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Badgers knock off Syracuse in Challenge game (AUDIO)

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Ethan Happ

Ethan Happ

The 17th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers made quick work of Syracuse and their 2-3 zone defense, knocking off the Orange 77-60 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night at the Kohl Center.

Ethan Happ scored 24 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, hitting 10 of 12 from the field.  It was Happy that had 18 points and 15 rebounds in the Badgers 66-58 overtime win over Syracuse in this contest a year ago.

Bronson Koenig entered the game shooting just 27.3% from three-point range but hit six of nine from distance last night and finished with 20 points.

AUDIO: Greg Gard knew Koenig would come out of his slump :17 [Read more…]

Badgers beat Xavier, advance to “Sweet 16” (AUDIO)

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Bronson Koenig

Bronson Koenig

Bronson Koenig played the hero on Sunday night, hitting two of his six 3-pointers in the final seconds to send the Wisconsin Badgers to a 66-63 win over the Xavier Musketeers in St. Louis.

Koenig hit a three with 11.7 seconds left to tie the game at 63-all.  After Zak Showalter drew a charge against Xavier freshman guard Edmund Sumner, the Badgers advanced the ball to mid-court and called a time out.  Greg Gard drew up a play for Koenig and it came off just as planned.  Koenig hit a fade away three in the corner to give the Badgers the 3-point win.

Koenig hit six-0f-12 from three-point range and finished with 20 points.  Ethan Happ added 18. [Read more…]

Badgers drop to sixth seed with loss at Purdue

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Nigel Hayes

Nigel Hayes

With the third-seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament on the line, the Wisconsin Badgers ran into a red-hot Purdue Boilermakers team, falling 91-80 on Senior Day in West Lafayette.

Purdue (24-7, 12-6 Big Ten) hit the Badgers from both inside and out.  Outside, P.J. Thompson hit six of his eight three-pointers and finished with 22 points, well above his league scoring average of 5.5 points a game.

Vince Edwards (11 points) also hit three-of-five three-pointers and the Boilermakers finished 10 of 19 from three-point range (52.6%) and 28 of 45 overall (62.2%).

From inside, Freshman Caleb Swanigan hit the Badgers with 27 points and Senior A.J. Hammons added 16 as Purdue scored 28 points in the paint and had a field day (25 of 33) at the free throw line. [Read more…]

Badgers knock off short-handed Gophers

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Bronson Koenig (Photo by David Stluka)

Bronson Koenig (Photo by David Stluka)

The Minnesota Gophers played once again without three of their top players, after they were suspended for the remainder of the season.  The Wisconsin Badgers jumped out early, built a comfortable lead and cruised to a 62-49 victory at Williams Arena.

Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said his team played OK, and he would have liked to see more efficiency on offense.

What he got was pretty good balance from his team, with six players scoring at least six points as the Badgers (20-10, 12-5), won for the 11th time in the last 12 games and are tied with Michigan State (25-5, 12-5) for second place in the Big Ten with one game left to play.

Wisconsin will face one more road game on Sunday, at Purdue (23-7, 11-6).  But the victory over the Gophers assured the Badgers of a top four finish for the 15th straight season.

Bronson Koenig had 14 points (12 in the 1st half) to lead the Badgers.  Vitto Brown added 12 points, Zak Showalter had eight points and Nigel Hayes added six points and seven rebounds. [Read more…]

Badgers pull away in second half for fourth win

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Motion WThe Wisconsin Badgers had a difficult time shaking off Prairie View A & M until midway through the second half.  The Badgers pulled away for a 85-67 win over the Panthers.

Prairie View trailed by just six points at halftime and was within two with 16:30 left in the second half.

Bronson Koenig scored 16 points and Zak Showalter added 14 for the Badgers, who his 21 of 26 free throws and scored 29 points off of 19 Panther turnovers.

Ethan Happ had 12 points and eight rebounds.

As has been the case in college basketball this season, the game struggled to get a rhythm because of fouls.  the two teams combined for 45 fouls, 27 for the Prairie View and 18 for the Badgers.

Guard Tevin Bellinger scored 21 to lead the Panthers, who hit 7 of 11 three-pointers (70%) and hit 23 of 46 shots (50%) overall.

The Badgers are off until Sunday when they travel to 7th-ranked Oklahoma, followed by a road game at Syracuse next Wednesday.

Koenig’s big day leads the Badgers to victory

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Motion WBronson Koenig bounced back from a poor performance on Friday night against Georgetown to lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a much-needed victory.

Koenig sliced through traffic in the lane and hit a left-handed layup with six seconds left to give the Badgers a 74-73 win over Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) in the consolation game of the 2K Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Koenig finished with 22 points on nine-of-14 shooting for the Badgers.

Redshirt freshman forward Ethan Happ had 12 points and a game-high ten rebounds, while redshirt junior guard Zak Showalter added 10 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds in 37 minutes.

Badgers rally to beat UNC, advance to Elite 8 for second straight year

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

It required a second half rally, contributions from a two unexpected bench players, and a career night for a rising star to push the Wisconsin Badgers past North Carolina, 79-72, and into the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8 for a second consecutive year.

Junior Sam Dekker scored a career-best 23 points (10-for-15) to go along with ten rebounds, while Zak Showalter and Traevon Jackson combined for ten points off the bench in the Badgers third Sweet 16 win under coach Bo Ryan. Jackson was playing in his first game after missing 19 games with a broken foot. The senior hit his first shot of the game, a three-pointer from the corner in the first half.

The top seed in the West Region fell behind early and trailed by as much as seven in the second half against the fourth-seeded Tar Heels, but a 19-7 run put the Badgers in front for good. The run included a three-pointer by Frank Kaminsky and four consecutive points from Showalter. [Read more…]

Badgers withstand Oregon run to advance to Sweet 16

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers are moving on to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the seventh time under Bo Ryan after beating eighth-seeded Oregon 72-65 in a West Region 3rd Round game in Omaha, Neb.

Wisconsin’s frontline of Sam Dekker (17), Frank Kaminsky (16), and Nigel Hayes (14) combined for 47 points; however, the real surprise was redshirt sophomore Zak Showalter scoring five points and grabbing a career-high five rebounds off the bench.

The Badgers built an 11-point first half lead, which dwindled down to three by halftime. Oregon’s pursuit continued in the second half as the Ducks eventually tied the game at 52 with just under six minutes remaining. Wisconsin answered with a quick 6-0, and finished the game by outscoring the Ducks 20-13. [Read more…]

Showalter to redshirt this season

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Wisconsin sophomore guard Zak Showalter has decided to redshirt this season.

Showalter averaged 6.7 minutes in 22 games as a true freshman last season, looked at the logjam of bodies in the Badgers’ backcourt and wondered how much he’d see the floor this season.  Showalter Jim Polzin of the Wisconsin State Journal that he made the decision to redshirt after meeting with Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan before Monday’s practice.

Showalter helped Germantown to the first of back-t0-back WIAA Division 1 titles as a senior in 2012.