSCORES UW 78, Ohio State 73 Northwestern 62, UW 51 UW 80, Minnesota 74 (Feb. 15, Kohl Center - 17,142) (Feb. 23, Welsh-Ryan Arena - 6,119) (Feb. 26, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 16 1-3 0-0 0-0 7 1 1 0 2 Butch 28 1-4 0-1 0-1 9 2 3 0 2 Chappell 17 1-5 0-0 2-2 8 2 3 0 4 Tucker 40 10-18 0-0 7-11 16 2 2 4 27 Tucker 38 6-14 0-0 2-5 1 2 2 1 14 Butch 24 4-7 0-0 1-3 3 1 0 2 9 Butch 31 6-9 3-4 2-7 3 2 1 2 17 Chappell 16 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 0 5 Tucker 36 8-16 1-3 5-7 4 0 3 3 22 Nixon 30 4-6 3-5 2-2 0 1 3 2 13 Taylor 39 4-14 1-7 2-2 1 3 1 2 11 Nixon 29 1-2 1-2 4-4 1 2 1 1 7 Taylor 39 3-10 0-3 6-6 0 1 3 2 12 Nixon 31 2-6 1-4 0-2 3 2 1 2 5 Taylor 38 3-9 0-2 4-4 1 2 3 2 10 Bronson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Flowers 23 2-4 2-2 2-2 4 3 0 1 8 Flowers 16 2-3 0-1 2-2 2 2 0 1 6 Flowers 23 1-4 0-2 3-4 5 3 1 1 5 Gullikson 12 1-1 0-0 2-4 2 3 1 0 4 Gullikson 18 3-5 0-0 6-8 3 1 1 1 12 Gullikson 7 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 1 2 Krabbenhoft13 1-4 0-0 0-0 6 1 4 4 2 Krabbenhoft22 2-4 1-1 5-6 10 4 3 0 10 Krabbenhoft12 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 3 0 0 TEAM 2 TEAM 1 TEAM 4 1 Totals 200 19-49 4-14 9-18 31 18 12 10 51 Totals 200 24-51 3-9 29-36 33 14 14 10 80 Totals 200 26-53 6-14 20-31 38 17 14 12 78 (.388)(.286) (.500) (.471)(.333) (.806) (.491)(.429) (.645) Blocks (4): Butch 2, Chappell 2 Blocks (0): Blocks (3): Chappell 2, Tucker 1 Steals (5): Flowers 3, Taylor 1, Krabbenhoft 1 Steals (6): Butch 3, Nixon 2, Ticker 1 Steals (5): Butch 2, Chappell 1, Tucker 1, Flowers 1

NU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Minn MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP OSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Vukusic 38 5-11 1-3 2-3 5 3 1 0 13 Stamper 24 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 5 1 1 3 Dials 30 10-16 0-0 4-6 11 3 1 3 24 Cote 14 1-3 1-2 1-2 0 4 2 0 4 Puchtel 19 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 Sylvester 36 6-13 1-4 1-1 1 3 6 1 14 Doyle 28 2-6 0-1 2-2 6 2 2 2 6 Grier 32 8-17 0-0 3-3 7 4 3 3 19 Sullinger 22 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 5 0 2 0 Hachad 33 11-17 1-2 2-5 5 3 2 3 25 Boone 33 6-12 3-8 3-3 2 5 1 2 18 Butler 33 4-10 1-3 8-8 2 4 3 2 17 Moore 32 1-3 1-3 4-4 2 2 1 2 7 Abu-Shamala14 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Foster 35 3-9 1-5 0-0 2 5 3 1 7 Seacat 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Hargrow 28 4-8 0-2 0-0 6 1 3 1 8 Harris 11 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams 10 0-1 0-0 3-4 1 0 0 0 3 Coleman 16 4-9 0-1 0-0 3 4 0 0 8 Lewis 26 2-4 1-3 4-4 4 0 0 1 9 Jenkins 22 0-1 0-1 2-2 6 4 4 0 2 Tucker 13 2-4 1-1 3-4 0 2 0 1 8 Terwilliger 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 2 Scott 23 0-2 0-2 2-2 2 1 1 1 2 Tollackson 21 4-8 0-0 0-0 7 1 1 1 8 TEAM 3 TEAM 5 1 TEAM 2 Totals 200 26-56 4-17 17-19 27 23 13 10 73 Totals 200 20-44 4-14 18-24 32 19 13 10 62 Totals 200 30-64 4-12 10-12 31 25 9 9 74 (.464) (.235) (.895) (.455) (.286) (.750) (.469) (.333) (.833)

Blocks (0): Blocks (7): Scott 3, Jenkins 2, Cote 1, Doyle 1 Blocks (5): Grier 2, Abu-Shamala 1, Coleman 1, Steals (8): Foster 3, Dials 2, Sylvester 1, Lewis 1, Steals (9): Hachad 3, Scott 2, Doyle 1, Moore 1, Tollackson 1 Terwilliger 1 Williams 1, Jenkins 1 Steals (6): Grier 2, Stamper 1, Puchtel 1, Hargrow 1, Tollackson 1 Halftime: Ohio State 37, Wisconsin 28 Halftime: Northwestern 31, Wisconsin 28 Officials: Valentine, Collins, Jansen Officials: Welmer, Burr, Hartzell Halftime: Minnesota 38, Wisconsin 36 Officials: Hightower, Hillary, Hartzell

Key Plays Key Plays • Ray Nixon scores 10 points in a 3:24 span to help • The game was close until Northwestern used an Key Plays UW rally to a 69-66 lead, one the team would not 11-3 to jump ahead 54-42 with 4:27 remaining. • In a tight game, UW takes the lead for good with a relinquish for the remaining 2:25. • NU’s zone limited UW to 23 second-half points off 6-0 run with less than five minutes remaining. • Wisconsin gets 17 of Alando Tucker’s 27 points in 8-of-25 (.320) shooting. • Wisconsin holds on to its lead with 10-of-10 free the second half, when it outscored Ohio State 50- throw shooting in the final 49 seconds. 36. Key Stats • Wisconsin did not score a field goal in the final Key Stats Key Stats 2:04. • UW makes a season-high 29-of-36 free throws, • The Buckeyes, the league’s top 3-point shooting • The Wildcats held a 32-18 edge in points in the including 16-of-17 in the second half. team, shot a season-low 4-of-17 (.235), snapping a paint. • The Badgers shoot .471 from the field, improving five-game streak of nine or more made 3-point bas- to 13-1 this season when making at least 45.0 per- kets. Notables cent of their field goals. • UW gets 20 second-chance points from its 15 • Joe Krabbenhoft matched a career high with four offensive rebounds. assists. Notables • Joe Krabbenhoft nets his first career double-dou- Notables ble with 10 points and 10 rebounds. • Alando Tucker played all 40 minutes en route to • Kevin Gullikson scores a career-high 12 points. his third double-double of the season. • Four UW players score in double figures for the • Four Badgers score in double figures for the first seventh time this season. time since a Jan. 25 win against Penn State. SEASON BOXSCORES Michigan State 74, UW 65 Iowa 59, UW 44 (March 2, Breslin Center - 14,759) (March 4, Carver-Hawkeye Arena - 15,500) UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Nixon 19 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 2 5 UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Chappell 14 1-2 1-2 0-0 5 4 1 1 3 Chappell 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 3 1 2 0 Taylor 33 4-18 0-5 1-3 5 2 1 0 9 Butch 26 1-3 1-3 2-2 7 2 1 2 5 Butch 27 4-12 1-4 0-1 8 3 2 3 9 Tucker 34 4-13 0-0 2-5 6 1 2 2 10 Tucker 26 8-16 0-1 7-11 1 2 2 1 23 Nixon 24 3-9 3-7 0-0 1 1 0 0 9 Flowers 30 4-6 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 1 9 Taylor 31 4-9 3-4 0-0 3 0 1 4 11 Gullikson 27 1-2 0-0 3-4 5 4 1 1 5 Flowers 24 2-6 1-3 2-2 2 1 1 1 7 Krabbenhoft24 1-3 0-2 0-0 4 5 3 0 2 Gullikson 21 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 5 0 1 0 TEAM 2 Krabbenhoft29 1-6 0-1 0-0 6 4 1 4 2 Totals 200 25-62 4-18 11-19 34 21 11 9 65 TEAM 1 (.403)(.222) (.579) Totals 200 15-51 8-18 6-9 33 17 7 16 44 (.294)(.444) (.667) Blocks (5): Krabbenhoft 2, Chappell 1, Tucker 1, Gullikson 1 Blocks (1): Flowers 1 Steals (5): Gullikson 2, Taylor 1, Flowers 1, Steals (6): Butch 3, Nixon 1, Flowers 1, Krabbenhoft 1 Krabbenhoft 1

MSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Iowa MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TP Brown 37 6-15 2-3 4-5 6 2 3 1 18 Brunner 30 3-9 0-1 1-2 5 3 0 3 7 Neitzel 36 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 2 6 0 4 Hansen 18 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 2 0 Ager 29 7-14 2-4 3-4 2 5 1 3 19 Haluska 32 6-11 1-5 3-3 7 4 3 1 16 Suton 28 2-4 0-0 0-0 6 4 1 1 4 Horner 37 9-17 3-9 1-2 7 0 0 2 22 Davis 30 9-12 0-0 9-10 9 4 2 3 27 Henderson 36 3-6 0-1 0-1 3 1 6 0 6 Joseph 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 Thompson 17 1-4 1-1 0-0 4 1 1 1 3 Gray 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 Freeman 7 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 Rowley 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 Wieck 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 4 Thomas 21 1-3 0-0 3-7 9 1 0 1 5 Totals 200 27-53 4-7 16-21 37 23 18 11 74 Gorney 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 (.509) (.571) (.762) TEAM 3 Totals 200 23-56 5-17 8-15 42 13 12 10 59 Blocks (5): Suton 2, Neitzel 1, Davis 1, Rowley 1 (.411) (.294) (.533) Steals (4): Brown 1, Neitzel 1, Ager 1, Davis 1 Blocks (4): Thomas 2, Hansen 1, Thompson 1 Halftime: Michigan State 35, Wisconsin 31 Steals (12): Brunner 3, Horner 2, Thomas 2, Officials: Burr, Valentine, Chrisman Hansen 1, Haluska 1, Henderson 1, Thompson 1, Freeman 1

Key Plays Halftime: Iowa 24, Wisconsin 22 • After trailing 23-13 midway through the first half, Officials: Hillary, Steed, Mayborg Michigan State uses a 21-6 run to take the lead for good. • The Badgers can’t get closer than four points in Key Play the second half. • The Hawkeyes weather four early 3-point baskets by the Badgers in the first half with an 8-2 to run to Key Stats take a 24-22 halftime lead • Alando Tucker plays just nine minutes in the first • Iowa uses a 24-8 run to open the second half and half due to foul trouble. jump to a 48-30 lead. • Wisconsin makes just 4-of-18 (.222) 3-point attempts, including 1-of-8 in the second half. Key Stats • UW shoots just 6-of-20 (.200) from the field in the Notables second half. • Alando Tucker scored 19 points in the second half • The Badgers’ leading scorers entering the game and was the only Badger in double figures. are held to a combined 21 points (Alando Tucker • Kevin Gullikson notched a career-high two steals had 10, Kammron Taylor had 11). in a career-high 27 minutes of play. Notables • Brian Butch matches a career high with three steals. league, and its 46 Big Ten victories during that stretch are second Badgers are well-built only to Illinois (50).

Depth of program makes sustained excellence possible Has Wisconsin reached the point where it can plug numerous holes and continue to roll or will it take a step back? Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel You have to like the Badgers' chances of success considering the Jan. 5, 2006 patch-work jobs Ryan and his staff have done in his first four by MARK STEWART years. However, with the exception of Ryan's first season, there has never been this much turnover in the team's rotation from Madison - There is no question Alando Tucker is the face of the one year to the next. The team lost four senior starters who University of Wisconsin men's basketball program. played 22 minutes or more per game, three of whom - Mike Wilkinson, Sharif Chambliss and Zach Morley - are playing pro- The junior forward's image is the only one on the cover of the fessionally overseas now. team's media guide. His No. 42 jersey is the only one from the team replicated in the Badgers' gift shop inside the Kohl Center Ryan has been compensating for those losses the only way he (Those Devin Harris leftovers don't count). knows how.

However, the three guys on the back cover of the media guide “All you can do is give them the opportunities in practice and in best symbolize what Wisconsin basketball is about this season. games to become more accustomed to what is going on in a sys- Senior wing Ray Nixon and juniors Jason Chappell, a forward, tem and then you hope when it comes game time that they and Kammron Taylor, a guard, weren't instant stars when they mimic that,” he said. arrived on campus but each is a major contributor this season. That won't be easy in the Big Ten. The term “program player” is used more often in football where it frequently takes a player a number of years to make an impact, Four of the league's teams are ranked in the Associated Press top but it applies to basketball, as well. They're the men and women 25 poll and both the Sagarin Ratings and a duplicate of the who keep programs afloat despite seemingly insurmountable per- Rating Percentage Index rank the Big Ten No. 1. The conference's sonnel losses. It describes to a ‘T’ the Badgers this season. list of contenders is led by Michigan State (12-2) and two-time defending champion Illinois (14-0). But five other teams - Ohio This is a program year for Wisconsin, which hasn't missed a beat State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa - could be factors. despite the loss of five seniors, including four starters, from last Every team in the league except probably Penn State and Purdue season. However, the ultimate test begins at 7 tonight at the is capable of playing in the post-season. Kohl Center against Iowa, a game that marks the start of a Big Ten Conference race that will be filled with talented, experienced Why Wisconsin is in position to compete boils down to a few teams. factors.

“There are guys who have been to Wisconsin, to Michigan State, First, Ryan has done an almost perfect job recruiting. All but one to Indiana, to Iowa. They've been on the road,” UW coach Bo of his recruits became contributors. Ryan said. “Emotionally they've handled all the things that come and go with the season.” And to their credit, the players who were buried on the bench stuck around long enough for their chance to come. Wisconsin is green in comparison. At 21 minutes per game, Nixon is playing a little more than Nixon, Chappell and sophomore forward Brian Butch have one twice as much as he did the past three years. Chappell, who is Big Ten start between them. Center Greg Stiemsma played just averaging 6.8 points and 4.9 rebounds, saw the floor even less. 13 minutes in conference play as a freshman, and newcomers Taylor, the team's second-leading scorer with 14.5 points per Marcus Landry, Joe Krabbenhoft and DeAaron Williams have game, endured a tough freshman year. obviously never faced Big Ten competition. Because of those players' development, Landry and Krabbenhoft So why should the team feel confident about its chances in the have been brought along slowly even though each was a top-100 Big Ten where it is projected to finish from fourth to sixth? The player in his class. simple answer is because people in the program have come to expect as much. The team's maturity may help it overcome some of its inexperi- ence. “To me from being outside the program and now being back involved, the biggest (change) I've seen are the expectations “I think you've got to have people who buy into what you're try- from everybody about what we're supposed to do in the Big Ten ing to do and that starts with your seniors and permeates right season,” said Howard Moore, a UW assistant coach and former through your squad,” UW assistant Gary Close said. “I think year player. after year that has been the case.”

Specifically, the Badgers expect to compete at a very high level. Wisconsin has posted four straight top-three finishes in the "Wherever you play Wisconsin, whether it's in Madison or the Building a foundation in Virgin Islands, it's not going to be a fun game," Freeman said. paradise "We're just going to go in there and try to do the best we can and get after it." The Capital Times This is the first year that the Spartans, who finished 13-14 over- November 17, 2005 all and 11-7 in the MEAC, have had 13 scholarship players. Last by Rob Schultz year, they had just nine scholarship players, which Freeman said was the fewest in the league. ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - The setting couldn't be more idyllic for a preseason college basketball tournament. This "That's all we could afford," said Freeman, who also didn't have a small Caribbean island is all about mountains, the bluest water recruiting budget until this season. "Nine was the most we had you'll ever see, warm tropical temperatures and incredible hospi- had since I've been here. The first year I had seven." tality. But while Freeman, who is starting his fourth year, welcomes They call the tournament the Paradise Jam. The aptly named three junior college transfers as well as Brian Falcoun, the super fledgling event takes a back seat to none of the other exempt quick point guard who transferred from rival North Carolina tournaments, including the wowie Maui Invitational, which is A&T, he believes a chemistry problem exists because everyone is located in another slice of paradise. demanding the ball.

But there's a big difference between the two tournament sites What Freeman is certain his players will do is play hard, particu- other than they drive on the wrong side of the road here despite larly on the defensive end. The Spartans have led the MEAC in being a territory of the United States. field goal percentage defense each of the past three years.

