WISCONSIN basketball 22 NCAA Tournaments (18 consecutive) ▪ 4 Final Fours (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015) ▪ 18 Big Ten Championships ▪ 21 Consensus All-Americans 2016-17 SCHEDULE #16 WISCONSIN (22-5, 11-3) VS. OHIO STATE (15-13, 5-10) FEB. 23 ▪ 8 P.M. (CT) ▪ COLUMBUS, OHIO ▪ VALUE CITY ARENA (19,049) ▪ ESPN Date Opponent Time NOV. 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 79-47 TV . ESPN OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Nov. 15 at Creighton^ [22] L, 67-79 Rece Davis and Dan Dakich Rankings (AP/Coaches): --/-- Head Coach: Thad Matta NOV. 17 CHICAGO STATE W, 69-51 Radio .................Badger Radio Network Record at OSU: 335-121 (13th Year) Matt Lepay & Mike Lucas 2016 Maui Jim Maui Invitational Overall: 437-152 (17th Year) Nov. 21 vs. Tennessee W, 74-62 All-Time Series..............OSU leads, 86-70 GAME 26 WISCONSIN BADGERS All-Time in Columbus ........OSU leads, 54-23 Nov. 22 vs. Georgetown W, 73-57 Rankings (AP/Coaches): 16/15 Nov. 23 vs. North Carolina [4] L, 56-71 Active Streak .................UW won last 3 Head Coach: Greg Gard Last Meeting ............... UW won, 79-68, Record at WIS: 37-13 (2nd Year) NOV. 27 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W, 95-50 on Jan. 12, 2017 (in Madison, Wis.) Overall: 37-13 (2nd Year) NOV. 29 SYRACUSE* [22] W, 77-60 DEC. 3 OKLAHOMA W, 90-70 TWO-GAME ROAD SWING BEGINS THURSDAY DEC. 7 IDAHO STATE W, 78-44 Wisconsin takes to the road this week for a pair of games at Ohio Dec. 10 at Marquette W, 93-84 State on Thursday and at Michigan State on Sunday. The first-place DEC. 14 GREEN BAY W, 73-59 Badgers are 8-4 away from home this season. DEC. 23 FLORIDA A&M W, 90-37 DEC. 27 RUTGERS W, 72-52 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WISCONSIN WINS PILING UP: At 22-5, Wisconsin has equaled last season's win Jan. 3 at Indiana [25] W, 75-68 total and matched the 4th-best 27-game start in school history. UW Jan. 8 at Purdue [20] L, 55-66 has won at least 22 games for the 15th time in program annals. Jan. 12 OHIO STATE W, 89-66 Wisconsin has clinched a Jan. 17 MICHIGAN W, 68-64 GARD IN CHARGE: Greg Gard is 37-13 as head coach. Only HOFer winning record in Big Ten Jan. 21 at Minnesota W, 78-76 (ot) Doc Meanwell had a better 50-game record at UW (49-1, 1911-14). play for the 17th-consecutive Jan. 24 PENN STATE W, 82-55 KINGS OF THE ROAD: Over the last 4 seasons, UW is 54-20 (.730) season, the longest streak in Jan. 28 vs. Rutgers (NYC) W, 61-54 (ot) in road/neutral games, owning the 4th-best win pct. in college hoops. conference history (pg 10). Jan. 31 at Illinois W, 57-43 ALL-AMERICAN HAPP: Ethan Happ is doing it all for UW during Big Feb. 5 INDIANA W, 65-60 Ten play, leading the team in points (16.4), rebounds (8.5), assists (3.0), blocks (1.5) and steals (2.6). Feb. 9 at Nebraska W, 70-69 (ot) Happ is the only player in the nation leading his team in all 5 categories during conference play. Feb. 12 NORTHWESTERN L, 59-66 WINNING SEASON: Over the last 4 seasons, UW is 34-10 (.773) in Feb./March regular season games. Feb. 16 at Michigan L, 58-64 Feb. 19 MARYLAND [23] W, 71-60 CONSISTENCY MODEL: UW has reached 20 wins for the 11th-straight season (longest streak in Feb. 23 at Ohio State 8 pm B1G) and clinched a winning record in B1G play for the 17th-consecutive season. Feb. 26 at Michigan State 3 pm OT IS "OUR TIME": UW has won 8 consecutive overtime games. Of those 8, only 1 came at home. March 2 IOWA 8 PM HAYES PRAISE: A Senior CLASS Award finalist, Nigel Hayes is one of the most versatile players in Big Ten history. With 1,707 points, 720 rebounds and 295 assists, he is 1 of just 3 players in Big Ten March 5 MINNESOTA TBD history to reach those marks (pg 6). He is the nation's only active player with 1,700p, 700r and 250a. Big Ten Tournament – Washington, D.C. OWNING THE GLASS: The Badgers are 6th in the nation with a +8.4 rebounding margin. Mar. 8-12 at Big Ten Tournament RECORD IN SIGHT: Senior Bronson Koenig has hit 232 career 3-pointers and is just 3 away from NCAA Tournament equaling Ben Brust for the school's all-time record. He is shooting 40.8% from deep in B1G play. Mar. 14-15 Round 1 FRESH FACE: D'Mitrik Trice has started the last 2 games for UW, becoming just the 5th true fresh- Mar. 16-19 Rounds 2-3 man to start at UW since 2000. In 2 starts, he has averaged 8.