WISCONSIN BASKETBALL 201920 SCHEDULE Nov. 1 UW-LA CROSSE (Ex.) W, 82-53 Nov. 5 vs. #20 Saint Mary’s^ L, 63-65 (ot) 24 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPERANCES ▪ 4 FINAL FOURS ▪ 18 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS ▪ 21 CONSENSUS ALL҃AMERICANS Nov. 8 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 65-52 Nov. 13 McNEESE STATE W, 83-63 WISCONSIN BADGERS MARQUETTE GOLDEN EAGLES VS Nov. 17 MARQUETTE Noon 2҃1, 0҃0 BIG TEN 2҃0, 0҃0 BIG EAST Nov. 21 GREEN BAY 8 p.m. Rankings (AP/Coaches): --/-- Rankings (AP/Coaches): RV/RV Head Coach: Greg Gard Head Coach: Steve Wojciechowski LEGENDS CLASSIC - BROOKLYN, NY Record at Wisconsin: 82-48 (5th) Record at Marquette: 99-69 (6th) Overall Record: 82-48 (5th) Overall Record: 99-69 (6th) Nov. 25 vs. Richmond* 6 p.m. Nov. 26 vs. Auburn/New Mexico* 4/6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, NOV. 17 ▪ NOON CT ▪ MADISON, WIS. ▪ KOHL CENTER 17,237 ▪ FS1 Dec. 4 at NC State 8:15 p.m. Dec. 7 INDIANA TBA BADGERS HOST INSTATE RIVAL MARQUETTE Dec. 11 at Rutgers 6 p.m. Winners of 11 straight non-conference home games, Wisconsin hosts Dec. 21 MILWAUKEE 4 p.m. Interstate 94 rival Marquette at the Kohl Center on Sunday. Dec. 28 at Tennessee TBA The Badgers and Golden Eagles meet for the 126th time (dates back Dec. 31 RIDER 6 p.m. to 1917). UW has a 67-58 advantage in the all-time series, but the 2 Jan. 3 at #16 Ohio State 6 p.m. schools have split the last 10 matchups. Jan. 8 ILLINOIS 8 p.m. Wisconsin is just 1 win shy of claiming its 300th victory at the Kohl Jan. 11 at Penn State TBA Center (299-51, .854 all-time), a venue that opened in Jan. of 1998. The Jan. 14 #7 MARYLAND 8 p.m. Badgers’ .854 win percentage is the 9th-highest among all NCAA Div. 1 Jan. 17 at #3 Michigan State 6 p.m. venues. Jan. 21 NEBRASKA 8 p.m. Jan. 24 at Purdue 6 p.m. Reigning Big Ten Player of the Jan. 27 at Iowa 7:30 p.m. FAST BREAK FACTS Week Nate Reuvers is averaging 15.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and Feb. 1 #3 MICHIGAN STATE Noon In his 5th season at helm, Greg Gard has led the The Badgers rank 4.7 blocks per game this season. Feb. 5 at Minnesota 8 p.m. Badgers to a mark of 82-48 (.631) overall, the 3rd- 33rd in the NCAA Feb. 9 #16 OHIO STATE Noon highest win percentage in program history. in adjusted defensive efficiency according to Feb. 15 at Nebraska 1:15 p.m. Under Gard, UW has tallied 4 wins over top-5 KenPom.com. UW has finished among the NCAA’s Feb. 18 PURDUE 6 p.m. teams, the most in the Big Ten during that span. top-15 in defensive efficiency in 3 of Gard’s 4 sea- Feb. 23 RUTGERS Noon UW has 7 wins over AP Top 10 teams (7-8, .467). sons, including No. 4 in 2018-19. Feb. 27 at Michigan 6 p.m. The Badgers return 6 of their top 8 scorers from a Gard has led the Badgers to the NCAA tournament Mar. 1 MINNESOTA 5:30 p.m. year ago when they went 23-11 overall and 14-6 in in 3 of his first 4 seasons as head coach, making him Mar. 4 NORTHWESTERN 8 p.m. the Big Ten, earning a No. 5 seed in the 2019 NCAA one of only 10 active coaches to do so. Mar. 7 at Indiana 11 a.m. Tournament. Gard (Wisconsin), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Mark BIG TEN TOURNAMENT - Chicago, Ill. In total, Wisconsin returns 61.9% (1,443 of 2,333 Few (Gonzaga), Bob Huggins (West Virginia), Lon Mar. 11-15 at Big Ten Tournament points) of its scoring from last season, led by return- Kruger (Oklahoma), Matt Painter (Purdue), Steve ing starters D’Mitrik Trice (11.6 ppg), Brad Davison Prohm (Iowa State), Bill Self (Kansas), Mike White NCAA TOURNAMENT (10.5 ppg) and Nate Reuvers (7.9 ppg). UW returns (Florida) and Roy Williams (North Carolina). Mar. 17-18 First Four 69.7% of its minutes played (4,828 of 6,924). Wisconsin is 1 of just 5 teams to participate in 20 Mar. 19-22 Rounds 1-2 UW has displayed balanced scoring this season, of the last 21 NCAA tournaments, joined by Duke, Mar. 26-29 Sweet 16 / Elite 8 with 7 different players averaging at least 7.0 points Kansas, Michigan State & Gonzaga. April 4-6 Final Four (Atlanta, Ga.) per game: . The Badgers are 1 of 3 teams to reach the Sweet 16 in 6 of the last 9 seasons (2011, 2012, 2014, ^ Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Wisconsin ranks 2nd in the Big Ten shooting 79.0% * Barclay’s Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 2015, 2016 and 2017). (49-for-62) at the free throw line this season, aver- Home games in BOLD CAPS