Unlike Maui, which generally draws some of the best teams in Freeman has a solid nucleus with sophomore shooting guard the country each year, the Paradise Jam regularly draws teams Tony Murphy, who shot 42.6 percent from 3-point range last sea- that have traveled here to learn about teamwork, effort and son. The 6-foot-9 Calvin Brown and 6-8 Karandick Ogunride will chemistry. The general school of thought is to leave here a better help, too. team than when you first got here. "We have to start believing we're the best, we have to start This year is no different. believing in what we're going to do every game," he said. "That's an attitude and a mentality you have to build as a program." The University of Wisconsin men's basketball team hopes this tournament will help mold a team of relatively inexperienced Freeman said Wisconsin is a big jump ahead of his program in youngsters into a fundamentally sound, exciting squad that many different ways. For instance, Freeman raised $20,000 last coach Bo Ryan envisions it can be. year just so he could have some money to pay for his student- athletes' summer school courses so they can stay ahead of the "I'm hoping whatever combination is out there that we don't game academically. change our game," Ryan said. "We still want to take care of the ball, take good shots, play defense, help each other. We'll get a "At Wisconsin, they make them take 30 hours during the year good test." but they keep them around in the summer to give them six more hours. And they're lifting weights, playing and developing Ryan doesn't want to hear comparisons between this team and together, too," he said. his first at Wisconsin, which was also young and got a kick-start from its trip to the Big Island Invitational in Hilo. Freeman is most envious of the Badgers' attitude. "They might have 11 freshmen and sophomores, but many of them got to "This is a totally different situation because it's their turn. It's learn the system and they had a lot of success," he said. "And their opportunity to go on a trip, work together and bond," he when you have teams that have had success, kids believe they're said. supposed to win. That attitude itself carries you a long way."

The Badgers' first-round opponent, Norfolk State, is hoping for Eastern Kentucky, which will play the Badgers Saturday here in an upset over Wisconsin to give the program a key psychological what will be its season opener in a second-round tournament boost after getting a huge financial boost that, for the first time, game (they have a first-round bye), welcomes back most of the will allow the Spartans to play on an even playing field with its stars that led the Colonels to a 22-9 record and the NCAA tour- MEAC rivals. nament last March.

Norfolk State coach Dwight Freeman would love a win, but his Old Dominion, Fordham and Georgia make up the teams from team averaged 20 turnovers a game last year and he wouldn't the other group in the Paradise Jam. Old Dominion, a solid mind just seeing an improvement in that statistic against a favorite to repeat as the Colonial Athletic Association champi- sound team like Wisconsin. ons, are led by CAA player of the year Alex Loughton, a versatile 6-9 senior forward. "My dad is, by far, the most street-smart person I've ever met," Wisconsin's Ryan passes on Ryan says. "He has kept a lot of young men off the streets with father's wisdom his tough love.

By Jill Leiber, USA TODAY "People joke now about the money that I'm making. I say, 'Just Jan. 6, 2004 look at my track record, the crazy coaching odyssey I've traveled to get here. Do you think I coach for the money?' I just look at my father and realize that coaching isn't about money. Deep MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's Bo Ryan is the only coach in down inside, I got into coaching because of what I wanted to do Big Ten conference history to earn coach of the year honors in to help people, as a teacher and as a coach." each of his first two seasons — and only the third in conference history to win Big Ten titles over the same span. Ryan owns the Kelly Ryan, his wife of 29 years, says: "Bo has never cared about second-highest career winning percentage of any active Division the size of the gym or the size of the paycheck. To him, I coach with at least 15 years experience. (North Carolina's Roy basketball is all about people. Wherever Bo is, that's the best Williams is first). place to be."

He also has the best winning percentage in Division III history. He also has won four Division III national titles. Bouncing around Wisconsin

When Ryan was the starting sophomore point guard at Chester That he has succeeded at every level, getting to the Division I High, coach Ron Rainey handed him the basketball — and never ranks for the first time at a relatively late age, is how most casual took it back. Rainey went on to coach at Wilkes College in followers of college basketball see Ryan. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Ryan was his No. 1 recruit.

Yet when Ryan rubs shoulders with his coaching brethren at the Rainey, an assistant at Wisconsin-Platteville from 1991-95, says: Final Four every year, he's practically invisible. Everybody is so "I knew when he was a sophomore in high school that'd he'd be a focused on his 80-year-old father, Butch, a retired pipe fitter, coach. He was my coach on the floor. He worked extremely hard. decorated World War II hero and storyteller extraordinaire. He was a gym rat, and that brought the other kids along."

For almost 20 years, Ryan's father hosted parties at his motor After he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business home parked outside the tournament site, serving sausage balls, administration from Wilkes College and landed a job with boiled shrimp, brats and beer to a coaching who's who. Now, he Atlantic Richfield, Ryan was drafted into the Army in 1969. As a flies in Philly hoagies to share with the hungry basketball military policeman, he worked in the stockade where, he says, he glitterati. met a lot of confused young men.

"More college basketball coaches know my dad than know me," "So I tried to help as many as I could, and I realized my dad had Ryan says. "Whenever I run into other coaches, they don't say, been doing this for decades, coaching kids in youth programs and 'Hey, Bo, how are you doing?' It's always, 'How's your dad?' " keeping them off the streets," Ryan says. "It just seemed like a His dad says, "I'm the only guy on earth Dick Vitale can't out- natural fit. So, I gave up the idea of making gazillions in the talk." business world and concentrated on coaching and teaching."

At 55 and in his 20th year as a college head basketball coach, the After doing graduate work at Villanova, Ryan bounced around well-traveled Ryan has patterned himself after his dad, who was a the lower levels of coaching for four years — Brookhaven (Pa.) successful youth sports coach for 40 years in the Chester, Pa., Junior High, now-defunct Dominican College in Racine, Wis., area, south of Philadelphia. where he also coached baseball, and Sun Valley High near

Chester — then broke into the Division I ranks as an assistant at More than that, the relentlessness that has marked Ryan's Wisconsin (1976-84). The Badgers had a dismal 79-141 record coaching career is a direct hand-me-down from his dad. Ryan's (.359) and never came close to an NCAA tournament berth. father never had a childhood or a home. His mother died when he But the late George Chryst, a former Badgers assistant football was little, and his father was never around. He dropped out of coach who was then the athletic director at Division III school three weeks into the 10th grade. At 17, he enlisted in the Wisconsin-Platteville, liked Ryan's drive and dedication. In 1984, Navy and later was awarded the Bronze Star for rescuing fellow Chryst named Ryan head basketball coach. servicemen from a destroyer that had been attacked by kamikazes in the South Pacific. "My ego's never been such where I'd say, 'Oh, no, I have to be in

the big arenas, the big gyms,' " Ryan says. "I wanted to coach. I After his discharge, he returned to Chester and played every sport wanted to build something." imaginable. "I wanted to make up for lost time," he says.

In 1960, he founded a youth league in Ashton, Pa., which began In his 15 seasons, Ryan led the Pioneers to a 353-76 overall mark with 28 boys on one football team and now boasts 1,300 (.822) and four national championships (1991, '95, '98-99). members, boys and girls, in a variety of sports. Wisconsin-Platteville was the winningest NCAA men's

basketball team of the '90s — in all divisions — with a 266-26 "He'd come home from work and go right up to the field or the record (.908). gym, pretty much every day," Ryan recalls.

His father was determined the son would have opportunities he Still, for all of his success, Ryan never got a Division I head did not. coaching offer.

"I just figured if you worked hard and had some success, things out of his players. We know he has our best interest at heart. He would work out," he says. "I never called an athletic director, cares about us as people." never got an agent to help me find a Division I job. It's just my nature that if you have a job you enjoy, it's the best job in "The biggest influence my father had on me as a coach," Ryan America." says, "was that his kids always knew he was coaching for them. Kids will play hard for a coach that's in it for the players." In 1999, Ryan finally was approached by Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a Division I program. He decided it was time to take the plunge. The Ryans make strong, lasting connections with people, thanks "It wasn't so much the Roman numeral," Ryan says. "It was my to their passion for basketball, their gift of gab, their sense of big chance to try what I was doing in a big environment." humor, their lack of egos and their down-to-earthness.

Two years later, after Ryan turned around that program, too, "He and I were so competitive with each other," the elder Ryan Wisconsin athletics director Pat Richter asked about his interest says of his son. "We were more like brothers. ... I never let him in returning to Madison. He jumped at the chance. win at anything. When he was little, every Saturday, he'd get in my bed and wrestle. One morning, we broke the bed, and Mom "I felt there was some unfinished business when I left as an said, 'Take it outside!' " assistant," Ryan says. "I never talked to anyone about it, never brought it up. But I thought, 'Wouldn't it be something if I could When he wasn't playing sports, Ryan was attending sporting ever go back?' " events with his dad and being introduced by him to Philadelphia- area sports stars. Richter says: "I had talked to Bo over the course of 10 years. The thing that impressed me was his confidence, his nice demeanor. "My dad coached Billy "White Shoes" Johnson in American He's got a great combination — the Philadelphia street-smart Legion baseball," Ryan says. "(Former NBA coach, now ESPN background as well as some Midwestern roots. Given his analyst) Jack Ramsay used to be in our area. experience, I knew he'd come in, would be known to people and that there would be instant recognition, and that he'd have an "My dad and I went to A's games before they moved out of emotional attachment to Madison and wouldn't want to Philly. Phillies games. Warriors games. College basketball at The disappoint people he knew and others around town. Palestra. We snuck into the Eagles-Packers championship game at Franklin Field in 1960." "I thought he'd be very successful, but we were delightfully surprised he won two titles," Richter says. "He has changed the As he has at every stop on his son's coaching odyssey, Butch style of play. He has made it fun for fans. We all have the feeling Ryan makes extended visits to attend games each season. He everything is under control." helps out at practice, trying to distract the players when they're shooting free throws by sneezing as they're standing on the line. Sharing success with his dad And, of course, he tells stories.

Once again, Ryan is working his magic. The author of three Like his tale about the 1993 Final Four in New Orleans where rap books and producer of seven videos on basketball has installed sensation MC Hammer saw him dancing one night and later his "Swing Offense," a single-post offense with interchangeable invited him to appear in one of his shows. parts. Or his story about the 2000 Final Four in Indianapolis, when he "It's an equal opportunity offense," says assistant coach Rob landed in the emergency room because of a bump on his head and Jeter, who played for Ryan at Wisconsin-Platteville from 1987- got special attention because he told the medical staff that Bobby 91 and has coached with him for several years. "Everybody gets a Knight would be stopping by for a visit. chance to post. Everybody gets a chance to play the perimeter." Last year, UW had five players average in double figures. Ryan enjoys sharing his father with his players. He especially loves the warm feeling in the gym those days his dad's around. "Try to find that at any high major program," Ryan says. "I never felt more comfortable than coming back home to He has also established himself as a dynamic, in-state recruiter, Madison and settling in," Ryan says. "It's as if somebody knew, landing much-heralded freshman Brian Butch, a 6-11, 215-pound all along, this was going to happen, and it finally did, and now, forward/center from Appleton, who was first-team All-USA it's like, 'This is good.' TODAY and a McDonald's All-American and is redshirting. Ryan has made basketball a true happening in Madison. Home "I'm going to make the most of it because this will be the last job games at Kohl Center (17,142-seat capacity) were sold out two I'll ever have." months before the season opener. No other sport on campus has done that.

The qualities that have allowed Ryan to be successful at many levels are special, yet simple.

"He's fair, and he's always prepared," Jeter says. "When you go into a game, you've seen anything and everything. No matter where we travel, if there's a former player or manager in the area, they always come by to say hello. That's why Bo gets the most Ryan plays it smart with Sunday afternoon. They also want to beat a defensively than this year's team has been so Ryan-coached Wisconsin team for the first far. He pointed out that the '03-04 team was simple, consistent approach time on their home floor. smaller and couldn't make any mistakes defensively or they turned into points. The Capital Times "We're going to come in (today), look at the scouting report and get ready for that game "We know now that if we get beat off the just like we have for all the others," Taylor dribble we have somebody behind us who can January 16, 2006 said with a shrug. protect us and help us," said Tucker, referring by Rob Schultz to the Badgers' big-man quartet of Jason It helps the Badgers' preparation when every Chappell, Greg Stiemsma, Brian Butch and Survivors of playground basketball games in scouting report they are given by either Marcus Landry who have become adept shot street-tough cities like Philadelphia are almost assistant coach Gary Close or assistant coach blockers and shot alterers. always either the most talented or the smartest. Greg Gard is close to perfect and is run as well Not book smart, but street smart. So if you in practice by the Badgers' scout team. "The What excites Tucker is knowing how good the aren't surviving by dominating physically, stuff Northwestern was running," Taylor said Badgers will get if they continue to improve you're working the angles on and off the court. matter-of-factly, "we saw it in practice." their on-ball and help defense and become That means knowing when to keep your more productive rebounders on the defensive mouth shut, which is most of the time. That's why everyone on the Big Ten's deepest end. "We have a lot of improving to do to get roster intently listens to every word Ryan says there," he said. Bo Ryan learned a long time ago on the to them. Everyone wants to win and everyone playgrounds of Chester, located just outside of believes Ryan can, and will, show them how The Badgers know a regular-season title is in Philly, not to tout anything he considers to do it. their grasp if they get there. But it's a huge "if" precious, like, say, the way his Wisconsin in a conference loaded with teams ready to basketball team has played defense over the "If guys are willing to listen to a coach like prey on the first mistake. first two weeks of the Big Ten Conference coach Ryan, the sky is the limit for this team," season. He prefers to check optimistic said Taylor, who had 14 points and tied his It kind of resembles one of those Chester statements, as well as pessimistic ones, like career high with eight rebounds against the playgrounds Ryan grew up on. they're 100-pound bags of luggage. The Wildcats. "To see everybody develop like they sooner they're put out of his reach, the better, have so far is real good." "We've come a ways, but it's amazing, you go so they can't drag down the team. back and watch the tapes and you see all the Taylor just wishes Ryan got more props for mistakes we've made. So I guess it's a good Ryan's like Joe Friday. He's only interested in his work. The Badgers' fast start was the topic sign that we're playing pretty well and there's facts. He treats, and prepares for, every of conversation this weekend by some TV still room for improvement," said assistant opponent with great respect and demands that analysts. But all anybody said about it was Close. "I hope that continues because I think his players do the same. He keeps his game that it won't continue. the team that wins it will be the team that plans simple so everyone understands them improves the most from now until the end of and is on the same page. The Badgers pledge "Coach has been here for five years and he the year. Hopefully we'll be in that mix." allegiance every day to becoming more still hasn't received the credit that he consistent. And they never boast about deserves," said Taylor. "We just want to go Meantime, the Badgers are 4-0 and still flying anything. out and keep proving people wrong. They can under the radar screen. It's just the way Ryan doubt us but we're not going to pay attention likes it. It's the smart play. "He's that guy who goes to work every day to that." and does the same thing," said Wisconsin junior point guard Kammron Taylor after the They'd rather pay attention to playing defense, Badgers beat Northwestern 68-52 Saturday where they have been the most impressive and afternoon at the Kohl Center. "He never versatile. The Badgers' bigs were the stars of changes and he puts that in our heads that we the first three Big Ten games when they should never change." scared away any opposing player who dared venture into the paint. Wisconsin went with a Taylor likes how that consistent approach has small lineup against Northwestern and was helped the Badgers (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten) win just as formidable. their first four Big Ten games for the first time since 1962 despite the fact there are 11 Thus, the Badgers joined the 2003-04 squad as freshmen and sophomores on the roster. He the only UW teams in the program's winning expects it will help again when the Badgers era - or since the 1992-93 season - to win four meet Ohio State Wednesday night at Value straight conference games while holding City Arena in Columbus. opponents' shooting percentage under 40 percent in each game. The '03-04 squad did it The Buckeyes (12-2, 2-2), who possess many in its final four regular-season games. of the same positive traits as the Badgers, will be anxious to mend their ways after losing at Junior forward Alando Tucker, who played on home in double overtime to Michigan State that '03-04 team, believes it was better - Their run last season to the title game of the NCAA tournament's Youth won't change Syracuse regional, where they lost to eventual national champion North Carolina by six. That made him the first coach in Wisconsin history to take four teams to the NCAA tournament. Ryan Badgers coach aims high as usual despite Those were the numbers behind the preseason consensus, the reason it is not really surprising to find Ryan's current Badgers 9-1. So is he, inexperienced roster as those predictions said, someone who somehow always finds a

Skip Myslenski, Chicago Tribune way? He laughs at the question. December 23, 2005 "I think when people say that, what they're saying is maybe that MADISON, Wis. -- The consensus in the preseason read something coaching staff, those guys have been around a little bit," he answers. like this: "They've been through a lot of ups and downs, experience-wise with Wisconsin lost four senior starters, among them inestimable forward teams. Maybe the fact that we have some gray hairs in coaching and Mike Wilkinson. Wisconsin will trot out a team that includes just one have been around, well, I take it as a compliment . . . that they feel senior and a group of big men who have underachieved. But with our experience we can help these guys through some rough Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan is one of the best in the business and will times. . . . We've seen some things and maybe the team can gain from find a way to make it competitive. that experience and play a little bit older. And that's something we're going to have to do this year. Play a little older." "You look at his records, what he has done at each level, he always has had solid teams," Badgers star Alando Tucker says of that It is indisputable his Badgers are playing older than their experience characterization. "That shows there has to be something there in the and Bo Ryan again is weaving his magic, again proving that he can coach. There has to be a trust, a player-coach trust, and we trust him flat-out coach. fully. We know he has been through a lot and we know what he tells us, 99 percent of the time, he has seen the situation. So we listen." He has transformed Taylor from an erratic point guard into a blossoming choreographer and utilized Tucker, a multi-faceted Point guard Kammron Taylor agrees. performer, in a variety of ways. He has gotten useful service from 6- foot-11-inch Brian Butch, 6-11 Greg Stiemsma and 6-10 Jason "You can't help but have confidence in what he's teaching you," Chappell, big men who entered this season averaging (combined) just Taylor says. "I think he puts that confidence in everybody and that's 6.3 points and 3.8 rebounds. why his players do well." He again has positioned his Badgers to be a factor in the Big Ten So is he truly mesmerizing enough to lead even a disparate and race. inexperienced band to the promised land? Well, he neither looks nor acts like a real-life Pied Piper. "We can go 10 possessions where we look pretty good and go five where it looks like we've just chosen up teams," he demurs, yet even He is a well-traveled 58, not prone to dazzle with wardrobe and that is part of his plan. slicked-back hair. He doesn't speak in snappy sound bites, tends to digress in conversation and is unpretentious enough to offer a visitor Now, before the conference season opens, is not the time to look some of the Christmas cookies that have been sent to his office. perfect, not in Ryan's mind at least. It is the time to knead, to shape, to mold a team, especially a team as young as this one. The teams he turns out, not surprisingly, are similarly unadorned. They are as basic as white bread, as fundamental as addition, as "I want to compete in the Big Ten. I want to compete for the top five prosaic as a simple sentence. They play defense. They take care of spots . . . and then you go from there. You start another season," he the ball. They keep their fouls to a minimum and run his system, an explains in reference to the NCAA tournament. equal-opportunity offense called The Swing. But already his Badgers have produced a surprising early season and But then come the facts, facts too often ignored, and they are as so he is pulled back to his earlier statement, the one about gray hairs dazzling as a $1,000 suit. and experience.

