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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 20, 00 VS. HOUSTON BAPTIST 11, 00 NOV. 17, 2018 ▪ 7 P.M. CT ▪ MADISON, WIS. ▪ KOHL CENTER 17,287 ▪ BTN Date Opponent Time WISCONSIN BADGERS TV . Big Ten Network NOV. 6 COPPIN STATE W, 85-63 Rankings (AP/Coaches) RV/RV (Jeff Levering & Ben Brust) Nov. 13 at Xavier (Gavi Games) W, 77-68 Head Coach: Greg Gard Radio . Badger Radio Network NOV. 17 HOUSTON BAPTIST 7 pm Record at WIS: 59-36 (4th) (Jon Arias & Patrick Herb) Overall: 59-36 (4th) 2018 Ba le 4 Atlan s - Paradise Island, Bahamas GAME 3 HBU HUSKIES All-Time Series. First Meeting Nov. 21 vs. Stanford 1:30 pm Rankings (AP/Coaches) --/-- All-Time in Madison . First Meeting All-Time vs. Southland . UW leads, 6-0 Nov. 22 vs. Florida/Oklahoma Head Coach: Ron Cottrell Nov. 23 vs. Butler/Dayton/MTSU/Virginia [4] Record at HBU: 476–390 (28th) Overall: 476–390 (28th) NOV. 27 NC STATE (B1G/ACC Challenge) 8 pm Nov. 30 at Iowa 7 pm UW RETURNS HOME FOR ONE Fresh off a statement road win at Xavier Tuesday night, DEC. 3 RUTGERS 7 pm Wisconsin returns home to take on Houston Baptist on Dec. 8 at Marque e [24] 4 pm Saturday at the Kohl Center. UW is looking for its first DEC. 13 SAVANNAH STATE 7 pm 3-0 start to the season since opening the 2014-15 sea- DEC. 22 GRAMBLING STATE 11 am son with seven straight wins. Dec. 29 at Western Kentucky 4:30 pm Up next, Wisconsin travels to the Bahamas for 3 games at the 2018 Battle 4 Atlantis, beginning with Stanford on JAN. 3 MINNESOTA 8 pm Nov. 21 on ESPN. Jan. 6 at Penn State 6:30 pm JAN. 11 PURDUE [23] 8 pm KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER Jan. 14 at Maryland 7:30 pm Entering his fourth season as head coach, Greg Gard has Following a triple-double in JAN. 19 MICHIGAN [18] 11 am led the Badgers to a mark of 59-36 (.621), the 3rd-high- the opener, preseason All- American Ethan Happ tallied Jan. 23 at Illinois 8 pm est win percentage in program history (min. 60 games). 30 points and 13 rebounds in JAN. 26 NORTHWESTERN 1:15 pm The 4th preseason AP All-American in school history, Tuesday's win at Xavier. Jan. 29 at Nebraska 7 pm Ethan Happ has opened the season like a postseason All-American. After recording just the 2nd triple-double in school history against Coppin FEB. 1 MARYLAND 8 pm State (more on page 3), he followed that up with a 30-point, 13-rebound, 5-assist mas- Feb. 6 at Minnesota 8 pm terpiece in UW's win at Xavier on Tuesday. He is averaging 20.0 ppg and 12.0 rpg, while Feb. 9 at Michigan [18] 11 am leading the Big Ten with 8.5 assists per game. FEB. 12 MICHIGAN STATE [11] 6 pm Senior Ethan Happ continues his assault on the UW record books and now sits just 6 FEB. 18 ILLINOIS 7 pm boards away from breaking the school's all-time rebounding record. He currently ranks Feb. 23 at Northwestern 7:30 pm 7th in UW history in points (1,581), 2nd in rebounds (899), 13th in assists (287), 6th in Feb. 26 at Indiana 8 pm blocks (114) and 3rd in steals (179) - more on page 7. After missing the final 23 games last season with a foot injury, D'Mitrik Trice is mak- MAR. 2 PENN STATE Noon ing up for lost time. The sophomore guard has posted back-to-back career highs with MAR. 7 IOWA 6 pm 21 points against Coppin State and 22 points at Xavier. Trice is shooting 71.4% (10-14) Mar. 