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Badgers cruise to opening round NCAA win

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Nigel Hayes

Nigel Hayes

The 3rd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers moved into the round of 32 by cruising to a 86-72 win over Coastal Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday night.

Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes combined to scored 38 points on 15 of 25 shooting to help the Badgers build a 15-point lead at halftime (47-32).  The trio finished with 62 points on 24 of 41 shooting.

Kaminsky led the way with 27 points and 12 rebounds, while Sam Dekker came out of his 3-point shooting slump, hitting 4 of 8 from distance to finish with 20 points for the game.  Nigel Hayes added 15 points and eight rebounds with seven of the eight boards on the offensive end. [Read more…]

Badgers hold off Michigan in Big Ten quarterfinals (AUDIO)

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

The 6th ranked Wisconsin Badgers are already in the NCAA Tournament, while the Michigan Wolverines only real chance to get in would have likely been to win the Big Ten Tournament title.  The start of today’s quarterfinal game looked like that.

Michigan played harder early, playing with a real sense of urgency, while the Badgers looked as if their wakeup call came a few minutes late this morning.

There haven’t been many down moments for the Badgers this season, and when things didn’t go their way early, there’s been no panic.  Such was the case again today, as the Badgers woke up, chipped away and took a 5-point lead into the locker room at halftime.  Wisconsin went on to win, 71-60 at the United Center and will face either Penn State or Purdue in Saturday’s semifinals. [Read more…]

Kaminsky is Big Ten Player of the Year; Bo Ryan is Coach of the Year

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

Senior Frank Kaminsky was one of four Badgers to earn All-Big Ten honors, while head coach Bo Ryan was recognized by conference coaches as the Coach of the Year.

Kaminsky was named 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year by both the media and coaches, including unanimous selection from the media.  Kaminsky was also a consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection.

Ryan was recognized with Big Ten Coach of the Year, as voted on by the coaches.  The fourth Big Ten Coach of the Year honor for Ryan, only Purdue’s Gene Keady (7) and Indiana’s Bob Knight (5) have earned the distinction more times than Ryan. [Read more…]

Badgers crush Ohio State in Big Ten finale

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Bronson Koenig

Bronson Koenig

The 6th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers had already wrapped up the Big Ten regular season title and the number-1 seed in the Big Ten tournament.  But they still had one game left to play and coach Bo Ryan said the mission was to head back to Madison with a win.

Mission Accomplished!  The Badgers rolled to 72-48 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Senior Day in Columbus, Ohio.

Ryan said, “If we were going to get knocked down, it wasn’t going to be because we weren’t out there diving for loose balls, playing hard and playing tough.”

The Badgers (28-3, 16-2 Big Ten) won for the 13th time in their last 14 games.  Frank Kaminsky scored 20-points or [Read more…]

Badgers capture Big Ten title outright

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

It was senior day for the Minnesota Gophers and they wanted nothing more than to upset their Big Ten rivals.  The 6th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers had other plans, like knocking off rival Minnesota on the Gophers home floor, to win the Big Ten title outright.

Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker combined to score 30 in the first half and the Badgers went on to beat the Gophers 76-63.

The Badgers (27-3, 15-2 Big Ten) not only clinched the Big Ten title outright, but they secured the No. 1 seeding for the league tournament, set for March 11-15 at the United Center in Chicago.

The Badgers ended Minnesota’s 2-game win streak between the two teams in the Twin Cities.  The Gophers fell to 6-11 in Big Ten play and 17-13 overall. [Read more…]

Badgers clinch a share of the Big Ten title (AUDIO)

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2015 Big Ten Champion Wisconsin Badgers

2015 Big Ten Champion Wisconsin Badgers

The Wisconsin Badgers wrapped up a share of the Big Ten Conference title on Sunday, knocking off the Michigan State Spartans 68-61 on Senior Day at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin went right at the Spartans on offense, dumping the ball inside to Frank Kaminsky and Nigel Hayes.  Those two did the rest, combining for 45 points to pull out the win.

Kaminsky saved his best for his final home game, pouring in 31 points, pulling down 8 rebounds and assing three assists, three blocks and two steals.  Kaminsky hit 3 of 4 from three-point distance and 11 of 17 from the field overall. [Read more…]

Badgers will have to try again for Big Ten crown

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Bo Ryan

Bo Ryan

5th-ranked Wisconsin was trying to gain a share of the Big Ten regular-season basketball title, but a poor first half had the Badgers doing nothing but playing catch-up.

Wisconsin scored just 20 points in the first half and a late rally fell short against 14th ranked Maryland.  The Badgers fell to the Terrapins 59-53 in College Park, Maryland.

Wisconsin (25-3, 13-2) saw its 10-game winning streak come to an end, shooting just 30% from the field in the first half and hitting just 1 of 11 from beyond the arc.  The 20 points in the first half is the fewest total in a half for the Badgers this season.

Wisconsin trailed by 11 at halftime but battled back in the second half to eventually draw even at 47-47.  But Maryland finished the final six minutes of the game on a 12-6 run to pull away and win. [Read more…]

Dekker leads Badgers victory over Penn State

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker scored a career high 22 points and Frank Kaminsky added 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the 5th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers to a 55-47 win over Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.

The Badgers (24-2, 12-1 Big Ten) won their ninth straight game to extend their lead to three games over Maryland, Michigan State and Purdue.  All four teams have five games left in the Big Ten regular season.

Dekker hit 3 of 6 three-pointers and 9 of thirteen shots overall, to go along with five rebounds. [Read more…]

Dekker and Kaminsky named candidates for respective awards

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MotionW_2ColorWisconsin senior Frank Kaminsky has been named to the watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and junior Sam Dekker was named to the Julius Erving Award watch list, announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this week.

The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, in its inaugural year, recognizes the top centers in Division 1 men’s college basketball.  The Julius Erving Award, also in its inaugural year, recognizes the top small forwards in the men’s game.  Each watch list contains 15 candidates determined by a national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel.

By early March, the current lists of 15 finalists for both awards will be narrowed down to five players.  The final five players in contention for the award will then be presented to Mr. Abdul-Jabbar and Mr. Erving, along with the Hall of Fame’s selection committee.

The winners will be presented at ESPN’s new College Basketball Awards in Los Angeles, California, on April 10.

Kaminsky leads the Badgers in scoring (17.6 ppg), rebounds 8.4 rpg), assists (59), blocks (38) and field goal percentage (.548).

Dekker is one of four players to rank in the Big Ten’s top 10 in points and rebounds during conference play, averaging 14.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

Badgers run Big Ten win streak to 8-games

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky scored 17 of his 23 points in the first half and the 5th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers went on to beat Illinois 68-49 in Big Ten men’s basketball action at the Kohl Center.

Kaminsky added 11 rebounds for his Big Ten leading 10th double-double of the season.  He hit his first six field-goal attempts, but went scoreless for the first 15 minutes of the second half before adding 6-points down the stretch.

Bronson Koenig scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half to help carry the Badger offense.  He hit 3 of 5 three-pointers and 6 of 10 field-goal attempts overall.  Koenig also added four assists and didn’t have any turnovers.

Nigel Hayes finished with 14 points and Sam Dekker added 10. [Read more…]