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Strong First Half Leads Badgers Against Rhode Island

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Brad Davison (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badgers (4-1) started strong both offensively and defensively, then held on to beat the Rhode Island Rams 73-62 at the Kohl Center on Wednesday.

The Badgers built a 17-point lead at halftime (33-16) with strong defensive work and some hot early shooting from guard Brad Davison.  Davison hit his first three 3-point attempts and scored 17 of his 23 points in the first half.  The Badger guard was also perfect at the free throw line, hitting all 12 of his attempts.

D’Mitrik Trice led the Badgers defensively, holding Rams guard Fatts Russell to eight points.  Russell entered the game averaging 17.6 points a game but made just 3 of  his 14 field goal attempts.

Nate Reuvers recorded three blocks to break Ethan Happ’s program record of 154.  Reuvers now had 157, but he also spent time on the bench while dealing with foul trouble.  He had just 5 points on 2 of 8 shooting from the field. [Read more…]

Wisconsin 7th in Top 25 Coaches basketball poll

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Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team will enter the 2020-21 college basketball season as a top 10 team.

Greg Gard’s Badgers came in at number-seven in the A.P. Top 25 on Monday.  Thursday, the Badgers came in at number-seven again in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll.

The Badgers captured a share of the 2019-20 Big Ten regular season title.

A total of six Big Ten teams were in the USA Today Top 25 poll.  Iowa leads the way at number-six, followed by the Badgers at seven.  Illinois is tenth, Michigan State 12th, Rutgers is at 23 and Ohio State is 24th.

The last time UW opened the season as a consensus top-10 team was in the 2014-15 season.  They were No. 3 in the AP poll and No. 4 in the Coaches Poll.  They went on to win the Big Ten regular season title with a 16-2 record, won the Big Ten Tournament and made it to the NCAA Championship game before falling to Duke.  Wisconsin finished the season that year at 36-4.

 

Fravert, Gard honored by WBCA

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Adam Fravert & Jeff Gard – Photo Courtesy of the WIAC & WBCA

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Adam Fravert has been selected the NCAA Division III Public School Men’s Player of the Year, while UW-Platteville head coach Jeff Gard was tabbed the NCAA Division II-III Men’s Coach of the Year by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the 2019-20 season.

Fravert, the WIAC Co-Player of the year, led the conference with 8.8 rebounds a game and ranked third in scoring at 18.4 points a game.  Fravert started all 29 games for the Titans, scoring in double figures 27 times.  He wrapped up his 115-game career ranked second in program history with 158 blocks, third with 802 rebounds, fourth with 312 assists and 11th with 1,459 points.

Gard, the WIAC Coach of the Year, led the Pioneers to the regular-season conference title for the 21st time in program history.  UW-Platteville also made its third straight NCAA appearance – and 13th overall – and recorded 23 wins, which are the second most for the program in the last 21 years.

Marquette’s Markus Howard captured the WBCA Division 1 Player of the Year.  Wisconsin coach Greg Gard received the top coaching honor in Division 1 and Gard’s staff of Alando Tucker, Joe Krabbenhoft, Dean Oliver and Howard Moore captured staff of the year honors.

 

Wisconsin’s Gard named Big Ten Coach of the Year

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Wisconsin Badger coach Greg Gard was named the 2020 Big Ten Coach of the Year, while juniors Nate Reuvers and D’Mitrik Trice were each named third-team all-big ten honorees.

Gard led the Badgers to a share of the Big Ten title and eight-straight wins to finish regular season play.  He is just the second head coach in UW history to win Big Ten Coach of the Year with Bo Ryan being the other, winning top coaching honors in 2002, ’03, ’13 and ’15.

Wisconsin is the first Big Ten regular season champion in league history to not feature a first-or-second team All-Conference selection, dating back to 1948.  A total of 95 teams have won a Big Ten regular season championship.  Of those 95 teams, 91 featured a first-team All-Big Ten player and three had a second-team All-Big Ten player. [Read more…]

Badgers clinch share of Big Ten title, capture top seed in Conference Tournament

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The Wisconsin Badgers capped off a 9-point second half comeback to beat Indiana 60-56, securing a share of the Big Ten regular season title on Saturday in Bloomington.

After an 18-point loss to the Minnesota Gophers on Feb. 5, the Badgers (21-10, 14-6 Big Ten) have reeled off a Big Ten leading eight straight victories to grab a share of the conference title with Maryland and Michigan State.  The Badgers will enter the Big Ten Tournament this week as the number-1 seed.

The Badgers outscored the Hoosiers 16-5 over the final 6 minutes and 34 seconds.

Nate Reuvers led all scorers with 17 points.  Teammate Micah Potter added 16 points and 11 rebounds.

After a locker room celebration, Greg Gard brought his assistant coaches, Dean Oliver, Joe Krabbenhoft and Alando Tucker to the podium with him.

