MEN’S WISCONSIN BASKETBALL 19 NCAA Tournaments (15 consecutive) | 1 National Championship | 17 Big Ten Championships | 20 Consensus All-Americans EXHIBITION: NO. 21 WISCONSIN (0-0, 0-0) vs. UW-PLATTEVILLE (0-0, 0-0) 2013-14 SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, 2013 . 7 P.M. (CT) . MADISON, WIS. KOHL CENTER Date Opp. (AP Rank) Time/Result 10/30 UW-PLATTEVILLE (Exhib.) 7 p.m. Location . .Madison, Wis. WISCONSIN 11/8 vs. St. John’s (Sioux Falls, S.D.) 6 p.m. Site . .Kohl Center (17,230) Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................ --/21 11/12 FLORIDA 8 p.m. Video. .Big Ten Digital Network 2012-13 Record (Big Ten) ............23-12 (12-6) 11/16 at Green Bay 7 p.m. Head Coach ..........................................Bo Ryan Student U Production 11/19 NORTH DAKOTA 7 p.m. Record at UW (Years) ................291-113 (13th) 11/21 BOWLING GREEN* 7 p.m. Wisconsin Radio. Matt Lepay & Mike Lucas 11/23 ORAL ROBERTS* 7:30 p.m. All-Time vs. UW-Platteville. UW leads 1-0 UW-PLATTEVILLE Cancun Challenge – (Riviera Maya) All-Time in Madison . UW leads 1-0 Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................. --/-- 2012-13 Record (WIAC) .................19-9 (10-6) 11/26 vs. Saint Louis 7:30 p.m. Last Meeting. UW won, 78-44, 11/27 vs. W. Virginia/Old Dominion TBA Head Coach .........................................Jeff Gard at the Kohl Center (11/16/04) Record at UWP (Years) ....................64-43 (5th) 12/4 at Virginia^ 6 p.m. 12/7 MARQUETTE 1:15 p.m. 12/11 MILWAUKEE 7 p.m. KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER 12/14 EASTERN KENTUCKY Noon 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR: Wisconsin begins its 115th season of men’s basketball 12/28 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 1 p.m. in 2013-14 and the 13th season under head coach Bo Ryan. The second-longest 1/2 at Northwestern 6 p.m. tenured head coach in the Big Ten and reigning conference Coach of the Year, Ryan 1/5 IOWA 6:30 p.m. enters his 30th season overall as a head coach, boasting a career record of 674-216 1/8 ILLINOIS 8 p.m. (.757). He currently ranks 35th on the NCAA’s all-time wins ledger. 1/14 at Indiana 6 p.m. 1/18 MICHIGAN 5 p.m. 2 WIAC ROUND ROBIN: The Badgers enter their second rotation of exhibition 1/22 at Minnesota 8 p.m. games vs. Div. III schools from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1/25 at Purdue 4 p.m. (WIAC) when they host UW-Platteville Wednesday. UW has played each of the nine 1/29 NORTHWESTERN 8 p.m. WIAC schools over the last nine years. 2/1 OHIO STATE 11 a.m. 3 FRIENDLY FIRE: In playing UW-Platteville, UW will be facing a program it is The 2013 Big Ten 2/4 at Illinois 8 p.m. very familiar with. Bo Ryan served as head coach for 15 seasons in Platteville (1984- 2/9 MICHIGAN STATE Noon Coach of the Year, 2/13 MINNESOTA 8 p.m. 99), posting a record of 353-76 (.822) and four Div. III national championships. The Bo Ryan enters his 2/16 at Michigan Noon court at UW-Platteville is named ‘Bo Ryan Court.’ 30th year as a head 2/22 at Iowa 11 a.m. UW-Platteville head coach Jeff Gard is also the younger brother of Wisconsin coach and 13th at 2/25 INDIANA 8 p.m. associate head coach Greg Gard. Greg Gard is a graduate of UWP and served on the Wisconsin. Ryan spent coaching staff under Ryan from 1993-99. 15 seasons (1984-99) 3/2 at Penn State TBA as the head coach at 3/5 PURDUE 8 p.m. 4 WELCOME BACK: UW returns two starters from last season - senior Ben Brust 3/9 at Nebraska TBA UW-Platteville, com- and junior Traevon Jackson - and three other veterans who averaged at least 10 piling a 353-76 record Postseason minutes per game a year ago in sophomores Sam Dekker and George Marshall and and four Div. III nation- 3/13-16 Big Ten Tournament junior Frank Kaminsky. Josh Gasser, who started all 36 games in 2011-12, is also al championships. (Banker’s Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis) back after missing all of last season with knee injury. 