WISCONSIN BASKETBALL 201920 SCHEDULE Nov. 5 vs. #20 Saint Mary’s^ L, 63-65 ot Nov. 8 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 65-52 24 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPERANCES ▪ 4 FINAL FOURS ▪ 18 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS ▪ 21 CONSENSUS ALL҃AMERICANS Nov. 13 McNEESE STATE W, 83-63 Nov. 17 MARQUETTE W, 77-61 WISCONSIN BADGERS #19 IOWA HAWKEYES VS Nov. 21 GREEN BAY W, 88-70 12҃8, 5҃4 BIG TEN 14҃5, 5҃3 BIG TEN Rankings (AP/Coaches): RV/RV Rankings (AP/Coaches): 19/19 LEGENDS CLASSIC - BROOKLYN, NY Head Coach: Greg Gard Head Coach: Fran McCaffery Nov. 25 vs. Richmond* L, 52-62 Record at Wisconsin: 92-55 (5th) Record at Iowa: 185-137 (10th) Overall Record: 92-55 (5th) Overall Record: 436-314 (24th) Nov. 26 vs. New Mexico* L, 50-59 Dec. 4 at NC State L, 54-69 MONDAY, JAN. 27 ▪ 7:30 PM CT ▪ IOWA CITY, IOWA ▪ CARVERHAWKEYE ARENA 15,500 ▪ BTN Dec. 7 INDIANA W, 84-64 Dec. 11 at Rutgers L, 65-72 BADGERS CONTINUE CHALLENGING ROAD STRETCH AT IOWA Dec. 21 MILWAUKEE W, 83-64 Winners in 7 of its last 10, Wisconsin looks to bounce back from a loss Dec. 28 at Tennessee W, 68-48 at Purdue when it travels to Iowa on Monday night. Dec. 31 RIDER W, 65-37 The Badgers have won in 4 of their last 5 trips to Iowa City, including Jan. 3 at #5 Ohio State W, 61-57 a 72-66 win in Carver-Hawkeye Arena last season. UW has won 8 of Jan. 8 ILLINOIS L, 70-71 the last 10 against Iowa overall. Jan. 11 at #20 Penn State W, 58-49 Up next, UW hosts #11 Michigan State on Saturday at Noon on Fox. Jan. 14 #17 MARYLAND W, 56-54 Jan. 17 at #15 Michigan State L, 55-67 FAST BREAK FACTS Jan. 21 NEBRASKA W, 82-68 Jan. 24 at Purdue L, 51-70 Wisconsin ranks No. 31 in the NET Rankings In his 5th season Jan. 27 at #19 Iowa 7:30 p.m. (as of Jan. 26), which also lists UW as facing at the helm, Greg Wisconsin has won 7 of its last Feb. 1 #11 MICHIGAN STATE Noon the 3rd-toughest schedule in the nation. Gard has led 10 games, including a trio of Feb. 5 at Minnesota 8 p.m. Wisconsin to a . UW is also No. 34 according to KenPom.com. wins over teams in the AP Top Feb. 9 OHIO STATE Noon mark of 92-55 25. With 5 Quadrant 1 wins, only Feb. 15 at Nebraska 1:15 p.m. Wisconsin has tallied five Quadrant 1 wins this (.626) overall, two teams in the na on have Feb. 18 PURDUE 6 p.m. season, tied with Iowa for most in the Big Ten. 3rd-highest win more Quad 1 wins than UW: Feb. 23 #24 RUTGERS Noon In fact, only 2 teams in the nation have more: percentage in Kansas (8) and Seton Hall (6). #3 Kansas & #10 Seton Hall (more on page 2). program history. Feb. 27 at Michigan 6 p.m. Mar. 1 MINNESOTA 5:30 p.m. Since taking over as head coach in December . Last week, Gard became the 52nd coach in his- Mar. 4 NORTHWESTERN 8 p.m. of 2015, Greg Gard has led Wisconsin to 16 tory to reach 50 Big Ten wins and improved his Mar. 7 at Indiana 11 a.m. wins over AP Top 25 teams (3 this season). career record to 50-33 (.602) in league play. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT - Indianapolis, Ind. Of those 16 wins, 8 have come away from home. Gard’s current .602 win percentage ranks 4th among active Big Ten coaches (more on page 2). Mar. 11-15 at Big Ten Tournament Wisconsin has featured a balanced offensive attack this season with 7 players averaging UW has clinched a top-4 finish in the Big Ten NCAA TOURNAMENT between 7.4 and 13.8 points per game. in 17 of the last 18 seasons. No other Big Ten Mar. 17-18 First Four team can make that claim (more on page 4). Mar. 19-22 Rounds 1-2 . All 5 starters are averaging more than 7.7 ppg. Gard has led UW to the NCAA tournament in 3 Mar. 26-29 Sweet 16 / Elite 8 . Twice this season, UW has had 6 players score of his first 4 seasons as head coach, making him April 4-6 Final Four (Atlanta, Ga.) in double figures in the same game. Since 1995, 1 of only 10 active coaches to do so. UW has had that just 7 times, two of those taking ^ Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) place this season alone in back-to-back games. Wisconsin is 1 of just 5 teams to participate in * Barclay’s Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Home games in BOLD CAPS 20 of the last 21 NCAA tournaments, joined by Wisconsin leads the Big Ten and tied for 27th in Duke, Kansas, Michigan State & Gonzaga. the NCAA shooting 76.4% at the free