Wisconsin News and Sports
After Kyle Korver decided to stay in Atlanta and sign a 4-year contract with the Hawks, the Milwaukee Bucks are now setting their sights on free agent shooting guard O.J. Mayo.
The Bucks have already lost Mike Dunleavy and J.J. Redick in free agency and they’re trying desperately to add help at shooting guard.
The 25-year old Mayo averaged 15.3points a game for the Dallas Mavericks last season. [Read more…]
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.
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
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…]
The 20th ranked Wisconsin Badgers entered Sunday’s Big Ten home game against
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…]
The Wisconsin Badgers will try to end a 2-game Big Ten losing streak on Saturday
Jared Berggren
afternoon. They’ll not only be battling the rival Minnesota Gophers, but themselves as well.
Consistency on offense has been a problem for the Badgers this season. Especially at the free throw line where Wisconsin is at 61% for the season and 52% in the Big Ten, which ranks last.
Badger big man Jared Berggren said they certainly didn’t expect the free throw shooting slump to last this long.
AUDIO: Jared Berggren said this slump has gone on for some time :17 [Read more…]
For the Wisconsin Badgers, there’s nothing free when it comes to free throws. The
Mike Bruesewitz
Badgers are the worst free throw shooting team in the Big Ten Conference, hitting 7 of 18 last night in a 49-47 loss to 13th ranked Michigan State at the Kohl Center.
Throw in 29% shooting from the field and the Badgers couldn’t throw it in the ocean last night.
Even those that shoot it well, didn’t last night. Jared Berggren entered the game last night, hitting nearly 76% of his free throws, but managed to make just 2 of 8 last night.
AUDIO: Jared Berggren says free throw shooting was terrible :14 [Read more…]
It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Wisconsin Badgers knocked off Penn State 60-51 to
Mike Bruesewitz
win their Big 10 Opener at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin’s season long shooting slump continued for much of the game. The Badgers shot 38% from the field, 17.6% from three-point range and 50% from the free throw line, yet still held off the Nittany Lions for their 10th win (10-4, 1-0) of the season.
Ryan Evans, Jared Berggren and Ben Brust all scored 13 points and Mike Bruesewitz added 12 for the Badgers. [Read more…]
Bo Ryan
Just two days after the death of his mother, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan led his Badgers to a 87-51 non-conference win over Samford at the Kohl Center.
Bo Ryan’s mother Louise Ryan passed away at the age of 86 in Florida.
Forward Mike Bruesewitz returned to the lineup (concussion) and scored a season high 13 points. All 13 came in the first half when the Badgers (9-4) shot 58.1% from the floor. They hit six 3-pointers, committed zero turnovers and jumped out to a 47-19 lead over Samford.
Sophomore Frank Kaminsky scored a career high 16 points to lead the Badgers. Ryan Evans, Sam Dekker and Jared Berggren also scored in double figures.
The Badgers open Big Ten play Thursday against Penn State.
Wisconsin’s Mike Bruesewitz could miss Wednesday night’s game against
Mike Bruesewitz
in-state rival Green Bay.
Bruesewitz, who suffered a concussion last week, didn’t play Saturday against Marquette, did not attend practice on Monday either.
Bruesewitz is averaging 6.2 points and 3.9 rebounds a game.
Freshman Sam Dekker is expected to get his second start of the season if Bruesewitz isn’t cleared to play Wednesday night.
Senior forward Mike Bruesewitz returned practice on Friday and then was
Mike Bruesewitz
back in the Badgers lineup on Sunday in Wisconsin’s season opening 87-47 win over Southeastern Louisiana at the Kohl Center.
Bruesewitz, who suffered a leg injury during an Oct. 9 workout was expected to be out up to six weeks, but he returned early on Sunday.
AUDIO: Mike Bruesewitz is glad to be back :15
Bruesewitz scored 10 points in 13 minutes of action on Sunday. He said he’s trying to get his wind back and his legs underneath him again.
The Badgers had little trouble from the start in this game. They scored the first 19 points of the game and out-rebounded Southeastern Louisiana 49-22 for the game.
Ben Brust finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Jared Berggren had 19 points and 8 rebounds and Ryan Evans added 9 points and 9 rebounds for the Badgers.
Next up for the Badgers, a trip to Florida on Wednesday.