- The 353-76 record he ran up in 15 years at Wisconsin-Platteville, Do they give him the same confidence that they give his players, that which makes him the coach with the best winning percentage in they gave the predictors? Division III history. "Absolutely," Ryan says. "I don't think there's any question there. - The one, just one, sub-.500 team he has had in his 21 years as a And being so stubborn. Naw, not stubborn. Being so committed to collegiate head coach, and that was his first at Platteville. things I learned at a young age from some pretty good teachers and coaches, if you stick with, as the saying goes, that 8 percent that you - The Big Ten title he tied for in 2002, his first season in Madison, have control over. . . . I keep trying to stick to that 8 percent. and the Big Ten title he won in 2003 with a league record of 12-4. The last time a Wisconsin coach won that many conference games "I feel assured that, if we don't stray too far from the principles that was 1914, when Walter Meanwell's team went a perfect 12-0. helped us be where we are now . . . if we don't get out on the fringes . . . we can be competitive in the Big Ten." - The conference tournament title the Badgers won in 2004.

ball. "You have to do different things to get guys to move their bod- Tucker ‘scores like a ies so you can create that lane," he said.

7-footer’ Tucker is proud of the many welts, bruises and scrapes he receives while jousting in the post. He wears a protective mask because he The Capital Times sustained a broken nose at Wake Forest while diving for a loose ball.

January 7, 2006 "If you don't get banged up you're not really driving to the basket or by Rob Schultz playing in the post," he said.

Alando Tucker beamed like a child who just aced his first math test But that doesn't mean he doesn't like sliding out to the perimeter to when he heard Steve Alford's compliment from earlier this week. launch a few 3-pointers with that unique jump shot of his. When those shots start falling, too - like when he dropped in back-to-back The Iowa men's basketball coach said that the University of 3s to seal Wisconsin's win over Iowa - he becomes a nightmare for Wisconsin junior forward "really understands post." anybody who has to guard him.

What that means is Tucker can score, or set up a score, from around Ask any coach and they'll tell you there are precious few tougher the basket when he's surrounded by bigger or smaller players, or assignments in the college game than trying to defend Tucker even even a combination of bigger and smaller players. He succeeds when his perimeter shots aren't falling. Or just ask Iowa's Adam because he has the skills to recognize how a team is trying to stop Haluska, who fouled out in 27 minutes giving it the old college try him and how to beat it. Thursday night.

Tucker nodded to show his approval of the kudos from Alford and As Tucker tries to lead the young Badgers through a Big Ten season then promptly understated, "I'm starting to recognize a lot more chock full of matchups against talented teams and players, every things as of late." move he makes is magnified. He knows that coach Bo Ryan has tightened the leash in every aspect of the game because he is expect- He's been almost unstoppable over the past two games and hopes to ing so much from him. continue his hot streak Sunday when the Badgers face seventh- ranked Michigan State in a nationally televised Big Ten Conference And his status with his teammates has grown even further this week game at the Kohl Center. because he played at a high level against Iowa despite spending most of his free time at the UW Hospital tending to two young rela- Even though Alford sometimes used 6-7 Greg Brunner, 6-8 Doug tives, ages 3 and 4, who were burned in an apartment fire in Thomas and 7-foot Erek Hansen to help defend the masked Badger Rockford, Ill. on Thursday at the Kohl Center, Tucker still scored 27 points on 12- of-22 shooting during the Badgers' 66-52 victory. "It's been a lot harder because expectations are high. But when you're a guy like me, you look forward to challenges," Tucker said. That followed his 25-point outing during a 73-64 loss at Pitt last Saturday despite another tall, muscular defense that regularly dou- "I know what coach is trying to get out of me when he's talking to ble- and triple-teamed him every time he tried to catch the ball in me. I know when he's on my case that I shouldn't get down on the post. myself. He's challenging me to do something and I have to step up and do it, whether it's making a play or stepping up on the defen- That's especially impressive when considering that the native of sive end." Lockport, Ill., has to stand on his tippy-toes to reach his listed height of 6-foot-6. But it's not a stretch to say he should be included Last year, Tucker enjoyed roaming the perimeter more as Mike with the best players in an improved Big Ten. Wilkinson established a post presence for the Badgers. Now that Ryan has challenged him to be the team's main aggressor in the "It's a game of angles. It's not always about being strong and whatev- post, he admits it's an assignment he cherishes. er," said Tucker. "Coach always talks about getting to the line and drawing fouls on His ability to power through multiple defenders comes from bench- teams early," said Tucker, who averages 7.3 free throws per game, pressing three times a week; Tucker, who weighs 210 pounds, does which ranks behind the Ohio State triumvirate of Terence Dials top repetitions at 350 pounds. His "whatever" includes a lightning- (9.6), Je'Kel Foster (8.6) and Ron Lewis (7.5), as well as Indiana's quick first step and a 38-inch vertical leap. Marco Killingsworth (7.5), but compares favorably with Northwestern forward Vedran Vukusic (6.6), Michigan State guard Yet there's more to it than physical skills, Tucker said. Maurice Ager (6.0), Spartans center Paul Davis (5.8), and Iowa's Brunner (5.1). "You still have to recognize where you are on the court," he noted. "There are a lot of things you have to register at once and I think "That's one of the things I've really tried to stay focused on these last I've put it all together in a package." couple of games."

Wisconsin coaches describe that package as "having a great feel." His next challenge is start making more free throws. He made just 1- of-5 free throws against Iowa and is shooting 52.6 percent from the "He wants the contact, he looks for the contact and he knows how line for the season. to get angles to score," said UW assistant Howard Moore. "You see how he uses the backboard and takes advantage of that. He does a "My teammates saw where I was short-handed so they kept telling great job of knowing how to get his shot off even though he's me to follow through," said Tucker, who also gets plenty of tips from undersized and often double-teamed and has 'bigs' coming in trying spectators who scream them out in frustration of his misses during to squeeze on him. He scores like a 7-footer in there." games at the Kohl Center.

Moore said Tucker can attack the basket with the ferocity of former He knows the key is to not think about what he's doing. "I was Auburn and NBA standout Charles Barkley, who was one of the focusing on how to shoot it, when to release the ball and that really game's all-time great undersized post scorers. "He has that 'I will plays to a disadvantage for me," said Tucker, who plans to focus only score' mentality," added Moore. "And it doesn't matter what he has on his follow-through from the line Sunday. to go through to do it." "It has to be natural," he said. "I'm shooting regular jump shots and Scoring sometimes is the easy part of the job for Tucker, who has to making everything else; I just have to step to the line with the same work hard just to create a lane for his teammates to pass him the confidence and let it be natural and let it flow." what I need," he said. "They never say anything about finances. Tucker’s resolve a guiding All they say is, 'Enjoy your time.' They told me they're most force for Badgers happy when they see me happy and enjoying myself." Tucker is pretty happy these days despite a sore left leg that kept Junior has no plans of leaving Madison early for NBA him out of practice Tuesday but isn't expected to keep him out of tonight's game. The Capital Times

Not only is Tucker the toughest player to stop in the Big Ten, but February 23, 2006 he has also helped produce three straight wins for the Badgers. by Rob Schultz Getting the UW to play winning basketball on a consistent basis is something Tucker has been focussed on all season. It was hard to get a handle on what Alando Tucker enjoyed the most about his trip home to Lockport, Ill., last weekend. But finding a winning formula hasn't always been easy. In fact, Tucker says he and the rest of the team didn't truly find their He was thrilled to attend his little brother Aaron's ninth-grade winning ways until after the UW hit rock bottom during a 70-62 basketball game. But nothing beats sitting down at the table for loss at Purdue on Feb. 4, four games ago. one of his grandmother Dorothy's famous big dinners.

"I had to go back to things I do best and that is to listen to The rest of the time was wonderful, too, as Tucker relaxed in myself, listen to my instincts," said Tucker, who scored 22 points front of the TV and visited with other members of his close-knit against the Boilermakers but was criticized privately by his family, including his mom, a younger and older sister, an older coaches for not getting his teammates involved enough and for brother and an uncle. playing sub-par defense. "They're good at taking my mind off basketball," said the "I was putting too much pressure on myself so I sat down and Wisconsin men's basketball team's junior forward. "Going home, thought about why I was doing that," he added. "The main thing it always reminds me of how great a family I have." was finding a way to get my teammates' confidence back to the point where we needed it to be to be successful." Not that Tucker needs any reminders. He knows his high academic and basketball IQs, his incredible abilities on the basket- Tucker said he found the answer by following the example he ball court, his gregarious nature that makes him so popular with said UW coach Bo Ryan and his staff set while the team was los- his teammates, classmates, coaches and reporters who talk to ing three straight games. him all were developed through his close relationships with members of his family. "To see how they handled the situation so positively made it even more clear to me what I had to do and how I had to be and Add Tucker's resolve to the list, too. where my confidence had to be," he said. That explains how—and why—he can somehow split a triple- When the Badgers needed him to get inside and torch Indiana, team and get to the hoop for a score so often for the Badgers Tucker scored 29 points to lead a romp over the Hoosiers. When that the powerful 6-foot-6 forward leads the Big Ten in scoring at Tucker got in foul trouble and played just 22 minutes against 20.9 points per game (league games only) and is one of the lead- Penn State, he was the team's most vocal cheerleader. When his ing candidates for conference player of the year honors. team needed him to come up big on the court again, he scored 27 points and grabbed 16 points in arguably his best game ever Or why Tucker retooled his game to help lead the Badgers out of during the Badgers' thrilling win over Ohio State. their longest slump in four years and back into contention for the Big Ten regular-season title. After an eight-day break, the So, during the Badgers' three-game winning streak, Tucker aver- Badgers (18-7, 8-4 Big Ten) play at Northwestern (12-12, 4-8) aged 21.7 points, 10 rebounds, 50 fist-pumps and 75 attaboys tonight at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. per game. He also made 53.2 percent of his shots from the floor and 66.7 percent of his free throws. That latter mark is particu- And finally, it explains why Tucker will shut out any outside larly impressive considering he made just 27.3 percent of his free voices that might try to convince him into making himself eligi- throws through his first four Big Ten games. ble for next June's NBA draft. He made it clear his only focus is on playing for Wisconsin this year and next year, too. It showed the lengths Tucker will go to improve any part of his game that he feels is weak. Someday soon he expects to prove "People talk. But I'm enjoying myself here," Tucker said. that his jump shot is better than the percentage he has put up "Everything I'm going through I'm enjoying. I'm not looking for from 3-point range this season (24.6). anything but finishing this season off strong and coming back next year. That's all that's on my mind." Tucker knows the fact that he won't try to prove it in a pro league somewhere next season will thrill his fellow UW students Tucker thanks his family for that, too. and fans of the basketball program. "My family is not in the best financial situation, but one thing my mother has always told me is to make decisions based on "Most of the time they say, 'We're going to see you back here next year,' " said Tucker, who added that he hopes to graduate with a degree in communications, perhaps as soon as next December.

"They don't ask me, they pretty much give me offers I can't refuse," he continued. "They're telling me I'm coming back next year. I just laugh and try to be as positive as I can be with them. It's only natural that it comes up because people talk and throw things out there. But the kind of person I am I never let it bother me."

Tucker admitted he also learned from watching former teammate Devin Harris struggle with his decision to go pro after his junior season at Wisconsin.

"One thing I told Devin at the time was, 'Make sure you're ready. Make sure you're not forced into it,' " Tucker said. "I think it got to the point where he was forced. I wanted him to sit down and make the best decision for himself. I'm big on making my own decisions and being where I need to be. I don't like to be pres- sured. I want to be 100 percent comfortable with whatever decision that I make."

Nothing can beat Tucker's resolve. That explains why he chose to commit to play for the Badgers after one unofficial visit to the campus and no official visits anywhere. And why he made the decision to be a better teammate as the Badgers started their most critical stretch of the season.

"When I know something's right, nothing will change my mind," said Tucker. "Like right now, I know they need me more than ever to do the things I'm doing now to help us be successful. That's driving and finding open guys and making the big plays."

Tucker shrugged off the news that he is the Big Ten's reigning player of the week for helping the Badgers beat Ohio State. "I just want to worry about what it will take for us to be successful," he said. "Nothing else."

