The Wisconsin Badgers had to work for their 14th win of the season last night.
Junior guard John Taylor poored in 28 points to lead the 18th ranked Badgers to a 69-60 come-from-behind win over the Indiana Hoosiers at the Kohl Center. [Read more…]
Wisconsin News and Sports
By Bill Scott
The Wisconsin Badgers had to work for their 14th win of the season last night.
Junior guard John Taylor poored in 28 points to lead the 18th ranked Badgers to a 69-60 come-from-behind win over the Indiana Hoosiers at the Kohl Center. [Read more…]
By Bill Scott
Jordan Taylor scored 20 points and Jon Leuer added 17 to lead the
Wisconsin Badgers to a 66-50 win over the Michigan Wolverines.
Wisconsin ran its win streak to 9-straight over the Wolverines and the Badgers have now won 17-straight games coming off of a loss.
AUDIO: Keaton Nankivil on avoiding back to back losses for 17th time :21
Wisconsin (12-3, 2-1 Big Ten) committed six turnovers in the first half, but didn’t turn the ball over in the second half until there was 1:15 left in the contest.
Zach Novak had 15 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 10 for Michigan
(11-4, 1-2).
Wisconsin is off until next Tuesday night when they travel to East Lansing to face Michigan State.
By Bill Scott
Jordan Taylor scored 22 points and Jon Leuer added 16 to lead the 24th ranked Wisconsin Badgers to a 68-60 win over 13th ranked Minnesota in their Big Ten opener at the Kohl Center.
The Badgers were out-rebounded 42-24, but Jon Leuer’s only offensive rebound with under a half-minute to play turned out to be the big one, a rebound that helped the Badgers preserve the win. [Read more…]
By Bill Scott
Wisconsin Badger forward Jon Leuer, in a pair of wins over NC State and South Dakota, was named the Big Ten Player of the Week.
Leuer averaged 25.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 3.0 blocks and 2.0 steals in the Badgers two victories.
On the season, Leuer ranks fourth in the Big Ten averaging 20.0 points a game.
By Bill Scott
The Big Ten Conference won it’s second straight ACC/Big Ten Challenge, taking 6 of the 11 games played this week. It’s the second straight Challenge win for the Big Ten Conference, after losing the first 10 years.
The Wisconsin Badgers contributed to the cause, rolling to a 87-48 win over the North Carolina State Wolfpack at the Kohl Center. The Badgers bounced back from their loss to Notre Dame on Sunday night.
Jon Leuer had 22 points and 11 rebounds and said winning the Challenge is a big deal.
AUDIO: Jon Leuer on winning the ACC/Big Ten Challenge :16
Jordan Taylor added 21 points for the Badgers (5-2), who improved to 70-5 against non-conference opponents at the Kohl Center under Bo Ryan. Wisconsin hasn’t lost back to back games since January 2009.
The Badgers next, face South Dakota at the Kohl Center on Saturday.
By Bill Scott
In a close game in Las Vegas, the Wisconsin Badgers fell to UNLV 68-65 on Saturday night.
Chace Stanback scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half for the Rebels (3-0). UNLV led by 1-point with 6-seconds left when the Rebels Justin Hawkins stole an inbounds pass. He was fouled and made two free throws.
Wisconsin’s Jordan Taylor, who led the Badgers with 19 points, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied the game. The Badgers (2-1) also got 11 points from Ryan Evans and 10 points from Jon Leuer.
By Bill Scott
Jon Leuer scored 24 points and freshman Josh Gasser added 21 to lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a 99-55 win over Prairie View in the Badgers season opener on Sunday at the Kohl Center.
Jordan Taylor added 20 points and Gasser’s 21 points off the bench were the second most by a freshman in his debut in school history.
The Badgers host North Dakota on Tuesday night.
By Bill Scott
Jon Leuer scored 25 points and Jordan Taylor added 20 as the Wisconsin Badgers beat Minnesota State 93-59 in their final exhibition tuneup.
After the Mavericks pulled to within 20-13, the Badgers went on an 18-2 run to put the game away early.
The Badgers shot 65% in the first half and finished 58% for the game. They’ll open the regular season on Sunday evening against Prairie View A & M.
By Bill Scott
At the Big Ten Basketball Media Day today in Chicago, the Wisconsin men’s and women’s basketball teams were both picked to finish lower than 3rd. Only the top three vote getters are released.
On the men’s side, Michigan State is picked to win the Big Ten, followed by Ohio State and Purdue.
Badger senior forward Jon Leuer was named to the Big Ten’s preseason all-conference team. Leuer averaged 15.4 points a game last season, despite missing about half of the Big Ten season.
On the women’s side, the Badger women, after finishing tied for 3rd last season, were picked to finish below that mark this year. Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan State are the top three vote getters.
Wisconsin guard Alyssa Karel (14.3 ppg) was named preseason All-Big Ten by the league’s media.
By Bill Scott
Two weeks ago Wisconsin Badger senior Jon Leuer was one of 20 college
basketball players invited to Las Vegas to train against the USA National Team. After an impressive showing, Leuer has accepted one of 10 invitations from USA Basketball to participate on another USA Men’s Select Team that will train against the 2010 USA Men’s World Championship Team in New York City.
Leuer led the Badgers in scoring (15.4 pts) and rebounding (5.8 rpg) in 24 games last season.
Leuer and his teammates will be training against the USA National Team from Aug. 9-13. He’ll be joined on the Select Team by: JaJuan Johnson (Purdue); Shelvin Mack (Butler); Kyle Singler (Duke); Chris Singleton (Florida State); Nolan Smith (Duke); Howard Thompkins (Georgia); Mike Tisdale (Illinois); Kemba Walker (Connecticutt); and Chris Wright (Dayton).
Villanova head coach Jay Wright will also return to direct the 2010 USA Select Team in New York.