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 2.5 apg in 27.0 mpg. Mar. 23-26 Sweet 16/Elite 8 OWN THE PAINT: The Badgers have scored 282 more points in the paint than their opponents, a April 1-3 Final Four (Phoenix, Ariz.) margin of +10.5 ppg (32.7 to 22.2). UW has only been out-scored in the paint on 4 occasions. ^ Gavitt Games WISCONSIN RECIPE: The Badgers simply don't beat themselves. UW ranks 4th in the NCAA in * Big Ten/ACC Challenge scoring defense (60.5 ppg), 15th in fewest fouls per game and 27th in fewest turnovers per game. FOLLOW UW BASKETBALL WISCONSIN’S PROBABLE* STARTERS (*based off last game) u WEBSITE: www.UWBadgers.com No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes u TWITTER: @BadgerMBB 0 D'Mitrik Trice G Fr. 5.7 1.9 1.6 42.4% 3FG; 1st career start at Michigan (2/16) u FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball 3 Zak Showalter G Sr. 8.0 3.0 1.8 Team-high 42.9% 3FGs in B1G play; Avg. 1.4 spg u INSTAGRAM: BadgerMBB 10 Nigel Hayes F Sr. 13.6 6.0 2.8 102 cons starts, 1,707 career pts and 110 wins u YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers 22 Ethan Happ F So. 14.7 9.0 2.9 Avg. 16.4 ppg in B1G play; 8 double-doubles u SNAPCHAT: OfficialBadgers 30 Vitto Brown F Sr. 7.1 4.2 1.0 78.6% FTs (22-28); Season-high 16p vs. PSU (1/24) Men’s Basketball Contact: Patrick Herb | Office: 608-890-2477 | Cell: 608-957-2085 | E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 @BADGERMBB NOTES GAME 28: AT OHIO STATE WISCONSIN BASKETBALL D'Mitrik Trice Brevin Pritzl aleem ford zak showalter matt ferris Aaron Moesch nigel hayes 0 G, Fr., 6-0, 178 1 G, R-Fr., 6-3, 195 2 F, Fr., 6-8, 208 3 G, R-Sr., 6-3, 185 4 G, R-So., 6-6, 200 5 F, R-Jr., 6-8, 226 10 F, Sr., 6-8, 240 Huber Heights, Ohio De Pere, Wis. Lawrenceville, Ga. Germantown, Wis. Appleton, Wis. Green Bay, Wis. Toledo, Ohio Jordan Hill CharleS Thomas T.J. Schlundt KHALIL IVERSON eThan Happ bronson koenig alex illikainen 11 G, R-Jr., 6-4, 172 15 F, So., 6-8, 252 20 G, R-So., 6-5, 191 21 G, So., 6-5, 212 22 F, R-So., 6-10, 232 24 G, Sr., 6-3, 190 25 F, So., 6-9, 232 Pasadena, Calif. Highland, Md. Oconomowoc, Wis. Delaware, Ohio Milan, Ill. La Crosse, Wis. Grand Rapids, Minn. Vitto Brown michael ballard andy van vliet Greg Gard Lamont Paris Howard Moore Joe Krabbenhoft 30 F, Sr., 6-8, 235 31 G, Fr., 6-4, 194 33 F, So., 7-0, 224 Head Coach Assoc. Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Bowling Green, Ohio Oak Park, Ill. Antwerp, Belgium 2nd season at UW 7th season at UW 7th season at UW 1st season at UW WISCONSIN ROSTER POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) WISCONSIN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 0 D’Mitrik Trice G 6-0 178 Fr./Fr. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne/IMG Academy) 0 Duh-MEE-trick Trice 1 Brevin Pritzl G 6-3 195 So./Fr. De Pere, Wis. (HS) 1 Brevin PRIT-zull 2 Aleem Ford^ F 6-8 208 Fr./Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer/IMG Academy) 5 Aaron mayshh 3 Zak Showalter*** G 6-3 185 Sr.#/Sr. Germantown, Wis. (HS) 24 Bronson KAY-nig 4 Matt Ferris* G 6-6 200 Jr./So. Appleton, Wis. (Xavier) 5 Aaron Moesch** F 6-8 226 Sr./Jr. Green Bay, Wis. (Southwest) 25 Alex ill-eh-KAY-nin 10 Nigel Hayes*** F 6-8 240 Sr./Sr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 30 VEE-toe Brown 11 Jordan Hill** G 6-4 172 Sr./Jr. Pasadena, Calif. (LaSalle/Exeter Academy [N.H.]) 33 Andy Van VLEET 15 Charles Thomas, IV* F 6-8 252 So./So. Highland, Md. (River Hill) 20 T.J. Schlundt* G 6-5 191 Jr./So. Oconomowoc, Wis. (St. John’s Military Academy) Joe CRAB-en-hoft 21 Khalil Iverson* F 6-5 212 So./So. Delaware, Ohio (Hayes) 22 Ethan Happ* F 6-10 232 Jr./So. Milan, Ill. (Rockridge) 24 Bronson Koenig*** G 6-3 190 Sr./Sr. La Crosse, Wis. (Aquinas) 25 Alex Illikainen* F 6-9 232 So./So. Grand Rapids, Minn. (HS/Brewster Academy) 30 Vitto Brown*** F 6-8 235 Sr./Sr. Bowling Green, Ohio (HS) 31 Michael Ballard^ G 6-4 194 Fr./Fr.