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PHIL HANDS | ON THE 2015-16 BADGERS

INSIDE THE BIG TEN Tom Oates’ starting fives: A look at the players, coaches and teams to watch from the conference that has been the nation’s best the past four seasons. Pages 21-26 Team-by-team previews: The conference is loaded — as usual — with as many as six teams seen as real contenders for the regular-season title. Pages 28, 32-34

‌ EAR AFTER YEAR, Y BO IS RIGHT THERE Bo Ryan’s sterling resume at UW has many highlights but Tom Oates says the most impressive may be 14 straight top-four finishes in the Big Ten Conference. Page 4

HE CAN TALK AND PLAY A GOOD GAME Talented junior Nigel Hayes steps into the spotlight as one of just two returning starters for UW. And the loquacious junior is ready for his leadership role.

Page 14

KNOW YOUR BADGERS All 18 are here — one senior, five juniors, four sophomores and eight freshmen. Pages 30-31

GAME-BY-GAME Non-conference opponents: The schedule includes Georgetown, Syracuse and a possible NCAA title game rematch vs. Duke. Page 36 Big Ten opponents: The opener vs. Purdue, the finale at Purdue and 16 games in between. Pages 37, 39

CREDITS SECTION CREDITS‌

GARD COULD BE THE NEXT MAN UP UW coach Bo Ryan hopes associate head coach Greg Gard will take over the program when he leaves — whenever that will be. Page 8

Sports editor: Greg Sprout.‌ Assistant sports editors: Reed Southmayd, Art Kabelowsky.‌ Photo editor: Steve Apps.‌ Section reporters: Jim Polzin, Tom Oates.‌ Section designer: Mike Rott.‌ Copy editors: Jason McMahon, John Nolan, Howard Thomas, Nick Zizzo.‌ Photographers: Amber Arnold, John Hart, M.P. King.‌

ON MADISON.COM/SPORTS‌ Daily reports: Beat reporter Jim Polzin has the Badgers covered with daily news,

features and analysis.‌ Photo galleries: Check out all of the big plays and great emotion throughout UW’s season.

Live blogs: Reporters and correspondents set the pregame scene and provide in-game updates and analysis of every game.

Video: Watch pregame and postgame interviews with Badgers players and coaches throughout the season.‌ E-edition: Scan through our pages of print coverage.‌ Follow us on Twitter: Beat reporter Jim Polzin: @JimPolzinWSJ Columnist Tom Oates: @TomOatesWSJ ‌

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Associated Press archives

Duke’s Jahlil Okafor and UW’s Frank Kaminsky vie for the ball at the tipoff of the NCAA championship game on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Duke prevailed 68-63.

A contender every year

14 straight top-four finishes in the Big Ten is another testament to Bo Ryan’s prowess

I

t’s one thing for a collegiate men’s basketball program to finish fourth or better in its conference for 14 consecutive seasons.

It’s an entirely different matter when it happens at a school that has little basketball tradition and plays in a conference that is as deep and strong as any in the nation.

Only in that context can we fully appreciate what Bo Ryan has done since he was named coach at the University of Wisconsin in 2001. The Badgers’ four Big Ten Conference regular-season titles under Ryan say one thing, their back-to-back NCAA Final Fours the past two seasons say yet another, but it is those 14 consecutive finishes of fourth or better in a conference as competitive as the Big Ten that paint the most accurate portrait of Ryan’s nationally renowned program.

Players come and go, but UW never changes.

TOM Year in and year out, the OATES Badgers take good shots, value the ball, play sound team defense and win games. Some UW teams win more than others, but the Badgers win with such numbing consistency that their streak of 14 straight top-four finishes is the longest in Big Ten history, surpassing Purdue’s run of 13 from 1920 to ’32.

“That’s close to impossible,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said of Ryan’s streak.

“What he’s been able to do there is remarkable.”

Indeed, in an era of one-and-done freshmen and players who transfer at the drop of a hat, UW has been able to maintain a level of consistency in the Big Ten under Ryan that no one can match.

The fundamentals of Ryan’s system don’t change, the type of student-athlete he recruits doesn’t change and, not surprisingly, his level of success has changed little since he arrived at UW after 17 years at UW-Platteville and UW-Milwaukee and won Big Ten titles in his first two seasons.

“I think the great challenge, not only in this league but in college basketball now, is sustaining a certain level of play,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. “I think it tells you what a great coach he is. I think Bo has done a tremendous job of pipelining and developing his guys to a system.”

That system will be facing one of its greatest challenges this season. Although he returns two potential All-Big Ten players in juniors Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig, Ryan lost five of the top seven players, including NBA first-round picks Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, from the team that lost to Duke in the NCAA final, putting his streak in jeopardy.

Whether Ryan follows through on his announced retirement after the season or decides to stay on longer, he will rely on a continuation of the values he’s built into the program to overcome its own inexperience and a loaded Big Ten. This is the first time under Ryan that UW doesn’t have a scholarship senior.

Prior to this season, he had at least one senior starter every season and at least two in 10 of the 14.

The Badgers also must navigate a Big Ten that features five other teams with the firepower and coaching to go deep into the tournament. Maryland, Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan and Purdue are all considered title contenders, so keeping the streak alive won’t be easy for UW. “You don’t want to be that team,” junior

M.P. KING — State Journal archives

Bo Ryan walks off the floor after UW’s 71-64 win over Kentucky in an NCAA semifinal on April 4 in Indianapolis. UW also went to the Final Four in

“Obviously, he’s a very good coach, but guard Zak Showalter said. “But you don’t they’ve got a good program,” Painter said. want to think about losing, either. We’re “I think that’s what you try to have more not thinking about losing by any means. than anything, a good program. Make sure We’re just thinking about winning every game, winning as many games as possible. you’re getting the kids that fit at Wisconsin, make sure you’re getting the kids If you do the little things, get stops, play that fit with you and then get guys to play defense, generally you tend to end up on the left side with a win. So we’ll keep doing together and play for their state and play things, keep listening to Coach Ryan and it for their school. That sounds hokey, but I think they’ve been able to do that. will translate to success.”

“They have been really, really consistent As unique as it is, UW’s streak isn’t obviously in likely to weigh the results, but on the players.

The Badgers don’t enter I think they’re That’s because consistent in the Badgers don’t this or any season with the their approach enter this or intention of finishing fourth. to everything. I any season with just think they’ve the intention of They’re in it to win it. been solid and finishing fourth. when you get They’re in it to win it and their finishes under Ryan — four past being solid and you have a Dekker and a Kaminsky and some of those guys, now firsts, three seconds, two thirds and five fourths — are a byproduct of that attitude. you’ve got a chance to be special. He’s had “I think it would put unnecessary pres- a handful of teams that have been pretty special in his run there and the other ones sure on us to think that we have to get at have been pretty good.” least fourth,” junior forward Vitto Brown The most remarkable aspect of UW’s said. “We don’t think about that. We just think that we want to win it. And if you go streak under Ryan is what transpired at the out to win it, then you’re probably going to school before he was hired. Dick Bennett finish in the top four. That just comes with had raised the level of the program considerably before his unexpected resignaour goals being so high.” tion, but before that UW had a stretch That approach has worked for 14 seaof basketball futility that was rivaled sons and Ryan isn’t about to change anything as his career winds down. Observers only by Northwestern in the Big Ten. In the 50 years prior to Ryan’s arrival, UW sometimes think he’s too set in his ways, but opposing coaches both appreciate and finished fourth or better only five times — second in 1962, third in 1999 and fourth in envy what Ryan has built.

1967, 1974 and 1997.

Perhaps the greatest testament to the job Ryan has done is he doesn’t recruit off the five-star lists very often but his teams are able to play with, and beat, schools that do.

“He develops guys,” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said. “Look at Frank. When Frank was a freshman, we couldn’t wait until he got in the game and we went right at him. Then, as Frank became a junior and senior, we’d spend hours talking about how we can get Frank out of the game.”

Because of Ryan’s ability to improve players and teams over time, UW is now recognized as one of the nation’s elite programs — a notion that would have been unthinkable 15 years ago.

“When there’s a natural assumption that Wisconsin is going to be top four in the league, with regional recruiting, and win in the NCAA tournament every year, and that’s just an assumed fact, that’s a pretty amazing assumed fact,” Miles said.

“If you step back and look at that from a more global perspective, that’s an amazing thing that he’s been able to accomplish.

He’s done it by player development, by simplicity of play, by fundamental defense, no fouling, the whole thing. And just the way you’d hope to build it.”

It’s the only way Ryan knows how to build it, and the guess is it’ll keep the streak alive again this season.

Contact Tom Oates toates@madison.com or 608-252-6172.

