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Strickland lands at Temple

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Tai Strickland

Former Wisconsin point guard Tai Strickland is transferring from the school to play his college basketball at Temple.

Strickland played one season in Madison and announced in March that he was leaving after averaging just 1.8 points in the 16 games he played in this past season.

Strickland is the son of former NBA player Rod Strickland and originally picked Wisconsin over Big Ten foes Minnesota and Rutgers.

Strickland will have three seasons of eligibility at Temple after sitting out next season in accordance with NCAA rules.

Strickland leaving Wisconsin basketball program

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Wisconsin Badger freshman point guard Tai Strickland is leaving the men’s basketball program after just one season.

Strickland made the announcement via twitter today.

“Thank you to my teammates, my brothers, for everything y’all have done for me,” Strickland twitted.  “I’ll always root for your success.  I also want to thank Coach Gard and staff for giving me this opportunity, but at this time I have decided to transfer from Wisconsin and continue my career elsewhere.”

Strickland appeared in 16 games for the Badgers, averaging just 1.8 points in a very limited role.  The freshman guard is from Tampa, Florida.

 

Davison leads Badgers past Savannah State

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The Wisconsin Badgers scored a program record 69 points in the first half and went on to beat Savannah State 101-60 on Thursday night at the Kohl Center.

Sophomore guard Brad Davison pulled out of his season long shooting slump by hitting 6 of 9 three-pointers on the way to a 24 point night.  Davison hit 8 of 11 shots overall and added five assists, four rebounds and four steals.

The 19th ranked Badgers broke the 100-point mark for the first time since Nov. 19, 2013, when Frank Kaminsky scored a program record 43 points in a 103-85 win over North Dakota.

The Badgers finished 11 of 16 from three-point range (68.8%), 37 of 66 overall (56.1 %), hit 11 of 14 free throws (78.6%) and committed just 10 turnovers.

Ethan Happ added a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.  Happ hit 4 of his 5 free throw attempts.

Freshman guard Tai Strickland hit 3 of 4 three-pointers and finished with a career high 14 points and six assists.

The Badgers played without senior Khalil Iverson.  He was in a walking boot with a foot injury.

The Badgers improved to 9-2, while the Tigers dropped their 5th in-a-row and dropped to 3-9.

 

UW basketball adds Strickland to the mix

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Florida senior point guard Tai Strickland has verbally committed to play basketball at Wisconsin in 2018.  He announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he has given Wisconsin an oral commitment for the 2018 class.

Strickland is the son of former NBA standout guard Rod Strickland.  He can official sign a letter of intent in April 11.

Strickland chose UW over Rutgers, Minnesota, Boston College, DePaul and South Florida.  He joins forward Taylor Currie of Clarkston, Michigan and center Joe Hedstrom of Hopkins, Minnesota in the 2018 class.

Strickland gives the Badgers a number of options at the two guard spots next season.