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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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Wisconsin may not have starting point guard Trevon Hughes for Sunday's Big Ten championship game against Illinois because of an injured left ankle, but that doesn't mean the Badgers won't have a leg to stand on.

They won their only previous game this year without the sophomore's services, beating a Top 10 Texas squad 67-66 in Austin on Dec. 29. They also completed their comeback against Michigan State in the Big Ten semifinals Saturday with Hughes out of the game.

He hit the deck holding his ankle in obvious pain with 12:38 remaining and the Badgers trailing the Spartans 45-35. Wisconsin outscored Michigan State 30-18 the rest of the way for a 65-63 victory. Head coach Bo Ryan said Hughes' status for the Big Ten final was uncertain.

Wisconsin is in the championship game for the second straight season and the fourth time in five years. Illinois (16-18), which needs to win to get in the NCAA Tournament, is in the final for the first time since beating Wisconsin 54-43 in 2005.

The Badgers defeated the Fighting Illini twice this season. They won 70-60 at the Kohl Center on Jan. 10 behind 22 points from Hughes. Hughes led the way again with 18 in a 71-57 victory in Champaign on Feb. 20.

WISCONSIN 65, MICHIGAN STATE 63: A steal and layup by Michael Flowers gave the Badgers the lead, and a missed 3-pointer by Drew Neitzel at the buzzer gave them the win Saturday against the foul-plagued Spartans in the Big Ten semifinals in Indianapolis.

No. 8 Wisconsin (28-4) advanced to the title game for the second straight year despite shooting 37 percent from the field. The Badgers outscored No. 19 Michigan State (25-8) by a 26-14 margin at the free-throw line as the Spartans committed 30 fouls, one short of the tournament record, and had four players foul out.

The Badgers trailed 53-41 with eight minutes remaining before Jason Bohannon ignited a 13-2 run with a 3-point bucket.

After the layup by Flowers gave Wisconsin its first lead since it was 23-22, Kalin Lucas missed an off-balance drive in the lane with 12 seconds left. Bohannon could have iced it, but missed two free throws with eight seconds remaining to give Neitzel one last look.

Neitzel led all scorers with 26 points and Lucas added 18. Brian Butch had 19 points to lead the Badgers, who also got a double-double from Joe Krabbenhoft and 18 points and nine boards from Marcus Landry.

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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)

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November 10, 2008 3:44 am

basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/vie
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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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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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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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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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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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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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