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WISCONSIN’S 2015-16 SCHEDULE

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WISCONSIN’S 2015-16 SCHEDULE

WISCONSIN’S 2015-16 ROSTER

GAME 1: WESTERN ILLINOIS

GAME 17: MARYLAND

8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 1-0; Ryan record: 0-0

GAME 2: SIENA 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, Kohl Center Non-conference First meeting

GAME 3: NORTH DAKOTA

0 Will DECORAH

G 6-4 205 JR

1 Brevin PRITZL

G 6-3 185 FR De Pere

2 Jordan SMITH

7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 2-0; Ryan record: 2-0

Saturday, Jan. 9, Kohl Center; time TBA Big Ten Conference UW series record: 5-3; Ryan record: 2-3

Waunakee

GAME 18: At Northwestern 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, Evanston, Ill. Big Ten Conference UW series record: 114-62; Ryan record: 19-5

GAME 19: MICHIGAN STATE

G 6-3 181 *SR Orono, Minn.

Sunday, Jan. 17, Kohl Center; time TBA Big Ten Conference UW series record: 63-75; Ryan record: 16-12

3 Zak SHOWALTER G 6-2 184 *JR Germantown

GAME 4: vs. Georgetown 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 2K Classic at Madison Square Garden, New York UW series record: 2-1; Ryan record: 1-0

4 Matt FERRIS

GAME 5: vs. Duke or VCU Sunday, Nov. 22; time TBA 2K Classic at Madison Square Garden, New York

GAME 20: At Penn State 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, University Park, Pa. Big Ten Conference UW series record: 33-10; Ryan record: 21-4

G 6-6 196 SO Appleton

GAME 21: INDIANA

5 Aaron MOESCH F 6-8 211 *SO Green Bay

GAME 6: PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 2-0; Ryan record: 2-0

6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, Kohl Center Big Ten Conference UW series record: 69-94; Ryan record: 20-4

GAME 22: At Illinois

10 Nigel HAYES

F 6-8 240 JR

11 Jordan HILL

G 6-3 178 *SO Pasadena, Calif.

GAME 7: At Oklahoma 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, Norman, Okla.

Non-conference UW series record: 4-3; Ryan record: 1-0

13 Jackson BAX

Toledo, Ohio

6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, Champaign, Ill. Big Ten Conference UW series record: 83-110; Ryan record: 19-11

GAME 23: OHIO STATE 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, Kohl Center Big Ten Conference UW series record: 68-86; Ryan record: 16-11

G 5-11 157 FR Frankfort, Ill.

GAME 24: NEBRASKA

GAME 8: At Syracuse

15 Charlie THOMAS F 6-8 253 FR Highland, Md.

6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, Syracuse, NY Non-conference UW series record: 1-2; Ryan record: 0-1

20 T.J. SCHLUNDT

GAME 9: TEMPLE 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 6-3; Ryan record: 1-1

6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, Kohl Center Big Ten Conference UW series record: 11-11; Ryan record: 6-1

GAME 25: At Maryland

G 6-5 194 *FR Oconomowoc

5 p.m. Saturday, Feb 13, College Park, Md. Big Ten Conference UW series record: 5-3; Ryan record: 2-3

21 Khalil IVERSON G-F 6-5 205 FR Delaware, Ohio

GAME 10: UW-MILWAUKEE 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 31-1; Ryan record: 14-0

22 Ethan HAPP

GAME 26: At Michigan State 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, East Lansing, Mich.

Big Ten Conference UW series record: 63-75; Ryan record: 16-12

F 6-9 235 *FR Milan, Ill.

GAME 27: ILLINOIS

GAME 11: MARQUETTE

24 Bronson KOENIG G 6-4 193 JR La Crosse

12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 66-55; Ryan record: 8-6

Sunday, Feb. 21, Kohl Center; time TBA Big Ten Conference UW series record: 83-110; Ryan record: 19-11

25 Alex ILLIKAINEN F 6-9 220 FR Grand Rapids, Minn.

GAME 12: TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 1-0; Ryan record: 1-0

30 Vitto BROWN

F 6-8 230 JR

GAME 28: At Iowa 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, Iowa City Big Ten Conference UW series record: 68-86; Ryan record: 19-7

Bowling Green, Ohio

GAME 29: MICHIGAN

GAME 13: UW-GREEN BAY 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, Kohl Center Non-conference UW series record: 20-1; Ryan record: 16-3

33 Andy VAN VLIET F 6-11 203 FR Antwerp, Belgium

GAME 14: PURDUE

35 Riley DEARRING G 6-5 181 *SO Minnetonka, Minn.

6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, Kohl Center Big Ten Conference UW series record: 70-104; Ryan record: 12-10

1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, Kohl Center Big Ten Conference UW series record: 3-1; Ryan record: 2-1

GAME 16: At Indiana 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten Conference UW series record: 69-94; Ryan record: 20-4

Bo Ryan, Head Coach

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Greg Gard, Associate Head Coach

Erik Helland, Strength Coach

Gary Close, Assistant Coach

Henry Perez-Guerra, Trainer

Lamont Paris, Assistant Coach

Andrew Van Handel, Video Coordinator

Marc VandeWettering, Assistant Director of Operations

No. Player

GP-GS Min-Avg

FG-Att

Pct.

44 Frank Kaminsky

39-39

267-488 .547

March 5 or 6, West Lafayette, Ind.; time TBA Big Ten Conference UW series record: 70-104; Ryan record: 12-10

Peg Cullen, Program Assistant

GAMES 32-36: Big Ten Tournament

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WISCONSIN’S 2014-15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

WISCONSIN’S 2014-15 WON-LOST BREAKDOWN

3FG-Att

Pct.

FT-FTA

Pct

Reb (Off-Def)

Avg

PF (DQ)

Ast

TO

Blk

Stl

Pts

Avg

42-101

.416

156-200

0.780

320 (58-262)

8.2

65 (0)

103

63

57

33

732

18.8

W/L RECORDS:

OVERALL

HOME

AWAY

All games ..............................................................................36-4

15-1

10-2

11-1

Conference games .................................................................16-2

9-0

7-2

0-0

Non-conference games ........................................................ 20-2

6-1

3-0

11-1

15 Sam Dekker

40-40 1239-31.0

213-406 .525

50-151

.330

80-113

0.708

220 (77-143)

5.5

42 (0)

49

36

18

21

556

13.9

10 Nigel Hayes

40-40 1318-33.0

166-334

.497

40-101

.396

125-168

0.744

247 (85-162)

6.2

76 (1)

79

51

16

34

497

12.4

24 Bronson Koenig

40-24

1152-28.8

115-278

.414

62-153

.405

56-69

0.812

70 (19-51)

1.8

64 (2)

98

33

8

9

348

8.7

12 Traevon Jackson

21-17

506-24.1

60-139

.432

11-39

.282

40-47

0.851

35 (4-31)

1.7

27 (0)

54

32

3

19

171

8.1

21 Josh Gasser

40-40 1320-33.0

77-174

.443

49-126

.389

62-75

0.827

139 (29-110)

3.5

90 (1)

70

21

8

30

265

6.6

Date

13 Duje Dukan

38-0

60-155

.387

29-91

.319

31-46

0.674

98 (28-70)

2.6

48 (0)

24

25

3

8

180

4.7

11/14/14

605-15.9

GAME 30: At Minnesota 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, Minneapolis Big Ten Conference UW series record: 96-102; Ryan record: 20-6

GAME 31: At Purdue

GAME 15: RUTGERS

1311-33.6

Sunday, Feb. 28, Kohl Center; time TBA Big Ten Conference UW series record: 72-88; Ryan record: 20-6

NEUTRAL

WISCONSIN’S 2014-15 GAME-BY-GAME RECAP Opponent

W/L

Score

Att.

High Pts.

High Rebs.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY

W

62-31

17,279

(16) Kaminsky

(11) Kaminsky

3 Zak Showalter

35-0

266-7.6

23-53

.434

2-14

.143

24-27

0.889

45 (18-27)

1.3

38 (0)

16

5

4

10

72

2.1

11/16/14

CHATTANOOGA

W

89-45

17,279

(18) Dekker

(13) Hayes

30 Vitto Brown

34-0

214-6.3

26-59

.441

0-0

.000

10-17

0.588

43 (12-31)

1.3

38 (0)

7

15

8

8

62

1.8

11/19/14

UW-GREEN BAY

W

84-60

17,279

(25) Hayes

(15) Kaminsky

35 Riley Dearring

15-0

39-2.6

4-10

.400

3-7

.429

0-1

0.000

4 (0-4)

0.3

5 (0)

1

6

0

1

11

0.7

11/22/14

BOISE STATE

W

78-54

17,279

(26) Kaminsky

5 Aaron Moesch

14-0

28-2.0

2-7

.286

0-1

.000

0-2

0.000

6 (2-4)

0.4

4 (0)

3

2

1

0

4

0.3

(5) Kaminsky, Dekker, Hayes

4 Matt Ferris

36770

17-1.9

1-3

.333

0-1

.000

0-0

0.000

5 (3-2)

0.6

1 (0)

0

1

1

1

2

0.2

11/26/14

Alabama-Birmingham

W

72-43

2,633

(16) Kaminsky

(8) Kaminsky

2 Jordan Smith

14-0

35-2.5

0-9

.000

0-5

.000

0-0

0.000

2 (1-1)

0.1

3 (0)

0

0

0

0

0

0

11/27/14

Georgetown

W

68-65

3,204

(17) Dekker

(7) Hayes

11/28/14

Oklahoma

W

69-56

2,667

(17) Kaminsky

(8) Kaminsky

Team

104 (47-54)

Total

40

8050

1014-2115 .479

288-790

.365

584-765

.763

1338 (383-955)

33.5

501 (4)

504

296

127

174

2900 72.5

12/3/14

DUKE

L

70-80

17,279

(25) Jackson

(9) Kaminsky

Opponents

40

8050

896-2092 .428

202-538

.375

333-469

.710

1106 (297-809)

27.7

723 (0)

359

378

84

163

2327

12/6/14

at Marquette

W

49-38

18,573

(15) Kaminsky

(10) Kaminsky

12/10/14

at Milwaukee

W

93-54

10,120

(18) Kaminsky

(7) Hayes

12/13/14

NICHOLLS STATE

W

86-43

17,279

(17) Dekker

(8) Hayes

12/22/14

at California

W

68-56

11,877

(17) Hayes

(13) Hayes

12/28/14

BUFFALO

W

68-56

17,279

(25) Kaminsky

(11) Kaminsky

WISCONSIN’S 2014-15 TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct.