His family taught him that and it was reinforced during his time home last weekend when he spent almost no time thinking about basketball. "I made the most out of the time I was there," he said with a smile. Driven To Succeed In Game Even on the basketball court, where Tucker "When you're a kid you don't see the has developed into one of the Big Ten dangers," Tucker pointed out. "All you see is Of Life Conference's most exciting players. fancy cars and guys portrayed as a certain way. You see guys who earn it the right way Tucker Is Wise Beyond His Years Jeter laughed as he recalled all the times he and you see guys who earn it the wrong way has seen opponents big and small leave their but you don't know the difference. So you come up and want to do the same thing. They Wednesday, December 29, 2004 feet on shot fakes by Tucker, who is much stronger driving to the basket than taking a try to influence you to do certain things and By Rob Schultz, The Capital Times jump shot. the strong ones survive and make it out while the weaker ones don't." Alando Tucker recalled the frustration he felt "That amazes me," said Jeter. "If I'm last December in Tuscaloosa, Ala., when his guarding him, why would I even jump at his Tucker credits Antonio, his mother and injured foot kept him out of Wisconsin's jump shot? Just let him shoot it. But he's grandmother for creating a path for him to basketball game against the Crimson Tide. crafty enough to get them to believe he's follow to make sure he got out. really going to shoot it. He gets them in the Unfortunately, he tended to stray from it It was shortly before he found out the injury air and goes right around them." when he was younger. was going to end his season. And it was just before he found out that an acquaintance of Tucker, who is making 53.4 percent of his "He was a knucklehead during his earlier his had been murdered back home in Joliet, shots overall and 28.6 percent from 3-point years," said Antonio, who recalled all the Ill., in a gang-related shooting that turned out range in his first season playing the small times his family was phoned by the school to be a case of mistaken identity. forward position, succeeds because he principal to tell them Alando had run away understands his limitations and, like a from elementary school. "There were a lot of things I went through defender, knows best how to get around last season that made me stronger as a them. "So we'd all go around searching for him," person," the Badgers' 6-foot-5 forward said Antonio remembered. "The next thing we'd softly. "He knows he's not going to make a lot of come back to the house and I'd be the one to jump shots, but he's going to get you into the find him. I'd say, What's that moving in the Remarkably, almost nobody knew anything paint, he's going to get you to leave your feet bushes over there?' " was bothering Tucker, who quietly grieved and he's going to finish. He's going to find a behind closed doors. Outwardly expressing way to beat you," Jeter explained. * any anger or frustration never entered his mind. * Several factors led Alando back onto the right path. First, his mother, Lisa Tucker, "I don't ever want to have people see me like Tucker, with a double-double in each of his moved the family out of Joliet to nearby that," said Tucker, who channeled all his past two games to boost his scoring and Lockport. negative emotions last season into a positive rebounding averages to 15.6 and 6.5, role as the team's most vocal locker-room respectively, is especially dangerous playing "It was a little nicer area and the schools were leader. against bigger opponents in the paint. better academically," Alando said. "My mother knew if I was going to get out of No wonder teammate Ray Nixon calls Tucker That comes from learning the game from his there, I needed to be in a better school." "an old 20-year-old." Or why Wisconsin oldest brother, Antonio, who is four years associate head coach Rob Jeter thinks the older and didn't hesitate to use his height and It was a difficult task to move, too, because Badgers' leading scorer is wise beyond his weight advantage to beat Alando to a pulp on Lisa was a single mom raising five kids while years. the basketball court when they were working at a job that didn't pay well. Besides youngsters. Antonio, who is now 25, Alando also has an When Tucker walks out onto the Kohl Center older sister, Alisha, 23, who is mentally floor tonight with the Badgers to play No. 18 "I'd tell him that when I'd get older, I was challenged; a younger brother, Aaron, 13; Alabama in their nationally televised going to take it at him," said Alando, who and younger sister, Alivia, 12. nonconference finale, he'll be cheered as the also helped his jumping ability by wearing ultra-competitive, super-strong and athletic his brother's strength shoes like they were a His mother's demeanor as she raised her kids redshirt sophomore forward; the human pair of comfy adidas. "And once I got older taught Alando how to keep a positive attitude Super Ball with a jump shot so flat that it and started growing, we had big battles in through the most difficult of circumstances. makes pancakes look round. football, baseball and basketball." "She always showed me different ways to handle things other than to get mad," said But look below the surface and you'll find a As they got older, the brothers who were best Alando. well-grounded, disciplined and driven young friends also had long conversations about man who is a sponge for knowledge. Also in how they wanted a better life. His grandmother, who is always at the house possession of an extraordinary heart, Tucker and plays the role of disciplinarian, made has gotten to this point of his life by staying Until Alando was 14, they lived on the east sure Alando showed respect for his elders positive and using what he knows to always while, at the same time, showed him how to find a way, any way, to get things done. side of Joliet in a neighborhood ruled by gangs and violence. At a young age, Tucker speak his mind when it mattered most. said he witnessed murders and robberies and saw how gangs can be a magnet. "My mother is more on the shy side," Alando "We tried to teach him about team and how they made to each other back in the days said. "My grandmother, you know when she's important it was to have teammates and when they were still living in Joliet. around because she has a loud talk." appreciate them," said Lockport coach Larry Thompson, who watched with great "We both promised each other we'd never * anticipation as Alando moved to Madison start drinking or doing drugs," said Antonio. and began absorbing knowledge from the "I kind of broke that promise a little bit. UW and its coaches. Alando's game started really improving about When I was in the Army I tried drinking. But the same time that the family moved to to this day, I don't think Alando has tried Lockport. He was dunking by seventh grade * liquor, smoked reefer or tried cigarettes. It's and dominating competition by the time he just his wisdom of having to become the man was in eighth grade. Alando couldn't have been happier as a of the house at a young age, of trying to be a freshman at Wisconsin. Continuing to be an positive influence for his younger brother and sister." That also was about the time Alando saw eager student of the game, he immediately some of his friends he played ball with every bonded with coach Bo Ryan. His competitive day drop out of school or head into the drug edge was tested daily in matchups with the As well as Alando has played at times on the game. "I had to grow up," said Alando, who equally competitive Jeter. He got stronger in basketball court this season, Antonio said decided to quit ditching school. "I couldn't the weight room and stretched his vertical what he may remember most about Alando live like that because it wasn't going to get leap to an incredible 38 inches. from this year is how he helped his family me anywhere." last week after returning home to Lockport He also began to be mentored by all- for a short Christmas break. As motivation, Alando recalled all the times conference guard Kirk Penney, who had a his brother and him talked about how they legendary work ethic and study habits. It "I gave him my credit card and we went half- wanted to be different from the rest of the surprised nobody who knew Alando that he and-half and bought my younger brother and kids in Joliet and Lockport. made the Big Ten all-freshman team after sister Christmas gifts," said Antonio, who is a averaging 12 points and 5.9 rebounds. postal worker in the Joliet area. "My mom and grandmother don't have a lot of money. "Everybody was negative where we came And he's always trying to help out our mom. from so we wanted to be positive," he said. "He learned to gain respect by work," said Thompson. "He thought Kirk Penney helped She's going through a tough situation right "So I went to high school and changed my now. She doesn't make a lot of money and is whole demeanor. I went to class every day." him out a lot with making him ready to be a leader, how to not just think about himself. trying to raise two other kids." You could tell the upperclassmen appreciated Not only did he stop skipping school, how hard he wanted to work to be better." Alando wouldn't have it any other way. He Alando, who has always been smart, started thought back to the frustration he felt last to apply himself in the classroom with the * year after he suffered that season-ending same zeal as when he is on a breakaway for a injury and then put it in perspective with the slam dunk. He got As and Bs throughout high rest of his life. school. He continues to work hard this season as he tries to improve his jump shot while still "That's why I'm cherishing a lot of things that That thrilled Antonio, who graduated from frustrating opponents with his head fakes and quick first step. He has gained the respect of I have and cherish this opportunity I have high school and left home to enlist in the here," he said. Army as Alando started high school. his teammates as well as all the Wisconsin fans as the Badgers' new emotional leader in the post-Devin Harris era. "I think Alando matured basically overnight because he understood he had to be the man of the house, so to speak," said Antonio. "I keep telling him that he's more well known than anybody else on this team and maybe the state," said senior forward Mike Alando didn't just limit his studying to the Wilkinson. "It's just the way he talks, the way classroom. He also became a great student of he presents himself as a friendly type of the game of basketball. person, someone who is easily likeable."

He made the Lockport varsity team as a shy Or someone who is a wise old man. Alando freshman and listened to and watched his laughed when he mentioned how Nixon, his older teammates play. It was similar to when, teammate and good friend, gave him that "old as the little brother, he listened and watched 20-year-old" label. Antonio and his friends play. The biggest difference was he had a coach to listen to, too. "It comes from seeing a lot but staying positive and being raised right by my mother, grandmother and brother," he said. By the time he was a senior, Alando took "Everybody that was around me always what he learned to become an outgoing first- seemed to be positive." team All-State selection after averaging 22.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists. Nobody is prouder of Alando than Antonio, who said his little brother has kept a promise The reason behind the change was to move Taylor's right (shoot- Taylor’s ready for another ing) hand a few inches to his right in order to give him a win- dow to see through when he shot. Previously, he would briefly ‘home’ game lose sight of the basket when brought the ball over his head. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel He spent most of the summer trying to get comfortable with the new stroke but it wasn't until the season began that he was con- Jan. 10, 2006 fident in it. By MARK STEWART

The change has helped Taylor become one the Big Ten's best Madison - You get the feeling that it will be different this time shooters. He entered the season having made 37.9% of his shots, around. including 32.9% from three-point range, during his first two seasons. This season he is shooting 44.5% overall and 47.1% from Kammron Taylor didn't know better a year ago. He didn't know three-point range and averaging 15.1 points per game . how to deal with all the ticket requests. He wasn't prepared for the rush of playing a college game just a few minutes' drive from Four times he has erupted for 20 points or more, the latest a 27- the house where he grew up. Among all the hoopla of going point masterpiece Sunday against Michigan State. back to Minneapolis to play, Taylor forgot the most important thing. "I think (with) Taylor in open court, they're pushing it a little bit more and I think he's really improved his three-point shooting "It's just a game," the University of Wisconsin's point guard said. and just his awareness of the game," Michigan State coach Tom "My family is going to love me no matter what. I'm not out Izzo said. "I'd say he is one of the more improved players I've there trying to impress them. I'm out there trying to lead the seen in this league." team to victory."

The challenge is to keep it up. The Big Ten season is just two Thus when Taylor and the Badgers (12-2, 2-0 Big Ten) take the games old and the Badgers haven't played out of their own gym floor at 6 tonight against Minnesota (9-3, 0-1) at Williams Arena, yet. expect to see a more focused and composed player than the one who missed 11 of 13 shots and turned the ball over four times in But considering what Taylor has accomplished so far, who is a 60-50 loss there last season. going to doubt him? If there is one thing people are learning about Taylor this season, "I would lie if I said I'm not proud," Kerek Taylor said. "But I'm it's that he is a cool customer. The 6-foot-2 junior has become proud of him, period. Not just because he is playing. If he was Mr. Clutch for the Badgers, hitting a last-second three-pointer to just in school and nobody knew his name, I'd still be proud." beat North Carolina Wilmington on Dec. 12 and draining a three to force a second overtime against Eastern Kentucky in the second game of the Paradise Jam Tournament in November.

More than a big shot-maker, Taylor has developed into a consistent playmaker whom UW coach Bo Ryan trusts so much that he plays Taylor more than anyone on the team.

Tonight, Taylor gets a chance to show his hometown why.

The Williams Arena crowd will include at least 15 of Taylor's family and friends. Among them will be his older brother, Kerek.

"He is probably the main reason I've been doing well," Taylor said, "because he knows I can do it. He just stays on me and makes sure I keep a level head."

Though Kerek, 25, is four years older, he and Kammron learned the game together on a hoop in their yard. Kerek preceded Kammron as a standout at Minneapolis North, where he played two seasons with Khalid El-Amin before playing at Gardner- Webb University in North Carolina.

It was Kerek who kept Kammron's head on straight as a freshman, when he was deep on the bench. It was also Kerek who helped Kammron put together a summer workout that Kammron used to hone his shot after UW assistant coach Gary Close overhauled it. "I've seen a big change in him," approving junior forward Alando A growth spurt for Taylor Tucker said, "and they've been all for the better."

The Capital Times Just don't think Taylor is satisfied. "I have a long ways to go yet," he said as the Badgers (6-1) prepared to take on in-state rival December 9, 2005 Marquette Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center, "but I'm hav- by Rob Schultz ing the most fun since I've been here."

Ask anyone when Kammron Taylor had his coming-out party as Taylor got the itch to make some changes after finishing last sea- a point guard for the University of Wisconsin men's basketball son on a strong note with an 18-point performance against team and most will point to when he helped the Badgers steal a North Carolina in the NCAA tournament regional finals in win from Eastern Kentucky three weeks ago in St. Thomas. Syracuse, N.Y.

It was a glorious party, too. The Badgers were trailing 78-75 with First, Wisconsin assistant coach Gary Close helped Taylor refine seconds left in the first overtime of a Paradise Jam tournament his jump shot so he no longer slides the ball over to the center game when Taylor rose high off the court and released a 28-foot of his face when he releases it. 3-pointer from the right wing that hit nothing but net as the buzzer sounded. Now, Taylor takes the ball straight up with his right arm and releases it to the right of his face. He also has created more rota- After the Badgers went on to win the game 95-89 in two over- tion and is releasing his shot at the peak of his jump instead of times, teammate Ray Nixon picked up the 6-foot-2, 175-pound on the way down. Taylor and twirled him around while shouting with glee. The rest of the Badgers waited their turn to hug the junior from Taylor never missed a day of solo work during the summer and Minneapolis or pat him on the back. sometimes showed up at the Kohl Center late at night and worked into the early morning hours. After running through a "It was one of the best feelings I've had since I've been at routine of making a series of jumpers from every elbow, line and Wisconsin," a beaming Taylor said. corner, Taylor finished every session by working on that mid- range, pull-up jump shot that he has made his signature shot. But Taylor won't point to it as his point-guard epiphany. Instead, he believes that occurred through laborious work and some seri- His shot was money by the time the season started and missing ous soul-searching during the months preceding that game. never entered his mind before he dropped the big one on Eastern Kentucky and another one on Wake Forest two weeks For instance, it's doubtful Taylor would have made that jump later before yet another caromed off the rim at the buzzer shot as well as added some serious panache to his game if he against the Demon Deacons. hadn't overhauled his shot and game during a summer's worth of solo practice sessions. "The only time I miss," a confident Taylor said, "is when I sometimes shoot it the old way." It's also doubtful that his teammates would have mobbed him the way they did if he hadn't gone out of his way to get to know When school started in September, Taylor knew he needed to do all them better after school started last fall. more if he hoped to be a successful point guard. So he had a heart-to-heart meeting with Ryan, an old point guard who gave And there is no way he could have been in the game to make him some sage advice. that shot if he hadn't finally learned how to forget the mistakes he sometimes makes so he can just concentrate on running the Ryan told Taylor that it was just as important to develop trust show for the Badgers. with his players as it was to develop trust with his coach. He said he told Taylor not to be "such a recluse. You don't have to run Against Eastern Kentucky, Taylor had committed two big for governor," Ryan added, "but your teammates have to know turnovers that let the Colonels back in the game late in the sec- you." ond half. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan even benched him briefly. But Taylor didn't sulk. He returned to the court more determined Taylor admittedly brooded a bit during his first two seasons at to help the Badgers win the game. Wisconsin. As a freshman he never played as he watched Devin Harris have perhaps the finest season a point guard has ever had "Baby steps," Taylor said of the progress he is making as the at Wisconsin. Last season, he had to deal with losing his starting Badgers' lightning-quick point guard that includes averaging 16.1 job early in the season to Sharif Chambliss and having to regain points a game while shooting 49.3 percent overall and 60 per- the confidence of his teammates. cent from 3-point range. Thus, few of the Badgers knew much about Taylor before he sur- Taylor's vocal leadership of the young Badgers also has helped prised them by showing up at their houses and going out to din- their offense through a series of presses and zones, not to men- ners and movies with them this fall. tion a few frisky man-to-man defenses set up to frustrate the most seasoned ball handlers. Asked what he has learned about Taylor, sophomore forward Brian Butch said, "That there's some humor in the guy. He also cares about the other guys and how we all can come together as a team and he cares about this basketball team."

Butch said knowing more about Taylor off the court has helped the Badgers relate to him more on the court. "You're able to find each other a lot better," Butch added. "You can play off of him and know kind of what he's thinking when he's about to go do something."

All the Badgers used to know what he was thinking when he'd make a careless turnover. "Last year, he used to be on himself for three days," Tucker said. "He'd have bad practices after he had a bad game. I think he realizes he can't do that anymore."

That may be Taylor's greatest accomplishment so far this season. He is seeing the court better, he's making better decisions and, after he makes a careless turnover, he doesn't cringe and wait for Ryan to replace him.

Taylor said he knew he had to change after he listened to an analyst on an NFL pregame show talk about how quarterbacks need to have amnesia when they play.

"I'm like the quarterback of the basketball team. So if I make a bad play I have to forget about it," Taylor said. "I can't think about, 'Man, is coach going to take me out?' "

Ryan has given Taylor more leeway as he continues to work with him on making good decisions more consistently. He also wants Taylor to improve his defense. Ryan added he likes the shots Taylor is taking because they almost all are within the offense. And he likes how the offense works - the Badgers are averaging 84.6 points a game - with him running it.

"He's confident without being brash," Ryan said. "You need to have a little bit of that swagger as a point guard so you feel you can get things done. If you have doubts, that makes it tough to execute."

Most of those doubts were erased with that golden shot against Eastern Kentucky.

"When the guys see me make mistakes but they see me turn it around in the same game, I think that tells them that this guy is a fighter, he won't quit no matter what happens," Taylor said. "And that gives me more confidence knowing I have these guys behind me and they're ready to follow me."

The thought sent a fun shudder through Taylor, who smiled and added, "I'm so close to this team it's crazy. I feel like every one of these dudes are like my real brothers, I'm that close to these guys. I just think the sky is the limit with this team." "He was kind of like a shot in the arm to me. It did help me get Getting back in the game through the tough times. I guess I'm thankful for the person he is. He was able to give me a lot of emotional support, and with For Butches, life begins anew after a tough year other people supporting me, it helped me get through it.

Appleton Post-Crescent "I did not have to worry about him and was able to just concentrate on doing what I had to do and achieve my ultimate goal." January 20, 2006 by Mike Woods As Brian was adjusting to a body to which he had added some 40 pounds, the mono came, costing him six full games, and he One word came to define his life. Improvement. managed only 35 minutes in the Badgers' final eight contests.

There was plenty of room for it, everybody knew that, especially Mixed in was Gottlieb's stinging commentary. the guy who was under the microscope. Brian Butch was always looking for it, praying for it. Every day. "Well, like any parent, you sit back and think about it," said Nancy, who heard Gottlieb's remarks while watching television What University of Wisconsin basketball fans wanted and what at home. "Was what he said the truth? I guess we all know last Butch wanted were the same, yet vastly different. The improve- year was not one of his better years. ment Butch was really interested in had nothing to do with basketball. "I just remember feeling really bad. They all have a job to do, but I didn't feel that was a deserved statement." "You want everyone to be healthy, and when something bad happens, it's going to be on your mind," he said. "If it's not on With the help of her family, including daughter Laura, Nancy your mind, something is wrong with you." Butch steadily improved and by May 2005 was pronounced cured. He was pulled out of an off-season workout in May 2004. Awaiting him were his parents, Peter and Nancy. His mom had "You have the choice of either becoming stronger or let it con- been diagnosed with breast cancer. sume you," she said. "That was never an option for me. The minute I was diagnosed I said, 'Nope, I'm beating this thing.' "He did not say a whole lot," Nancy said. "He was devastated." "I can talk smart now because I did. But attitude is 90 percent of So began the most difficult year in the lives of the Butch family. it."

