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More pre-draft workouts for the Bucks today

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The Milwaukee Bucks will work out six more players at the team’s training center today in St. Francis.

Among the six are a pair of former Wisconsin Badgers, Jared Berggren and Mike Brusewitz.  UW-Milwaukee’s Paris Gulley is also in the mix today.

The other three players working out for the Bucks are Kevin Foster of Santa Clara, A.J. Matthews of Farmingdale State and Andre Roberson of Colorado.

The NBA Draft is June 27th.  The Bucks currently  have the 15th pick (rd. 1) and the 43rd selection (rd. 2) in the draft.

Badgers shoot their way out of the NCAA Tournament

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It’s happened before, where the Wisconsin Badgers couldn’t throw the ball in the lake if they were standing right next to it.  They simply picked

Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

the worst time of the year to do it again.

The Badgers, who made the Sweet 16 in each of the last two seasons, were knocked out of the 2013 tournament in the opening round, falling to Mississippi 57-46.

Many thought the Badgers had a favorable bracket and were headed for a deep run in the NCAA’s post-season, but the Rebels had other ideas.  Bo Ryan’s Badgers lost in their first tournament game for just the second time in his 12-seasons as head coach at Wisconsin.

Marshall Henderson scored 19 points and Murphy Holloway added 10 for Ole Miss.

Freshman Sam Dekker scored 14 points for Wisconsin, which hit just 8 of their 36 three-pointers (22.2%) and 15 of 59 shots overall (25.4%).

The Badgers got plenty of open looks, but they just couldn’t convert.  Wisconsin led 25-22 at halftime, but they were uncharacteristically sloppy with the ball.  Their 9-turnovers in the half matched their average for a game. [Read more…]

Badgers look to slow down Ole Miss

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The Wisconsin Badgers open play in the NCAA Tournament later this morning

Jared Berggren

Jared Berggren

(11:40am CT) against the Rebels of Mississippi in Kansas City.

The Badgers will try to slow down a team that averages almost 80-points a game.  The key to the Rebels success is flamboyant guard Marshall Henderson who led the SEC in scoring at more than 20-points a game.  He’s also 3rd in the nation in three pointers made with 131.

Henderson has made 35.7% of his three-pointers and he likes to shoot them.  Of his 507 shots attempted, 367 of them have come from beyond the arc.  He’s also a weapon at the free throw line, shooting 88% from the stripe.

Henderson certainly is the centerpiece for the Rebels, both with his play and his antics.

AUDIO: Ryan Evans on Marshall Henderson :17

The Badgers should be able to get the ball inside for some easy baskets.  If they do, there’s a good chance the Rebels may get into some foul trouble. [Read more…]

Ryan named Big Ten Coach of the Year

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The Wisconsin Badgers at the beginning of the season were picked to finish in the

Bo Ryan

Bo Ryan

bottom half of the Big Ten.  Fast forward to the end of the Big Ten regular season and not only were those predictions a bit off. Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan has been voted the Big Ten’s Coach of the Year for the 3rd time since taking over at Wisconsin.

The only coaches in league history to win Coach of the Year honors more than Bo Ryan are Purdue’s Gene Keady (seven) and Indiana’s Bob Knight (five).

Ryan’s Badgers have put together 12-straight top-4 finishes in the Big Ten.

Senior Jared Berggren was selected 2nd team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media, as well as an All-Big Ten defensive team honoree.

Ben Brust and Sam Dekker were each honorable mention selections and Dekker was named to the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team.

Badgers suffer “Senior Day” loss to Purdue

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The Wisconsin Badgers started out strong but it looked like they changed uniforms at halftime.  Coming out of the halftime break, it was Purdue that out-hustled and out-played Wisconsin on their own home floor and pulled out a 69-56 win over the Badgers.

AUDIO: Mike Bruesewitz on the loss :13

The loss all but eliminated the Badgers from Big Ten title contention.  They’re in a 4-way tie for second place in the Big Ten with Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State.  They’re all 2-games behind front-running Indiana with 2-games left to play.  The Hoosiers, with their win on Saturday, locked up at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title.