3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct.

3-pt FG made/game FREE THROWS-ATT FT pct.

FT made per game REBOUNDS

WISCONSIN’S 2014-15 SCORING DISTRIBUTION

WIS

OPP

2,900

2,327

72.5

58.2

+14.3

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1,014-2,115 896-2,092 .479

.428

288-790

202-538

.365

.375

7.2

5.1

584-765 333-469 .763

.710

14.6

8.3

1,338

1,106

Rebounds per game

33.5

27.7

Rebounding margin

+5.8

—

ASSISTS

504

359

Assists per game

12.6

9.0

TURNOVERS

296

378

Turnovers per game

7.4

Turnover margin

-2.1

9.5 —

Assist/turnover ratio

1.7

0.9

STEALS

174

163

Steals per game

4.4

4.1

BLOCKS

127

84

Blocks per game

3.2

2.1

WINNING/LOSING STREAK 11-1 Home winning/losing streak 11-1 ATTENDANCE

290,773

Home games-Avg/G

17-17,104 11-12,850

Neutral site-Avg/G

279,954

— 10-13,860

SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd OT Total Wisconsin ...................1,403 1,474 23 2,900 Opponents .................1,063 1,257

7 2,327

Others 5.3 ppg (7%) Nigel Hayes 7.7 ppg (10%) Josh Gasser 8.8 ppg (12%)

Frank Kaminsky 13.9 ppg (18%) Ben Brust 12.8 ppg (17%) Sam Dekker 12.4 ppg (17%)

WISCONSIN’S 2014-15 TEAM COMPARISONS Points per game Turnovers per game 72.5 ppg UW 7.4 tpg UW Opp. Opp. 58.2 ppg 9.5 tpg Rebounds per game Field-goal shooting 33.5 rpg UW 47.9% (36.5% 3 pt) UW Opp. 27.7 rpg 42.8% (37.5% 3 pt) Opp. Assists per game Free-throw shooting 12.6 apg UW 76.3% UW Opp. 9.0 apg Opp. 71.0%

58.2

2014-15 BIG TEN/NCAA Overall Conference STANDINGS W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Wisconsin 36-4 .900 16-2 .889 Maryland 28-7 .800 14-4 .778 Mich. State 27-12 .692 12-6 .667 Purdue 21-13 .618 12-6 .667 Iowa 22-12 .647 12-6 .667 Ohio State 24-11 .686 11-7 .611 Indiana 20-14 .588 9-9 .500 Illinois 19-14 .576 9-9 .500 Michigan 16-16 .500 8-10 .444 Northwestern 15-17 .469 6-12 .333 Minnesota 18-15 .545 6-12 .333 Nebraska 13-18 .419 5-13 .278 Penn State 18-16 .529 4-14 .222 Rutgers 10-22 .313 2-16 .111 2013-14 NCAA TOURNAMENT • Championship: Duke 68, Wisconsin 63 • Semifinals: Wisconsin 71, Kentucky 64 Duke 81, Michigan State 61 • Regional finals: West — Wisconsin 85, Arizona 78 Midwest — Kentucky 68, Notre Dame 66 East — Michigan State 76, Louisville 70 South — Duke 66, Gonzaga 52 BIG TEN IN NCAA TOURNAMENT • Wisconsin: Def. Coastal Carolina 86-72; def. Oregon 72-68; def. North Carolina 79-72; def. Arizona 85-78; def. Kentucky 71-64; lost to Duke 68-63 • Michigan State: Def. Georgia 70-63; def. Virginia 60-54; def. Oklahoma 62-58; def. Louisville 76-70; lost to Duke 81-61 • Iowa: Def. Davidson 83-52; lost to Gonzaga 87-68 • Ohio State: Def. VCU 75-72; lost to Arizona 73-58 • Maryland: Def. Valparaiso 65-62; lost to West Virginia 69-59 • Purdue: Lost to Cincinnati 66-65 • Indiana: Lost to Wichita State 81-76

12/31/14

*-PENN STATE

W

89-72

17,279

(21) Hayes

(14) Kaminsky

*-at Northwestern

W

81-58

8,117

(16) Kaminsky, Dekker

(10) Kaminsky

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*-PURDUE

W

62-55

17,279

1/11/15

*-at Rutgers

L

62-67

6,987 (15) Hayes, Dekker

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*-NEBRASKA

W

70-55

17,279

(22) Kaminsky

(7) Hayes

1/20/15

*-IOWA

W

82-50

17,279

(17) Dekker

(11) Kaminsky

1/24/15

*-at Michigan W (ot)

(9) Kaminsky

1/4/15

(21) Kaminsky (5) Hayes, Dekker (10) Hayes

69-64

12,579

(22) Kaminsky

1/31/15

*-at Iowa

W

74-63

15,400

(24) Kaminsky

(9) Kaminsky

2/3/15

*-INDIANA

W

92-78

17,279

(23) Kaminsky

(6) Kaminsky, Dekker

2/7/15

*-NORTHWESTERN

W

65-50

17,279

(16) Dekker, Koenig

(9) Gasser

2/10/15

*-at Nebraska

W

65-55

15,701

(21) Dekker

(12) Kaminsky

2/15/15

*-ILLINOIS

W

68-49

17,279

(23) Kaminsky

(11) Kaminsky

2/18/15

*-at Penn State

W

55-47

7,132

(22) Dekker

(13) Hayes

2/21/15

*-MINNESOTA

W

63-53

17,279

(21) Kaminsky

(7) Hayes

2/24/15

*-at Maryland

L

53-59

17,950

(18) Kaminsky

(9) Dekker

3/1/15

*-MICHIGAN STATE

W

68-61

17,279

(31) Kaminsky

(9) Dekker

3/5/15

*-at Minnesota

W

76-63

14,625

(25) Kaminsky

(9) Hayes

3/8/15

*-at Ohio State

W

72-48

18,077

(20) Kaminsky(8) Hayes, Dekker

3/13/15

Michigan

W

71-60

17,290

(17) Dekker

(12) Kaminsky

3/14/15

Purdue

W

71-51

18,088

(19) Koenig

(8) Dekker

3/15/15

Michigan State W (ot)

80-69

17,213

(25) Hayes

(5) Hayes, Kaminsky

3/20/15

Coastal Carolina

W

86-72

17,534

(27) Kaminsky

(12) Kaminsky

3/22/15

Oregon

W

72-65

17,563

(17) Dekker

(7) Kaminsky

3/26/15

North Carolina

W

79-72

19,067

(23) Dekker

(10) Dekker

3/28/15

Arizona

W

85-78

19,125

(29) Kaminsky

(6) Kaminsky

4/4/15

Kentucky

W

71-64

72,238

(20) Kaminsky

(11) Kaminsky

4/6/15

Duke

L

63-68

71,149

(21) Kaminsky

(12) Kaminsky

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UW coach Bo Ryan talked to reporters on June 30 about his decision to retire at the end of the upcoming season. He has since not committed to leaving.‌

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hen University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan announced his retirement plans over the summer, even some in his extended basketball family were surprised by the news.

But there was one item in the twoparagraph statement Ryan issued on June 29 that wasn’t shocking at all to those who know him best: He wanted his successor to be Badgers associate head coach Greg Gard, his longtime assistant.

The Ryan-Gard partnership spans more than two decades, to when the former was in the process of building an NCAA Division III national powerhouse at UW-Platteville and the latter was a college student chasing a dream.

“It’s been amazing to watch it evolve, because it literally started from the humblest of circumstances,” said Ohio coach Saul Phillips, who played for Ryan at UW-Platteville. “Now it’s to the point where, boy, it would be hard for me to think of anybody who Bo’s ever entrusted more — and for good reason — than Gardo.”

