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Fravert, Gard honored by WBCA

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Adam Fravert & Jeff Gard – Photo Courtesy of the WIAC & WBCA

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Adam Fravert has been selected the NCAA Division III Public School Men’s Player of the Year, while UW-Platteville head coach Jeff Gard was tabbed the NCAA Division II-III Men’s Coach of the Year by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the 2019-20 season.

Fravert, the WIAC Co-Player of the year, led the conference with 8.8 rebounds a game and ranked third in scoring at 18.4 points a game.  Fravert started all 29 games for the Titans, scoring in double figures 27 times.  He wrapped up his 115-game career ranked second in program history with 158 blocks, third with 802 rebounds, fourth with 312 assists and 11th with 1,459 points.

Gard, the WIAC Coach of the Year, led the Pioneers to the regular-season conference title for the 21st time in program history.  UW-Platteville also made its third straight NCAA appearance – and 13th overall – and recorded 23 wins, which are the second most for the program in the last 21 years.

Marquette’s Markus Howard captured the WBCA Division 1 Player of the Year.  Wisconsin coach Greg Gard received the top coaching honor in Division 1 and Gard’s staff of Alando Tucker, Joe Krabbenhoft, Dean Oliver and Howard Moore captured staff of the year honors.

 

NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament field announced Monday

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The NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament field was released on Monday.  Six teams from Wisconsin made the tournament field.  Ripon College, Oshkosh and Concordia (Wis) all secured automatic bids by winning their respective tournament championships.

Platteville, Eau Claire and St. Norbert College all received at-large bids, based on their work during the season and conference tournaments.

Opening round games will be held Friday, with the winners advancing to second round action on Saturday.

Opening Round Pairings – Friday

at St. John’s Minnesota

Ripon College (20-7) vs. St. John’s (MN) (25-2)
Whitman (20-7) vs. Eau Claire (19-9) [Read more…]

Jeter joins Gophers coaching staff

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Rob Jeter

Former Wisconsin assistant and Milwaukee Panther head coach Rob Jeter is joining the Minnesota Gophers coaching staff.

Gophers coach Richard Pitino announced Tuesday that Jeter will replace Kimani Young, who left for Connecticut to be an assistant coach there.

Jeter spent the last two seasons in Las Vegas as an assistant at UNLV.  He coached the Milwaukee Panthers for 11 seasons.  Jeter was also an assistant to Bo Ryan for four years at Wisconsin.  He played for Ryan at UW-Platteville.

The Gophers are coming off a 15-17 season and return just five scholarship players who saw action this past season.

Ryan inducted into College Basketball Hall of Fame

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Bo Ryan

Former Wisconsin head men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan will take his place among the legends of college basketball this fall when he is inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Ryan is one of eight individuals that make up the Class of 2017, joining Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan, Winston-Salem State’s Cleo Hill, Indiana’s Scott May, Purdue’s Rick Mount, Creighton’s Paul Silas, Gonzaga’s John Stockton and Duke’s Jay Williams.

The 2017 Hall of Fame Induction Celebration will take place on Sunday, Nov. 19 at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in Kansas City, Missouri.  The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will then participate in the Hall of Fame Classic over the next two days, along with Baylor, Creighton and UCLA.

With a remarkable 27 postseason appearances on his resume, Ryan took basketball to new heights in the state of Wisconsin.  Ryan’s head coaching career began at UW-Platteville, where he won 353 games from 1984 through 1999 and guided the program to four NCAA Division III national titles. [Read more…]

NCAA Division III Football Playoff Field is announced

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ncaa-logoThe UW-Whitewater Warhawk football team enters this Saturday’s NCAA Division 3 playoffs with a 10-0 record.  The second ranked Warhawks are making their 11th postseason appearance in the last 12 years and will be searching for their seventh NCAA Division 3 title.

The Warhawks, who have won the Stagg Bowl National Championship game in six of the last nine years, will open up on Saturday at noon against Lakeland (7-3).  The Muskies earned an automatic bid by capturing the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference title and are making their second straight playoff appearance.

The UW-Oshkosh Titans are in the playoffs for the second straight year.  the Titans (9-1) will host Washington-St. Louis (8-2) at noon on Saturday.

