by Bill Scott | Jul 28, 2020
Former Wisconsin Badger guard Brevin Pritzl is taking his game to Serbia after agreeing to a deal to play for KK Tamis of the Basketball League Serbia. Pritzl averaged 8.0 points and 3.7 rebounds in 31 games for the Badgers last season. Pritzl’s 37% mark from...
by Bill Scott | Mar 5, 2020
The 24th ranked Wisconsin Badgers have come a long way, moving into a tie for the Big Ten lead with Maryland and Michigan State with one game left to play in the regular season. The Badgers (20-10, 13-6 Big Ten) knocked off Northwestern 63-48. Nate Reuvers scored 11...
by Bill Scott | Mar 2, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers ran their win streak to six-straight games, holding off the rival Minnesota Gophers 71-69 on Sunday night at the Kohl Center. Minnesota native Brad Davison scored 20 points and added seven rebounds and five assists for the Badgers. Davison took...
by Bill Scott | Feb 24, 2020
The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team extended their winning streak to four games, knocking off the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 79-71 in Big Ten Conference action on Sunday at the Kohl Center. The Badgers improved their home record to 13-1 and moved into a...
by Bill Scott | Feb 19, 2020
Aleem Ford scored a career-high 19 points on Tuesday night, helping the Wisconsin Badgers knock off the Purdue Boilermakers 69-65 in Big Ten action at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin (16-10, 9-6 Big Ten) built a second half lead and then held on to beat the Boilermakers...
by Bill Scott | Feb 10, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers scored the final 16 points of the first half and led by 18 at the halftime break, on the way to a 70-57 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday at the Kohl Center. Brevin Pritzl scored 19 points off the bench, including 5-of-6 from three, as...
by Bill Scott | Jan 1, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers struggled against Rider’s zone defense in the first half, but Rider struggled even more against Wisconsin’s defense. They fell to the Badgers 65-37 on Tuesday night in Wisconsin’s final non-conference tuneup of the season....
by Bill Scott | Nov 18, 2019
Marquette’s All-American senior guard Markus Howard poured in 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting in the first half, but the Wisconsin Badgers made life much tougher on Howard in the second half and pulled out a 77-61 win over the Golden Eagles at the Kohl...
by Bill Scott | Nov 14, 2019
The Wisconsin Badgers had to dig a little deeper on their bench on Wednesday night but eventually pulled away to beat McNeese State 83-63 at the Kohl Center. The Badgers were short-handed to start, playing with old Kobe King who injured his ankle in practice on...
by Bill Scott | Dec 1, 2018
The Wisconsin Badgers stayed with the Iowa Hawkeyes in their Big Ten opener in Iowa City and in the end, pulled out a 72-66 victory. Ethan Happ fouled out with 45.8 seconds left, but the Badgers still got a big three-pointer from D’Mitrik Trice with 20 seconds...
by Bill Scott | Nov 7, 2018
The Wisconsin Badgers built a 22-point halftime lead and went on to beat Coppin State 85-63 in their season opener at the Kohl Center on Tuesday night. Preseason All-American forward Ethan Happ finished with 10 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, recording the...
by Bill Scott | Feb 23, 2018
The Wisconsin Badgers extended their Big Ten win streak to three, knocking off Northwestern 70-64 Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Ethan Happ led four Badgers in double figures with 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists, three blocks and four steals. Fifteen...
by Bill Scott | Feb 20, 2018
Just days after the Wisconsin Badgers rebounded in the second half to knock off then, sixth ranked Purdue, the Badgers did it again. UW came from four down in the final minute and a half of regulation to force overtime and then beat Minnesota 73-63 on Monday night at...
by Bill Scott | Feb 9, 2018
Ethan Happ poured in 27 points to lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a 78-69 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini, ending a five-game losing streak in the process. The Badgers 911-15, 4-9 Big Ten) won for the first time since they beat the Illini (12-13, 2-10) on January...
by Bill Scott | Feb 2, 2018
Just when you didn’t think it could get any worse, the Wisconsin Badgers got off to another slow start and fell to Northwestern 60-52 at the Kohl Center on Thursday night. Northwestern jumped out to a 18-1 lead, on their way to a much-needed victory. The Badgers...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2018
The Iowa Hawkeyes entered Tuesday night’s Big Ten matchup against Wisconsin with a 1-7 Big Ten record and five double-digit conference losses. But after being blown out by league-leading Purdue, the Hawkeyes rebounded for a 85-67 win over the Badgers at Carver...
by Bill Scott | Jan 20, 2018
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team ended their three-game losing streak, returning to the Kohl Center and knocking off Illinois 75-50 on Friday night. Freshman guard Brad Davison scored 18 points and Ethan Happ and Brevin Pritzl added 16 each as the Badgers...
by Bill Scott | Jan 6, 2018
Rutgers got 23 points from guard Corey Sanders and the Scarlet Knights went on to knock off the Wisconsin Badgers 64-60 in Big Ten men’s basketball action in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Badgers (9-8, 2-2 Big Ten) started a stretch of five road games in the next...
by Bill Scott | Dec 14, 2017
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team blew an 11-point lead in the second half but managed to hold off Western Kentucky 81-80 at the Kohl Center. Freshman guard Brad Davison drew a foul on a UW inbound play with two seconds left, then hit one of two free throws to...
by Bill Scott | Nov 17, 2017
Senior guard Trevon Bluiett scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half and guard J.P. Macura added 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Xavier Musketeers to a 80-70 win over the Wisconsin Badgers in a Dave Gavitt Tipoff game at the Kohl Center. Ethan Happ...