Ryan, 67, officially begins his 15th season at UW on Friday night with a game against Western Illinois at the Kohl Center. Whether it will be the final chapter in a long, successful career — since his announcement in June, Ryan has left the door open for a return — is one of many intriguing storylines surrounding the Badgers.

On the court, Ryan will try to get the most out of a young team that must replace five key players who helped UW win 66 games the past two seasons, both of which ended with trips to the Final Four.

Right there to help Ryan with that challenge will be Gard, 44. That college kid he took a shot on all those years ago has been an invaluable asset as Ryan’s right-hand man.

“What’s good is his purpose for being in this profession is to help young people get better and to hope that they have the best experience possible,” Ryan said of Gard, who has been on the bench for 525 of Ryan’s 740 career victories. “And that’s what we’ve been trying to deliver on every time we’ve stepped into a new season.”

Climbing the ladder

Associated Press archives

Associate head coach Greg Gard, top left, says his goal has been to be “a guy that Bo could always trust, that he knew things were going to get done the right way.” Gard has worked on Ryan’s coaching staffs since 1993.

At first glance, they’re a bit of an odd couple, to be sure. Ryan is from Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, while Gard was raised in tiny Cobb in southwestern Wisconsin.

There are the obvious differences in personality, mannerisms and dialect you’d expect when comparing the East Coaster to a small-town Midwesterner.

And yet those who have spent time with the two have no difficulty rattling off the similarities between Ryan and Gard.

“They’re both people who value substance above flash,” Phillips said. “I think that’s been the common thread. They’re both extremely intelligent and extremely hard working.

“The things that they hold near and dear couldn’t be more identical.”

UW junior point guard Bronson Koenig pointed out another way Gard and Ryan were alike.

“They tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear,” Koenig said.

“They don’t sugarcoat anything.”

What Ryan saw in Gard back in the early Please see next page

BADGERS BASKETBALL 2015-16

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL Continued from previous page

1990s was a little bit like looking in the mirror: someone who was hungry and willing to start at the ground floor.

For Ryan, that first coaching job had come at a junior high school in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania.

For Gard, it was at the grassroots level in the Southwestern school district.

“They both appreciate where they’ve come from, where they’ve gotten and what it’s taken to get there,” UW assistant coach Gary Close said. “They’ve taken similar routes.”

After a short-lived career with the UW-Platteville baseball team, Gard was hired as an eighthgrade basketball coach in 1990.

Gard held that job for two seasons before moving up to the freshman level, and he also helped out Southwestern varsity coach Jim Nedelcoff whenever possible over those three seasons.

In the spring, Gard coached junior varsity girls softball.

“All of the other college students were bagging groceries and doing other odd jobs to make money and help pay for school, and this was the way I was able to make money on the side,” Gard said. “I think I made $800 the first year.”

Gard couldn’t help but be drawn to Ryan, who took over the Platteville program in 1984 after serving as an assistant with the Badgers for eight seasons.

As Ryan turned his program into a winner, one of the big social events in southwestern Wisconsin on the weekend was to head to Williams Fieldhouse to watch the Pioneers host games in what was then called the Wisconsin State University Conference. Gard remembers sitting in the stands and watching Ryan working his magic on the sidelines, imagining how cool it’d be to serve on his staff.

What Gard admits was a “farfetched dream” slowly took shape as he worked his way through school. During summers, Gard served as a counselor at Ryan’s camp and caught the coach’s eye with his enthusiasm, attention to detail and ability to pick things up quickly.

Gard remembers two defining moments during those college years.

One came in the summer of

Even before Ryan endorsed Gard as his successor, it had become clear that the latter was being granted wider latitude within the program. “He’s literally thrown me the keys to the bus and said, ‘Hey, do what you want to do,’ ” Gard said.

ANDY MANIS — For the State Journal

Coach Bo Ryan and associate head coach Greg Gard watch a scrimmage on Oct. 25.

1993, when Ryan made it clear to Gard that he’d like him to help out at UW-Platteville. Ryan didn’t have a spot open at the time and encouraged Gard to move into an assistant role at Platteville High School.

After one season in that role, Gard met with Ryan again. Ryan let it be known he had immediate plans for Gard.

“Enough of that high school

stuff,” Ryan told Gard. “You need season that resulted in the program’s second NCAA Division III to be with me all the time.” national title under Ryan.

‘He’s committed’ He’d win two more before movGard has been at Ryan’s side ing on to UW-Milwaukee, taking Gard along with him. When Ryan ever since.

That first full season together was hired by the Badgers in 2001, also was Gard’s final year as an there was no question he’d be undergraduate. A few months bringing along Gard.

“Gardo wears on you, man,” before Gard earned his degree in physical and health education, the said Phillips, who served as the Pioneers finished off an unbeaten director of basketball operations

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good as the one he was in at the time. Besides, Ryan rewarded Gard by adding more and more responsibility to his plate each year.

“He’s constantly on the go, whether it’s recruiting or the camps or looking at tape,” Ryan said. “He’s committed.”

When Ryan was asked recently to list Gard’s strengths, he had a simple response.

“Well,” Ryan said, “I don’t know of any weaknesses.”

Gard has made himself indispensable by doing whatever he was asked, no matter how menial.

Sweep the floor before practice?

No problem.

Ride up and down the street in a golf cart, selling UW-Platte­ville gear to raise some extra money for the program? No problem.

Come in at night with Phillips to paint the office walls at UWMilwaukee? Again, no problem.

Gard said his goal has always been to be “a guy that Bo could always trust, that he knew things were going to get done the right way.”

Next step UW assistant coach Lamont Paris, who joined Ryan’s staff in 2010, said it was clear from the beginning that Ryan and Gard had a special relationship.

“I know friends who have been friends for that long who don’t have the same level of trust in everything the other one does and believes,” Paris said. “And they’ve been able to use that and thrive off of that, from evaluation of guys to what we should do in practice to teams we’re going to put on our schedule.”

Even before Ryan endorsed Gard as his successor, it had become clear that the latter was being granted wider latitude within the program. “He’s literally thrown me the keys to the bus and said, ‘Hey, do what you want to do,’ ” Gard said. “If we talk about a kid, he’ll say, ‘What do you think we should do?’ ” That showed last spring during UW’s pursuit of Khalil Iverson, who’s now a freshman guard for the Badgers. Gard was planning a visit to Ohio to watch Iverson in person and told Ryan he’d like to

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UW Bo Ryan and associate head coach Greg Gard conduct a practice. Ryan credits Gard for being “committed” to the program.

season at Ohio. “I’m a head coach, and I don’t do any more directly with my program on a daily basis than Gardo does with that Wisconsin program on a daily basis.”

Gard is highly respected around the Big Ten, even by some of UW’s biggest rivals.

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Ohio State’s Thad Matta and Purdue’s Matt Painter all have said that they believe Gard deserves to be Ryan’s successor.

“I think he’d be great,” Painter said.

UW athletic director Barry Alvarez has said he’ll consider Gard for the position but will open the job up for a national search once Ryan retires.

Painter, who was in a similar STEVE APPS — State Journal spot at Southern Illinois when Bruce Weber left for Illinois in Says Purdue coach Matt Painter about the Badgers promoting Gard, above, 2003, understands why it’s risky to succeed Ryan, “I think he would be the smart choice for them.” for an athletic director to hire “He’s just kept earning more someone who’s never been a offer him a scholarship if he liked what he saw. Ryan agreed to that and more responsibility,” said head coach. But Painter thought Phillips, set to begin his second his working knowledge of the plan.

Southern Illinois program from his time as an assistant there made him the right fit for that job, and he believes the same holds true for Gard.

“I think he would be the smart choice for them,” Painter said. “I think the risk for them is going away from Greg Gard.”

Gard, meanwhile, is just focusing on what he can control. Over the next four months, he’ll do whatever he can to make Ryan’s job easier.

This match made in Platteville has stood the test of time. As Phillips discussed the evolution of the relationship between Ryan and Gard, he tossed out the names of other great duos — Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards — before deciding neither of those options was a good fit.

Phillips thought about it some more.

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Nigel Hayes enters the season with 40 starts in 78 career games for UW. He was the Big Ten’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2013-14 and is one of just two returning starters this year.

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n the eve of the Final Four last April, Nigel Hayes strolled into a designated interview room at Lucas Oil Stadium and sat at a long table that included four of his University of Wisconsin men’s basketball teammates and Bo Ryan.

Hayes spent the better part of the session being ignored. His first and only question came from Ryan, of all people, and the Badgers’ coach was asking for clarification on a drill he had been spotted working on early one morning at the Kohl Center.

“I was just trying to be like Frank, honestly, and Josh, and Trae,” Hayes said.

“They’re great ball-handlers. I aspire to be like those guys. They’re great guys.”

Ryan, a master in the art of sarcasm, had to appreciate what came out of Hayes’ mouth next.

“I appreciate you letting me speak,” Hayes continued. “I don’t know why I show up to these things. No one ever talks to me.”

