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Happ to play with Bulls Summer League team

June 24, 2019 By Bill Scott

Former Wisconsin men’s basketball star Ethan Happ will suit up with the Chicago Bulls summer league squad this summer.  The Bulls open play in Las Vegas on July 5th against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Happ started four seasons with the Badgers and set program records for rebounds (1,217) and blocked shots (154).

Happ went undrafted last week after working out for a number of NBA teams.  Happ’s shooting has always been a question and no doubt led to no teams taking a chance on him through the draft.

Hayes to join Clippers summer team

Another former Badger, forward Nigel Hayes, has agreed to play with the Los Angeles Clippers Summer League team. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Ethan Happ, Nigel Hayes

UW basketball players discussed NCAA boycott

May 2, 2018 By Bill Scott

Nigel Hayes

Former Wisconsin men’s basketball player Nigel Hayes said he and his teammates discussed boycotting a game early in the 2016-’17 season to protest the NCAA’s limits on what athletes can receive while playing college sports.

According to USA Today Sports, Hayes told the story of the boycott discussion while appearing on a panel at an Aspen Institute event in Washington, D.C., titled “Future of College Sports: Reimagining Athlete Pay.”  The idea behind the program was for participants to discuss what the implications would be if the NCAA’s schools either chose or were forced to allow athletes to receive compensation for the use of their names, images and likenesses under a system modeled on how Olympic athletes are allowed to be paid.

During Hayes’ senior season, he reportedly proposed to his teammates, by way of group chat, that they refuse to play in a game against Syracuse that was part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and being televised on ESPN.

Hayes said he proceeded with the caveat that if even one member of the team was against the idea, it would be abandoned.

Hayes told USA Today Sports after the panel discussion, “I new 90% of the guys were on board from the get-go, before I asked the question.”  “But I let them know that if one of you guys says no, we won’t do it because, obviously, we’re a team and we’re going to stick together.

Hayes predicted that if the NCAA’s current limits are not changed, a player-boycott eventually will occur.

Hayes is among the named plaintiffs in one of two ongoing lawsuits challenging the NCAA’s current system, under which athletes basically can receive tuition, fees, room, board, books and money to cover certain incidental costs of attending college.

 

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, NCAA, Nigel Hayes

Wisconsin’s Hayes working out for the Bucks today

May 16, 2017 By Bill Scott

Nigel Hayes

Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes is one of six players working out for the Milwaukee Bucks at their training center today in St. Francis.  This is the second day that the Bucks are holding draft prospect workouts.

Following is a list of players working out today:

Nigel Hayes – F – Wisconsin
Hamidou Diallo – G – Kentucky
Sterling Brown – G – SMU
L.J. Peak – G – Georgetown
Deng Adel – F – Louisville
Jalen Moore – F – Utah State

The Bucks have the 17th and 48th selections in the upcoming 2017 NBA Draft, which will be held Thursday, June 22, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The Bucks are scheduled to continue with additional workouts on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, plus Monday and Wednesday of next week.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, Nigel Hayes

Badgers fall on buzzer beater in overtime (AUDIO)

March 25, 2017 By Bill Scott

For the second straight season, the Wisconsin’s NCAA Tournament run ended in the Sweet 16.  Florida guard Chris Chiozza hit a floating three-pointer to send the Gators to a 84-83 overtime victory over Badgers.

Wisconsin jumped out to a fast start, then blew a 11-point lead and trailing going into halftime.

In the second half, the Badgers erased an eight-point deficit in the final 2:54 and forced overtime when Zak Showalter hit a game-tying three-pointer with 2.5 seconds left.

The Badgers jumped out quickly in overtime before Chiozza’s late heroics send the Badgers and the Big Ten home.

Nigel Hayes scored 22 points to lead Wisconsin, but he missed 7 of 14 free-throw attempts.  Ethan Happ [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Bronson Koenig, Greg Gard, Nigel Hayes, Vitto Brown, Zak Showalter

Late rally pushes Badgers into “Sweet 16” (AUDIO)

March 19, 2017 By Bill Scott

Greg Gard

The 8th-seeded Wisconsin Badgers are headed back to the “Sweet 16”, coming from behind to knock off Villanova 65-62 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Buffalo.

The Badgers trailed 57-50 with just over five minutes left.  Villanova would score just one field goal and five total points the rest of the way as the Badgers tightened up their defense down the stretch.

AUDIO: Greg Gard on his team’s defense down the stretch :13

AUDIO: Villanova’s Jay Wright on scoring just five points in final 5+ minutes :19

The Badgers pulled out the win despite guard Bronson Koenig’s second half foul trouble.  He returned with more than five minutes left and helped lead the comeback.  Koenig finished hitting 3 of 6 three-pointers and scored 17 points.  Two of his three-pointers tied the game at 57-all and gave the Badgers a 62-59 lead with 1:58 to play.

