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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 #19 WISCONSIN 177, 94 VS. #9 MICHIGAN ST. 195, 103 FEB. 12, 2019 ▪ 6 PM CT ▪ MADISON, WIS. ▪ KOHL CENTER 17,287 Date Opponent Time NOV. 6 COPPIN STATE W, 85-63 WISCONSIN BADGERS TV . ESPN2 Nov. 13 at Xavier (Gavi Games) W, 77-68 Rankings (AP/Coaches) 19/19 (Dave Fleming, Dan Dakich & Molly McGrath) NOV. 17 HOUSTON BAPTIST W, 96-59 Head Coach: Greg Gard Radio . Badger Radio Network Record at WIS: 73-43 (4th) (Matt Lepay & Mike Lucas) Overall: 73-43 (4th) Ba le 4 Atlan s - Paradise Island, Bahamas All-Time Series. MSU leads, 80-64 Nov. 21 vs. Stanford W, 62-46 GAME 25 MICHIGAN ST. SPARTANS All-Time in Madison . .UW leads, 46-25 Nov. 22 vs. Oklahoma W, 78-58 Rankings (AP/Coaches) 9/9 Last Meeting . MSU won, 63-60, Nov. 23 vs. Virginia [4] L, 46-53 Head Coach: Tom Izzo Big Ten Tourn., New York City (3/2/18) Record at MSU: 593-230 (24th) Active Streak . .MSU won last 5 NOV. 27 NC STATE (B1G/ACC Challenge) W, 79-75 Overall: 593-230 (24th) Nov. 30 at Iowa [14] W, 72-66 DEC. 3 RUTGERS W, 69-64 ANOTHER TOP10 TEST ON TAP Dec. 8 at Marque e L, 69-74 (ot) Winners of 6 of the last 7, Wisconsin plays its only regular DEC. 13 SAVANNAH STATE W, 101-60 season game vs. No. 9 Michigan State on Tuesday. The DEC. 22 GRAMBLING STATE W, 84-53 Badgers are 2-0 vs. the Top-25 at home this season. Dec. 29 at Western Kentucky L, 76-83 Up next, UW seeks its 15th-straight win over Illinois on Feb. 12. JAN. 3 MINNESOTA L, 52-59 Jan. 6 at Penn State W, 71-52 KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER JAN. 11 PURDUE L, 80-84 (ot) Wisconsin checked in at No. 11 in the Feb. 9 NET rankings Jan. 14 at Maryland [19] L, 60-64 and No. 11 according to KenPom.com. The Badgers are 1 of JAN. 19 MICHIGAN [2] W, 64-54 just 4 teams with 7 Quadrant 1 wins (page 3). Jan. 23 at Illinois W, 72-60 The Badgers have played the 4th-toughest schedule in the JAN. 26 NORTHWESTERN W, 62-46 NCAA (per KenPom.com). Jan. 29 at Nebraska W, 62-51 During its recent 6-game winning streak, UW held 5 of those The No. 2 player in Ken FEB. 1 MARYLAND [21] W, 69-61 opponents to a season-low scoring total. Pomeroy's Player of the Feb. 6 at Minnesota W, 56-51 Overall, the Badgers rank 7th in defensive efficiency Year rankings, Ethan Feb. 9 at Michigan [7] L, 52-61 (KenPom.com) and 8th in the NCAA allowing 61.0 ppg. Happ ranks among FEB. 12 MICHIGAN STATE [9] 6 pm With the recent win over No. 2 Michigan, Greg Gard has the Big Ten's top 5 FEB. 18 ILLINOIS 7 pm Feb. 23 at Northwestern 7:30 pm now led the Badgers to 4 top-5 wins (and 7 top-10 wins) in in scoring (18.3 ppg), Feb. 26 at Indiana 8 pm his 4 seasons at the helm — most in the Big Ten. rebounds (10.5 rpg) and UW ranks 2nd in the NCAA with just 9.2 TOs per game. The assists (4.9 apg). MAR. 2 PENN STATE Noon Badgers have had single-digit TOs in 9 of 13 Big Ten games. MAR. 7 IOWA [20] 6 pm Mar. 10 at Ohio State 3:30 pm As Michigan's John Beilein said, Ethan Happ is playing like a postseason All-American. Happ is the No. 2 player in Ken Pomeroy's Player of the Year rankings and is trying to Big Ten Tournament - Chicago, Ill. become the NCAA's first player in over 25 years — and the first in Big Ten history — to Mar. 13-17 at Big Ten Tournament average 15 ppg, 10 rpg and 5 apg. (Pages 4-5) Happ is the only player in the NCAA with 2 triple-doubles this season. He is 1 of only 5 NCAA Tournament major conference players in the last 10 years to post multiple triple-doubles in a season. Mar. 19-20 Round 1 Mar. 21-24 Rounds 2-3 In his 4th season as head coach, Greg Gard has led the Badgers to a mark of 74-43 (.632), Mar. 28-31 Sweet 16/Elite 8 the 3rd-highest win percentage at UW (min. 60 games). April 6-8 Final Four (Minneapolis, Minn.) Wisconsin has won 7 of its last 9 Big Ten road games dating back to last season. This season, the Badgers have 6 true road wins. UW is 1 of 6 major conference schools with at Home games in ALL CAPS | All mes listed as CT least 6 true road wins this season. Only North Carolina (7) has more. Since 2001-02 when Bo Ryan and Greg Gard got to Madison, Wisconsin owns the best FOLLOW The BADGERS Big Ten win pct in the conference, pos ng a mark of 212-95 (.691). WEBSITE: UWBadgers.com UW ranks 1st in the B1G and 11th nationally, shooting 39.5% on 3FGs. The Badgers TWITTER: @BadgerMBB are on pace for their best 3-point mark since shooting 42.6% in 1991-92. D'Mitrik Trice FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball (44.9%), Brad Davison (43.2%) and Reuvers (38.7%) all rank among the B1G top 20. INSTAGRAM: BadgerMBB Davison is finding his comfort zone. Over the last 14 games, he is averaging 13.4 ppg and YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers shooting 31-for-60 (51.7%) from deep. That includes a trio of 20-plus point games. WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING... No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes "He is a phenomenal player and he 0 D'Mitrik Trice G So. 13.2 2.9 2.5 .449 3FG% (61-136) is 4th in the Big Ten impacts winning in so many ways. It's a 21 Khalil Iverson F Sr. 4.8 3.8 0.8 .494 FG%; Season-high 12p, 7r at Illinois nightmare playing against him but I love 22 Ethan Happ F Sr. 18.3 10.5 4.9 Only NCAA player with 2 triple-doubles how he plays, he's just a winner." 34 Brad Davison G So. 11.1 3.1 1.8 .432 3FG%; Last 13 gms: .517 3FG% (31-60) 35 Nate Reuvers F So. 8.4 3.3 1.1 .387 3FG%; 2nd in B1G with 2.0 bpg — Northwestern Chris Collins җBADGERMBB NOTES GAME 25: VS. MICHIGAN STATE 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.