WISCONSIN BASKETBALL 22 NCAA Tournaments (18 consecutive) . 4 Final Fours (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015) . 18 Big Ten Championships . 21 Consensus All-Americans (7) WISCONSIN (21-12, 12-6 BIG TEN) vs. (2) XAVIER (28-5, 14-4 BIG EAST) 2015-16 SCHEDULE SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016 . 7:45 P.M. (CT) . ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI . SCOTTRADE CENTER . TNT Date Opponent Time Location . St. Louis, Missouri WISCONSIN BADGERS NOV. 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS L, 67-69 Site . Scottrade Center (19,260) Rankings (AP/Coaches) .............................RV/25 NOV. 15 SIENA W, 92-65 TNT . Brian Anderson, Steve Smith & Dana Jacobson Record (Big Ten) .............................21-12 (12-6) Head Coach .........................................Greg Gard NOV. 17 NORTH DAKOTA W, 78-64 Westwood One . .Wayne Larrivee & Will Perdue Record at Wisconsin (Years) ................14-7 (1st) Badger Radio Network . Matt Lepay & Mike Lucas 2K Classic – New York City (Madison Sq. Grdn) Nov. 20 vs. Georgetown L, 61-71 XAVIER MUSKATEERS All-Time vs. Xavier . .Series tied 2-2 Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NA/NA Nov. 22 vs. VCU W, 74-73 Last Meeting. XU won, 60-49 (3/22/09) Record (Big East) ..............................28-5 (14-4) NOV. 25 PRAIRIE VIEW W, 85-67 in NCAA Tournament Second Round, Boise, Idaho Head Coach .......................................Chris Mack Nov. 29 at Oklahoma [7] L, 48-65 Record at Xavier (Years) ..................163-75 (6th) Big Ten/ACC Challenge UW IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT The Badgers have been to the Sweet 16 in 4 of the Dec. 2 at Syracuse [14] W, 66-58 ot last 5 seasons – no team has made more appearances. Wisconsin improved to 35-20 (.636) all-time in the Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville and Michigan State DEC. 5 TEMPLE W, 76-60 NCAA tournament and 1-0 under head coach Greg Gard. DEC. 9 MILWAUKEE L, 67-68 are the only other schools to appear in 4 of the last 5 DEC. 12 MARQUETTE L, 55-57 With the 47-43 win over Pittsburgh on Friday, the Sweet 16s. DEC. 15 TA&M CORPUS CHRISTI W, 64-49 Badgers have now won 9 of their last 10 opening-round Sweet 16 Appearances, Last 5 Seasons DEC. 23 GREEN BAY W, 84-79 games of the NCAA tournament. Total Team Total Team DEC. 29 PURDUE [14] L, 55-61 Wisconsin has gone 14-5 in the NCAA tournament 4 Wisconsin 4 Kentucky over the last 6 seasons. The Badgers’ 14 wins since 4 Arizona 4 Louisville JAN. 2 RUTGERS W, 79-57 2011 rank 3rd in the nation, trailing only Kentucky (20) 4 Florida 4 Michigan St. Jan. 5 at Indiana L, 58-59 and Louisville (15). JAN. 9 MARYLAND [3] L, 60-63 TEAM NOTES FROM 1ST-ROUND Jan. 12 at Northwestern L, 65-70 WIN OVER PITTSBURGH JAN. 17 MICHIGAN STATE [4] W, 77-76 NCAA Tournament Wins Jan. 21 at Penn State W, 66-60 (last 5 years, since 2011) Wisconsin erased a 22-16 halftime defi cit to beat JAN. 26 INDIANA [19] W, 82-79 ot Team Wins Pitt, it’s largest comeback win in an NCAA tournament Jan. 31 at Illinois W, 63-55 1. Kentucky. 20 game since trailing Oregon, 49-37 in the second round 2. Louisville . 15 of the 2014 tournament. UW would win that game FEB. 4 OHIO STATE W, 79-68 3. Wisconsin . 14 85-77. FEB. 10 NEBRASKA W, 72-61 4. Florida. 13 The Badgers have actually trailed in 5 of their last Feb. 13 at Maryland [2] W, 70-57 Kansas . 13 11 NCAA tournament games, coming back to win all 5. Feb. 18 at Michigan State [8] L, 57-69 UConn. 13 Wisconsin held Pittsburgh to 43 points, the FEB. 21 ILLINOIS W, 69-60 7. Duke . 12 8. Arizona . 11 Panthers second-lowest scoring output of the season. Feb. 24 at Iowa [8] W, 67-59 Michigan State . 11 Pitt’s 43 points is the lowest for a UW opponent this FEB. 28 MICHIGAN W, 68-57 North Carolina . 11 season. 11. Ohio State. 10 March 2 at Minnesota W, 62-49 The Panthers’ 43 points equaled the 4th-fewest for March 6 at Purdue [15] L, 80-91 a Badgers’ NCAA tournament opponent. Over the last 6 seasons, UW is 9-1 in the opening Fewest Points, UW NCAA Tourn. Opponent Big Ten Tournament – Indianapolis (Bankers Life) weekend of the NCAA tournament. Points Opponent Year Mar. 10 vs. Nebraska L, 58-70 UW has won 4 straight second-round games dating 30 Pittsburgh 1941 back to 2011. 