A pair of Wisconsin men’s basketball players received season-ending awards from the Big Ten Conference on Monday.
Ethan Happ earned first-team All-Big Ten recognition. Guard Brad Davison was named to the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team.
A first-team All-Big Ten selection last season, Happ becomes the eighth player in UW history to win multiple first-team All-Big Ten honors. He joins Don Rehfeldt (1949-50), Ab Nicholas (1951-52), Michael Finley (1993, ’95), Kirk Penney (2002-03), Alando Tucker (2007-08), Jordan Taylor (2011-12) and Frank Kaminsky (2014-15) on that list.
Wisconsin has now had 15 first-team All-Big Ten selections over the last 17 seasons, the most of any school over that span.
Happ, who was a first-team All-Big Ten pick by the media, also earned second-team distinction from the coaches. The only player in the nation leading his team in points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals, Happ is just the fifth Big Ten player in the last 22 seasons (since 1996-97) to accumulate at least 500 points, 250 rebounds and 100 assists. He is the only individual to do so twice. [Read more…]