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)
--Big Ten voters could have saved time when selecting the league's All-Defensive Team by just cutting and pasting the Wisconsin lineup.
The Badgers have been among the Division I leaders in scoring defense all season, but they have taken their suffocating style to a new level lately. Entering the semifinals, their last five opponents had averaged just 44.4 points while shooting 32.4 percent (85 of 262) from the field and 25.8 percent (24 of 93) from 3-point range.
--Joe Krabbenhoft led all scorers with 12 points as the Badgers beat the Wolverines 51-34 in the lowest-scoring game in Big Ten tournament history in the quarterfinal round Friday in Indianapolis.
No. 8 Wisconsin won its eighth consecutive game and defeated Michigan for the eighth time in the last 10 meetings.
The previous record for combined points was 89 by Michigan and Minnesota during the first round last season. The Wolverines' 34 points eclipsed the 40 scored by the Gophers last season for the lowest team total in the tournament's 11-year history.
Michigan shot just 20 percent (10 of 50) from the field, making six field goals in the first half and four in the second.
The Badgers weren't exactly lighting it up themselves. They shot 34 percent (17 of 50) from the field and 27 percent (3-for-11) from 3-point range, but won the battle of boards (43-34) and scored 14 points off 14 turnovers. They outscored Michigan 24-8 in the paint
Senior G Michael Flowers tallied 11 points, three rebounds, three steals and two assists and played his usual lockdown defense, limiting Michigan freshman Manny Harris to a career-low four points on one of 12 shooting. Harris entered the game ranked third in the Big Ten at 16.5 points per game.
--Krabbenhoft's 12-point game against the Wolverines was his first double-figure effort in more than a month, dating back to a 12-point game vs. Purdue on Feb. 9.
--Senior C Brian Butch was scoreless until making one of two free throws with 11:22 left in the game. That was his only point as he went 0-for-7 from the field and logged a season-low 16 minutes because of foul trouble.
--Wisconsin finished the regular season as the nation's No. 1 team in scoring defense. The Badgers surrendered 1,629 points in 30 games -- otherwise known as 54.3 points per game.
Only three teams reached the 70-point mark against Wisconsin this season -- and all three were in the Top 25 at the time. No. 7 Duke rolled up 82 on Nov. 27, No. 11 Marquette posted 81 on Dec. 8 and No. 24 Purdue hit for 72 on Feb. 9. Not coincidentally, those games represent three-fourths of the Badgers' losses for the year.
QUOTE TO NOTE "They both were (huge). At Duke, we absolutely got our butts kicked. That's all there is to say about it. And then at Texas, you start believing. And once you believe in yourself and the locker room believes, it's cool to see it evolve." -- Wisconsin senior center Brian Butch, explaining in the Daily Herald how the Badgers' loss at Duke and win at Texas helped them win the Big Ten regular-season title.
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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
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.
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
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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:
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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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.
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
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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.
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
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
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
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
