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Badgers fall on buzzer beater in overtime (AUDIO)

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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…]

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

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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…]

Wisconsin enters NCAA Tournament with a chip on their shoulders

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Wisconsin (25-9) finished second to Purdue in the Big Ten Conference regular season and second to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament, losing the title game on Sunday 71-56 at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.  Their reward for playing on Sunday is an 8-seed in the East Region, facing Virginia Tech (22-10) in the first round.  Oh, and that first round game comes on Thursday night (8:40 p.m.), a quick turnaround for a team that played in a conference final on Sunday.

Senior Zak Showalter admitted that he didn’t understand the whole process.

“Questioned it a little bit; a lot of stuff that I can’t control,” said Showalter. “I just go out and play basketball and hopefully the rest takes care of itself.”

The Badgers will not only open up against the Hokies, led by former Marquette coach Buzz Williams, but the winner will most likely square off against the tournament’s top overall seed, Villanova (31-3).  The [Read more…]

Happ headlines Big Ten season honors

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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…]

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

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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…]

Badgers unable to hang on to lead, fall to Iowa

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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…]

Badgers fall to Michigan, Seniors need to step up (AUDIO)

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Nigel Hayes

Playing without senior point guard Bronson Koenig (left calf injury), the 10th ranked Wisconsin Badgers lost their second consecutive game, falling 64-58 to the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ethan Happ finished with 22 points on 10 of 13 shooting, but 18 of the 22 came in the first half.  The Badgers committed crucial turnovers and missed shots down the stretch as they fell into a first place tie with Maryland and Purdue atop the Big Ten Conference, all with 10-3 league records.

The Badgers (21-5, 10-3) will host Maryland (22-4, 10-3) on Sunday at the Kohl Center.  Purdue (21-5, 10-3) will host Michigan State on Saturday. [Read more…]

Badgers run win streak to nine, knock off Hoosiers

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Ethan Happ

Ethan Happ scored 19 points and Bronson Koenig added 17 to lead the 13th ranked Wisconsin Badgers to a 75-68 win over the 25th ranked Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington on Tuesday night.

The Badgers (13-2, 2-0 Big Ten) have won nine straight games.

The Badgers made their first five shots and their first four three-point field goals to jump out to a 16-2 lead.  Indiana would climb back and actually take a lead before the Badgers went on a late 10-2 run to pull away for the win. [Read more…]

Badgers win Big Ten opener (AUDIO)

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Zak Showalter

The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers captured their Big Ten Conference opener for the 13th time in the last 14 years, knocking off Rutgers 72-52 at the Kohl Center.

Nigel Hayes scored 20 points, including 10 for 10 from the free throw line and Zak Showalter added 18 points to lead the Badgers (12-2, 1-0 Big Ten).

Wisconsin led 33-18 at halftime and went up by 21 midway through the second half before Rutgers put together a rally.  But the Badgers pulled away down the stretch, running their [Read more…]

Badgers run win streak to six

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Ethan Happ

The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers got 24 points from Nigel Hayes and beat the Green Bay Phoenix 73-59 on Wednesday night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers improved to 10-2 and will get some time off before facing Florida A & M on Dec. 23.  That will be the final non-conference game with the start of Big Ten play against visiting Rutgers on Dec. 27.

The Phoenix fell t0 4-6, their fourth loss in the last five games.

Zak Showalter added 16 points and a career high six steals.  He entered the game shooting 28.6% from three point range, but hit four of six from distance and six of 10 overall from the field last night. [Read more…]