With Nancy back in Appleton going through chemotherapy and That, and the fact her cancer was discovered during a regularly radiation, Brian was in Madison, a redshirt freshman and scheduled checkup. McDonald's all-American not living up to others' expectations, battling mononucleosis and getting ripped nationally by ESPN's "Early detection, I'm sure, is why I had a happy ending," she Doug Gottlieb, who called him the Big Ten's "most overrated said. "If I hadn't gone in for my regular checkup, it never would player." have been detected."

While the basketball issues weighed on his mind, they paled in Right along with his mom, things have improved for Brian comparison to his mother's situation. Butch as well. He's the Badgers' third-leading scorer at 11.1 points a game and leads the team in rebounding at 6.2 boards "At this time a year ago, I did not know if she was going to be per game. around," Brian said. "That's how bad it was." He scored 11 points and had four rebounds in a 77-67 loss to Brian and Nancy were always close. During his days of traveling Ohio State on Wednesday but was limited to 19 minutes after the country playing AAU ball, Nancy was most often alongside. turning his ankle. His status for Saturday's game against North During his high school days at Appleton West, the first thing Dakota State is unknown. Brian did was locate his parents in the crowd. Needless to say, he's hoping the ankle injury won't constitute Even after he left for Madison, Nancy and Brian would call each another setback and he can concentrate solely on his develop- other nearly every day, even if just to say hi. ment.

But last year, their conversations took a different turn. As hard as "The big thing for me is just keep on trying to improve," he said. it was, each saddled with their own problems, they'd always "It's always about getting stronger and quicker. I've put a lot of encourage each other. Finding a way to stay positive. Putting work into my body and, overall, I'm pretty happy." their own troubles aside, all to help each other out. Never more so than when he steps onto the Kohl Center floor, "I'm sure his thoughts and his heart was back here," Nancy said, glances to his right and sees his mom and dad together in the "but I guess I always encouraged him to try and stay focused on stands. what you need to do, and you'll be all right. "It's definitely awesome to see both parents there," Brian said. "To "And he was an encouragement to me. There were times, with see my mom cheering and supporting me, in everything I do, treatments and things, I would get down. But he was always very you can't ask much more as a son. positive with me, just really willing to listen. "I'm just so glad everyone is doing well back home. Now I can go out and play basketball and not worry." college-ready bodies as freshmen. Butch weighed about 185 Growing into the job pounds when he came to Madison from Appleton.

Butch wins praise for improvement Another difference is that Wilkinson, Davis and Dials have also proved themselves over the course of an entire Big Ten season, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel something Butch is trying to do this season. Butch's averages dip to 9.5 points and six rebounds in Big Ten play. Jan. 18, 2006 by MARK STEWART "He's making strides in a lot of different areas: passing the ball and rebounding," UW assistant coach Howard Moore said. "The Madison - Bo Ryan kept his cool but it was obvious that the biggest (improvement) I've seen with him is just the ability to reporter's question missed the mark: rebound the basketball using his size and even using his body to get into position and go get the ball." "Where is Brian Butch in (terms of) what you want to get out of him at this point? It seems to me he's kind of a finesse big man." Butch's class of McDonald's and Parade All-Americans included National Basketball Association star LeBron James and 2006 NBA You could almost see the wheels turning in the University of rookie of the year candidate Chris Paul. Many others are in the Wisconsin basketball coach's mind. Finesse? For a guy who does- pros now, too, but a good number are still in college and Butch's n't like labels, be it finesse player or McDonald's All-American, numbers are on par with or better than most of them. it's not a corner into which he'd paint Butch. He'll cross paths with one of those players at 7:30 tonight when "When Brad Sellers was here, it was a shame because the media, 15th-ranked Wisconsin (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten) plays at No. 19 Ohio fans, people like that wanted to talk about a tall, slender, big guy State (12-2, 2-2). Junior forward Ivan Harris has slid down the that didn't want to bang, didn't want to do this, didn't want to Buckeyes' rotation after starting every game last season. do that, kept looking for negatives," Ryan said, referring to the former Badgers standout from the early 1980s. Meanwhile, Butch's stock has been on a steady, albeit slow rise.

"And I always felt as a head coach that it would be nice to have a His strengths so far have been the ability to stretch defenses with taller-than-average guy who can shoot the ball - maybe (he) his three-point shooting and hitting short jumpers along the needs some more strength and they'll develop - and just work baseline. But he has been effective with a jump hook in the with him and not worry about the criticism or worry about why paint. His passing is better, as evidenced by his 30 assists, or six doesn't a 6-11, 7-foot guy do this, do that." times as many as he had last season.

Welcome to Brian Butch's world. And his defense has come along, although that should improve more as his footwork gets better. His play on that end at times The development of Wisconsin's 6-11 center, a former has been good enough that he has been a factor without scoring. McDonald's and Parade magazine All-American, has been a topic In the first 4 minutes against Michigan State, for instance, he of discussion since he stepped on campus two years ago. This forced a jump ball, broke up a fast break and blocked a shot. season, however, the conversation has centered on his production rather than his potential. The key has been staying on the court. Unlike last season, when he battled mononucleosis for the final six weeks of the season, Midway through his sophomore season, Butch ranks third on Butch has missed just one practice this season. the team in scoring at 11.1 points per game and is its leading rebounder at 6.5 boards per contest. He is also third on the team "To be healthy and be able to practice every day and take care of in assists (1.9 per game) and is making 52.6% of his shots. all that stuff to get ready helps out your game on game day so much," he said. "Instead of trying to struggle to get back into the "Right now, the big thing is to go out there and keep improving," flow of things, it's nice to be in the flow." Butch said. "Overall, I've felt I've done that. You can always improve. I want to improve."

Butch could be working toward something special.

Former Badgers standout Mike Wilkinson averaged 10.3 points and 6.8 rebounds as a sophomore. Ohio State center Terence Dials averaged 10.4 points and 7.9 boards as a redshirt sophomore. Michigan State's Paul Davis averaged 15.8 points and 6.2 rebounds his second season.

Wilkinson and Davis went on to become first-team all-Big Ten players, with Davis receiving the honor as a sophomore. Dials was a second-team all-conference pick last season. Butch is taller than both Dials and Wilkinson but unlike Butch, all three had game of one-on-one for the final spot and Nixon won by a UW’s Nixon seeks positive point, sinking a fadeaway jumper to clinch the spot. closure "It had a lot of impact," he said of that victory. "Say I didn't hit Senior wants to have bigger impact that shot. I probably would have never continued to play basketball besides AAU or things like that." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Once he reached Wisconsin, he had to deal with suggestions Feb. 11, 2006 from those close to him that he should transfer. by MARK STEWART "I'd tell them that my time will come and I've got to keep work- Madison - This is Ray Nixon's last chance. ing hard," Nixon said. "They were ready for a change but I said I was going to stick with the program and see what happens." Time is running out for the University of Wisconsin senior no matter how much he tries to push that inevitability to the back He stayed because of his loyalty to UW coach Bo Ryan, who of his mind. If he thought four years went by in a snap, then Nixon says went out on a limb to get him into school. There is the last six games of his final Big Ten season will pass with the also a sense of gratitude toward former assistant Rob Jeter and speed of light. teammates like Freddie Owens, who promised Nixon that good things would come if he continued to work. "You hear about it a lot, that you're a senior and it's time for you to step up, but when you get into a situation where guys Owens was right. It just took longer than expected. are missing or injured and you've been losing the last couple of games, it starts to click that I really have to step up," the 6-foot- After averaging about 10 minutes per game his first three sea- 8 swing man said. sons, Nixon is playing 22.4 per game this year and averaging 6.1 points. Nixon is doing his best to make that happen and many in the UW program are rooting for the Whitefish Bay Dominican His biggest game to date was an eye-catching performance graduate. Highly touted coming out of high school, he spent against Marquette in which he mixed in some drives to the bas- his first three seasons getting limited playing time before earn- ket with his usual three-pointers and scored a collegiate-high 15 ing a starting role this season. points in a 77-63 victory on Dec. 10.

Now the Badgers need him to take his game to another level. He was pretty good Wednesday, too. His 13-point, three-assist, three-rebound effort in a victory over Indiana was one of his If Wisconsin learned anything during the past three weeks best all-around games of the season. when it went through a stretch of five losses in six games, it is that Alando Tucker and Kammron Taylor can't carry the scoring "He moved the ball pretty well," Ryan said. "He's getting better load alone. They need help, and the logical choice to provide it at the shot fakes and ball fakes. We're going to need him is Nixon, whose outside shooting is the perfect complement to against Penn State if they play that zone they've been pretty Tucker's play in the paint and Taylor's ability to get to the bas- effective with lately." ket. If Nittany Lions coach Ed DeChellis holds to his word, they Nixon has already stepped up his production slightly. In the will. Nixon had 14 points and made four of 10 three-pointers seven games since Marcus Landry and Greg Stiemsma became in the Badgers' 72-43 victory over Penn State on Jan. 25. ineligible, Nixon has averaged 7.6 points per game after averaging 5.5 points in the first 16 contests. Regardless of the results, It is the kind of the game Wisconsin will need from Nixon for Nixon promises to continue to hunt his shot. the rest of the season.

"Be aggressive," he said. "You're going to have games where "Coach always talk to us about moving your game to the next shots don't fall." level, not the NBA but the next level of what you're capable of, and Ray is starting to do that," Taylor said. "And that is defi- He'll put that philosophy into practice at 3 this afternoon in nitely a plus for us." State College, Pa., where Wisconsin (16-7, 6-4 Big Ten) plays Penn State (11-10, 3-7) in a game the Badgers need to win in order to keep pace in a tightly packed league race that finds them one game behind first-place Iowa.

This isn't the first time Nixon has been at a crossroads.

As a high school freshman at Milwaukee Vincent, he had to beat out Carl Landry, who has since gone on to star at Purdue, to make the freshman team. The two played a winner-take-all decision for himself. He knew he wanted to be here but outside Nixon’s career defined by influences kept pulling on him." loyalty, laughs Nixon said his loyalty to Ryan was the biggest factor in his deci- The Capital Times sion to stay. "I had a loyalty to coach Ryan because he fought so hard to get me into school because I wasn't exactly an A-student February 25, 2006 coming out of high school," said Nixon. "He fought hard with By Rob Schultz appeals and things like that to get me in here. So I felt I owed it to him to stay." The hardest Alando Tucker ever laughed in his life was when he watched Ray Nixon dress up in a pink, too-small woman's shirt So he stayed, studied and proved that kids raised in Milwaukee and too-small women's jeans and take a one-hour stroll up and can succeed at Wisconsin. "Just because you're a city kid doesn't down State Street a couple of years ago. mean you can't handle the diversity at a top college like this," Nixon said. "That's the school you go to - it doesn't represent "He was like Dennis Rodman," said Tucker. "He's 6-foot-7 and you. You're your own man or you're your own woman." people were looking at him. It was hilarious." Nixon's story has been a ray of light during a semester in which He almost laughed as hard as when he teamed up with Nixon three Badgers - DeAaron Williams, Greg Stiemsma and Marcus and Freddie Owens one late night and tossed a naked Kammron Landry - were declared academically ineligible. Williams has Taylor, then a freshman, into the hallway of a hotel during a since left the school. road trip for the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team, then closed the door behind him. Seconds later, they opened the Nixon said he talked to freshmen Mickey Perry, Joe Krabbenhoft door, but only to throw Taylor a towel. and Landry and told them, "There's going to be times when you want to say, 'I can put this off to the side so I can go out and Stories about Nixon's crazy antics during four years with the have a good time.' But when it comes down to crunch time, you Badgers are told repeatedly by his teammates. The stories about have to buckle down and do your best. Partying comes later. Nixon's serious side are just as good. Academics comes first."

The 6-foot-7 guard will play his final regular-season game at the If Nixon made a mistake during his four years at Wisconsin, it Kohl Center Sunday afternoon when the Badgers (18-8, 8-5 Big was that he decided against redshirting when he was a wiry, 17- Ten Conference) take on a Minnesota (14-10, 5-8) team that has year-old freshman. improved since their first meeting. The game is important for both teams because the Badgers need to win their final three Big "I sat down and talked to Devin Harris and asked him, 'What I Ten Conference games to have any hope of gaining a share the should do?' and he told me I should redshirt," Nixon recalled. conference title while the Gophers need to win out to get an "But I was 17 and I thought I could play. So I sat down and NCAA tournament berth. talked to coach (Rob) Jeter and he told me to ride it out and that the team might need him that season. So I said, 'What the hay,' Nixon's career statistics are nothing spectacular: He has averaged and played my freshman year." 4.1 points per game over a career in which he played little during his first two seasons, moved into the rotation last season and As it turned out, Nixon was the only player in Ryan's first started every game so far this season. recruiting class to make it through four years without either injury or off-the-court problems. What those numbers don't explain is how Nixon, who was the first high school player to commit to Wisconsin after Bo Ryan Forwards Tucker and Jason Chappell each had to take a medical became its coach, persevered while hearing friends and acquain- redshirt because of foot injuries. Guard Marcetteaus McGee was tances screaming in his ear to transfer to another school that charged with second-degree sexual assault in Madison during the would guarantee him more playing time. summer before his freshman year and left school. Another guard, Boo Wade, was charged with misdemeanor battery during his Or how Nixon, who was considered a high risk academically sophomore year and then had personal problems that forced coming of Whitefish Bay Dominican, became an excellent stu- him to quit midway through his junior year. dent at Wisconsin and plans to graduate next December with a degree in communication. Tucker said while Nixon provided him with plenty of laughs, he has also been his rock for four years. "He's a great listener," said "I think it helped me mature as a man to ride all that out and see Tucker, "and a great friend who will be missed around here." the positive things that I can do," said Nixon.

Tucker said Nixon, who has been his roommate and best friend for four years, was under incredible duress to transfer during each of his first two years at Wisconsin.

"That took a toll on him big-time with his confidence," said Tucker. "I don't think he was totally comfortable until he made a guard when the two are on the court together or defending a Flowers’ game starting to much bigger man, as he did Wednesday night at Ohio State blossom against 6-7, 220-pound Matt Sylvester..

Badgers’ sixth man a scrappy player His offense has improved, too.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Flowers has scored in double figures just twice this season but before a mini-slump in the last two games, he shot 50% or bet- Jan. 21, 2006 ter in eight of nine contests. Also, his 1.7-to-1 assist-turnover by MARK STEWART ratio is second on the team to senior Ray Nixon's 2.9-to-1.

Madison - Players come to the University of Wisconsin hoping "The things that Michael can do for us are provide a ton of to follow Michael Finley's or Devin Harris' footsteps to the energy off the bench, (be) a terrific defender, play with a lot of National Basketball Association. They want to play above the tenacity," assistant coach Greg Gard said. "(He) just brings a lot rim like Alando Tucker does. They want to fight under it like of hustle and grit." Mike Wilkinson did. To understand why Flowers plays the game that way, just look They don't dream of diving on the floor or taking charges a la at his background. Clayton Hanson. As the youngest of five boys born within seven years, Flowers Or so we thought. spent a lot of his childhood trying to keep up, whether the game was basketball, baseball or tackle football, inside or out- A year ago, Michael Flowers entered the UW program and soon side. felt a kinship with Hanson, a senior who got the most out of his ability, or as UW coach Bo Ryan put it, rarely got "cheated" Add his experience in prep football - he was a standout quarter- in life. Flowers' goal was to follow in the footsteps of a player back - and his physical style of play is easily explained. he called "an ideal player" of Ryan's. "In the household it was very physical. You couldn't show any "That tells you a lot about Michael," Ryan said. "He admires the emotion toward pain," Flowers said. "To show pain is to show right things in players. Be a good defender. Make good deci- weakness. They kill the wounded in my family." sions. Knock down the shots when they're there. Dive on the floor. Do whatever it takes." Ryan picked up on Flowers' toughness early and received a commitment from him in June after his sophomore year of That's Flowers in a nutshell. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound sopho- high school. Later that summer, Ryan sat in the stands at a club more hangs his hat on his defense and, like Hanson last season, tournament in Las Vegas during one of Flowers' games. His hus- has emerged as the team's top perimeter defender while show- tle began catching the eye of a few coaches seated nearby. ing signs of developing into an all-around good player. As they searched through their rosters trying to figure who this Entering Wisconsin's non-conference game against North kid was, "I just kind of leaned up and went, 'He is already com- Dakota State (10-9) at 11:15 this morning at the Kohl Center, ing,'" Ryan recalled with a laugh. "It wasn't about the shots the Madison La Follette graduate is averaging six points, 3.3 made. It was how hard he was playing." rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. His 23 steals lead the team and if there was a category for charges taken, he'd been near It's reminiscent of how Hanson worked his way into the the top of the list, too. Badgers' lineup. These days, Hanson is completing work toward his degree and regularly practices with the team, sometimes But as far as becoming the next Clayton Hanson, Flowers says going head-to-head with Flowers. he a ways to go. So what does Hanson think of his protégé? "I'm still trying to get on that level," he said. "I think he's got a little more tools, which is a good thing," he Hanson was a classic example of a guy who worked his way up said. "I think he's got such a bright future because not only the ranks. He gave up a scholarship at UW-Milwaukee to follow does have he the tools, but he's also got the other aspects. I Ryan to Madison and as a junior became a member of the rota- think he's played really well in this type of system." tion. He started every game as a senior.