Jared Berggren scored 13 points to lead the Badgers but he hit just 1 0f 6 three-point

Jared Berggren

Jared Berggren

attempts.  He’s hitting just 18% from distance on the season.  The Badgers, after making 6 of their first 10 from beyond the arc, missed their final 18 attempts.

Wisconsin jumped out to a 32-19 lead and it looked like it was going to be another one of those Kohl Center beat downs.  Wisconsin shot 50% from the field in the first half, then cooled off considerably, hitting just 29.6% from the field in the second half.

D.J. Byrd scored 16 of his 22 in the second half as Purdue went on a 21-3 run to pull [Read more…]

Berggren adds excitement to the blocked shot

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A good friend of mine, a long time veteran high school coach that I won’t identify for

Jared Berggren

Jared Berggren

this story, often wonders about the excitement of the blocked shot in basketball.

That friend usually works local basketball games with me in the Fox Cities.  I think he’s slowly coming around to my way of thinking.

It’s like the defensive version of a dunk.  The really good ones, not only block multiple shots each game, but they change the thinking of the opposition.  If a player dares venture into the lane against a shot blocker, they’re thinking about avoiding the block.  Many times, they’re changing their shot, trying to avoid another block.  That of course leads to more misses.

Jared Berggren has turned into one of those feared shot blockers at Wisconsin.  He had four of them in the Badgers 77-46 win over Nebraska on Tuesday night, surpassing the previous franchise record held by Rashard Griffith.  Berggren has 126 career blocks and with games left this season, he isn’t done. [Read more…]

Badgers cruise past Northwestern

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This never really felt like much of a game.  When it was done, the 19th ranked Wisconsin Badgers beat the Northwestern Wildcats 69-41 in Big Ten basketball action in Evanston.

Ben Brust and Jared Berggren scored 12-points each to lead a balanced Wisconsin attack in the win.

Northwestern was playing without 5 players due to injury.  Of the five, three were starters.  The Wildcats played hard, but they were no match for the Badgers, who out-rebounded Northwestern 47-22.  Wisconsin held Northwestern to 29% shooting from the field. [Read more…]

Badgers roll from start to finish

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The 20th ranked Wisconsin Badgers entered Sunday’s Big Ten home game against

Ben Brust

Ben Brust

13th ranked Ohio State, shooting around 39% from the field in Big Ten games.  When Mike Bruesewitz stuck the opening jump shot of the game, it was the start of a 71-49 rout of the Buckeyes and a day that saw Bucky hit 52.7% of its field goals.

The Badgers jumped out early, going on a 18-0 run during a 5-minutes stretch of the first half to jump out and never look back.

As hot as the Badgers were, the Buckeyes were that cold.  They hit just 3 of their first 17 shots from the field. [Read more…]

Badgers OT run ends against Gophers

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After a pair of thrilling overtime wins against Iowa and Michigan last week, the thirdJared Berggren time would not be a charm for the Wisconsin Badgers in Minnesota.

The Badgers managed just 6-points in the final 11-minutes of action last night and fell to the Gophers 58-53 in overtime.

Wisconsin’s Jared Berggren knows the Badgers had their chances and he’s hoping this one doesn’t catch up with them down the road.

AUDIO: Jared Berggren says this one could come back to haunt them :13

The Badgers have 6-games left in the Big Ten.  Had they won last night’s game, their Big Ten title hopes were realistic.  Now they’re 2-games back and their prospects aren’t nearly as good. [Read more…]

Could the Badgers win the Big Ten title?

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With seven Big Ten games left in the Big Ten Conference regular season, the

Bo Ryan

Bo Ryan

Wisconsin Badgers (17-7, 8-3 Big Ten) are tied for third place with Michigan.  Both are just 1-game behind league leading Indiana and Michigan State.

The Spartans took over sole possession of first place by beating Purdue 78-65 on Saturday night, after the Badgers dumped Michigan 65-62 in overtime.  Indiana then joined Michigan State with a 81-68 win over Ohio State on Sunday.

Under Ryan, Wisconsin has never finished out of the top four in the Big Ten.  Ryan, at his post game press conference, indicated that there’s still plenty of non-believers. [Read more…]