Had there been a referee in the room, Hayes would have been whistled for exaggeration. After all, he had been one of media darlings of the NCAA tournament to that point — a talented student-athlete whose fascination with big words had put M.P. KING — State Journal archives stenographers from all over the country on Hayes and teammate Sam Dekker share a laugh during a news conference one day before the NCAA championship game against Duke. The two, notice.

But back to the first part of Hayes’ along with Frank Kaminsky, earned national attention for their often witty comments to the media during last season. remarks. While members of the national asking me questions in media now,” he said, media may have been hearing it for the first “instead of just Frank.” time that day in Indianapolis, the tryingBut it’s much more than that. Hayes has to-be-like spiel — Hayes wanted to be like taken on more responsibility as one of the Frank (Kaminsky), or Josh (Gasser), or Trae oldest players on a young team, embracing (Jackson) — was a line he had been using a role in which he’ll have to speak up when at news conferences throughout his career necessary. with the Badgers.

There wasn’t a need for a vocal leader last Maybe, just maybe, this was Hayes’ way season, when Hayes said “individual policof putting it to rest. Three days later, the ing” was the norm on a roster loaded with Badgers would lose to Duke in the chamveterans. pionship game, a defeat that served as a It won’t be so easy in 2015-16. Hayes has transition point for a program that has been logged 1,981 career minutes in 78 career remarkably consistent for 14 years under games, including 40 starts. Junior point Ryan. guard Bronson Koenig is next at 1,724 min“Now he can’t say that,” UW junior guard utes, but then there’s a sharp drop-off in Zak Showalter said at the team’s media day experience to Showalter (413) and junior last month, “because he’s the guy we’re all forward Vitto Brown (258). trying to be like.”

The remaining 13 players on the roster Leader of the pack have played a combined 177 minutes, with nine players having never stepped foot on Indeed, Hayes has gone from wingman the court for a regular-season game at the to headliner on a team that must replace college level.

Kaminsky, Gasser, Jackson, Sam Dekker “What he does is scrutinized even more and Duje Dukan. now because he is a junior, because he is an When Hayes was asked recently how he upperclassman, because all eyes are on him anticipates things changing for him this M.P. KING — State Journal archives from his teammates,” Ryan said of Hayes, season, the junior forward pointed out the obvious.

Hayes celebrates during the final seconds of the 71-64 victory over previously unbeaten Kentucky “There will be a lot more people in last season’s Final Four. He had 12 points and five rebounds in the national semifinal.

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Nigel Hayes talks during the Oct. 22 Media Day at the Kohl Center. “There will be a lot more people asking me questions in media now,” Hayes says, “instead of just (ex-teammate) Frank (Kaminsky).”

Hayes Continued from Page 14

room devoid of egos, despite the star power that filled the room.

This year’s version is still in the early stages of the relationship-building process. It’s something that doesn’t happen overnight.

“As I’ve always said, it’s what takes place in that locker room that means a heck of a

Nigel will be at the forefront of that.”

One of the most important things Hayes can do is just be himself. His personality made him an instant hit with teammates when he arrived on campus in the summer of 2013, but Hayes earned even more respect by how hard he worked on his game.

That work ethic is the first thing

practice.

“You’ve seen how far his game has come since he got on campus, how far his body has come since he got on campus. He’s one of those guys that’s really routine-based and sticks to what he knows works for him.

I think that’s what’s really important for his success.”

who was named a first-team preseason All-American by Sporting News and was named to Sports Illustrated’s second team.

“So his leadership skills will be on display in every drill that Next step he does in pracHayes wasn’t tice when it comes His personality made him an instant hit with teammates when he arrived on campus satisfied after his to his teammates. in 2013, but Hayes earned even more respect by how hard he worked on his game. freshman season He’s already reldespite being ished that role, named the Big Ten’s he’s already been extremely active in talking to the younger lot more than what people realize as to what Showalter pointed to when asked if he’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2013-14, so he guys in the drills and in the possessions and kind of team you’re going to have,” Ryan seen a noticeable change in Hayes this sea- reinvented himself during the offseason.

The result was impressive. Hayes’ playsaid. “If there’s good talk going on in there, son. The answer — and Showalter meant it I’m sure he is in the locker room, too.” ing time nearly doubled — he went from 17.4 The Badgers were loaded with talent the good interaction, challenging each other as a compliment — was no.

“See, the thing that’s so good about to 33.0 minutes per game — and he finished past two seasons en route to back-to-back a little bit, agreeing to disagree, working Final Four runs, but chemistry also played through things and it’s worked out in the Nigel is he’s so consistent in his prepara- the season as the Big Ten’s fourth-ranked a key role. It was a fun-loving group that locker room, that’ll make for a better team tion,” Showalter said. “He’s always in the enjoyed one another’s company in a locker on the court when it comes game time. And gym every single morning, every day after Please see next page

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player in the Ken Pomeroy ratings, behind only Kaminsky, Ohio State guard D’Angelo Russell and Dekker.

After not attempting a single 3-pointer as a freshman, Hayes made 39.6 of his 101 attempts from beyond the arc last season. His field goal percentage on 2-point shots increased from 51.0 to 54.1 percent, his free throw percentage went from 58.5 to 74.4 percent and his rebounding average rose from 2.8 to 6.2.

But Hayes realizes the challenge that awaits him now that he’s not surrounded on the floor by the likes of Kaminsky and Dekker.

When Hayes got the ball in isolation situations last season, it was a true one-on-one opportunity because UW did a good job of spacing and opponents couldn’t stray far from the Badgers’ other standouts.

“Or I was able to throw the ball to Frank and Sam and move,” Hayes said, “and my guy goes to double and I get a wide-open shot.”

Now, Hayes will draw double teams because he and Koenig are the only proven scorers for the Badgers.

“Which means they’re going to get more attention from other teams, particularly when we have unproven commodities around them,” UW assistant coach Lamont Paris said. “People will test those waters early; that’s a fact. So how does (Nigel) handle those situations?”

Hayes hopes he handles them as well as Kaminsky did. When asked what he learned from playing alongside last season’s national player of the year, Hayes pointed to Kaminsky’s patience when it came to dealing with double teams.

“A lot of guys, sometimes when the double teams come, they’ll panic or try to make a hurried pass or they’ll just take a shot,” Hayes said. “With Frank, there were stretches where they were doubling and taking away Frank and he didn’t pout and go, ‘I need the ball,’ or, ‘Give me the ball, I want to shoot.’ He just let the game to him and then he was aggressive in the areas that he needed to be, so when he caught it and had his one-on-one matchup, he took

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Coach Bo Ryan says Nigel Hayes is taking a leadership role. “He’s already been extremely active in talking to the younger guys in the drills and in the possessions and I’m sure he is in the locker room, too,” Ryan said.

advantage of it and, more often than not, he always scored.”

One of the major items on Hayes’ offseason to-do list was getting better at creating his own shot. He worked on shooting off the dribble and improving his ball-handling so he could beat defenders off the dribble and get to the rim. The only UW player to attempt more free throws than Hayes (168) last season was Kaminsky (200), yet Ryan said getting to the line more was a logical next step in Hayes’ evolution.

Hayes rarely came off screens during his first two seasons, but that’s a natural way for UW to get the ball in its best scorer’s hands. Hayes was among the final cuts during a tryout for the U.S. national team’s Pan American Games roster over the summer, but among his takeaways from the experience were the tips he got from the handful of professionals on the roster on how to create separation off screens.

Paris went through a laundry list of all the new challenges Hayes will face this season.

How well will he perform when the ball ends up in his hands late in the shot clock and he needs to create a scoring opportunity for himself or others? Will he be able to mask his frustration during the inevitable growing pains of his young teammates, and will he help those players get better?

“His skill level will develop to where he can produce more,” Paris said. “It’s handling those other things that will be the determining factor of who he is.”

And, perhaps, who the Badgers are. Hayes has experienced 68

wins and two Final Four appearances since arriving at UW, but some believe the Badgers will take a significant step backward now that Kaminsky and Co. are gone.

Hayes responded to that notion in his own unique way.

“The bumblebee isn’t supposed to be able to fly because it’s aerodynamically unfit,” Hayes said.

“But the bumblebee doesn’t care.

He flies anyway. So, here we are.”

And here’s Hayes, finally the center of attention. The spotlight is yours, Nigel.

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Since its opening in 1998, the modestly lavish Kohl Center has provided the backdrop to many of the greatest success stories in Wisconsin basketball history.

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ow that Big Ten Conference men’s basketball has regained its dignity, it’s time to start thinking about regaining the national championship trophy.

The University of Wisconsin came tantalizingly close to ending the Big Ten’s title-free streak in April, but couldn’t hold off Duke — and the intimidated officials — down the stretch in the NCAA championship game.

Because the Badgers couldn’t maintain a nine-point lead with 13 minutes left and lost to the Blue Devils by five, the Big Ten’s national title drought stretched to 15 seasons. Not since Michigan State in 2000 has the conference laid claim to the championship.