34 CCNY 1941 NCAA Tournament – St. Louis, Mo. (Scotttrade) 35 American 2014 Mar. 18 vs. (10) Pittsburgh W, 47-43 43 Pittsburgh 2016 Mar. 20 vs. (2) Xavier 7:45 p.m. 43 SW Missouri St. 1999 All times Central Current Badgers in the NCAA Tournament FOLLOW THE #BADGERS: GP/GS MIN FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT REB. RPG A-TO B S PTS/AVG WEBSITE: www.UWBadgers.com Nigel Hayes 12/7 311 39-101 .386 9-30 .300 27-39 .692 47 3.9 18-12 2 9 114 / 9.5 TWITTER: @BadgerMBB Bronson Koenig 12/7 306 27-74 .297 13-38 .342 19-24 .792 22 1.8 22-9 0 4 86 / 7.2 FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball Zak Showalter 6/1 72 8-15 .533 2-6 .333 0-0 -- 8 1.3 5-2 0 3 18 / 3.0 INSTAGRAM: @BadgerMBB Vitto Brown 7/1 47 4-11 .363 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 4 0.6 0-1 1 1 11 / 1.6 Ethan Happ 1/1 31 6-8 .750 0-0 -- 3-7 .429 9 9.0 3-4 1 2 15 / 15.0 YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers Jordan Hill 3/0 20 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 -- 2 0.7 0-2 0 0 0 / -- SNAPCHAT: OfficialBadgers Khalil Iverson 1/0 6 0-2 .000 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 1 1.0 0-0 0 0 0 / -- Charlie Thomas 1/0 4 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -- 2 2.0 0-0 0 0 2 / 2.0 Alex Illikainen 1/0 3 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 1 1.0 0-1 0 0 3 / 3.0 Aaron Moesch 1/0 1 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0 -- 0-0 0 0 0 / -- Jordan Smith 1/0 1 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 0 -- 0-0 0 0 0 / -- Men’s Basketball Contact: Patrick Herb | Offi ce: 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 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE - ST. LOUIS UW turned the ball over just 6 times, equaling the SITUATIONAL RECORDS school’s 5th-lowest total in an NCAA tournament game. CHARTING THE BADGERS 2015-16 Since ’01-02 The Badgers tallied 19 second-chance points, Ahead at the half 17-3 303-34 grabbing 12 offensive rebounds. Overall, UW out- CAREER GAMES PLAYED Behind at the half 4-8 64-93 rebounded the Panthers 37-36. Games Starts Cons. Starts Tied at the half 0-1 11-10 Nigel Hayes 111 73 73 FG% of .450 or more 13-1 237-19 Wisconsin shot just 32.1% from the fi eld, its lowest Bronson Koenig 110 57 57 FG% less than .450 8-11 139-118 percentage in a win since shooting 28.8% in a 48-38 win Zak Showalter 90 33 33 Better FG% than opp. 18-1 279-13 at Virginia on Dec. 4, 2013. Vitto Brown 81 32 11 Worse FG% than opp. 3-11 94-122 Jordan Smith 41 0 0 Same FG% as opp. 0-0 4-2 INDIVIDUAL NOTES FROM 1ST-ROUND Jordan Hill 36 1 0 Opp. FG% less than 45% 16-4 281-44 WIN OVER PITTSBURGH Aaron Moesch 30 0 0 3FG% of 40% or more 11-2 165-24 Ethan Happ 33 33 33 3FG% less than 40% 10-10 212-113 In his first NCAA tournament game, freshman Khalil Iverson 32 0 0 Try more than 15 3FGs 14-11 272-120 Ethan Happ led the Badgers in points (15), rebounds (9) Alex Illikainen 31 0 0 Try 15 or fewer 3FGs 7-1 106-17 and assists (3). Happ has scored in double figures in 5 Charlie Thomas 29 0 0 Make at least 70% FT 11-6 227-64 straight games and is averaging 14.0 ppg over the last 5 Matt Ferris 9 0 0 T.J. Schlundt 5 0 0 Try at least 25 FTs 9-3 124-17 games. UW is 6-1 when Happ leads the team in scoring. Will Decorah 4 0 0 Try fewer than 25 FTs 12-9 251-119 Happ also tallied a pair of steals, giving him 60 on Jackson Bax 3 0 0 Outrebound opponent 15-5 266-39 the season and breaking the school freshman steals Brevin Pritzl 1 0 0 Tied or outrebounded 6-7 114-98 record (previous record was 58 held by Mike Kelley). Andy Van Vliet 0 0 0 Same or fewer TOs than opp. 13-9 277-81 Junior Nigel Hayes finished with 12 points (6-8 More TOs than opp. 8-3 101-56 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Commit fewer than 12 TOs 13-8 279-81 FTs), 5 rebounds and 2 assists. He has scored in double Career ’15-16 Cons. Commit 12 or more TOs 8-4 99-56 figures in all but 4 games this season. Hayes has scored Nigel Hayes 71 (54-17) 29 (18-11) 3 Score fewer than 50 pts.