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Wisconson’s Happ named Big Ten Player of the Week

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Ethan Happ

Wisconsin senior forward Ethan Happ was named the Big Ten men’s basketball Player of the Week.

Happ averaged 22.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists a game while shooting 68.8 percent from the floor in a pair of Badger wins.  He poured in 30 points, shooting 15-of-23 from the floor, and grabbing 13 rebounds in Wisconsin’s 77-68 victory at Xavier in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

Happ followed his performance in the Xavier game by posting his third double-double in as many games to open the 2018-19 season with 15 points and 12 rebounds against Houston Baptist, shooting 7-of-9 from the field.  He also became the school’s all-time leading rebounder in the Badgers 96-59 victory over Houston Baptist.

Happ’s 34 career double-double’s are the third most in Wisconsin history.

For the season, Happ is averaging 18.3 points, 12.0 rebounds and 7.7 assists and is the only player in the nation averaging at least 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists per game.

The Big Ten Player of the Week Award is the fourth of his career and second in as many weeks.

Happ and the Badgers open play in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament on Wednesday against Stanford, in the Bahamas.

 

Happ leads Badgers to Gavitt Tipoff victory

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Ethan Happ

Ethan Happ followed up his triple-double from last week with another big performance, leading the Wisconsin Badgers to a 77-68 win over Xavier in the Gavitt Tipoff Games in Cincinnati.

Happ poured in 30 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the way for the Badgers (2-0).  D’Mitrik Trice added a career-high 22 points, hitting all five of his three-point shots and Brad Davison added 19 points and six rebounds.

Happ made 15 of 23 shots from the field as he, Trice and Davison accounted for 71 of the Badgers 77 points.

The Badgers controlled most of the game, although Xavier did pull to within two points at halftime.  But the Badgers used a 16-2 second half run to once again take control.

The Badgers snapped Xavier’s 41-game home court, nonconference win streak.  The last Xavier loss against a non-conference opponent came back on Dec. 22, 2012 when the Musketeers fell to Wofford, 56-55.

Naji Marshall had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead Xavier in defeat.

 

Happ’s triple-double helps Badgers in opener (Audio)

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Ethan Happ

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 program’s second ever triple-double.  Josh Gasser had the first back in 2011 against Northwestern.

D’Mitrik Trice scored 17 of his game high 21 points in the first half, hitting five of nine from three-point range.  He finished seven of thirteen overall.

Brevin Pritzl hit four of five from behind the arc and finished with 16 points.

As a team, the Badgers hit 12 of 32 from distance for the game and even more impressively, made 23 of 26 at the free throw line. [Read more…]

Big Ten Announces Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors

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Ethan Happ

Purdue junior guard Carsen Edwards has been chosen as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year heading into the 2018-19 basketball season as voted on by a panel of conference media.  The media also selected a 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team with eight conference programs represented.

Edwards was a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big Ten team along with Wisconsin senior forward Ethan Happ.

Indiana freshman guard Romeo Langford and senior forward Juwan Morgan, Maryland junior guard Anthony Cowan Jr., Michigan senior guard Charles Matthews, Michigan State junior forward Nick Ward and junior guard Cassius Winston, Minnesota senior forward Jordan Murphy and Nebraska senior forward James Palmer Jr. earned preseason accolades.

 

Happ working out for the Lakers today

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Ethan Happ

Wisconsin Badger forward Ethan Happ has yet to receive an invite to the NBA Combine, but he’s still set to undergo some private workouts for NBA teams.

The Wisconsin State Journal reported that Happ is scheduled to workout for the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday.

Happ can work out for NBA teams and still maintain his collegiate eligibility.  The Badger big man has yet to sign with an agent, so he can still withdraw his name from draft consideration and return to school for his senior season.

Happ initially said he would return to school if he’s not projected to be selected in the first round.

Happ has until May 30th to gather all of the information he can before making a decision.

Happ has been working out with a trainer in Chicago.  He averaged 17.9 points, 8 rebounds and 3.7 assists a game as a junior last season.

Happ to enter NBA Draft without an agent

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Ethan Happ

As expected, Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ announced on Tuesday that he will enter the NBA Draft without hiring an agent.  Happ is still waiting to get a picture of where he stands with respect to a potential selection.

Happ averaged 17.9 points and 8.0 rebounds a game for the Badgers last season.