The Badgers have overcome adversity before and during the season, on their way to the Big Ten title.  Gard said their season went from tragic to magic and they’re not done yet.

The Badgers get a double-bye into the tournament’s quarterfinals.  They’ll open on Friday morning at 11 a.m. in Indianapolis, against the winner of Thursday’s second round game between #8-seed Rutgers and #9-seed Michigan.

 

Badgers climb into tie for the Big Ten lead

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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 points to lead the Badgers, who shot just 39% from the field, but four other players scored 9-points each (Brevin Pritzl, Aleem Ford, Brad Davison and Micah Potter) in the win.

The Badgers finished 8 of 25 (32%) from three-point range, but won their seventh straight game and 20th of the season.  Wisconsin has now won 20 or more games in four of Greg Gard’s five seasons as head coach.  Gard also collected his 100th career victory (100-57) in Madison.

The Badgers have gone from a 5-5 start in December to a three-way tie for the Big Ten lead.  They’ll close out the regular season at Indiana on Saturday and can wrap up at least a share of the Big Ten title with a win.

 

Davison takes his turn as Badgers hold off Gophers

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Brad Davison (Photo by David Stluka)

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 his turn in a lineup that has featured five different top point producers during the winning streak.

Senior Brevin Pritzl, who scored 15 points on Sunday, started the winning streak by leading the Badgers with 19 points against Ohio State.  Davison followed that with a 30 point performance against Nebraska.  Aleem Ford led the way with 19 against Purdue.  Micah Potter took his turn with 18 points against Rutgers.  D’Mitrik Trice, who managed just four points on Sunday, scored 28 in a win over Michigan and Davison bounced back with 20 against the Gophers.  That’s five different top scorers during the six-game stretch. [Read more…]

Badgers fall to rival Gophers

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Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badgers were riding high after last week’s upset victory over Michigan State, but the momentum from that win didn’t carry over to last night.  Wisconsin traveled to Minneapolis and fell to the Minnesota Gophers 70-52 at Williams Arena.

The Badgers the Gophers both came out of the gates shooting well, but only the Gophers continued that trend while the Badgers cooled off considerably.

Wisconsin (13-10, 6-6 Big Ten) shot just 28% from the field (19-67), and 24% from three-point range (7-29), including a 1 for 16 effort in the second half.  The loss drops the Badgers into a tie with Minnesota (12-10, 6-6) and Purdue (13-10, 6-6).  The Boilermakers crushed visiting Iowa Wednesday night 104-68.

The Gophers had four players score in double figures, led by Payton Willis, who had 21 points.  Forward Daniel Oturu also added 17 points and 14 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season.

Nate Reuvers led the Badgers in scoring with 14 points,  Micah Potter added 11 points and 15 rebounds.

“I didn’t think we were physical enough in the paint,” Coach Greg Gard said.  “We got the ball in there and didn’t finish, didn’t get to the free-throw line as much as we needed to.

“We faded away too much, settled for jump shots at times.  It showed itself in some of the shooting percentages.”

The Badgers return home and will host Ohio State on Sunday.

 

Badgers blow second half lead, fall to #18 Iowa

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Kobe King (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badgers blew a 12-point second half lead, falling to the 18th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes 68-62 at Carver Hawkeye Arena on Monday night.

The Hawkeyes (15-5, 6-3 Big Ten) trailed 57-45 with 7:13 left to play before going on a 19-2 run.  Joe Toussaint’s layup and free throw with 1:20 to go gave Iowa a 60-59 lead, and the Hawkeyes never trailed again.

The Badgers hit just 2 of its last 9 shots and Iowa finished the game on a 23-5 run.

Iowa struggled offensively most of the night, hitting just 20 of 60 (33%) from the field and 3 of 20 (15%) from three-point range.

The game was tied 30-30 at halftime, but the Badgers opened the second half on a 18-8 run and stayed in control until Iowa’s late rally. [Read more…]

Illinois ends long stretch of Badger dominance

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Kobe King (Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badgers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end, falling to Illinois 71-70 on Wednesday night at the Kohl Center.  The Badgers 15-game winning streak against the Illini also came to an end.

Illinois (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) defeated Wisconsin for the first time since Jan. 2, 2011.  The Illini won for the first time in Madison since Feb. 9, 2010.

The Illini became just the fourth Big Ten team to win a league game on the road this season, joining the Badgers, Michigan State and Rutgers.  Overall, Big Ten teams are 4-25 on the road in league play.

Sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu hit a three-pointer that put Illinois up 71-67 with 45.6 seconds left.  Dosunmu led the Illini with 18 points and six assists.

Wisconsin’s Kobe King answered with a three-pointer with 22.6 seconds left to climb to within one point.  Giorgi Bezhanishvili missed the front of the bonus which gave the Badgers a chance.  But guard D’Mitrik [Read more…]