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WISCONSIN basketball 23 NCAA Tournaments ▪ 4 Final Fours (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015) ▪ 18 Big Ten Championships ▪ 21 Consensus All-Americans 2018-19 SCHEDULE WISCONSIN 116, 33 VS. #2 MICHIGAN 170, 60 JAN. 19, 2019 ▪ 11 AM CT ▪ MADISON, WIS. ▪ KOHL CENTER 17,287 Date Opponent Time NOV. 6 COPPIN STATE W, 85-63 WISCONSIN BADGERS TV . ESPN Nov. 13 at Xavier (Gavi Games) W, 77-68 Rankings (AP/Coaches) RV/RV (Jason Benetti & Dan Dakich) NOV. 17 HOUSTON BAPTIST W, 96-59 Head Coach: Greg Gard Radio . Badger Radio Network Record at WIS: 68-42 (4th) (Matt Lepay & Mike Lucas) Overall: 68-42 (4th) Ba le 4 Atlan s - Paradise Island, Bahamas All-Time Series. UM leads, 91-74 Nov. 21 vs. Stanford W, 62-46 GAME 18 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES All-Time in Madison . .UW leads, 48-34 Nov. 22 vs. Oklahoma W, 78-58 Rankings (AP/Coaches) 2/4 Last Meeting . UM won, 83-72, Nov. 23 vs. Virginia [4] L, 46-53 Head Coach: John Beilein in Madison (2/11/18) Record at UM: 265-143 (12th) Active Streak . .UM won last 3 NOV. 27 NC STATE (B1G/ACC Challenge) W, 79-75 Overall: 741-418 (37th) Nov. 30 at Iowa [14] W, 72-66 DEC. 3 RUTGERS W, 69-64 UW SEEKS ANOTHER TOP10 TAKEDOWN Dec. 8 at Marque e L, 69-74 (ot) The Badgers look for their 7th top-10 win – and 4th DEC. 13 SAVANNAH STATE W, 101-60 top-5 win – in 4 seasons under Greg Gard when they host DEC. 22 GRAMBLING STATE W, 84-53 No. 2 Michigan on Saturday. UW is 13-3 all-time vs. the Dec. 29 at Western Kentucky L, 76-83 Wolverines at the Kohl Center. JAN. 3 MINNESOTA L, 52-59 Up next, UW travels to Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 23. Jan. 6 at Penn State W, 71-52 The Badgers have won 13 straight over the Illini. JAN. 11 PURDUE L, 80-84 (ot) Jan. 14 at Maryland [19] L, 60-64 KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER JAN. 19 MICHIGAN [2] 11 am Jan. 23 at Illinois 8 pm Wisconsin checked in at No. 20 in the Jan. 16 NET rank- JAN. 26 NORTHWESTERN 1:15 pm ings and No. 17 in the KenPom ratings. Jan. 29 at Nebraska 7 pm Over the last 10 seasons, Wisconsin is 8-5 at the Kohl Center against teams ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll. All-American Ethan FEB. 1 MARYLAND [19] 8 pm Most impressively, that includes a 5-2 record in the 7 Feb. 6 at Minnesota 8 pm Happ has earned 4 Big games in which unranked UW teams hosted top-5 oppo- Feb. 9 at Michigan [2] 11 am Ten Player of the Week nents during that span (since 2009-10) - more on page 3. FEB. 12 MICHIGAN STATE [6] 6 pm honors this season and is FEB. 18 ILLINOIS 7 pm The Badgers are ranked 14th in defensive efficiency the na on's only player Feb. 23 at Northwestern 7:30 pm according to KenPom.com. UW is allowing 63.6 ppg and averaging at least 17.0 Feb. 26 at Indiana [25] 8 pm ranks 5th in the NCAA with just 9.6 turnovers per game. ppg, 10.0 rpg and 4.0 apg. MAR. 2 PENN STATE Noon In his 4th season as head coach, Greg Gard has led the MAR. 7 IOWA [23] 6 pm Badgers to a mark of 68-42 (.618), the 3rd-highest win percentage at UW (min. 60 games). Mar. 10 at Ohio State 3:30 pm Since 2001-02 when Bo Ryan and Greg Gard got to Madison, Wisconsin owns the best Big Ten win pct in the conference, pos ng a mark of 206-94 (.687). Big Ten Tournament - Chicago, Ill. Mar. 13-17 at Big Ten Tournament Preseason AP All-American Ethan Happ is playing like a postseason All-American. Second in the NCAA with 11 double-doubles, Happ ranks among the Big Ten's top 3 in scoring NCAA Tournament (19.4 ppg), rebounds (10.4 rpg) and assists (4.6 apg). (Page 4) Mar. 19-20 Round 1 Happ recently became just the 7th player in Big Ten history, and first since Indiana's Alan Mar. 21-24 Rounds 2-3 Henderson in 1995, to accumulate 1,800 career points and 1,000 rebounds. (Page 9) Mar. 28-31 Sweet 16/Elite 8 April 6-8 Final Four (Minneapolis, Minn.) Sophomore D'Mitrik Trice ranks 4th in the Big Ten and 14th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 45.6% (47-for-103) from long range. The guard entered the sea- Home games in ALL CAPS | All mes listed as CT son with a career