He was just the kind of player all successful teams have to have. So is Flowers.

Not everyone can get 16 shots a game like Tucker or play almost 34 minutes per contest like Kammron Taylor. Flowers, the team's sixth man, has plugged holes, whether it's playing point guard when Taylor isn't on the floor, playing shooting receive from the coaches and so I’m just trying to get the confi- Flowers ‘blossoming’ in dence up and have them trust me to be one of the five starters.” second year as key reserve With more playing time have come higher expectations. Like the The Badger Herald up-and-down game of basketball, the grind and pressure on Flowers can sometimes be too much to bear, so like many before January 31, 2006 him, Coach Ryan has helped him iron out the rough spots. by Kevin Hagstrom “Bo Ryan has taught me to never have a bad day,” Flowers said. In a winter with what has felt like spring weather, sophomore “As simple as that sounds, but it’s really hard to never have a guard Michael Flowers is blossoming into one of the top options bad day, I mean you face a lot of adversity out there on and off coming off the bench for head coach Bo Ryan’s squad. the court, you just have to handle it, and just the way you handle yourself and carry yourself about is really important. Plus, “Right now he might be in the top-10 defensive players in the basketball is a big part of my life — I’m never going to get away league,” Ryan said. “And offensively, his decision-making, his from that.” shot selection, and he’s feeling more confident now with his shot, that’s definitely improved too.” When he’s not on the court, Flowers likes to, always with a basketball in hand, spend time with his family, listen to music, The goal-oriented Flowers says that while he may be a good hang out and watch movies all at the same time. His favorite defender now, he can always improve until he’s the best. genre of movies is comedy.

“That is definitely a personal goal of mine,” Flowers said. “And “If it’s funny, it’s funny no matter when it was made,” Flowers it’s not a bad personal goal to have because if I do good that said. “I like, you know, ‘Old School.’ I like ‘Wedding Crashers,’ means that the team is doing good, but you know I just want to ‘Dodgeball,’ Ben Stiller movies, Vince Vaughn movies, Martin go out there and every time I step out on the court I want to Lawrence, Will Smith, all those great comedians, I like them all.” produce for the team and I just want to make the team as successful as I possibly can.” Being a man of a thousand facial expressions himself, Flowers said there’s only one comedian that can portray what he repre- Growing up dribbling a basketball around his house in Madison, sents to his friends and family. the generally unselfish Flowers said playing in front of hometown fans weighed heavily on his decision to attend the “I’d have to go with Martin Lawrence,” Flowers said. “He’s the University of Wisconsin — Madison and the chance to play for more physical funny comedians, makes faces, just his gestures is Ryan. really hilarious.”

“It’s the greatest thing in the world,” Flowers said. “I’m from Despite all the pressure of being a Division-I basketball player, around here and support and a lot of friendly faces and all, I the fun-loving Flowers loves the game and is always readying mean if you’re comfortable, you’re going to have the potential to himself to ignite his team to victory. succeed.”

Succeed he has, compiling 5.7 points per game, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists all while playing 24 minutes per contest. The Madison La Follette High graduate has appeared in all 20 games, and he is likely to play in tonight’s matchup against Illinois despite suffering a knee injury late in Saturday’s game against Michigan.

“[Flowers] brings an intense competitive nature,” said Ryan. “Everyday at practice, diving for balls, taking charges, he just plays hard on every possession. And he does the same in the games — his intensity is always at a high level, he’s the student of the game, he’s gotten better in his decision making, in his reads, so it’s fun coaching guys who continually show that they have a passion for the game and that they want to get better and that’s Mike.”

Even with all the positive impressions Flowers has made on his coaches with the intensity and mental toughness he brings to the court every night, he is hungry for more.

“You know I’m never satisfied with my play,” Flowers said. “So you know, to crack the starting lineup is an individual goal that I’m working towards and it’s the best compliment that I can rebounds in 10 conference games going into today's game Center Fashions Change against Penn State (11-10, 3-7) at the Bryce Jordan Center.

UW Junior Jason Chappell Has Designs On Playing Better For Chappell hasn't scored more than five points in a Big Ten game The Badgers. and is 5-for-17 from the field overall. Included in the span is what he called his worst performance of the season -- one point, Wisconsin State Journal one rebound and five turnovers in 23 minutes -- in a loss to Illinois on Jan. 31. February 11, 2006 by JESSE OSBORNE "A lot of the games I've been in foul trouble and it's just been hard to get into the flow of the game," Chappell said. "And I STATE COLLEGE, PA.—A trip to pages 24 and 25 of the haven't really been hitting shots since the Big Ten started. That's University of Wisconsin men's basketball media guide brings you just something I've got to work through. to Jason Chappell. "Hopefully, I can play through it and, hopefully, I'll start getting Want to know the 6-foot-10 junior center's favorite basketball some good opportunities and cashing in on them." memory? Scoring 69 points during a game in the eighth grade. That's not to say Chappell's Big Ten season has gone bankrupt. His favorite food? Sweet potatoes. He remains a capable rebounder and passer, and typically draws the toughest defensive assignment in the post. His choices for any three people to share dinner with? Larry, Moe and Curly of Three Stooges fame. "I think he can contribute in ways that don't show up in the stat sheet," UW assistant coach Greg Gard said. "If he can take some If he could be on any reality show? The since-canceled "Paradise charges on people, if he can keep post players frustrated, if he Island." can keep it out of the post, if he can get a few rebounds. ... all those things add up. That can be just as important as scoring 10 The greatest invention of the last 100 years? The mini-skirt. points."

"It's hilarious to hear some of the things he says," sophomore Right now, the most important thing to Chappell is finding forward Brian Butch said. some consistency.

In those pages, Chappell also reveals he has his own clothing "You're going to have a bad game here and there," he said. line. "You've just got to try to not have too many of them."

It's not Versace yet -- Chappell's JCHEEZY line includes only T- shirts, sweatshirts and polos at this point -- but it's nonetheless popular.

"I've got a shirt on now," Butch said when asked about Chappell's nickname-based threads after practice on Thursday, lifting up his black long-sleeved Under Armor top to reveal a Chappell design -- a JCHEEZY-emblazoned basketball with a crown on top -- made exclusively for the team.

"I think he started it out as a joke and then realized that a lot of people were interested in it," Butch said. "It's one of those things where he's got the ability to do it, and he's a creative guy like that."

Over the past few months, Chappell hasn't had time to break out any new designs or attire. His time has been consumed with school, where he is a consumer science major, and basketball.

And as far as the latter goes of late, Chappell has his own designs on a turnaround.

He's started all 23 games at center for UW (16-7 overall, 6-4 Big Ten Conference) this season, averaging 4.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

But Chappell has struggled, particularly offensively, during league play. His numbers have dipped to 2.3 points and 3.1 tively late in his life after marrying his wife, Joanna. Chappell Trip special for Chappell said his children picked up the game and learned it on their own. The Capital Times The Chappells never spent much time talking basketball, and November 28, 2005 father and son both said it doesn't come up at all anymore. Jason by Rob Schultz Chappell said he last sought basketball advice from his father when he was in high school at New Berlin West. He also doesn't Len Chappell isn't planning on telling anybody from Wake talk much with his 6-11 brother, John, who just graduated from Forest that he will attend Tuesday night's game between the South Carolina and is playing professionally for a team in Demon Deacons and University of Wisconsin men's basketball Macedonia. teams in Winston-Salem, N.C. "I only saw one film of my dad and it was when he was in col- "Maybe Prosser," said Chappell, referring to Wake's head coach, lege. I think it was his senior year. That was it," Jason Chappell Skip Prosser, who he would like to meet before the game. "We've said. "He tells me all the rest got destroyed." been passing letters back and forth. But I've never met him." What he knows is that his father was burly, strong and had an Chappell prefers going to games incognito. Unlike CBS big- exceptional jump shot. "He was 6-8 but he's pushing 6-5 now," mouth Billy Packer, his teammate at Wake when Chappell Jason Chappell said while wearing an ear-to-ear grin. owned the college game, the latter doesn't crave the spotlight. He might be a former two-time All-American and a Wake Forest Jason Chappell's game is different than his dad's game, but he Hall of Famer, but you won't find Chappell sitting around telling looked similar to his dad when he stepped outside to make a tired tales about days gone by. mid-range jumper against Coastal Carolina. He also has proven to be an adept passer, particularly when he's looking for fellow Spend any time around Chappell and you quickly understand big men Brian Butch and Greg Stiemsma. where his youngest son, Wisconsin junior center Jason Chappell, developed much of his personality. Humble and quiet, Jason "We played a lot on scout teams together our first years. And I Chappell prefers to let his game do all the talking, too. always liked to play with bigger people," said Chappell as he explained the strong chemistry he has developed with Butch and After three long, injury-plagued years, there's finally been some- Stiemsma. "When I was in high school, I always liked playing thing to talk about. The 6-foot-10, 240-pounder from New Berlin with my brother because when you have a big playing with a will be the Badgers' starting center when Wisconsin (4-0) faces big, you can always see over the defenders and you can throw it the 24th-ranked Demon Deacons (5-1) in an ACC/Big Ten high to him and it makes it easier to pass." Challenge game at Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Chappell believes he has just scratched the surface of his poten- Chappell, who had a career-high five rebounds and tied his tial. For starters, he hopes to get better with the ball and on career high with nine points during Wisconsin's 92-54 victory defense when he's down on the block. over woeful Coastal Carolina Saturday night at the Kohl Center, reached the starting lineup with a tireless work ethic. His father agrees and would like his son to become more aggressive, too. After he was asked what he'd like to see Jason Chappell "They told me if I keep working I'll get a chance," said the soft- do more of, Len Chappell answered quickly, "Shoot. He'll eventu- spoken Chappell, who is finally healthy after missing all or ally start shooting." major portions of the past three years with various injuries. "It's finally here and I want to make the most of it." Len Chappell will be making just his third appearance at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, which replaced the gym where he Making the most of it means trying to lead the Badgers in floor played. Jason Chappell has been there at least that many times burns and elbows to the head and a willingness to mix it up because the Demon Deacons recruited him when he was in high with anybody. That includes Wake's 6-9, 280-pound goliath school. named Eric Williams, one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's best players who is expected to be a matchup nightmare for the "It'll definitely be a good experience," Jason Chappell said of Badgers. playing against the school where his father starred in the early 1960s. "It will be fun to go down there and play a game." Chappell's old man is proud. "He's a good passer, he's a good ball-handler, he shoots the ball well," Len Chappell said. "He Some players don't attend schools where there father played, or does everything well." starred, because they want to build their own legacy. But that's not why Jason Chappell chose Wisconsin over Wake. Len Chappell takes no credit for it. Chappell may have had a 10- year pro career that included being a charter member of the "I don't know if it would have been hard to play there," he said. Milwaukee Bucks, but he doesn't believe that resume automati- "It's been so long ago that he played there that it wouldn't have cally means he can teach his kids the game. been much of a problem."

"It's tough to teach your own kids," shrugged the grey-haired Chappell, 64, who had Jason and his older brother, John, rela- knew they'd get some, but you can't do both. ... We got caught Badgers’ title hopes rest in the middle a lot and those guys made us pay." on reserves Tucker had 22 points against Minnesota, the 18th time in 27 Wisconsin State Journal games he's led UW in scoring, but UW's two freshmen used the space Tucker created for them to hit jump shots, grab offensive February 27, 2006 rebounds and get to the free-throw line. by TOM OATES "It was real important when you've got a guy like Tuck and he It wasn't particularly easy on the eyes, but the University of can score in so many ways," Gullikson said. "When people are Wisconsin's 80-74 victory over Minnesota Sunday at the Kohl taking things away from him, it just opens up things for other Center did accomplish two important things. people. We just capitalized on that."

It sent the Badgers into the final lap of the Big Ten men's basket- Ryan used the same word to describe Krabbenhoft and ball season with a chance, however slim, to win the conference Gullikson. Both, he said, were opportunistic. title and it gave them hope that they won't get overwhelmed in the lane when they travel to Michigan State and Iowa this week. Actually, they're two freshmen who are just now figuring how to At this point in their unpredictable season, that's about the best succeed in the Big Ten. Gullikson worked hard and did the best the Badgers could have hoped for. defensive job of any UW player on Tollackson, Minnesota's one true big man. Krabbenhoft banged hard as usual, but also had As important as it was to beat the stubborn Gophers, the best three assists and was much more patient with the ball than he development for UW involved who was on the floor when the was earlier in the season. game was decided in the final 5 minutes. Joe Krabbenhoft and Kevin Gullikson, a pair of 6-foot-7 freshmen who have had only "I've got to put that freshman business behind me and just play," sporadic success as the back-up big men since Greg Stiemsma Krabbenhoft said. "It doesn't matter what age you are. ... We're a and Marcus Landry were lost for the season, finally gave UW couple of young guys helping and chipping in for (us) to keep coach Bo Ryan some solid alternatives to starters Brian Butch getting those wins." and Jason Chappell. It won't be quite as easy from here on out. Minnesota's starting Krabbenhoft and Gullikson didn't start the game, but Ryan made center was 6-6 Zach Puchtel, a walk-on transfer who couldn't sure they finished it. even make the varsity at Harvard. Michigan State and Iowa are much bigger and better inside. "They're two freshmen but they're out on the floor closing out a game," UW forward Alando Tucker said. "It just shows the confi- Still, if Krabbenhoft and Gullikson continue to capitalize on dence that he's got (in them)." their opportunities, there's no telling where the Badgers could be a week from now. They earned that confidence with their play against Minnesota. Krabbenhoft had a double-double - 10 points and 10 rebounds - and Gullikson had a collegiate-high 12 points to go with three rebounds. More important, they helped solidify the inside defense after Minnesota shot 54.8 percent in the first half, main- ly by slashing to the basket or dumping the ball in to 6-9, 267- pound Spencer Tollackson.

"They did a great job; everyone saw it," Tucker said. "Just closing out the game, for them to step up and rebound and make big plays defensively, that's what we need. If we're going to be a great team, you need that, and those two guys did a heck of a job."

UW has been undermanned inside since starting the Big Ten season 4-0. If Butch didn't play well, the Badgers usually struggled in the lane.

But in raising their conference record to 9-5 Sunday, the Badgers got exactly what they're looking for from Krabbenhoft and Gullikson - someone to make opponents pay for double-teaming Tucker.

"Tucker's so hard to help on and those are the guys that we were trying to help from," Minnesota coach Dan Monson said. "We "There's no excuses for anything," said Krabbenhoft, who is aver- Krabbenhoft’s game starts aging 3.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game off the bench. "I've just got to keep going out there and keep earning playing time to take off and keep doing my job." Wisconsin State Journal For sure, there have been some growing pains. Particularly, a young player's tendency to play too fast, which has been a con- January 14, 2006 stant teaching point to Krabbenhoft and fellow freshman Marcus by JESSE OSBORNE Landry. Joe Krabbenhoft's statistical line revealed quite a bit. "We always talk with them about trying to see the game in slow- motion," Gard said of the freshmen. "Just slowing everything The freshman swingman for the University of Wisconsin men's down. Just making simple basketball plays and not trying to go basketball team registered career highs in minutes (24), rebounds over the speed limit." (eight), points (six) and assists (four) in Tuesday night's victory over Minnesota at Williams Arena. There has certainly been no slowing Krabbenhoft's competitive nature. What it didn't outwardly reflect, however, was the leap Krabbenhoft made in terms of his basketball evolution. He's regularly on the floor battling for loose balls and he's not afraid to mix it up. He had to have a cut near his left eye glued "That was just the steps that sometimes take place from month- shut after a collision with Jason Chappell during one practice to-month," UW assistant coach Greg Gard said. "But he took and, after a hard foul on Michigan State's Shannon Brown steps right within the game. He got better as the game went on. Sunday, Brown got in Krabbenhoft's face. Krabbenhoft didn't budge. "He just brought things that we first saw when we started recruiting him. Toughness, a high basketball IQ. Just making clutch "The players (and) the level might be different, but my attitude plays." can't change," Krabbenhoft said. Most will remember Krabbenhoft calmly stepping to the line and That's exactly the kind of thing Ryan loves to hear. making a pair of free throws to put the 21st-ranked Badgers up by three points with 16 seconds to go. "I've mentioned this 1,000 times. Make it 1,001," Ryan said. "I'm pretty lucky to have had guys that have played for me that just But Krabbenhoft also played the final 12 minutes, 41 seconds of really enjoy competing. As long as they're doing that, I'm a lot the game, helped force Minnesota swingman Vincent Grier into better person." a 6-for-18 shooting performance, assisted on UW's final three field goals and outmuscled a bigger player for a critical rebound with 29 seconds to go.

His final assist was perhaps his finest moment.

Krabbenhoft, who had three turnovers earlier in the game, found himself being double-teamed on the left wing. But he made a sound ball fake that gave him some space to find Alando Tucker underneath for an uncontested basket with 2:30 to play that brought UW to within a point.

