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Wisconsin Badgers
Location: Madison, Wis. | Founded: 1848 | Enrollment: 41,466 | Colors: Cardinal and White
Coach: Bo Ryan | Home Court: Kohl Center | Capacity: 17,142

Record: (20-13, 10-8 Big Ten)
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Badgers report: Getting inside
 

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Wisconsin wasn't supposed to be in this position -- Big Ten regular-season champions and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, which begins Thursday in Indianapolis.

But the Badgers accomplished all that, finishing the regular season 26-4 overall and 16-2 in the Big Ten.

Wisconsin doesn't feature a superstar or a superb scoring threat, which hurts in terms of marquee power entering the postseason. But the team is content winning with discipline and execution, a factor coach Bo Ryan believes will help the team -- not hurt it as pundits have suggested -- in the postseason.

Unlike last season, when Big Ten MVP Alando Tucker was counted on for 20 points every night, not one player averages as many as 14 points per game and Wisconsin has strong leadership, a big reason the team scored its 10th road win of the season on Saturday.

For those reasons and more, Wisconsin won't be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But the Badgers are a team to watch.

WISCONSIN 65, NORTHWESTERN 52: Leading scorer Brian Butch scored 20 points and had 14 of the Badgers' 38 rebounds Saturday to lead Wisconsin over Northwestern, clinching the Big Ten title outright.

A loss could have set up a share of the title -- Purdue and Indiana maintained an outside chance before Wisconsin won on Saturday. But the Badgers, who packed Evanston's Welsh-Ryan Arena with UW supporters, took care of business. Coach Bo Ryan set the tone early, yanking starting point guard Trevon Hughes one possession into the game after Hughes made an unforced turnover.

Wisconsin outrebounded Northwestern 38-21 and never trailed. The Badgers ended the first half on an 8-0 run and went on a 16-4 run in the second half when Butch completed a traditional three-point play.

Northwestern ends the season 8-21 overall and 1-17 in the Big Ten.

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April 23, 2009 4:23 pm

 The nonconference schedule is not completed but frankly from what I can see even if the rest are cream puffs the Badgers will have one of, if not the best SOS in the nation next year. Not only do they play Duke next year but they also play in the Maui Invitational (a hugely tough tourney), and they'll play Marquette and the other two in state schools. Knowing Greg Gard though I suspect an ...(more)

Reputation:97
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November 10, 2008 3:44 am

basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/vie
wrank.asp

According to Rivals.com Evan Anderson drops to a 4 star and is now ranked #37 overall for the class of 2010. He also dropped to #3 for centers in his class. He is still 6'11" and 250 lbs.

On the otherhan ...(more)

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Since:Oct 26, 2006

May 12, 2009 12:08 am
I was asked to keep this a secret when i was told by Van Blue...but he officially re-opened up his recruitment today.  Im a good friend Van's and he has pretty much known that he was gonna decommit from UW for a while now, and i say good for him.  He doesnt deserve to dumb his game down to fit into Bo Ryans system that no longer works in my opinion.  Him opening up his commitment me ...(more)
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June 12, 2009 2:11 pm
Yep, I think Bo knows what is going on. I think he's alot smarter than some of the vocal MINORITY of posters (**cough** motion **cough** **cough** MT **cough**) on this board give him credit for:

http://uwbadgers.com/blogs/default.
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Since:Oct 6, 2008

May 15, 2009 3:37 pm
The question is relatively simple.  Shoud Bo Ryan move Jason Bohannon back to the bench?

I think he should, for a couple of reasons, Jason is probably the best 3 point shooter on the team.  He struggled mightily at times last yer with his shot.  It just seems like he needs to be on the bench to get in the flow of the game.  I like Jason as a player, I just think h
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June 12, 2009 2:46 pm
Although the matchups have not been officially announced yet, I think I know what the matchups will be for the first round.  The way I think they do it for these tournaments is they rank the teams in the order of last season's RPI numbers, so based on the RPI, here is what I think the matchups will be.

1. Gonzaga vs. 8. Chaminade

2. Wisconsin vs. 7. Colorado
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Since:Jan 25, 2008

April 22, 2009 12:42 pm

 It seems like we finally were able to get a high profile opponent at home.

Badger men get ready to Duke it out at home

Wheeler News Service
Published Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Wisconsin men’s basketball fans have waited a long time for the Badgers to host Duke. And it looks like they’ll finally get their wish
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May 2, 2009 5:03 pm
check out UWBadgers.com for the source.
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May 6, 2009 11:47 pm
Hey guys, I just saw something interesting about one of our former Badgers, Freddie Owens.  He of course was the guy who made one of the most clutch shots in Badger history during the 2003 tournament against Tulsa.  I saw that he was just hired as an assistant coach at Montana, so I am pretty certain that they will be paying a visit to Madison in the not too distant future.  Bo will ...(more)
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April 24, 2009 1:33 pm

 J.P. Tokoto became one of the youngest players ever to receive a scholarship offer from the University of Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon.
 
The multi-skilled and ultra-athletic 6-foot-5 wing player recently completed his freshman season at Menomonee Falls and is now playing on the grassroots scene for the Wisconsin Playground Warriors.
 
Wisconsin coach Bo ...(more)

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April 24, 2009 11:40 am

 RUmor has it that JP Gavinski will give up his scholarship for his senior season. Rumor also has it that a 3 star Xavier recruit (JD Weatherspoon) who had verbally committed to Xavier but just recently decommitted might be the one taking this scholarship. Weatherspoon is known to be an athletic forward. We'll see what develops here. He would join Vander Blue and Evan Anderson in the ...(more)

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March 29, 2009 2:41 pm

Anyone else notice that one of the key bench reserves for the Dayton Flyers was Mickey Perry (former Wisconsin Badger who transferred). Dayton had a very good team this year and from what I understand Perry was part of their guard rotation averaging 14.5 minutes per game and appearing in 33 games and from what I understand his minutes grew as the year went on. I always thought Perry was a prett ...(more)

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Level:All-Star
Since:Mar 14, 2008

March 23, 2009 12:16 pm

 First of all, congratulations Badgers on a great first round!  I love to see the Florida teams go down.

I know there are a handful of areas that need improvement for next season to be more successful than this one was.  The biggest one I can think of is finishing the games strong.  There more than a handfull of times this season where we could just not fin ...(more)

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Since:Dec 16, 2006

March 28, 2009 1:42 am

http://www.startribune.com/sports/p
reps/41716657.html

 

Well, according to the Star Trib,  Williams and White aren't quite as advertised as Brueser finishes ahead of both of them for POY.

I would love to see him outshine those tw ...(more)

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March 23, 2009 1:33 pm

 

 Not bad for losing so many seniors.  I had you guys going into the Sweet 16 beating Xavier.  You know how much I must have thought of you considering I have suffered some heart ache at the hands of Bo Ryan and the Badgers.  That score skews how close the game really was.  Shockingly, Xavier won by playing down and dirty Big Ten ball.  Good luck to y ...(more)

 
 
 
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