high of 16 points, but has already topped that 6 times this season. Brad Davison is finding his comfort zone. Over the last 7 games, the sophomore is aver- FOLLOW The BADGERS aging 14.1 ppg and shooting 18-for-29 (62.1%) from deep. On the year, Davison is aver- aging 10.5 ppg and ranks 7th in the Big Ten shooting 43.8% (28-64) from 3-point range. WEBSITE: UWBadgers.com Sophomore Nate Reuvers is coming off career highs of 18 points and 7 rebounds at TWITTER: @BadgerMBB Maryland. He is has scored in double figures in 6 of the last 9 games (avg. 9.8 ppg). FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball INSTAGRAM: BadgerMBB Wisconsin ranks 2nd in the Big Ten shooting 39.1% from 3-point range. That figure is up YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers from 33.5% a year ago. Defensively, UW is allowing opponents to shoot just 32.5% from long range and hit a mere 6.6 3FGs per game. PARTY LIKE IT'S 1989 WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS At hal ime of Saturday's game, No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes Wisconsin will honor the 30-year 0 D'Mitrik Trice G So. 14.4 3.3 2.8 .456 3FG% (47-103) is 4th in the Big Ten anniversary of its 1988-89 team 21 Khalil Iverson F Sr. 4.6 4.3 1.1 .500 FG%; Season-high 10p at W. Kentucky that fi nished 18-12 and reached the 22 Ethan Happ F Sr. 19.4 10.4 4.6 4x Big Ten POW; Avg. 1.3 bpg; 57.1% FG% NIT, making the school's fi rst postseason appearance since 1947. Head coach Steve Yoder 34 Brad Davison G So. 10.5 2.9 1.9 .438 3FG%; Last 7 gms: .621 3FG% (18-29) and several players will be in a endance (page 8). 35 Nate Reuvers F So. 8.2 2.9 1.0 .386 3FG%; 1.7 bpg (9b vs. Stanford) җBADGERMBB NOTES GAME 18: VS. MICHIGAN WISCONSIN BASKETBALL D'Mitrik Trice Brevin Pritzl aleem ford WALT McGRORY CARTER HIGGINBOTTOM TREVOR ANDERSON TAI STRICKLAND 0 G, So., 6-0, 187 1 G, Jr., 6-3, 198 2 F, So., 6-8, 220 3 G, So., 6-3, 200 4 G, Fr., 6-0, 183 12 G, So., 6-2, 201 13 G, Fr., 6-2, 172 Huber Heights, Ohio De Pere, Wis. Lawrenceville, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn. Chicago, Ill. Stevens Point, Wis. Tampa, Fla. CharleS Thomas KHALIL IVERSON eThan Happ Kobe King oWeN HAMILTON michael ballard JOE HEDSTROM 15 F, Sr., 6-8, 250 21 G, Sr., 6-5, 217 22 F, Sr., 6-10, 237 23 G, Fr., 6-4, 203 30 G, So., 7-0, 266 31 G, So., 6-4, 197 32 C, Fr., 7-0, 223 Highland, Md. Delaware, Ohio Milan, Ill. La Crosse, Wis. Presco , Wis. Oak Park, Ill. Hopkins, Minn. TAYLOR cURRIE BRAD DAVISON NATE REUVERS Greg Gard Joe Krabbenhoft Howard Moore DEAN OLIVER 33 F, Fr., 6-8, 226 34 F, So., 6-3, 205 35 F, So., 6-10, 215 Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Clarkston, Mich. Maple Grove, Minn. Lakeville, Minn. 4th season at UW 3rd season at UW 9th season at UW 2nd season at UW WISCONSIN ROSTER POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) WISCONSIN PRONUNCIATIONS 0 D’Mitrik Trice* G 6-0 187 Jr./So. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne/IMG Academy) 0 Duh-MEE-trick Trice 1 Brevin Pritzl** G 6-3 198 Sr./Jr. De Pere, Wis. (HS) 1 Brevin PRITTS-ull 2 Aleem Ford* F 6-8 220 Jr./So. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer/IMG Academy) 3 Walt McGrory* G 6-3 200 So./So. Minneapolis, Minn. (Edina) 2 UH-leem Ford 4 Carter Higginbo om G 6-0 183 Fr./Fr. Chicago, Ill. (St. Igna us) 11 MY-ka 11 Micah Po er F 6-9 240 Jr./Jr. Mentor, Ohio (Monteverde Academy/Ohio State) 13 TY Strickland 12 Trevor Anderson G 6-2 201 Jr./So. Stevens Point, Wis. (Area Senior High/Green Bay) 23 CO-bee King 13 Tai Strickland G 6-2 172 Fr./Fr. Tampa, Fla. (St. Petersburg) 15 Charles Thomas, IV*** F 6-8 250 Sr./Sr. Highland, Md. (River Hill) 35 Nate REE-vers 21 Khalil Iverson*** F 6-5 217 Sr./Sr. Delaware, Ohio (Hayes) 22 Ethan Happ*** F 6-10 237 Gr./Sr. Milan, Ill. (Rockridge) Joe CRAB-en-ho 23 Kobe King G 6-4 203 So./Fr. La Crosse, Wis. (Central) 30 Owen Hamilton+ C 7-0 266 So./So. Presco , Wis. (HS/Northern Illinois) 31 Michael Ballard* G 6-4 197 Jr./So. Oak Park, Ill. (Fenwick) 32 Joe Hedstrom C 7-0 223 Fr./Fr. Hopkins, Minn. (HS) 33 Taylor Currie F 6-8 226 Fr./Fr.