10 at Ohio State 3:30 pm from 3-point range, including a perfect 5-for-5 effort at Xavier. Coming off a Big Ten All-Freshman campaign, Brad Davison is picking up where he left Big Ten Tournament - Chicago, Ill. off. Davison is third on the Badgers averaging 14.0 ppg and second with 5.5 rpg, while Mar. 13-17 at Big Ten Tournament shooting 5-for-11 from 3-point range. Davison tallied 19 points (4-6 3FGs) at Xavier. NCAA Tournament The Badgers demonstrated their improved depth in the opener as the UW bench combined Mar. 19-20 Round 1 for 30 points, including 16 from junior Brevin Pritzl. Last season, UW never had more than Mar. 21-24 Rounds 2-3 25 bench points in any game and only topped 20 points twice in the final 18 games. Mar. 28-31 Sweet 16/Elite 8 Wisconsin leads the nation averaging just 6.0 turnovers per game. The Badgers also rank April 6-8 Final Four (Minneapolis, Minn.) 3rd in the NCAA with a 2.58 assist-to-turnover ratio (31 dimes, 12 turnovers). Wisconsin returns 94.0% (2,074 of 2,206 points) of its scoring in 2018-19, the 7th-high- Home games in ALL CAPS | All mes listed as CT est mark in all of college basketball. Washington (95.9%) and Iowa (94.9%) are the only major conference schools with a higher percentage of returning points than Wisconsin. FOLLOW The BADGERS The Badgers also bring back 90.1% of their minutes played (5,966 of 6,625). WEBSITE: UWBadgers.com WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS TWITTER: @BadgerMBB No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball 0 D'Mitrik Trice G So. 21.5 4.5 3.0 Career-high 22p (5-5 3FGs) at Xavier INSTAGRAM: BadgerMBB 21 Khalil Iverson F Sr. 5.5 4.5 0.5 104 career games played (35 starts) YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers 22 Ethan Happ F Sr. 20.0 12.0 8.5 2018-19 Preseason AP All-American 34 Brad Davison G So. 14.0 5.5 1.5 19p, 6r, 3a (4-6 3FGs) at Xavier 35 Nate Reuvers F So. 8.0 4.0 1.0 Started 15 games last season җBADGERMBB NOTES GAME 3: VS. HOUSTON BAPTIST 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, Jr., 6-8, 250 21 G, Jr., 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, Fr., 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) 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) 33 Andy Van VLEET 15 Charles Thomas, IV*** F 6-8 250 Sr./Sr. Highland, Md. (River Hill) 21 Khalil Iverson*** F 6-5 217 Sr./Sr. Delaware, Ohio (Hayes) 35 Nate REE-vers 22 Ethan Happ*** F 6-10 237 Gr./Sr. Milan, Ill. (Rockridge) 23 Kobe King G 6-4 203 So./Fr. La Crosse, Wis. (Central) Joe CRAB-en-ho 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. Clarkston, Mich. (HS) 34 Brad Davison* G 6-3 206 So./So. Maple Grove, Minn. (HS) 35 Nate Reuvers* F 6-11 240 So./So. Lakeville, Minn. (North) * - le ers earned | Gr. – Graduate Student | + - will redshirt in 2018-19 Head Coach: Greg Gard (4th); Assistant Coaches: Joe Krabbenho (3rd), Howard Moore (9th), Dean Oliver (2nd); Dir. of Basketball Ops: Marc VandeWe ering; Strength & Condi oning: Erik Helland; Athle c Trainer: Henry Perez-Guerra; Video Coord.: A.J. Van Handel җBADGERMBB NOTES GAME 3: VS. HOUSTON BAPTIST ALL҃TIME VS. HOUSTON BAPTIST HAPP OFF TO ALL҃AMERICAN START Saturday's game will mark the first-ever meet- Senior Ethan Happ opened the season as just the QUICK FACTS ing between Wisconsin and Houston Baptist.