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 #5 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES VS Nov. 17 MARQUETTE W, 77-61 8҃5, 1҃1 BIG TEN 11҃2, 1҃1 BIG TEN Nov. 21 GREEN BAY W, 88-70 Rankings (AP/Coaches): --/-- Rankings (AP/Coaches): 5/5 Head Coach: Greg Gard Head Coach: Chris Holtmann LEGENDS CLASSIC - BROOKLYN, NY Record at Wisconsin: 88-52 (5th) Record at Ohio State: 56-26 (3rd) Overall Record: 88-52 (5th) Overall Record: 170-111 (9th) Nov. 25 vs. Richmond* L, 52-62 Nov. 26 vs. New Mexico* L, 50-59 FRIDAY, JAN. 3 ▪ 6 PM CT ▪ COLUMBUS, OHIO ▪ VALUE CITY ARENA 19,049 ▪ FS1 Dec. 4 at NC State L, 54-69 Dec. 7 INDIANA W, 84-64 BADGERS RESUME BIG TEN PLAY WITH TOPFIVE TEST Dec. 11 at Rutgers L, 65-72 Winners of 3 straight, including a 20-point road win at Tennessee, Dec. 21 MILWAUKEE W, 83-64 Wisconsin resumes conference play with a Big Ten road test against Dec. 28 at Tennessee W, 68-48 #5 Ohio State on Friday. Tip is set for 6 p.m. (CT) on FS1. Dec. 31 RIDER W, 65-37 The Badgers have won 4 of the last 6 mee ngs with the Buckeyes, Jan. 3 Ohio State [5] 6 p.m. including a pair of victories in Columbus (most recent last season). Jan. 8 ILLINOIS 8 p.m. Up next, UW returns home to host Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Jan. 11 at Penn State [21] 1:15 p.m. Jan. 14 MARYLAND [15] 8 p.m. FAST BREAK FACTS Jan. 17 Michigan State [14] 6 p.m. Jan. 21 NEBRASKA 8 p.m. In his 5th season at the helm, Greg Gard has Gard has led UW Jan. 24 at Purdue 6 p.m. led Wisconsin to a mark of 88-52 (.629) overall, to the NCAA D’Mitrik Trice is averaging a Jan. 27 at Iowa [23] 7:30 p.m. 3rd-highest win percentage in program history. tournament in team-leading 20.3 ppg and Feb. 1 MICHIGAN STATE [14] Noon 3 of his first 4 57.1% 3FG (12-21) the last 3 Under Gard, UW has tallied 4 wins over top-5 games, including a career-high Feb. 5 at Minnesota 8 p.m. seasons as head teams, most in the Big Ten during that span. UW 31 points vs. Milwaukee and 21 Feb. 9 OHIO STATE [5] Noon coach, making at Tennessee last Saturday. has 7 wins over AP Top 10 teams (7-8, .467). Feb. 15 at Nebraska 1:15 p.m. him 1 of only 10 Feb. 18 PURDUE 6 p.m. Wisconsin has featured a balanced offensive active coaches to do so. Feb. 23 RUTGERS Noon attack this season with all 5 starters averaging Gard (Wisconsin), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Feb. 27 at Michigan [12] 6 p.m. more than 9 points per contest. Mark Few (Gonzaga), Bob Huggins (West Mar. 1 MINNESOTA 5:30 p.m. Virginia), Lon Kruger (Oklahoma), Matt Painter . Twice this season, UW has had games where 6 Mar. 4 NORTHWESTERN 8 p.m. (Purdue), Steve Prohm (Iowa State), Bill Self different players scored in double figures. Since Mar. 7 at Indiana 11 a.m. 1995, UW has had 6 score in double figures in (Kansas), Mike White (Florida) and Roy Williams the same game just 7 times, two of those taking (North Carolina). BIG TEN TOURNAMENT - Chicago, Ill. place this season alone in back-to-back games. Wisconsin is 1 of just 5 teams to participate in Mar. 11-15 at Big Ten Tournament 20 of the last 21 NCAA tournaments, joined by The Badgers rank No. 28 in the NET Rankings NCAA TOURNAMENT Duke, Kansas, Michigan State & Gonzaga. (thru games Jan. 1), which also ranks UW as Mar. 17-18 First Four The Badgers are 1 of 3 teams to reach the having the 9th-toughest schedule in the nation. Mar. 19-22 Rounds 1-2 Sweet 16 in 6 of the last 9 seasons (2011, 2012, Mar. 26-29 Sweet 16 / Elite 8 . The Big Ten features 9 teams in the top 35 of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017). the NET Rankings, including the Badgers. Kansas and Kentucky are the only other 2 April 4-6 Final Four (Atlanta, Ga.) schools to reach 6 of the last 9 seasons. UW’s losses this season have come against ^ Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) teams with a combined record of 53-14. Since 2002, Wisconsin has won 7 Big Ten titles * Barclay’s Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Home games in BOLD CAPS Wisconsin ranks 18th in the NCAA shooting (4 reg. season and 3 tourn.). Only Ohio State (10; 77.5% (165-for-213) at