Nigel Hayes hit the game winner on a baseline drive and left-handed reverse layup.  He led the Badgers in scoring with 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, News, Sports, Top Story Tagged With: Badgers, Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Greg Gard, NCAA Tournament, Nigel Hayes, Sweet 16, Villanova Wildcats, Vitto Brown

Badgers advance with NCAA Tournament win over Virginia Tech (AUDIO)

March 17, 2017 By Bill Scott

Khalil Iverson

Senior guard Bronson Koenig hit eight of his 17 three-pointers and finished with 28 points to lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a 84-74 win over Virginia Tech in the first round of the NCAA East Regional on Thursday night in Buffalo.

Fellow senior Nigel Hayes added 16 points, hitting 8 of 9 free throws and Khalil Iverson came off the bench to add 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists.  Iverson also converted 7 of 10 free throw chances.

The Badgers (26-9) converted 64.4% of their free throws for the season, but hit 19 of 25 (76%) as a team on Thursday night.

Forward Zach LeDay scored 17 of his 23 points after halftime to lead the Hokies, who saw their season end at 22-11. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Greg Gard, Khalil Iverson, NCAA Tournament, Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin Badgers, Zak Showalter

Happ headlines Big Ten season honors

March 6, 2017 By Bill Scott

Five members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team received season-ending awards from the Big Ten Conference on Monday, led by Ethan Happ, who earned first-team All-Big Ten recognition.

Happ joins Michael Finley (1993) as the only Wisconsin players to earn first-team honors in their sophomore season.

Happ, who was a first-team All-Big Ten pick by both the coaches and the media, was also named to the league’s all-defensive team for the second straight season.  He led the Big Ten in steals during conference play (2.3 per game) and leads UW with 38 blocks on the year.

Bronson Koenig earned second-team All-Big Ten praise from the coaches and third-team All-Big Ten selection from the media.  Nigel Hayes was  tabbed with third-team All-Big Ten honors. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Big Ten Conference, Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Nigel Hayes, Vitto Brown, Zak Showalter

Badgers end losing streak, knock off rival Gophers on Senior Day

March 6, 2017 By Bill Scott

Bronson Koenig

After sitting all but five minutes of the first half with foul trouble, senior guard Bronson Koenig took over in the second half, scoring 17 points to lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a 66-49 win over the Minnesota Gophers on Senior Day at the Kohl Center.

Koenig hit five of seven three-pointers in the second half, after the Badgers trailed by two at halftime.

The Badgers (23-8, 12-6 Big Ten) snapped a three game losing streak and secured the number-two seed and double bye in the Big Ten Tournament in Washington D.C. this week.  The Badgers finished tied for second place in the Big Ten with Maryland (24-7, 12-6), but the Badgers won the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Wisconsin will open Big Ten Tournament play in Friday’s quarterfinals at 5:3o p.m. against the winner of Thursday’s game between 10th seeded Indiana and seventh seeded Iowa. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Big Ten Conference, Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Nigel Hayes, Zak Showalter

Badgers unable to hang on to lead, fall to Iowa

March 3, 2017 By Bill Scott

Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badgers certainly weren’t setting the world on fire, but they did appear as if they would pick up a much needed Big Ten win to stay in the Big Ten title hunt.

Then a play here and play there, a couple of missed free throws and the heroics of an opposing freshman turned victory into defeat as the Iowa Hawkeyes escaped the Kohl Center with a 59-57 win over Wisconsin.

The Badgers suffered their third straight defeat and fifth in the last six games and will now play their final regular season game on Sunday against Minnesota in a battle for the 2-seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament.  The Badgers can still secure that with a win on Senior Day.

Purdue clinched the Big Ten title outright with Wisconsin’s latest loss.

The Badgers led by nine points with 4 minutes and 46 seconds left.  They were up five with 2:03 left to play.  But two turnovers against Iowa’s full-court pressure and the Hawkeyes closed the game on a 7-0 run to pull out the win. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Big Ten Conference, Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Greg Gard, Iowa Hawkeyes, Nigel Hayes, Zak Showalter

Badgers miss chance to move back into first place

February 27, 2017 By Bill Scott

Nigel Hayes

After Purdue did Wisconsin a favor by losing on Saturday, the Badgers missed a chance to move back into first place atop the Big Ten, falling to Michigan State 84-74 on Sunday in East Lansing, Michigan.

The Badgers (22-7, 11-5 Big Ten) lost for the fourth time in five games.  It was also their 10th straight loss at the Breslin Center.

Michigan State (18-11, 10-6) continued to look like a team destined for the NCAA Tournament, winning for the fourth time in their last five games.

Nigel Hayes scored 22 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, but missed eight of his 12 free throw attempts.  The Badgers as a team made just 13 of 25 at the line. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Big Ten Conference, Bronson Koenig, Ethan Happ, Greg Gard, Michigan State Spartans, Nigel Hayes

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