"(UW coach Bo Ryan) just talks about winning every possession, and that's what was on mind," Krabbenhoft said. " 'Can we get a good shot this possession?' When I saw the opening, when I saw Tucker down there, I was like, 'I definitely need to take advantage of this. I've got one guy trying to guard a guy in the corner and Tucker down underneath.' I just gave him a little fake and found 'Tuck' and he finished it off."

Meanwhile, as UW (13-2, 3-0 Big Ten) gets set to take on Northwestern (9-5, 2-1) at the Kohl Center today, Krabbenhoft is showing more polish on a game-to-game basis.

Keep in mind he hardly played over the summer after breaking his left foot for the second time. He's playing with both the top group and the scout team during practices and he's trying to learn the nuances of three positions - he has played shooting guard, small forward and power forward. "He was always over, both to help my son as well as my wife, my Krabbenhoft has plenty of daughter and myself," said Masterson, a former standout basketball sources of inspiration player at Minnesota who is now a well-known doctor in Sioux Falls. "That has always continued. It's been 2 years now and he still makes The Capital Times every effort to come over and see us and see how we're doing, things of that nature." February 10, 2006 Ask Krabbenhoft about it and he'll say it's the least he could do. by Rob Schultz "I've learned so many life lessons through that and I know it will Joe Krabbenhoft has drawn inspiration from an uncle who didn't let help me the rest of my life," said Krabbenhoft, who often pens the paralysis stop him from reaching his dream to be a doctor and a initials LAM on the heels of his basketball shoes in memory of grandfather who didn't let blindness keep him from showing his Lindsey Masterson. "I will never forget it. I've dedicated the rest of children the importance of sports and academics. my basketball career and my life to Lindsey because she loved life." The 6-foot-7 freshman forward for the University of Wisconsin bas- Krabbenhoft does, too, in all the right ways. ketball team also has been fortunate to have been raised in a close sports-minded family devoted to the Krabbenhoft trinity of Home, He came to Wisconsin as the best high school player to come out of Faith and Hoops. South Dakota since Mike Miller, who plays for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. That explains why the Badgers' dedicated tough guy from Sioux Falls, S.D., who leads the team in hard rebounds, stitches and poten- Krabbenhoft came with a reputation as a fearless, team-oriented ath- tial, stills calls his parents every day and ends every phone conversa- lete who could play any position on the basketball court. But the tion by telling them that he loves them and asking them to say first impression he made upon his arrival in Madison was as a tire- their prayers. less volunteer who often went to hospitals to visit sick kids with freshman teammate Mickey Perry. It also explains why he has been nominated for a special honor for all the volunteer work he has already done at Wisconsin, including Krabbenhoft said he was inspired by his mother, Heidi, who is playing ball with, and spending time speaking to, underprivileged "always doing volunteer work" for the Ronald McDonald House or kids at an east-side Salvation Army or visiting sick kids at the UW Meals on Wheels in Sioux Falls. "She's the most giving person I've Children's Hospital. ever met," he said.

And, finally, it explains why he was able to live through, and grow Kelli Richards, the UW athletic department's CHAMPS Lifeskills from, a tragic experience nearly three years ago when a close family coordinator, took notice of Krabbenhoft's volunteer work almost friend died in his arms as he valiantly tried to save her. right away. So did some others who made him a candidate to be the school's Coca-Cola Community All-American nominee. "Because of the way I was raised, the things I was taught when I was younger and all the things my parents let me experience through "He's very good about giving up his time," Richards said. "He and my life," Krabbenhoft said softly after a recent Wisconsin practice, Mickey Perry have been very anxious to work with kids especially. "during that tragic accident I felt prepared. I felt like my young life As freshmen, especially today with all that they're taking on, that's had prepared me." quite an accomplishment."

A day never slips by when Krabbenhoft doesn't think about Lindsey * * * Masterson, who died after a boating accident on a northern On the basketball court, Krabbenhoft dedicated himself to get ready Minnesota lake. When he drops to his knees before bed every night for this season after having surgery over the summer to repair a bro- and bows his head during the playing of the national anthem before ken bone in his left foot. It was his third foot injury in five years every Wisconsin game, he prays for her. and the second straight summer of basketball Krabbenhoft had missed because of a foot injury and it was finally catching up to She was 19 and, as Krabbenhoft likes to put it, full of life, when the him. jet ski she was driving was struck by a boat Masterson's younger brother John was driving. Krabbenhoft and others were on the boat "The summers are the time when you can get better as an individ- and Krabbenhoft instantly dove into the water to try to save her. ual," said UW assistant coach Greg Gard, who has known Krabbenhoft and his family for several years and was the lead assis- Somehow, he got the seriously injured Masterson in the boat and tant on his recruitment. "He didn't have that and he had to jump in administered CPR. His friends on the boat were obviously frightened and try to fit into a team right away without going through some -- some were screaming -- and Krabbenhoft was forced to calmly but individual things. He didn't even do much of the individual work- firmly tell them to shut up and get the boat back to shore so they outs." could call an ambulance. Krabbenhoft is still catching up. He's averaging 3.5 points, 3.9 As he continued to administer CPR, Krabbenhoft also told them to rebounds and 1 assist while playing about 15 minutes a game head- start saying the Lord's Prayer. So they kept saying it over and over, ing into Saturday afternoon's Big Ten Conference matchup with from the boat, on the way to the hospital and after Masterson was Penn State. Those are good numbers for a freshman, but pronounced dead. Krabbenhoft wishes he was doing better. "Joe was the first kid in the water. He was the last person to see my UW coach Bo Ryan is still telling him to slow down the game in his daughter alive," said Lindsey's father, Tom Masterson. "To me, the head to the same pace on the floor. It's all part of his quest to finish things he did along those lines are so much more important than the season on a strong note. being able to dribble or shoot a basketball. Finish might be the most important word in Krabbenhoft's vocabu- lary. It has helped him finish what he starts in school, on a job or in his relationships. It's why he closes every conversation with his par- "My grandpa really stressed academics and so my dad really soaked ents by telling them he loves them. And now he's using it to suc- that in and listened to him and my dad has carried that on through ceed with the Badgers. to his kids," said Krabbenhoft, who got solid grades during his first semester at the UW. "It means learning the game, learning the system, learning the little intangibles that coach Ryan teaches us every day and putting them Kelby Krabbenhoft carried it through by stressing "Home, Faith and to use and not just saying, 'Yeah, I got it, coach. I know what you Hoops." He had it printed on a little sign that was on the kitchen mean,' " Krabbenhoft said. "Putting those things to use, that's finish- table so the kids would read it every morning while eating their ing, that's doing the job." cereal.

* * * "It's about doing the right things, being a good person and being Few understand what finish means better than his uncle, Paul dedicated in whatever you do," Krabbenhoft said. "Hoops was big in Krabbenhoft, who became paralyzed after he fell out of a tree when our family, so ..." he was 12. Nevertheless, he managed to put himself through medical school and is now a doctor in Lincoln, Neb. So Krabbenhoft has sold out on everything he's done at Wisconsin, whether it's in the classroom, on the basketball floor or volunteer- "He's been a source of inspiration for Joe all his life because Joe has ing. He does it for himself, for his family, for God, for Lindsey. never known him not to be in a wheelchair," said Joe's father, Kelby Krabbenhoft, who is President/CEO of the Sioux Valley Hospitals * * * and Health System that encompasses 25 hospitals in three states. Some highlights of Krabbenhoft's freshman season so far include having his uncle and grandfather attend a game at the Kohl Center. "Joe has seen so many things," he added. "Through our health-care Even though his grandfather couldn't see, he absorbed the atmos- world he understands death and understands that life must go on phere while listening to Matt Lepay's play-by-play on the radio. but there must also be a purpose for it, too." The Mastersons, meanwhile, came to see Krabbenhoft play in the At times, that purpose helps him show his great potential, like Badgers' first three Big Ten games, including wins at home over Iowa Wednesday night during the Badgers' 72-54 win over Indiana when and Michigan State and a road win at Minnesota. he made a hard drive into the paint to score over Indiana's Marco Killingsworth and drew the fourth foul on the Hoosiers' talented big Krabbenhoft told the story of how Tom Masterson, one of the best man in the process. rebounders in the history of Minnesota basketball, taught him to rebound when he was younger. That was after the Krabbenhoft fam- Krabbenhoft will be scary good when his level of play reaches the ily moved to Sioux Falls when Joe was in fourth grade. They became level of his work ethic. What he does consistently well now is draw immediate friends with the Mastersons, whose three children were his own blood. If it's not coming out of his nose, it's pouring from the same ages as the Krabbenhoft children and all shared the same his chin, forehead, eyes or cheeks from diving on the floor for a love for basketball. loose ball, taking charges or trying to wedge through big bodies in a fight for a rebound. "He taught me that rebounding is in your heart," Krabbenhoft said of Masterson, who tried hard to convince him to pick Minnesota "Grades and seasons might go up and down, but as far as attitude over Wisconsin during the arduous recruiting battle. "People ask me and the way you come to work every day, that's got to be the same how I get rebounds and I tell them it's what you've got inside to go every day," said Krabbenhoft, who figures there have been 30 sepa- get the ball. He taught me that you have to learn how to get low, rate instances in his life when he has required stitches. "My mind- box out, use your shoulders, use your butt, but it's still all about set going into every game is diving on the floor, taking charges, hit- your heart." ting open men, knocking down jump shots and playing hard." It helps to have a good heart for whatever life dishes out, too. Some blame Krabbenhoft's mother for such an attitude. Even Krabbenhoft learned that on a Minnesota lake 2 years ago. "I've though Heidi Krabbenhoft is 6-1, she shunned basketball because asked why a thousand times. I still do today," he said. "I'll never find she grew up surrounded by hockey. She was even a hockey cheer- an answer so I pray every night before I go to bed and I say a little leader. "So maybe that's where I got my knack for abuse," prayer out there during the national anthem. I mention Lindsey's Krabbenhoft said. name every time."

His dad played basketball at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., What Krabbenhoft has learned is how important it is to have a good which is where Joe's older sister, Sarah, is the women's basketball network of people around you when nature takes its course. team's starting senior power forward. He also has a younger brother, Lou, who is a 6-5, 230-pound high school junior who prefers foot- "People pass away, people break feet, people fall out of trees. Things ball over basketball. happen," he said. "So you stick close to your family, listen to the right people, take advice from good people, put yourself around the "My only claim to fame was being all-conference and that came right support group and you'll get through it. from leading the league in fouls," said Kelby Krabbenhoft. "I averaged 4 a game. Thank God Joe doesn't foul much." "But you also have to have a tough mind, and that's something that's been in my family with my grandma, grandpa, dad, uncle, Kelby threw elbows because his mom, Elaine, who stands just 5-4 brother, sister, mom and everybody." and doesn't know much about the game, knew enough to tell him to throw 'em. And she's giving the same advice to her grandson, Joe. Ryan surveyed all Krabbenhoft has been through over the past few "She wants me to be a tough guy," Krabbenhoft said. years and said, "the way he reacted to everything ... that shows a solid core there." Meanwhile, Krabbenhoft's grandfather, Kenneth, wants him to be a smart guy. Krabbenhoft called his grandfather, who became blind in Krabbenhoft took a deep breath and added, "I'm very lucky." his 40s, the backbone of the family. in Wednesday's victory over Penn State -- and appears headed for Big Hoop Dreams more.

UW’s Kevin Gullikson craved a challenge. "I've just been working hard and I've been presented with this opportunity," Gullikson said. "I'm going to keep working hard." Wisconsin State Journal It's that kind of attitude and approach to the game that stick January 28, 2006 with UW coach Bo Ryan. by JESSE OSBORNE "Kevin is a guy that I'm not leery of putting out there on the ANN ARBOR, MICH.--One phone call and one pickup game. floor," Ryan said. "I like what he's doing. I like how hard he's worked in practice. He commits all the time to what the scout Soon thereafter, Kevin Gullikson was on his way to joining the team does and always works on the shooting drills and always University of Wisconsin men's basketball team. has a lot of energy to do the things that are presented to him.

UW assistant coach Greg Gard took the call -- from Gullikson's "You've got to like those kind of people." AAU coach Tracy Culp -- and made the drive to Minnesota to catch a look at the 6-foot-7 forward at an open gym.

"At that point, I had seen enough to know that he could help us and it would be a positive situation," Gard said. "He really reminded me a lot of the players we had a (UW-)Platteville that were maybe 6-4 to 6-7, hard-nosed and tough and competed on every possession. You could tell he understood the game and had a high basketball IQ."

Gullikson's regular IQ was just fine, too. He was being courted by Ivy League schools and had basketball scholarship offers from Siena, Holy Cross, Albany and Lipscomb.

But Gullikson had his compass pointed in the Badgers' direction. His father, Gary, attended UW, as did one of his aunts, and some of his first sporting memories were forged watching UW football at Camp Randall Stadium.

"I realized I wanted something bigger and I wanted to play at the highest level," Gullikson said. "I just told (Culp), 'Could you just give Wisconsin a call and see if there is any chance. I'll walk-on if I have to.' "

That's exactly what happened.

"He had some goals in mind. He knew what was important to him," Gard said. "He wanted to get a degree from this place and go to school here.

"And then he was hungry. He wanted a challenge. He knew it was going to take hard work and that it might not happen right away, but there was a chance. That's all we told him: 'We'll give you a chance. We don't care if you're on scholarship or not. The best players that produce every day in practice will be the ones that play.' "

And as we pick up the story today -- when 23rd-ranked UW faces Michigan in a Big Ten Conference game -- Gullikson is beginning to find playing time in the Badgers' rotation.

With freshman forward Marcus Landry and sophomore center Greg Stiemsma academically ineligible, Gullikson has been prac- ticing with UW's regulars.

He has seen meaningful minutes over the past two games -- 2minutes against North Dakota State last Saturday and 6 minutes provides the Badgers when he's on the floor. Whether it's the Walk-on Gullikson big off proper way to turn his body to set a screen or how to hedge, bench Gullikson usually masters it after one run-through with the coaches. The Capital Times "I've gotten a lot smarter," Gullikson said. "I'm still picking things up, obviously, and it's great." February 15, 2006 by Rob Schultz UW assistant coach Howard Moore called Gullikson a very per- ceptive player. "He watches what Jason and Brian do or don't do Study the four true walk-ons who have worked their way into the and in film sessions he's a sponge, too," Moore said. "He picks up University of Wisconsin men's basketball team's playing rotation things coach (Ryan) teaches and preaches and he's starting to over the past 10 years and you'll notice that they share something show the benefit of all that education." in common. Junior forward Alando Tucker sees Gullikson's confidence growing Mike Kosolcharoen, Dave Burkemper, Clayton Hanson and Kevin as he learns more. "Defensively, his confidence is really growing," Gullikson didn't wow coaches from the major college conferences Tucker said. "Everything coach tells him he gets done." with their physical abilities. At Wisconsin, they covered up any physical limitations with brains and energy. Gullikson didn't draw much attention from major NCAA Division I coaches at Stillwater. He wasn't the quickest or fastest big man Gullikson, the 6-foot-7 walk-on freshman forward from Stillwater, in Minnesota and his jump shot was average. Still, he drew inter- Minn., whose steady improvement has helped turn around the est from Ivy League schools and got scholarship offers from Siena, Badgers' season, might have the best combination of brains and Holy Cross, Drake and others partly because of his strong academ- energy of them all. ic skills. That's quite a statement considering that the three successful He chose to walk on at Wisconsin because of his love for the walk-ons preceding Gullikson were all special players who played school developed while watching Badgers football games with his big roles in their teams' successes. father, who is a UW alum.

Kosolcharoen started four games and averaged 20 minutes a game Remarkably, Gullikson has never been too much in awe of the while Burkemper started 10 games and averaged 12.5 minutes a school or the basketball program. That has helped him learn, par- game for the 1996-97 team that won 18 games and made it to the ticularly in Ryan's program that tries to simplify everything for NCAA tournament in Dick Bennett's second year as UW coach. the players.