throw line (230-for-301 FT) this season, up from 64.8% last UW players have earned 16 first-team All-Big FOLLOW THE #BADGERS season. UW averages 15.0 FTAs per contest. Ten honors over the last 18 seasons. That is 3 more than any other team in the conference. TV: FS1 App: FOX Sports GO | Online: foxsportsgo.com WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS . Play-by-Play: Brandon Gaudin . Analyst: Stephen Bardo No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. FG% 3FG% FT% RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK 0 D’MITRIK TRICE G Jr. 9.0 4.2 3.5 .376 .341 .828 App: iHeartRadio | Satellite: SiriusXM 380 Averaging 10.4 ppg, 42.1% 3FG (16-38) the last 9 games, including a career-high 31 pts vs. Milwaukee . Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay 2 ALEEM FORD F R-Jr. 7.8 3.7 1.3 .414 .313 .724 . Analyst: Mike Lucas Has scored in double fi gures in 7 games this seasons, most recently 14 pts (4-6 3FG) vs. Rider SOCIAL MEDIA: #ONWISCONSIN 23 KOBE KING G R-So. 10.6 2.9 1.4 .474 .259 .698 . Twitter: @BadgerMBB Averaging 14.1 points per Big Ten game (55.2% FG in B1G), including 20+ pts vs. Indiana (24) and Illinois (21) . Instagram: badgermbb . Facebook: /WisconsinMensBasketball 34 BRAD DAVISON G Jr. 9.3 4.6 1.8 .389 .325 .886 . YouTube: /WisconsinBadgers 82 career starts in 86 games played; scored 14+ pts in 6 games this season, inc. 14 pts vs. #17 Maryland 35 NATE REUVERS F Jr. 14.0 5.4 0.5 .475 .333 .776 Team’s leading scorer is ed for 14th in Big Ten for scoring, 4th in FT%, 9th in FG% and T-3rd blocks (2.2 bpg) BADGERMBB NOTES GAME 21: IOWA STRONG BODY OF WORK RELIABLE REUVERS BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS After beginning the season at 5-5, Wisconsin With the departure of Ethan Happ, Nate is quickly building one of the better resumes in Reuvers has fit in nicely to a larger workload GENERAL INFORMATION college basketball. for Wisconsin this season. Address: 1440 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711 . Website: UWBadgers.com Wisconsin ranks No. 31 in the NET rankings Reuvers has scored in double figures in . Press Box Phone: (608) 262-7766 as well as No. 34 according to KenPom.com. 16 of 20 games, and has matched his career As of the Jan. 22 NET rankings, the Badgers high (22 pts) on two different occasions this BRANDON HARRISON PRIMARY have 5 Quadrant 1 wins, knocking off No. 15 year (vs. #20 Saint Mary’s, vs. Milwaukee). Phone: (608) 279-8653 Maryland and #30 Marquette at home and . Reuvers has scored 20+ points 6 times in his . Email: [email protected] winning at #19 Ohio State, #35 Penn State career, with 3 of those coming this season. Twitter: @BrandonHarrison and #64 Tennessee. He ranks 15th in the Big Ten averaging 13.8 Only 2 teams have more Quad 1 wins points per game. He also ranks 10th in FG% than Wisconsin. PATRICK HERB DIR. BRAND STRATEGY (.470) and 4th in FT% (.768). MOST QUADRANT 1 WINS (as of Jan. 22) . Phone: (608) 957-2085 Wins Team Wins Team Reuvers has posted 42 blocks in 20 games, . Email: [email protected] 8 Kansas 5 Baylor averaging 2.1 swats per game. That figure is . Twitter: @PatrickHerb 6 Seton Hall 5 Oregon tied for 3rd in the B1G, 38th in the NCAA. 5 Wisconsin 5 Iowa . Reuvers is trying to become just the 4th The Badgers have also tallied 3 wins over AP Badger to average at least 2.0 blocks in a top-25 teams, taking down #5 Ohio State, season and the first since Jared Berggren MEDIA RESOURCES #17 Maryland and #20 Penn State. Baylor (5) (2.1 bpg) in 2013. CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS and Oregon (4) are the nation’s only teams . The UW single-season record for blocks per with more ranked wins. www.sportssystems.com/Wisconsin game is 2.6 by Rashard Griffith in 1995. BIG TEN MEDIA EMAIL LIST GARD SEEKING 50 BADGERS TO AVERAGE 2.0 BPG, SINGLE SEASON . office.bigten.org/media Player BPG Season With last week’s win over Nebraska, Greg Gard Rashard Griffith 2.6 1993-94 WISCONSIN BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK became the 52nd coach in history to reach 50 Brad Sellers 2.4 1982-83 . go.wisc.edu/MBBRecordBook Big Ten wins. Rashard Griffith 2.2 1994-95 Nate Reuvers 2.1 2019-20 With a record of 50-33 in conference WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS KOHL CENTER Jared Berggren 2.1 2012-13 .