UW-Platteville (8-2) is in the playoff field for the second time in their history.  The Pioneers will square off against 9th-ranked St. John’s University of Minnesota on Saturday at noon in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Badgers Oct. 30th exhibition to serve as Brain Cancer Awareness game (AUDIO)

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Greg Gard

Greg Gard

Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Greg Gard and his brother, UW-Platteville coach Jeff Gard, will coach against one another on October 30th, the anniversary of their father’s death.

In partnership with the UW Carbone Cancer Center, the Badgers will host the Pioneers in the Brain Cancer Awareness game in memory of Glen Gard, who died of gliobastoma multiforme (GBM).

The game will also serve to recognize those who fight or have fought bravely and valiantly against the disease and the community impacted by cancer and the support they provide in this fight.

Both coaching staffs and team personnel will wear lapel pins with the Brain Cancer Awareness Game logo and a Gard family photo appears on the special, commemorative game ticket.  Fans in attendance will receive a grey, “Brain Cancer Awareness Game” wristband upon entry. [Read more…]

La Crosse draws closer to WIAC title

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WIAC LogoThe UW-La Crosse Eagles moved closer to a regular season WIAC  title by knocking down UW-River Falls 87-77.

The Eagles (15-7, 9-2), who shot 55% from the field for the game, can wrap up at least a share of the regular season WIAC title with another win.

WIAC Scoreboard

UW-Oshkosh 71, UW-Eau Claire 49
UW-Whitewater 104, UW-Platteville 86
UW-Stevens Point 65, UW-Stout 61

 

Oshkosh remains third in D-3 football rankings

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UW-Oshkosh LogoUW-Oshkosh is ranked third by D3football.com top 25 poll again this week.  The Titans are the W-I-A-C’s only unbeaten team, after knocking off La Crosse 31-13 on Saturday.

UW-Whitewater is still ranked sixth.  The Warhawks lost to Oshkosh earlier this season but both teams are 8-1 overall after Whitewater’s 42-6 rout at River Falls.

Platteville is still 14th, after a 50-26 win at Eau Claire.

Number-one Mount Union and second-ranked Linfield also have the same rankings as a week ago

Amherst-native Eric Konkol takes over La. Tech basketball program

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Amherst native Eric Konkol hired as head basketball coach at Louisiana Tech.

Amherst native Eric Konkol hired as head basketball coach at Louisiana Tech.

One of the best basketball players to ever come out of Amherst, Wisconsin, is now in charge of his own hoops program.

On Monday, Eric Konkol was introduced as the new head men’s basketball coach at Louisiana Tech University. For Konkol, the move means he’ll be a head coach for the first time in his career.

Konkol was one of the most decorated prep stars from Amherst, holding several school scoring records. Following high school, he went to play for Bo Ryan at UW-Platteville, joining the team a season after they won the national title in 1995. Following the 1997 season, he transferred to WIAC rival UW-Eau Claire and played through his graduation in 2000.

Once his playing days were over, Konkol immediately got into the coaching side of basketball, holding assistant positions at Tulsa, Tennessee, North Dakota State, George Mason, and Miami.

Konkol takes over a Bulldogs team that went 27-9 last season and reached the quarterfinals of the NIT. He replaces Michael White, who left the program to take the same position at the University of Florida.

AUDIO: Konkol says playing in the NCAA Tournament is among the many goals for the Bulldogs :11

AUDIO: Konkol thanks the many people who have supported him :23

Warhawks survive upset bid

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UW-Whitewater Warhawk logoThe UW-Whitewater Warhawks remain perfect in the WIAC, holding off upset minded Platteville 65-64 in Platteville on Wednesday night.

A pair of Jake Manning free throws gave the Pioneers the lead with 27 seconds to play, but Whitewater’s Quardell Young hit a driving layup with 8 seconds to go to give the Warhawks (16-2, 9-0 WIAC) the victory.

Young finished with a game high 26 points for #1 ranked Whitewater.  Platteville (13-5, 6-3) got 19 points  from Jim Stocki in the loss.

The Warhawks remain a 1/2 game in front of UW-Stevens Point in the WIAC standings.  The Pointers beat UW-La Crosse 63-44.  Stevens Point improved to 15-4 overall and 9-1 in league play.

UW-Eau Claire 69, UW-Stout 64
UW-River Falls 90, UW- Superior 76