Happ has until June 11 to withdraw his name and return to Madison for another season.  The Draft is set to take place on June 21.

For Happ, it’s simple.  If he is not projected to be taken in the first round, he’ll return to Wisconsin.

Happ to test NBA waters

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Ethan Happ

Following Wisconsin‘s 63-60 loss to Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament on Friday, Badger big man Ethan Happ said he plans to test the NBA waters.  Happ also made it clear if he isn’t projected to be taken in the first round he will return to Wisconsin.

Happ shot down reports that he is considering leaving Wisconsin as a graduate transfer.

Happ hit 10 of 15 shots in the loss on Friday, leading UW with 22 points.  But he missed the front end of the bonus with 26.8 seconds left and the Badgers trailing by two.  He played just 26 minutes because of foul trouble.

Happ led the Badgers in scoring (17.9) and rebounding (8.0).  He also finished number one on the team in steals, blocked shots and assists.

 

Badgers fall short against Michigan State, season is over

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Coach Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badgers gave Michigan State all they could handle, but in the end, UW fell to the Spartans 63-60 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

Unlike Thursday, when the Badgers beat Maryland on the boards and at the free throw line, Wisconsin lost both of those battles to Michigan State on Friday.

The Badgers were out-rebounded 41-27 and 16-10 on the offensive end.  Michigan State only shot 11 free throws, but they made 10 of them.  The Badgers attempted just six free throws and made only two.

The three-point loss guaranteed UW’s NCAA Tournament streak of 19 is over.  For 19 straight seasons, Wisconsin called the NCAA tournament their postseason home, but not this year.

The loss for Wisconsin (15-18) is also the third straight this season against Big Ten regular season champion Michigan State.

Michigan State (29-3) advances to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament against cross-state rival Michigan.  The Wolverines (26-7) knocked off Nebraska 77-58 in the tournaments second quarterfinal game.

Ethan Happ hit 10 of 15 from the field and led the Badgers with 22 points.  Brad Davison, who poured in 30 points in last Sunday’s loss to the Spartans in Madison, finished with 10 points, as did Khalil Iverson. [Read more…]

Badgers live to play another day (AUDIO)

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Khalil Iverson

The Wisconsin Badgers made all the right plays down the stretch to knock off the Maryland Terrapins 59-54 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Wisconsin (15-17) moves on to face top-seeded Michigan State (28-3) in the quarterfinals on Friday morning at 11 a.m.

The Spartans won both games against the Badgers during the regular season, 76-61 in East Lansing and 68-63 in Madison last Sunday.

The Badgers out-rebounded Maryland (19-13) 59-54 and hit 20 of 24 free throws (83.3%).  The Terrapins shot 88.9% from the free throw line but got just nine attempts, making eight of them.

Ethan Happ led four Badgers in double figures with 14 points.  He hit 6 of 7 free throws to help the Badgers improve to 15-17 on the season.

Wisconsin shot just 36% from the field for the game and hit just 3 of 18 (16.7%) from three-point range.  But when it counted, the Badgers made the plays. [Read more…]

Davison earns Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor

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Brad Davison (Photo by David Stluka)

Wisconsin Badger freshman Brad Davison poured in a career high 30 points against No. 2 Michigan State on Sunday, earning him this week’s Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week honor.

Davison had to leave the game in the second half after dislocating his left shoulder.  After a brief trip into the tunnel of the Kohl Center, Davison returned to the game less than a minute later, continuing to help the Badgers nearly upset Big Ten champion Michigan State.

Davison became the first Badger freshman with a 30-point game since Sam Okey scored 30 points against Milwaukee on Dec. 10, 1996.  The last UW freshman to score 30 points in a Big Ten game was Michael Finley, on February 26, 1992 against Michigan.

In three games this past week, Davison averaged 18 points, 47.2 percent shooting, plus 3.3 assists and 3.0 rebounds a game.

Davison is second in season scoring for the Badgers, averaging 12.1 points a game.  he is on track to become just the fourth Badger in the last 20 years to average double-digit scoring as a freshman (Devin Harris in 2002, Alando Tucker in 2003 and Ethan Happ in 2016).

It’s the second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor for Davison.  He and the Badgers will begin postseason play as the No. 9 seed in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  The Badgers will face eighth-seeded Maryland on Thursday in an 11 a.m. (CT) game live on Big Ten Network.