The sharp-shooting Hanson, who spurned a scholarship offer "It's still just fundamentals and doing the things you've always from UW-Milwaukee to walk-on at Wisconsin, started all 34 been doing," said Gullikson, who also has been reshaping his games last year and was second in minutes played for UW coach jump shot into better form since last fall. Bo Ryan's Badgers team that reached the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight. Gullikson said he takes notes during film sessions with the coaches, but prefers to make a mental image of what is being discussed Officially, Sharif Chambliss was a walk-on, too, but doesn't figure and then calls on it when he needs it. as a true walk-on because he transferred from a scholarship situation at Penn State to play one year at Wisconsin. "Now that I've had some repetitions I don't really need to be thinking about what I'm doing," Gullikson said. "It just comes None of them made the jump Gullikson has made over the past natural." month. He went from scout team practice fodder to perhaps the team's best post defender when he comes off the bench to spell That shows in his stats. Over the past three games, he has aver- starters Jason Chappell and Brian Butch. aged five points and five rebounds in 19.8 minutes. Before the first Ohio State game, Gullikson played in only the final seconds Gullikson didn't even play when Wisconsin lost at Ohio State 77- of blowouts and was averaging less than a point and a rebound in 67 on Jan. 18. That was the Badgers' first game after sophomore 1.6 minutes a game. forward Greg Stiemsma and freshman forward Marcus Landry were declared academically ineligible for the rest of this season. Gullikson has looked raw but hasn't looked rattled on the court despite facing Illinois' James Augustine, Michigan's Courtney Sims Just seven games later, Gullikson is expected to play a big part in and Indiana's Marco Killingsworth, among others. "As a fresh- the Badgers' effort to stop 12th-ranked Ohio State's powerful man, he should be proud of that and build on that," Moore said. Terence Dials in a key Big Ten Conference matchup tonight at the Kohl Center. Ryan likes how Gullikson has stayed humble. The UW coach has often compared Gullikson to the bigs he coached to great success The Badgers (17-7, 7-4 Big Ten) and Buckeyes (18-3, 7-3) both at UW-Platteville. need a win to keep pace with first-place Iowa (20-6, 9-3), which defeated Michigan State (18-7, 6-5) Tuesday night in Iowa City. "He has kept that intense fire burning all the time, whether he's on the scout team or now getting minutes," said Ryan, who "Kevin's in a unique situation," said Hanson, who sometimes still added: "It shouldn't matter. Whenever you're trying to work your practices with the Badgers, "and he's taken advantage of it." way into something or being a part of something, you know there's a give and take. Kevin has done a great job of understand- Gullikson's ability to absorb everything the coaches teach him ing that and working on either side." might be more impressive than the constant effort and energy he "They tried to get me to make a full court in the backyard, and I Home Court was like 'Oh, no, I don't think so,'" Anita Landry said. "Their cousins come over and they'll be here with them until 2 o'clock in Landrys learned game in family driveway the morning or later.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "I have to stop them from playing sometimes because they'll go out there and put a spotlight in the yard." Dec. 23, 2005 by MARK STEWART Truth be told and bodies willing, she and her husband would probably love to be out there, too. The basketball hoop that looms over the driveway of a home on the northwest side of town isn't run of the mill. Then again, nei- Anita Landry, 43, played at Milwaukee Washington for Pam Kruse ther is the family that owns it. in the late 1970s and though she played just one season, fancies herself a pretty good player. The hoop is as close to state of the art as you'll find outside of a gym. The backboard is glass. The rim breaks away. It was all profes- Mark Landry, 45, never played organized ball but spent his share sionally installed for a few thousand dollars. of time at the playground and would still school his kids about the greatness of Moses Malone, Larry Bird or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Landrys are unique, too. Mark and Anita's five kids are a close- knit group whose lives centered on, in order, attending their The parents were their children's first coaches, a job neither has grandfather's church on Sundays, going to school during the week fully relinquished. and playing basketball during much of their free time. Mark still gives his kids a dollar for each point they score for It just turned out that their ability to play basketball is what has added motivation and taught his kids the little jump hook each everyone talking. employs in their repertoires. Anita Landry showed them other nuances of the game. "We've been blessed with some gifted kids," Mark Landry said. "I said, 'you be fearless,'" Anita said. "'Don't go there and act like Carl Landry, 22, is a 6-foot-7 senior forward at Purdue University you can't play. You get out there and you hustle.'" who was one of the Big Ten's leaders in scoring and rebounding last season. Marcus, 20, is 6-7 freshman at the University of Anyone who has watched Carl, Marcus or Shenita play can see Wisconsin and a regular in the rotation. Shenita, 18, is a 6-2 fresh- they have taken their mother's words to heart. man at Temple University where she is the top post player off the bench. Before Carl suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament last season, he averaged 18.2 points and 7.1 rebounds and was one of the few The Landrys' two younger children - Jason, a sophomore at bright spots on a Boilermakers' squad that finished 10th in the Milwaukee Vincent and 11-year-old Sharnice - play basketball, too. conference. He averaged 15.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in five games this season before deciding to take a medical redshirt in The three oldest Landry children are a rarity in college basketball. order to fully heal from his knee injury. A survey of all the conferences in the country turned up only a handful of instances where a family had three Division I players Marcus is averaging 7.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 16.3 minutes per on teams this year. game for the 9-1 Badgers. He had a collegiate-high 19 in his sec- "Everyday we'd go out (to the driveway) and shoot around," said ond game, a double-overtime victory over Eastern Kentucky. Carl, who like Marcus played at Vincent. "We really didn't have Shenita is averaging three points, 2.7 rebounds and 12.2 minutes anything else to do. We really didn't have too many friends, but per game for 25th-ranked Temple (8-2). we had a big family so we'd play two on two or one on one, me and Marcus, we played on the court every day." "I believe Carl has opened the way for all the rest of us, just being able to play the way he does," said Shenita, who played at Their work paid off. Milwaukee King. "And Marcus, when you see him play, you auto- matically know he's fearless." For those counting, that is at least $70,000 in tuition, books and room and board the Landrys are saving this year. By the time the But Carl, Marcus and Shenita won't have to think about basketball three complete their eligibility, they will have received college edu- for a few days. Over the weekend they can kick back and relax or, cations worth more than $200,000 combined. as they sometimes do, go bowling or to dinner at Potawatomi. Not a bad return on the $5,000 the Landrys have put into replac- On Sunday morning, they'll go to Faith Temple Pentecostal ing rims and backboards over the years although they may finally Church at 50th and Villard where their grandfather, D. Edward have something strong enough to withstand the beating their kids Eubanks, is the pastor. Then they will return home to enjoy the give it. rest of their holidays. "As soon as I started dunking, I broke every hoop down," Marcus "It's going to be like the old days," Anita Landry said. "Somebody said. "I broke the first down and we got another one and I broke will be wrestling with somebody, somebody will be talking about that one. That's where it all started. There is a lot of history (there) somebody. It's going to be fun. I can't wait." as far being a family."

If the weather warms up a bit and some of the snow melts, the family just might play a few games in the driveway this weekend. ed, Bronson eagerly joined in the drills, turning heads all the Perseverance pays off for while.

Wisconsin team manager "He actually made some moves that I think shocked Coach against some of the other point guards, Kammron Taylor and Associated Press Devin Harris included," Tucker recalled. Jan. 5, 2005 When Harris bolted the Badgers for the NBA two summers ago, by ARNIE STAPLETON opening up a roster spot, Bronson approached Ryan about walking on. MADISON, Wis. - Every time he steps on a basketball court, Tanner Bronson validates the short guy's mantra: You don't have "I loved the school and I came here wanting to work hard, hop- to be tall to reach great heights. ing to get a spot on the team," Bronson said. "I wanted to do anything to be a part of the team and just being able to be a part Bronson has scored just one basket in his first 1 1/2 college sea- of the conditioning was big." sons, but to fans at times he stands just as tall as Wisconsin Badgers teammates such as Alando Tucker and Kammron Taylor. That meant running the steep hills around campus, something most players dread. The Kohl Center crazies don't chant for stars Taylor and Tucker like they do for Bronson, and they save their most boisterous He smiled through it all. reactions for the few occasions the baby-faced sophomore enters a blowout. "I think he enjoys every second he's here," Tucker said. "We definitely enjoy it. I can tell just looking at his facial expressions on Bronson wasn't a star recruit out of high school. Fans didn't burn the road, he just enjoys the whole opportunity he's been given. up blogs wondering where he'd sign. For good reason - Bronson It's a neat story. I joke with him. I call him Rudy." started as a team manager, and he had to practically beg for that. As in Notre Dame's Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger of movie fame. Bronson knew his time would come. It always had before. Bronson soon became a fan favorite, even though he scored just He's generously listed at 5-foot-11 nowadays, but that must one basket all last season. Then, when Boo Wade left the team count his cotton socks, sneakers and maybe even a little tiptoe- for personal reasons last offseason, Ryan gave Bronson a scholar- ing. Still, it's a full foot taller than he was when he started high ship. school as an 85-pound spark plug hell-bent on proving that with enough heart and hustle his small size wouldn't matter. "Tanner has a big heart even though he's a little guy," Taylor said. "And he comes to practice every day ready to play. The stuff he After a "growth spurt" of four inches and 20 pounds, he won a lacks in athleticism he has in smarts, the way he plays the game. starting job on the varsity team at Nicolet High School in subur- It just shows if you work hard, good things will happen for you ban Milwaukee as a sophomore and led the Knights to three because now his schooling is for free." straight conference crowns. Ryan earned the eternal respect of Bronson's father, Wally, by Like any top-notch point guard, Bronson was good at making giving his son a scholarship. those around him better. Three of his prep teammates earned college scholarships: Dan Grunfeld (Stanford), Joah Tucker "Most programs wouldn't give Tanner a chance simply because (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Morris Cain (Wisconsin), and he he's too small," Wally Bronson said. "Bo saw something in him helped countless others showcase their skills during summertime other than his physique." AAU games. Actually, several things. "He's always been the little guy who you see at the tournament and you say, 'That guy actually plays?' And then you see him on "I see in him a young man that's always wanted to be a Badger, the court and it's like, 'Wow! Yeah, that's why he plays,'" said works hard, listens, makes the other guys better in practice, just Badgers teammate Greg Stiemsma, who played AAU ball with does all the things a coaching staff likes to see a player do," Ryan Bronson. said.

After graduation in 2003, some Division III schools showed Bronson made his collegiate debut last season against Penn. interest in Bronson, but he always wanted to play for Wisconsin, Wally Bronson and his wife, Jody, who coaches tennis at where his father was a tennis star and his grandfather played Marquette University, thought they'd be the only ones hooting football. and hollering when their son got on the court. Instead, their applause got drowned out, especially by the stu- Big Ten schools usually don't take chances on short guys, howev- dent section. er long they are on tenacity, perseverance and determination, and the only spot Badgers coach Bo Ryan could offer him was as "A lot of fans can identify with someone like that rather than team manager. someone that's a tremendous athlete who can do all this magnif- icent stuff," Wally Bronson said. "He looks 12, 13 years old and So Bronson charted plays and carried towels, helping out when- can come in and be on a team like the Badgers. They pull for ever and however he could. When the Badgers were short-hand- that. That's like pulling for the underdog." that and make them work their way out, that's going to help the Stiemsma Arrives whole overall defense of the team."

Wisconsin State Journal Stiemsma, who played in only 10 games last season, appears poised to pick up additional minutes as UW heads into Big Ten December 31, 2005 play next week. by JESSE OSBORNE He's moving the best he has since suffering a torn anterior cruci- PITTSBURGH - The awe-effect has always followed Greg ate ligament in his right knee before his senior year of high Stiemsma. That's part of the deal when you're 6-foot-11 and 245 school and a right foot injury early in his freshman season at pounds and play basketball. UW. Of late, he's stayed out of foul trouble, committing just one foul over the past four games, compared to the 20 he committed It tags along when you are one of the cornerstones of three over the first seven games of the season. straight state championship teams at Randolph. It trails you when you are a highly regarded recruit of the University of And Stiemsma said he's limiting his tendency to over-think Wisconsin men's basketball team. while on the court, electing to play a more instinctual game.

The effect wore off last year because of injury and little playing "I feel a little more comfortable. Now I'm hoping to do some time, but some of those wow-inducing moments have returned pretty good things, just contribute to the team in whatever way I as a regular part of the sophomore center's repertoire. can - rebounding, defensive presence - even throwing a few points in once in a while." There was the forceful rejection of a Wesley Matthews shot against Marquette, one that sent the ball rocketing into the While Stiemsma's offensive game can be formidable - he can crowd behind the baseline. And there was the two-handed power score inside and has good range on his jump shot in addition to dunk that left the goal shaking against Louisiana Tech being a good passer as part of UW's high-low sets - defense, shot- Wednesday night, just to name two. blocking and shot-altering remain his calling card.

But a closer look reveals Stiemsma's game is growing beyond the "Everybody knew that's what (UW coach Bo Ryan) wanted him crowd- pleasing moments. here for," sophomore guard Michael Flowers said. "To be a big enforcer in the middle. He showed what he can do. Hopefully, "Obviously the shot-blocking and the dunks always have the his game will stay on the rise." awe-effect because the crowd reacts to them," UW assistant coach Greg Gard said. "But it's the other things. Ninety-percent of the game is played with your feet on the floor. . . . You work on moving your feet, beating people to spots, getting a body on people, blocking out, keeping your hands up, keeping balls alive, just little things that are pretty simple and don't get the awe- effect.

"(Stiemsma) has shown good signs of just continuing to do simple things. Just another step for him in the right direction."

Take, for instance, the defensive job Stiemsma did against Louisiana Tech, particularly star forward Paul Millsap.

Stiemsma blocked a pair of Millsap's shots and made good use of his feet and body to front Millsap in the post and deny him the ball. Stiemsma finished with a career-high five blocked shots and added five points, four rebounds and an assist in 17 minutes against the Bulldogs.

And Stiemsma again figures to play an important defensive role today when the 24th-ranked Badgers (10-1) face Pittsburgh (10- 0) and its 7-foot, 280- pound center Aaron Gray, who averages 12.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.

"That's your rim," said Stiemsma, whose 1.27 blocks per game tie him with Brian Butch for the team lead and rank sixth among Big Ten Conference players.

"You don't let anybody get there, you don't let anybody score. Stop the post first, stop the high-percentage shot. If you can stop "(Perry) can score. There's no question about that," UW coach Bo Perry enjoys his new role Ryan said. "Now he's working on the other parts of his game. Defensively I think he's gotten better. No, I don't think, I know. Wisconsin State Journal He has gotten better.

January 18, 2006 "Whoever has the scout (team), they aren't going to let Mickey by JESSE OSBORNE rest. And plus, usually, you get the green light when you are Mickey, so why would you not like that?" COLUMBUS, Ohio - Without hesitation, Mickey Perry admitted he's engaged in identity theft since joining the University of Perry said he's "loving every second of it." Wisconsin men's basketball team. "These are my game days," he said of UW practices. "I come in "I've been a lot of people," Perry said. "I've been (Michigan here with my headphones on, getting focused like I was playing State's) Maurice Ager. I was (Wake Forest's) Justin Gray. I was Michigan State. That's how I've got to take it." (Pittsburgh's) Carl Krauser. I was (Jeff) Horner when we played Iowa. I've been pretty much everybody." And Perry is taking his role seriously. Just ask the two players who face him the most during practice. Every few days, the freshman guard dons a different-colored practice jersey and takes a new name for the 15th-ranked "Probably the closest thing you can get (to a game matchup) Badgers. Such is life on UW's scout team, where imitation is from a guy on the scout team," starting point guard Kammron regarded as the best form of preparation. Taylor said. "The way he handles the ball, the way he knows how to score. "You try to duplicate the best you can certain players, and if you just don't have guys who are even close to being able to do it, it's "The coaches tell Mickey the tendencies the guy has on the hard to do," UW assistant coach Gary Close said. "But Mickey's defensive end and so Mickey tries to apply that to practice. To got some skills where you can plug him in as a certain player have somebody like that, willing to do that, willing to play kind and he can do a pretty good job of giving you almost the exact of out of his game is pretty good." look you're going to get." Said sophomore guard Michael Flowers: "He can put it on the UW (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten Conference) figures to get a long look at floor. He's a set-up shooter. He can shoot it off the dribble. He's Je'Kel Foster in tonight's Big Ten game against 19th-ranked Ohio all those combinations. He really takes it as a personal goal to State (12-2, 2-2) at Value City Arena. Consequently, the characterize Justin Gray and Krauser and Foster and everybody Buckeyes' senior shooting guard - and second-leading scorer - has else like that. become Perry's latest incarnation. "He knows if he does a good job he's getting us ready. He knows "(Coaches) are like, 'He's a tenacious defender on the ball and he that's his way to contribute to the team and he's doing a great just tracks down all the loose balls,'" Perry said. "He's probably job." one of the highest 3-point percentage shooters in the nation. He really just likes to get the ball at the top of the key, and he catch- es and shoots on the wing or anywhere. He likes to give a jab step, a little fake and then shoot it."

The 6-foot-2 Foster has established himself as one of the Big Ten's best shooters in a short period. The junior college transfer assumed a starting role late last season and averaged 7.7 points per game, shooting 42.8 percent on 3-pointers. This season, he's averaging 14.6 points per game and is shooting 57.1 percent from the field, including 49.3 percent on 3-pointers.

"Je'Kel has improved his game so much," UW assistant coach Greg Gard said. "He kind of came in known as a defender and stand-still shooter and now he's developed to where he can attack off the dribble. He's added so much to his game."

Perry, who is redshirting this season, likewise continues to add. Knowledge, skills, weight.

He's put on almost 20 pounds, up to 190, since arriving at UW. He's gaining a better handle on the Badgers' swing offense and has enhanced his basketball IQ by having to learn the offenses and defenses and tendencies used by UW's opponents. And his shooting and decision-making continue to improve. Freshman Guard Devin Barry Freshman Forward Morris Cain

Freshman Guard Mickey Perry Head Coach Bo Ryan Sophomore Forward Brian Butch Junior Forward Jason Chappell

Sophomore Guard Michael Flowers Freshman Guard/Forward Joe Krabbenhoft