But the title is the only thing that has eluded the Big Ten the past four seasons, when it was unarguably the nation’s

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top conference after some lean years in the previous decade.

Compared to the other high-major conferences, the Big Ten’s performance in the NCAA tournament over the past four years supports that claim.

• The Big Ten sent 26 teams to the tournament, second only to the

Big East’s 27.

• The Big Ten won 47 tournament games, well ahead of the second-place ACC, which won 35.

• The Big Ten had the second-best winning percentage (.644), trailing only the SEC (.696).

• The Big Ten was the only conference

to post double-digit wins totals in each of the four tournaments.

• The Big Ten had the most teams in the Final Four with five — one more than the SEC and two more than the Big East.

The only prize that eluded the Big Ten during that stretch was the championship as Duke (ACC), Connecticut (American Athletic), Louisville (Big East) and Kentucky (SEC) won the past four. Besides UW’s runner-up finish last season, Michigan lost to Louisville in the 2013 final and Ohio State lost to Kentucky in the 2012 final.

Last season, the Big Ten sent seven teams to the NCAA tournament and two — UW and Michigan State — reached the Final Four. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see those numbers repeated, or even topped, this season.

Whereas UW ran away with the Big Ten title last season, many predict a six-team free-for-all among Maryland, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan and UW for this season’s title.

Any of the six could be a dark-horse Final Four team, too. Ohio State, Iowa, Illinois and Northwestern also are considered potential NCAA tournament teams, giving the Big Ten an outside shot at breaking its high-water mark of seven NCAA bids.

The Big Ten’s expansion to 14 teams last year increased the importance of scheduling in the conference race. Each team has five home-and-home series in conference play and faces the other eight teams once, with four at home and four on the road. That creates scheduling inequities that might well end up determining the Big Ten champion.

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Maryland guard Melo Trimble

TOP FIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES

TOP FIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT LOCKS 1. Maryland: Terps boast one of the nation’s best starting fives, though chemistry is a concern.

1. Melo Trimble, Maryland: For Terps to reach their potential, he’ll have to distribute more.

2. Indiana: Guard-driven Hoosiers need only to shore up dreadful defense to compete with the best.

2. Denzel Valentine, Michigan State: There is nothing Spartans’ swingman can’t do on the court.

3. Michigan State: Spartans can shoot the rock, which hasn’t always been the case in recent years.

4. UW: They lost a ton, but Badgers never finish lower than fourth in the Big Ten, right?

3. Yogi Ferrell, Indiana: Senior might be Hoosiers’ third-best player, but he’s on a mission.

5. Purdue: If Boilermakers can find a point guard, a Big Ten title isn’t out of the question.

4. Nigel Hayes, UW: Only question is, how will he respond now that he is Badgers’ No. 1 option?

TOP FIVE TEAMS ON THE NCAA BUBBLE

5. A.J. Hammons, Purdue: Steady four-year improvement makes him the Big Ten’s top big man.

1. Michigan: Wolverines are another guard-driven team that could challenge for Big Ten title.

2. Ohio State: With one senior and one junior, Thad Matta’s recruiting prowess will be tested.

3. Iowa: Four starters return, but replacing Aaron White’s grit and finding depth are concerns.

4. Northwestern: Wildcats have experience, talent to land school’s first NCAA tournament bid.

5. Illinois: Despite the usual heavy roster turnover, Illini should be able to hold their own.

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Michigan State forward Denzel Valentine

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TOP FIVE BREAKOUT PLAYERS 1. Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa: Can the do-everything forward handle new role as Hawkeyes’ main man?

2. Bronson Koenig, UW: Badgers got a glimpse of his talent last year, but his role will expand.

TOP FIVE PLAYERS ON THE SPOT

TOP FIVE TRANSFERS

1. Eron Harris, Michigan State: Transfer is a high-volume shooter who must show he can fit in.

2. Adam Woodbury, Iowa: Will more minutes mean more scoring from Hawkeyes’ 7-1 senior center?

3. Shavon Shields, Nebraska: He must carry load with Terran Petteway and Walter Pitchford gone.

4. Ethan Happ, UW: Redshirt freshman must replace national player of the year Frank Kaminsky.

5. Matt Costello, Michigan State: If Costello is serviceable center, Spartans could roll.

1. Eron Harris, Michigan State: Former West Virginia guard brings much-needed outside shooting.

2. Robert Carter, Maryland: Terps need offensive rebounding — Carter’s specialty at Georgia Tech.

3. Rasheed Sulaimon, Maryland: Pushed out at Duke, shooting guard will get opportunity at Maryland.

4. Mike Thorne, Illinois: At 6-11 and 270, grad transfer from Charlotte fills big hole for Illini.

5. Johnny Hill, Purdue: One grad transfer replaces another (Jon Octeus) at the point for Purdue.

3. Malcolm Hill, Illinois: With Rayvonte Rice gone, Hill should get more opportunities to score.

4. Kam Williams, Ohio State: Sophomore is a far better shooter than his percentage indicated.

5. Vic Law, Northwestern: Touted small forward struggled with his shooting as a freshman.

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Indiana guard Nick Zeisloft

TOP FIVE PURE SHOOTERS 1. Nick Zeisloft, Indiana: Forgotten man in loaded Hoosiers backcourt can kill it from downtown.

2. Bryn Forbes, Michigan State: Might be Spartans’ best outside shooter during Tom Izzo era.

3. Marc Loving, Ohio State: Led conference in 3-point percentage last year as a power forward.

4. Bronson Koenig, UW: More attempts late in shot clock might hurt percentage, but shot is pure.

5. Eron Harris, Michigan State: Sank seven 3s against Badgers when he played for West Virginia.

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Purdue forward Caleb Swanigan

TOP FIVE FRESHMEN 1. Caleb Swanigan, Purdue: Ex-Michigan State commit takes over at power forward for Boilermakers.

2. Diamond Stone, Maryland: Only question is whether center will be one-and-done player for Terps.

3. JaQuan Lyle, Ohio State: There’s no way to replace a D’Angelo Russell, but combo guard will try.

4. Thomas Bryant, Indiana: Hoosiers were a big man away last year and Bryant is an intriguing center.

5. Deyonta Davis, Michigan State: If Spartans can’t have Swanigan, Davis is great fallback position.

TOP FIVE REBOUNDERS

TOP FIVE DEFENDERS

1. Troy Williams, Indiana: Uber-athletic power forward was third in Big Ten rebounding last year.

2. A.J. Hammons, Purdue: Toughest job this season might be getting boards away from his teammates.

3. Leron Black, Illinois: If he can avoid foul trouble, Black’s rebounding numbers will go up.

4. Alex Olah, Northwestern: Rebounding totals have gone up every year, so expect more of the same.

5. Mike Thorne, Illinois: Kansas, Kentucky wanted grad transfer, who averaged 7.3 boards last year.

1. Rapheal Davis, Purdue: Big Ten defensive player of the year might not be top defender on his team.

2. A.J. Hammons, Purdue: Big man could lead conference in blocked shots for fourth straight season.

3. Kendrick Nunn, Illinois: Athletic, rangy Illini shooting guard is a lock-down perimeter defender.

4. Robert Carter, Maryland: A physical defender who can block shots? Transfer is perfect for Big Ten. 5. Jae’Sean Tate, Ohio State: He’s the Energizer Bunny on both ends, but especially on defense.

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STARTING FIVES >> TOM OATES’ BIG TEN PRIMER TOP FIVE SMALL FORWARDS 1. Denzel Valentine, Michigan State: Versatile Valentine will probably play more like a point forward.

2. Nigel Hayes, UW: Hayes exploded after he expanded his range to the 3-point line last year.

3. Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa: He can score, and he’ll have to with Aaron White no longer on campus.

4. Jake Layman, Maryland: Long, athletic, versatile wing looks like a poor man’s Sam Dekker.

5. Shavon Shields, Nebraska: Yes, there are still college players who can shoot mid-range jumper.

TOP FIVE POWER FORWARDS 1. Troy Williams, Indiana: If outside shot is improved as advertised, junior is ready to take off.

2. Robert Carter, Maryland: Numbers during his two years in the ACC predict success in the Big Ten. 3. Caleb Swanigan, Purdue: Of the Boilermakers’ many low-post scorers, he might be most effective.

4. Marc Loving, Ohio State: With his 3-point shooting, Loving is what the pros call a stretch four.

5. Joey King, Minnesota: Like Loving, rangy big man can step outside and drill the 3-point shot.

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UW guard Bronson Koenig

TOP FIVE POINT GUARDS 1. Melo Trimble, Maryland: After making big splash as freshman, next step is to become team leader.

2. Yogi Farrell, Indiana: The NBA can wait; diminutive senior is determined to win a championship.

3. Bronson Koenig, UW: Junior deferred to future NBA players last year, but Badgers are his team now.

4. Derrick Walton Jr., Michigan: His toe injury was just as damaging to team as Caris LeVert’s broken foot.

5. Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern: Solid shooter and passer played far beyond his years as a freshman.