3/18-19 NCAA Tournament First Round 3/20-23 NCAA Second/Third Rounds 3/27-30 NCAA Regionals UP NEXT: BADGERS OPEN SEASON IN SIOUX FALLS, S.D. AGAINST ST. JOHN’S 4/5-7 NCAA Final Four (Arlington, Texas) Wisconsin will officially open the 2013-14 season with a neutral site match-up against St. John’s on Friday, Nov. 8. The Badgers and Red Storm will travel to Sioux Falls, S.D. to compete in the first-ever collegiate basketball * Cancun Challenge (Kohl Center, Madison) game at the brand new Samford Pentagon. Big Ten Network will televise the game with tip-off set for 6 p.m. (CT). ^ Big Ten/ACC Challenge All times Central and subject to change TWITTER: #BADGERS WISCONSIN’S KEY PERSONNEL (2012-13 STATS) . Official Account ..................... @BadgerMBB No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes 1 Ben Brust G Sr. 11.1 5.1 2.3 5 dbl-dbls last season; UW record with 79 3-pointers (38.9%) ONLINE: UWBADGERS.COM 3 George Marshall G R-So. 4.1 0.7 1.0 Career-high 20 points at Iowa (1/19/13); 36.8% on 3s last year UWBadgers.com offers the most complete and 10 Nigel Hayes F Fr. 15.4 8.7 4.3 (HS stats) ESPN Top-100 recruit; Shot 54% from fi eld comprehensive coverage of the Badgers. 12 Traevon Jackson G Jr. 6.9 2.5 2.8 Started fi nal 29 games last season; team-high 99 assists 13 Duje Dukan F R-Jr. -- -- -- Redshirted 2012-13 campaign, 21 career games played FACT BOOK: 15 Sam Dekker F So. 9.6 3.4 1.3 2013 B1G All-Freshman Team; scored in dlb fi gures in 20 gms Scan the QR code at right to find the 21 Josh Gasser G R-Jr. -- -- -- Redshirted 2012-13 campaign, 70 career games (66 starts) 2012-13 Wisconsin 24 Bronson Koenig G Fr. 17.0 -- 4.4 (HS stats) 2-Time Wis. State Champ; 2013 AP Player of the Year Basketball Fact Book 30 Vitto Brown F Fr. 23.7 13.0 -- (HS stats) Ohio Division 2 Co-Player of the Year with complete bios 34 Zach Bohannon F R-Sr. 1.0 1.4 0.1 Appeared in 17 games a year ago, played 39 gms for Air Force and program history. 44 Frank Kaminsky F/C Jr. 4.2 1.8 0.8 Career-high 19 pts at Illinois (2/3/13); led team w/ 76.7% on FTs 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 WISCONSIN MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES EXHIBITION: VS. UW-PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN BASKETBALL Ben Brust Jordan Smith George Marshall Aaron Moesch Nigel Hayes Jordan Hill 1 G, Sr., 6-1, 196 2 G, Jr., 6-1, 180 3 G, R-So., 5-11, 182 5 F, Fr., 6-8, 200 10 F, Fr., 6-7, 250 11 G, Fr., 6-3, 170 Hawthorn Woods, Ill. Orono, Minn. Chicago, Ill. Green Bay, Wis. Toledo, Ohio Pasadena, Calif. Traevon Jackson Duje Dukan Sam Dekker Josh Gasser Bronson Koenig Vitto Brown 12 G, Jr., 6-2, 208 13 F, R-Jr., 6-9, 220 15 F, So., 6-8, 220 21 G, R-Jr., 6-3, 190 24 G, Fr., 6-3, 190 30 F, Fr., 6-8, 237 Westerville, Ohio Deerfield, Ill. Sheboygan, Wis. Port Washington, Wis. La Crosse, Wis. Bowling Green, Ohio Evan Anderson Zak Showalter Zach Bohannon Riley Dearring Frank Kaminsky Bo Ryan 32 C, R-Jr., 6-10, 245 33 G, So., 6-2, 192 34 F, R-Sr., 6-6, 206 35 G, Fr., 6-5, 180 44 F, Jr., 7-0, 234 Head Coach Stanley, Wis. Germantown, Wis. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Minnetonka, Minn. Lisle, Ill. WISCONSIN ROSTER POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 1 Ben Brust*** G 6-1 196 Sr./Sr. Hawthorn Woods, Ill. (Mundelein) 2 Jordan Smith** G 6-1 180 Jr./Jr. Orono, Minn. (HS) 3 George Marshall* G 5-11 182 Jr./So. Chicago, Ill. (Brooks) 5 Aaron Moesch F 6-8 200 Fr./Fr. Green Bay, Wis. (Southwest) 10 Nigel Hayes F 6-7 250 Fr./Fr. Toldeo, Ohio (Whitmer) 11 Jordan Hill G 6-3 170 Fr./Fr. Pasadena, Calif. (Exeter Academy [N.H.]) WISCONSIN PRONUNCIATIONS 12 Traevon Jackson** G 6-2 208 Jr./Jr. Westerville, Ohio (South) 13 Duje Dukan** F 6-9 220 Jr./Jr. Deerfi eld, Ill. (HS) Vitto Brown . .VEE-toe 15 Sam Dekker* F 6-8 220 So./So. Sheboygan, Wis. (Lutheran) Riley Dearring . .DEAR-ring 21 Josh Gasser** G 6-3 190 Sr./Jr. Port Washington, Wis. (HS) Duje Dukan . DOO-yay DOOK-in 24 Bronson Koenig G 6-3 190 Fr./Fr. La Crosse, Wis. (Aquinas) Josh Gasser. .GAH-sir 30 Vitto Brown F 6-8 237 Fr./Fr. Bowling Green, Ohio (HS) Traevon Jackson . .TRAY-von 32 Evan Anderson** C 6-10 245 Sr./Jr. Stanley, Wis. (Eau Claire North) Frank Kaminsky. kuh-MIN-ski 33 Zak Showalter*+ G 6-2 192 So./So. Germantown, Wis. (HS) 34 Zach Bohannon* F 6-6 206 5th/Sr. Marion, Iowa (Linn-Mar/Air Force) Bronson Koenig.