the free throw line this 5 reg., 5 tourn.) and Michigan State have won season (avg. 16.4 FTAs/game). Both are big more that span (9; 5 reg., 4 tourn.). FOLLOW THE #BADGERS improvements from a year ago when UW shot UW has clinched a top-4 finish in the Big Ten 64.8% and averaged 15.6 FTAs per game. in 17 of the last 18 seasons. No other Big Ten TV: FS1 team can make that claim. App: FOX Sports | Online: FOXSports.com . Play-by-Play: Tim Brando WISCONSIN’S POTENTIAL STARTERS . Analyst: Donny Marshall No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. FG% 3FG% FT% RADIO: BADGER SPORTS NETWORK 0 D’MITRIK TRICE G Jr. 10.6 4.4 3.4 .409 .368 .826 App: iHeartRadio | Satellite: SiriusXM 380 Team-leading 20.3 ppg, 57.1% 3FG (12-21) the last 3 games, including a career-high 31 pts vs. Milwaukee . Play-by-Play: Matt Lepay . Analyst: Mike Lucas 2 ALEEM FORD F R-Jr. 9.9 4.5 1.4 .437 .346 .724 Double-digit points in 7 games, including 14 (4-6 3FG) vs. Rider; 1 of 6 for UW shoo ng 40%+ FG (min. 40 FGA) SOCIAL MEDIA: #ONWISCONSIN . Twitter: @BadgerMBB 23 KOBE KING G R-So. 9.9 3.4 1.3 .447 .238 .714 . Instagram: badgermbb Scored in double fi gures 7 of the last 11 games, including career high 24 points (10-15 FG) vs. Indiana (12/7) . Facebook: /WisconsinMensBasketball 34 BRAD DAVISON G Jr. 9.3 4.1 2.1 .412 .347 .889 . YouTube: /WisconsinBadgers 76 career starts in 80 games played; scored 15+ pts in 4 games this season, inc. season-high 24 vs. McNeese 35 NATE REUVERS F Jr. 14.7 5.4 0.6 .507 .325 .791 Double-fi gure scoring 11 of 13 games; 10th in Big Ten avg. 14.7 ppg, 3rd in blocks (2.5 bpg), 7th in FG% BADGERMBB NOTES GAME 14: OHIO STATE BALANCED BADGERS RELIABLE REUVERS BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS UW has 5 players averaging at least 9 ppg: With the departure of Ethan Happ, Nate Reuvers has fit in nicely to a larger work- GENERAL INFORMATION . Nate Reuvers (14.7), D’Mitrik Trice (10.6), load for Wisconsin this season. Address: 1440 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711 Aleem Ford (9.9), Kobe King (9.9), . Website: UWBadgers.com and Brad Davison (9.3) Reuvers has scored in double figures in 11 of 13 games, and has matched his career . Press Box Phone: (608) 262-7766 . Brevin Pritzl is averaging 8.0 off the bench. high (22 ps) on two different occasions this BRANDON HARRISON PRIMARY The Badgers had 6 different players score year (vs. #20 Saint Mary’s, vs. Milwaukee). in double figures in back-to-back wins over . Phone: (608) 279-8653 . Reuvers has scored 20+ points 6 times in his Marquette and Green Bay earlier this season. Email: [email protected] career, 3 of those coming this season alone. Twitter: @BrandonHarrison Since 1995, the Badgers have had 6 players He ranks 10th in the Big Ten averaging 14.7 score in double figures in a single game just points per game; also ranks 7th for FG% 7 times, with 2 coming this season. (.507) and 3rd in FT% (.791) in the B1G. PATRICK HERB DIR. BRAND STRATEGY The last time UW had at least 5 players Reuvers has posted 32 blocks in 13 games, . Phone: (608) 957-2085 averaging 9.0+ points per game was in averaging 2.5 swats per game. That figure . Email: [email protected] 2002-03: Kirk Penney (16.2), Devin Harris ranks 3rd in the B1G & 24th in the NCAA. Twitter: @PatrickHerb (12.7), Alando Tucker (12.0), Freddie Owens (10.3) and Mike Wilkinson (10.3). Reuvers is trying to become just the 4th Badger to average at least 2.0 blocks in a . UW won the Big Ten title that season. season and the first since Jared Berggren MEDIA RESOURCES UW has had 6 different players lead the (2.1 bpg) in 2013. team in scoring in games this season. CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS . The UW single-season record for blocks per . www.sportssystems.com/Wisconsin STEADY AS TRICE GOES game is 2.6 by Rashard Griffith in 1995. UW Players to Average 2.0 BPG, single season BIG TEN MEDIA EMAIL LIST UW’s returning scoring leader from last Player BPG Season . office.bigten.org/media year, D’Mitrik Trice has been providing Rashard Griffith 2.6 1993-94 more than just points this season.