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Purdue center A.J. Hammons

TOP FIVE SHOOTING GUARDS

TOP FIVE CENTERS 1. A.J. Hammons, Purdue: Was more motivated and effective as a junior than during his first two seasons.

1. James Blackmon, Indiana: Ferrell has the publicity, but Blackmon is Hoosiers’ most gifted player.

2. Alex Olah, Northwestern: What’s not to like? Can rebound, block shots, post up and even shoot the 3.

2. Caris LeVert, Michigan: Only reason he didn’t head to NBA was the foot injury suffered in January.

3. Diamond Stone, Maryland: Most heralded freshman in Big Ten reportedly in best shape of his life.

3. Zak Irvin, Michigan: After strong finish, only problem is finding shots on Wolverines’ deep perimeter.

4. Thomas Bryant, Indiana: Final piece to Hoosiers puzzle has added 9 inches to vertical since summer.

4. Malcolm Hill, Illinois: Underrated and overlooked, Hill is quietly becoming a star in Big Ten. 5. Trey Demps, Northwestern: If it’s a game-winner you need, Demps has shown he can deliver.

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5. Ethan Happ, UW: He had to learn something going against Frank Kaminsky every day in practice, right?

Indiana guard James Blackmon

TOP FIVE BACKCOURTS

TOP FIVE FRONTCOURTS

1. Indiana: All-Big Ten candidates Yogi Farrell and James Blackmon, plus shooters Robert Johnson and Nick Zeisloft.

1. Purdue: Two 7-footers plus small forward Vince Edwards and McDonald’s All-America power forward Caleb Swanigan.

2. Michigan: Caris LeVert, Zak Irvin, Derrick Walton Jr., Aubrey Dawkins and Spike Albrecht form Big Ten’s deepest group.

2. Maryland: Diamond Stone flanked by Robert Carter and Jake Layman form strong baseline, but who’s left on bench?

3. Michigan State: Tough-guy Lourawls Nairn leads shooters Eron Harris, Bryn Forbes and Matt McQuaid, a freshman.

3. Michigan State: Denzel Valentine, Deyonta Davis and centers Matt Costello and Gavin Schilling are rock solid.

4. Maryland: Melo Trimble, Rasheed Sulaimon and three sophomores, including Jared Nickens, can score with anyone.

4. UW: Badgers will be plenty physical with Nigel Hayes, Vitto Brown and freshmen Ethan Happ and Charlie Thomas.

5. Illinois: Grad transfer Khalid Lewis must replace injured Tracy Abrams between Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn.

5. Ohio State: Smooth Marc Loving, energetic Jae’Sean Tate and Virginia Tech transfer Trevor Thompson could click.

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TOP FIVE COACH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES

TOP FIVE COACHES WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE

1. Mark Turgeon, Maryland: After surprise season, pressure on Turgeon to win title with everyone gunning for Terps.

1. Richard Pitino, Minnesota: The players he inherited are gone and the hard part of the rebuilding process begins.

2. Chris Collins, Northwestern: If he gets Northwestern to its first NCAA tournament, Collins wins award hands down.

2. Eddie Jordan, Rutgers: Year 3 for Jordan isn’t promising as top three players are gone from lastplace team.

3. Bo Ryan, UW: Possible final season will test his skills after losing five contributors from back-to-back Final Four teams.

3. Thad Matta, Ohio State: Despite strong freshman class, two so-so years have fans wondering if he’s lost his touch.

4. Tom Crean, Indiana: After struggling for two years in postCody Zeller/Victor Oladipo era, Hoosiers could go far.

4. Tim Miles, Nebraska: Nebrasketball phenomenon seems like a long time ago, though freshmen bring hope for future.

5. John Beilein, Michigan: In wake of season ruined by injury, Wolverines have shooters Beilein needs to make a run.

5. Patrick Chambers, Penn State: A good freshman class and an even better one on the way, but this year will be tough.

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1. Maryland at North Carolina (Dec. 1): Terps switched sides in Big Ten/ACC Challenge just last season.

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1. Iowa: Two-plays versus Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue; single-plays at Maryland, Ohio State, Illinois. Brutal.

2. Rutgers: In Scarlet Knights’ first 10 games, only one opponent — Nebraska at home — is not considered NCAA material.

4. Maryland: Of the top seven preseason picks in Big Ten race, the only one Terps don’t play on the road is themselves.

5. Minnesota: Rutgers might be Gophers’ only winnable home game, and the only team that finishes lower in the standings.

2. Indiana at Duke (Dec. 2): Taking down defending national champions would give Hoosiers a big boost.

3. Michigan State vs. Kansas in Chicago (Nov. 17): Jayhawks headline softer-than-usual Spartans schedule.

4. Ohio State vs. Kentucky in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Dec. 19): Juniors and seniors not allowed in this matchup.

5. UW vs. Duke at New York (Nov. 22): Teams need semifinal wins in 2K Classic to set up NCAA final rematch.

TOP FIVE CONFERENCE GAMES 1. Maryland at Indiana (March 5): Looks now like this will decide Big Ten title. Will it look the same in March?

2. Indiana at UW (Jan. 26): Hard to believe, but Hoosiers haven’t beaten Badgers in Madison since 1998.

3. Maryland at Michigan State (Jan. 23): Caps off 15-day stretch for Terps that includes roadies at UW, Michigan.

4. Purdue at Indiana (Feb. 20): Only meeting in Big Ten’s most-storied rivalry could have title implications.

5. Michigan State at UW (Jan. 17): Badgers swept Spartans last year and memories are long in this series.

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FIVE EASIEST CONFERENCE SCHEDULES 1. Indiana: Two-plays with Minnesota and Nebraska? Singles at Penn State and Rutgers? The title is there for the taking.

2. Michigan State: Spartans will see Indiana, Maryland, Michigan and Purdue only once apiece. All projected in top six.

3. Northwestern: With two-plays against Minnesota, Nebraska and Penn State, Wildcats’ NCAA dream appears to be doable.

4. Penn State: Schedules for bottom-four teams never easy, but Penn State at least has it easier than Rutgers, Minnesota.

5. Vacant: No other team has anything less than a typically brutal Big Ten Conference schedule.

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Things didn’t look very good percent from 3-point range for the Boilermakers last last season, better than December. Not only was for third place in the Big Ten. only Rutgers and Nebraska Purdue coming off back-toamong Big Ten teams.

The Boilermakers return back losing seasons, it exited most of their key parts from non-conference play with that team and are looking to COACH-SPEAK a 8-5 record that included “If we can establish an inside win their first Big Ten title home losses to North Florida since 2010. It’ll be difficult presence with the guys that and Gardner-Webb. But for opponents to match up we have to go along with coach Matt Painter’s team with a huge Purdue frontsome shooting, that would rebounded and finished tied court that includes the 7-foot be really good,” Painter said. Purdue center A.J. Hammons

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior guard Bishop Daniels is Rutgers’ leading returning scorer at 8.4 points per game. A slasher, Daniels can create open looks for his teammates on the perimeter. But Daniels needs to cut down on his turnovers; he averaged one every 9.8 minutes he played last season — by far the highest rate on the team.

THEN AND NOW Rutgers played 20 great minutes to upset the visiting Frank Kaminsky-less Badgers, ranked No. 4 at the time, 67-62 last January. The Scarlet Knights didn’t win again, dropping 15 consecutive games to end the season. In all, Rutgers lost 11 Big Ten games by double digits.

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Williams, who shot 24.0 percent from 3-point range last season. Still, the outlook is bleak for a program that has had nine consecutive losing seasons.

COACH-SPEAK “I’m excited about coaching this team,” Jordan said. “I see a lot of good things for us as far as the way we’re going to play. For most of my career, I’ve done a Princeton-like type offense. This year, we changed it up. I’m exciting about that. We’re more perimeter-oriented.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior guard Yogi Ferrell averaged 16.3 points and 4.9 assists last season for the Hoosiers. He has started all 102 games during his career and ranks sixth all-time at Indiana in assists (438) and fourth in 3-point field goals (193).

THEN AND NOW There was nothing complicated about Indiana’s 2014-15 season, which included a .500 record in Big Ten play, 20 wins overall and a return to the NCAA tournament: The Hoosiers were really good offensively (No. 9 nationally, according to the Ken Pomeroy ratings) and really bad defensively (No. 214). Indiana returns its top five scorers from that team, with sophomore guard James Blackmon Jr. and junior forward Troy Williams joining Ferrell as doubledigit producers. But the key for coach Tom Crean’s team will be how much of a lift it can get from a pair of frontcourt newcomers: blue-chip recruit Thomas Bryant and Max Bielfeldt, a graduate transfer from Michigan.

COACH-SPEAK “I’ve never had anybody that made the jumps he made athletically,” Crean said of Bryant, a McDonald’s All-

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Indiana guard Yogi Ferrell

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Combined 3-pointers last season for Ferrell, Blackmon, Nick Zeisloft and Robert Johnson, all of whom are back in 2015-16.

