WISCONSIN BASKETBALL 202021 SCHEDULE Nov. 25 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 77-67 Nov. 27 ARK-PINE BLUFF W, 92-58 24 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES ▪ 4 FINAL FOURS ▪ 19 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS ▪ 21 CONSENSUS ALL҃AMERICANS Dec. 1 GREEN BAY 4 p.m. #4 WISCONSIN BADGERS VS GREEN BAY FIGHTING PHOENIX Dec. 4 at Marquette 6 p.m. 2҃0, 0҃0 BIG TEN 0҃1, 0҃0 HORIZON Dec. 9 LOUISVILLE 6:15 p.m. Rankings (AP/Coaches): 4/7 Rankings (AP/Coaches): NR/NR Dec. 12 TBD TBD Head Coach: Greg Gard Head Coach: Will Ryan Dec. 16 NORTHERN IOWA TBD Record at Wisconsin: 103-57 (6th Season) Record at UAPB: 0-1 (1st Season) Overall Record: 103-57 (6th Season) Overall Record: 14-14 (2nd Season) Dec. 21 NEBRASKA Dec. 25 at Michigan State TUESDAY, NOV. 1 ▪ 4 P.M. CT ▪ MADISON, WIS. ▪ KOHL CENTER ▪ BIG TEN NETWORK Dec. 28 MARYLAND Dec. 31 MINNESOTA BADGERS LOOK TO KEEP WIN STREAK ALIVE VS. GREEN BAY Winners of 10 straight, Wisconsin hosts Green Bay on Tuesday at the Jan. 3 at Penn State Kohl Center in a meeting of former colleagues. Head coaches Greg Gard Jan. 7 INDIANA and Will Ryan, son of Bo Ryan, served on UW’s staff together (2002-07). Jan. 12 at Michigan The Badgers rose three spots to No. 4 in the AP Top 25. This marks UW’s Jan. 15 at Rutgers highest ranking since being ranked No. 3 on March 16, 2015. It’s also just Jan. 23 OHIO STATE the fourth season in which Wisconsin has appeared in the AP Top 5. Jan. 27 NORTHWESTERN Jan. 30 at Maryland GAME 3 FAST BREAK FACTS Wisconsin’s 10-game win streak is tied for the Wisconsin has Feb. 2 PENN STATE 6th-longest win streak in the nation and is the a trio of players Wisconsin has won 10 straight at Feb. 6 at Illinois longest among major conference teams (page 2). on watch lists for the Kohl Center and has won its Feb. 11 at Nebraska last 17 home games against non- major awards: Feb. 14 MICHIGAN Wisconsin begins its 24th season in the Kohl conference teams da ng back to Feb. 18 IOWA Center, sporting an all-time record of 314-52 PG D’Mitrik Dec. 13, 2017. (.858) in its home building — the 10th-best win Trice (Bob Cousy Feb. 21 at Northwestern percentage of any Div. 1 home venue. Award), PF Nate Feb. 27 ILLINOIS Reuvers (Karl Malone Award) and C Micah Head coach Greg Gard was named 2020 Big Po er (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). Mar. 2 at Purdue Ten Coach of the Year by both the coaches and Mar. 7 at Iowa media. Gard became Wisconsin’s second coach . Reuvers also named Preseason All-Big Ten Team. to earn that award, joining four- me winner UW’s leading scorer a year ago, Third-Team All- BIG TEN TOURNAMENT - Chicago, Ill. Bo Ryan (2002, ‘03, ‘13 and ‘15). Big Ten senior forward Nate Reuvers has scored Mar. 10-14 at United Center . Gard owns a career record of 103-57 (.644) in double figures 14 of the last 17 games overall. He is the 2nd-fastest Wisconsin coach to (including 18pts in UW’s season opener). NCAA TOURNAMENT - Indianapolis, Ind. 100 wins in the NCAA tournament era, doing so . Reuvers tallied 5 blocks against EIU and has 150 Mar. 16-17 First Four in 157 games. Only Bo Ryan reached 100 faster for his career. He is now 5 away from the school’s Mar. 18-21 Rounds 1-2 (138 games). all-time record held by Ethan Happ (154). Mar. 25-28 Sweet 16 / Elite 8 April 3-5 Final Four . With a conference record of 59-35, Gard’s .628 Micah Potter positioned himself as the Big Ten’s conference win percentage ranks 6th among all most valuable reserve. In B1G play last year, ^ ACC Challenge Big Ten coaches of the last 40 years (page 2). Potter was UW’s second-leading scorer averag- Home games in BOLD CAPS Last season, Wisconsin finished the season with ing 10.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg while shooting 53.7% FG and 47.8% 3FG (more on page 3). 8 consecutive wins to win a share of the 2020 FOLLOW THE #BADGERS Big Ten Championship, the 19th title in school Third-Team All-Big Ten guard D’Mitrik Trice history, and first since 2015. rounded out his game, averaging 9.8 ppg, 4.2 TV: BIG TEN NETWORK . Wisconsin has won 5 Big Ten championships apg, 4.0 rpg. His 2.5 ast-to-TO ratio tied Josh App: FOX Sports GO | Online: foxsportsgo.com since 2000, matching Ohio State for the 2nd- Gasser for 8th best in UW history (more pg 2). Play-by-Play: Jeff Levering most during that span. Only Michigan State (7) In UW’s season-opening win over EIU (11/25), . Analyst: Brian Butch has more league titles since 2000. freshmen Ben Carlson, Steven Crowl and RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK Jonathan Davis combined for 23 points, the The Badgers return their en re star ng 5 from App: iHeartRadio | Satellite: SiriusXM 196 most by a freshmen class in an opener since the fi nal game of last season and bring back 7 of . Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay 2010 when Josh Gasser, Ben Brust and Duje the top 8 scorers overall from a season ago. Analyst: Mike Lucas Dukan combined for 25 points. UW returns 77.5% of its minutes from last SOCIAL MEDIA: #ONWISCONSIN Wisconsin’s active career scoring leader, season as well as 78.7% of points, 83.6% of . Twitter: @BadgerMBB rebounds, 86.1% of assists, 79.7% of steals and Brad Davison ranks 42nd in UW history with . Instagram: badgermbb 88.6% of blocks. 1,063 points. During UW’s 8-game win streak last season, led UW avg 12.7 ppg (47.2% 3FG). Facebook: /WisconsinMensBasketball . YouTube: /WisconsinBadgers WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS No. Name Pts. Reb. Ast. Of Note 0 D’MITRIK TRICE 13.0 2.5 4.0 Cousy Award Watch List, 3rd-Team All-B1G in 2020; 2.6 A/TO ra o 2 ALEEM FORD 5.5 3.5 2.0 Had 14 double-digit scoring games last year (including 7 of last 10) 11 MICAH POTTER 14.0 6.5 2.5 Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List; 2nd in B1G play in 3FG% (.469) 34 BRAD DAVISON 5.5 4.0 1.5 During season-ending, 8-game win streak: 13.5 ppg (47.6% 3FG) 35 NATE REUVERS 16.0 5.5 1.0 Malone Award Watch List; 3rd-Team All-B1G in 2020 BADGERMBB NOTES GAME 3: GREEN BAY ON THE WAY UP Davison (1,063) and D’Mitrik Trice (1,026) in Wisconsin’s 1,000-point club. BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS After beginning the season 2-0, Wisconsin Dating back to last season, Reuvers has GENERAL INFORMATION moved up to No. 4 in this week’s AP Top 25. scored in double figures in 14 of the last 17 . Address: 1440 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711 This marks UW’s highest ranking since being games. Website: UWBadgers.com ranked No. 3 on March 16, 2015. Press Box Phone: (608) 262-7766 . Reuvers has scored 20+ points 6 times in his This is just the fourth season in which career, with 3 of those coming last season. Wisconsin has appeared in the AP Top 5. BRANDON HARRISON PRIMARY With 5 blocks vs. EIU, Reuvers moved into For just the fifth time in school history, . Phone: (608) 279-8653 3rd place on UW’s career blocks list and UW began the season ranked top 10 in the . Email: [email protected] now trails only Frank Kaminsky and Ethan Preseason AP Top 25. Twitter: @BrandonHarrison Happ. He needs just 5 swats to break Wisconsin in the Preseason AP Top 10 Happ’s school record. PATRICK HERB DIRECTOR OF Season Preseason Finished Final Game UW CAREER BLOCKS LEADERS BRAND STRATEGY 1962-63 #10 NR -- Player Blocks Seasons 2006-07 #9 #6 NCAA 2nd Rd . Phone: (608) 957-2085 1. Ethan Happ 154 2016-19 2014-15 #3 #3 NCAA runner-up 2. Frank Kaminsky 153 2012-15 . Email: [email protected] 2016-17 #9 #25 Lost in Sweet 16 3. Nate Reuvers 150 2017-Pres. Twitter: @PatrickHerb 2020-21 #7 -- -- 4. Jared Berggren 144 2009-13 5. Rashard Griffith 124 1994-95 Wisconsin 1 of 6 teams from the Big Ten Reuvers recorded 58 blocks last year, tied ranked: #3 Iowa, #4 Wisconsin, #5 Illinois, for the 7th highest single-season mark at MEDIA RESOURCES #8 Michigan St., #23 Ohio St., #24 Rutgers. UW. CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS Wisconsin is 1 of just 4 schools ranked in the . www.sportssystems.com/Wisconsin AP Top 25 in both M Basketball and Football. GARD AMONG THE BEST . Wisconsin is #4 in MBB, #18 in Football BIG TEN MEDIA EMAIL LIST In his 6th season as head coach, Greg Gard is . Iowa is #3 in MBB, #24 in Football . office.bigten.org/media quickly placing himself among the greatest Big . Oregon is #21 in MBB, #21 in football Ten coaches of the last 40 years. WISCONSIN BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK . Ohio State is #23 in MBB, #3 in football . go.wisc.edu/MBBRecordBook With a conference record of 59-35, Gard’s SPEAKING OF STREAKING .628 conference win percentage ranks 6th WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS KOHL CENTER among Big Ten coaches of the last 40 years Winners of 10 straight dating back to last . BadgerWiFi (connect and register with email address) (since 1980).