Kansas and Kentucky are the only other 2 aging 20.7 FTAs per game. Both are improvements schools to reach 6 of the last 9 seasons. from a year ago when the Badgers shot 64.8% and averaged 15.6 FTAs per game. UW players have earned 16 first-team All-Big Ten FOLLOW THE #BADGERS honors over the last 18 seasons. That is 3 more than TV: FS1 any other team in the conference. App: FOX Sports GO | Online: foxsportsgo.com . Play-by-Play: Brian Anderson WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS . Analyst: Bill Raftery No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. FG% 3FG% FT% RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK 0 D’MITRIK TRICE G Jr. 7.3 3.3 2.3 .364 .333 1.000 App: iHeartRadio | Satellite: Sirius 83, XM 83 Honorable Men on All-Big Ten; returning scoring leader from last season (11.6 ppg) . Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay . Analyst: Mike Lucas 2 ALEEM FORD F R-Jr. 11.3 3.7 1.0 .467 .267 .667 Scored career high 16 pts vs. McNeese State; his 11th career game in double fi gures and second straight SOCIAL MEDIA: #ONWISCONSIN . Twitter: @BadgerMBB 23 KOBE KING G R-So. 12.0 5.0 0.5 .429 .000 .706 . Instagram: badgermbb Missed McNeese game with ankle injury; career high 18p and 6r vs. EIU; 12-for-17 on FTs this season . Facebook: /WisconsinMensBasketball 34 BRAD DAVISON G Jr. 16.0 3.3 2.0 .593 .400 .923 . YouTube: /WisconsinBadgers 66 career starts in 70 games played; game-high 24 points (3-4 3FG) vs. McNeese; avg. 1.7 steals per game 35 NATE REUVERS F Jr. 15.3 8.0 0.7 .457 .250 .800 T-4th in the NCAA with 4.7 blocks per game; had 60 blocks last season (5th-highest total in UW history) BADGERMBB NOTES GAME 4: VS. MARQUETTE BALANCED BADGERS BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS Wisconsin has displayed balanced scor- 4 MOORE ing, with 7 different Badgers averaging at GENERAL INFORMATION On the night of May 25th, our least 7.0 points per game and 5 players at . Address: 1440 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711 Wisconsin basketball family was 9.0+ ppg: . Website: UWBadgers.com forever changed. Assistant coach . Press Box Phone: (608) 262-7766 . Brad Davison (16.0 ppg), Nate Reuvers Howard Moore and his family were (15.3), Kobe King (12.0), Aleem Ford involved in a horrifi c auto accident that BRANDON HARRISON PRIMARY (11.3) and Walt McGrory (9.0). claimed the lives of Moore’s wife, Jen, and . Phone: (608) 279-8653 9-year old daughter, Jaidyn. The last time UW had at least 5 players . Email: [email protected] averaging 9.0+ ppg was in 2002-03, when His 13-year old son, Jerell, survived with . Twitter: @BrandonHarrison Kirk Penney (16.2 ppg), Devin Harris (12.7), minor injuries, while Moore sustained severe Alando Tucker (12.0), Freddie Owens (10.3) burns and later endured a heart a ack that has and Mike Wilkinson (10.3) all did. le him facing a long and challenging recovery. PATRICK HERB DIR. BRAND STRATEGY UW won the Big Ten championship that Throughout the season, our team will be . Phone: (608) 957-2085 year. honoring the Moore family through a simple . Email: [email protected] mo o: . Twitter: @PatrickHerb REUVERS ON THE RISE Do Moore. Be Moore. 4 Moore. With the departure of Ethan Happ, Nate The number 4 represents the four mem- Reuvers figures to take on a bigger workload bers of the family. The six words represent for Wisconsin this season. So far, the junior MEDIA RESOURCES far more than a saying, but instead a symbol forward has shown he’s ready for the role. of strength and an inspira on for how to live CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS Reuvers ranks 12th in the Big Ten in our lives. www.sportssystems.com/Wisconsin both scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (8.0 Our game uniforms will feature a BIG TEN MEDIA EMAIL LIST rpg), while leading the Big Ten and ranking “4MOORE” patch, (includes the names of Jen . office.bigten.org/media 4th in the nation with 4.7 blocks per game. and Jaidyn). Also featuring on shoo ng shirts vs. EIU, Reuvers finished 1 block shy WISCONSIN BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK & wristbands. of his first career triple-double, tallying 14 . go.wisc.edu/MBBRecordBook points, a career-high 14 rebounds and 9 An assistance fund has been established WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS KOHL CENTER blocks. with the name “The Howard Moore Family Fund.” Text the word “MOORE,” to 69050 to .