American. “He went up nine inches in his vertical jump in seven weeks, and (we’ve) got guys that have not gone nine inches in four years. And (we) need him to get a lot stronger.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Sophomore guard Melo Trimble, the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, averaged a team-high 16.2 points to help Maryland win 28 games last season.

Trimble shot 41.2 percent from 3-point range and 86.3 percent from the free throw line.

THEN AND NOW While Maryland coach Mark Turgeon entered the 2014-15 season with a quiet confidence, there weren’t many others who expected much of the Terrapins a year ago. There will be no flying under the radar this time around. Versatile

swingman Dez Wells won’t be easily replaced, but Trimble and senior forward Jake Layman (12.5 ppg) will be surrounded by a strong supporting cast.

Maryland added Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon to its backcourt and a pair of big bodies to its frontcourt: McDonald’s All-American Diamond Stone of Whitefish Bay Dominican and Georgia Tech transfer Robert Carter.

COACH-SPEAK “The thing about Melo is he had a good year,” Turgeon said. “But he wants to be better, and he knows he has to get better at some things. … I think you’ll see a more complete player.”

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Maryland’s highest ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 poll last season. It was the Terrapins’ first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2002-03 season.

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21 KHALIL IVERSON

Junior guard | 6-4, 205 Waunakee, Wisconsin Scouting report: Decorah spent the past two seasons as a team manager.

His father Tim played for Bo Ryan on UW-Platteville’s 1991 NCAA Division III national title team. Decorah averaged 16 points per game as a senior at Waunakee, where he also was a standout quarterback who set the program’s single-season record with 2,166 passing yards.

Major: Economics.

Find him on Twitter: @wdec0rah

Freshman guard/forward | 6-5, 205 Delaware, Ohio Scouting report: Iverson averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 2.8 blocks and 2 steals per game as a senior last season at Hayes High School and was named the Ohio Capital Conference player of the year for the second consecutive season.

He finished his career as the program’s all-time leader in starts (88), games played (93) and rebounds (897), while ranking second in points (1,222).

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @iverson_khalil

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22 ETHAN HAPP

Freshman guard | 6-3, 185 De Pere, Wisconsin Scouting report: Pritzl scored 1,720 career points during his career at De Pere High School to finish as the program’s all-time leading scorer. He averaged 25.5 points and 6 rebounds as a senior and was named All-Sstate by both the Associated Press and Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. Pritzl was ranked as the 61st-best player in the 2015 recruiting class by Scout. com and No. 79 by Rivals.com. He has been sidelined with a broken left foot since Aug. 1.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @LilB_Pritz1

Freshman forward | 6-9, 235 Milan, Illinois Scouting report: Happ redshirted last season but made a solid impression on teammates and the coaching staff while practicing against Frank Kaminsky every day. Josh Gasser called Happ the “best player on the court sometimes,” and UW coach Bo Ryan said on his radio show that Happ is “going to be one of the better players ever to wear the Badger uniform.” The only scholarship member of UW’s 2014 recruiting class, Happ earned first-team All-State honors in Illinois during his final two seasons at Rockridge High School. As a senior, he averaged 33 points and 15 rebounds per game.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @EthanHapp22

2 JORDAN SMITH Senior guard | 6-3, 181 Orono, Minnesota Career numbers: 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds per game in 31 games.

Scouting report: The only senior on UW’s roster, Smith appeared in 14 games last season after redshirting in 2013-14. Smith is one of the best outside shooters on the team and has played a valuable role on the scout team throughout his career. He scored 2,518 points during his career at Orono High School, finishing with 321 3-pointers.

Major: Personal finance.

Find him on Twitter: @JTSmith222

25 ALEX ILLIKAINEN Freshman forward Grand Rapids, Minnesota | 6-9, 220 Scouting report: Illikainen averaged 26.5 points and 15.2 rebounds as a junior at Grand Rapids High School.

He’s the program’s all-time leader in points (2,185) and rebounds (1,402) despite spending his senior season at Brewster Academy, a prep school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Illikainen has a nice touch from the outside but also isn’t afraid to mix it up in the paint.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @AIllikainen_25

3 ZAK SHOWALTER Junior guard | 6-2, 184 Germantown, Wisconsin Career numbers: 1.9 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in 57 games.

Scouting report: Showalter appeared in 35 games last season, providing energy off the bench for an experienced team. He scored six points in 8 minutes during the 79-72 victory over North Carolina in the Sweet 16, including four during a 9-0 run late in the game that gave the Badgers the lead for good. Showalter has worked hard on his outside shooting during the offseason and appears poised to move into the starting lineup.

Major: Business accounting.

Find him on Twitter: @ZShowbball333

4 MATT FERRIS Sophomore guard | 6-6, 196 Appleton, Wisconsin Career numbers: 0.2 points and 0.6 rebounds per game in nine games.

Scouting report: Ferris joined the program as a walk-on after starting for three seasons at Xavier High School, where he averaged 14.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game as a senior. Ferris also was a standout in football and set state records for passing yards in a season (3,949), touchdown passes in a season (50) and touchdown passes in a game (8).

Major: Business finance.

Find him on Twitter: @Ferris_matt

5 AARON MOESCH Sophomore forward | 6-8, 211 Green Bay, Wisconsin Career numbers: 0.3 points and 0.4 rebounds in 14 games.

Scouting report: Moesch joined the program as a walk-on after scoring over 1,000 career points at Green Bay Southwest High School, where he averaged 18.4 points and 12.1 rebounds as a senior. Moesch redshirted in 2013-14 and has spent his first two seasons on UW’s scout team.

Major: Business.

Find him on Twitter: @moeschpotato5

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UW forward Vitto Brown (30), guard Bronson Koenig (24) and forward Nigel Hayes (10) celebrate the team’s Big Ten Conference title following the 68-61 win over Michigan State on March 1 at the Kohl Center.

30 VITTO BROWN

24 BRONSON KOENIG

10 NIGEL HAYES

Junior forward | 6-8, 230 Bowling Green, Ohio Career numbers: 1.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in 48 games.

Scouting report: Several players during the Bo Ryan era have made jumps between their second and third years in the program, and the staff is hoping the same happens to Brown. His playing time was sporadic last season on a veteran roster and he rarely left the bench in the postseason, playing 5 minutes in six NCAA tournament games. Brown has the body to compete in the physical Big Ten, but he’s struggled with confidence issues at times. Now that Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Duje Dukan are gone, there’s plenty of frontcourt minutes available for Brown.

Major: Life sciences communication.

Find him on Twitter: @SenseiSwat33

Junior guard | 6-4, 193 La Crosse, Wisconsin Career numbers: 6.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in 77 games, including 24 starts.

Scouting report: Koenig started the final 24 games for the Badgers last season, averaging 11.5 points and 2.7 points while shooting 44.2 percent from 3-point range during that span. For the season, Koenig posted a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio — the best mark among Big Ten players with at least 90 assists. An all-state player in high school, Koenig led La Crosse Aquinas to WIAA Division 3 state titles in 2011 and ’13. A preseason All-Big Ten selection, Koenig is poised to handle a starring role in the program.

Major: Community and non-profit leadership.

Find him on Twitter: @BronsonK_24

Junior forward | 6-8, 240 Toledo, Ohio Career numbers: 10.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in 78 games, including 40 starts.

Scouting report: Hayes averaged 12.4 points and 6.2 rebounds in his first season as a starter to earn third-team All-Big Ten honors.

After not attempting a single 3-pointer as a freshman, when he was named the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year, Hayes worked on his outside shot and finished 39.6 percent from beyond the arc as a sophomore. He also improved his free throw shooting from 58.5 percent to 74.4 percent. Hayes likely would have been selected in the 2015 NBA draft, but he chose to return to UW for his third season. He’ll be the center of attention on a team that loses five key players.

Major: Business.

Find him on Twitter: @NIGEL_HAYES

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20 T.J. SCHLUNDT

Sophomore guard | 6-3, 178 Pasadena, California Career numbers: 0.6 points and 0.3 rebounds per game in 11 games.

Scouting report: Hill redshirted last season and played the role of lead guard on the scout team. He averaged 7.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists while playing at Exeter Academy, a post-graduate program in New Hampshire, in 2012-13. Hill is a tenacious defender who has worked hard to improve his offensive game. He can play either guard spot.

Major: Kinesiology.

Find him on Twitter: @JTaylored11

Freshman forward | 6-8, 253 Highland, Maryland Scouting report: Thomas, who turns 18 on Nov. 15, finished his prep career at River Hills High School as the program’s all-time leader in points (1,717), rebounds (893) and blocked shots (159).

He averaged 23.2 points and 11.2 rebounds as a senior en route to being named the Howard County Player of the Year as well as first-team All-Metro by the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. Thomas’ father, Charles, played collegiately at Wake Forest and New Mexico and professionally in Australia.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @Tr33op_T4LL

WISCONSIN’S

Freshman guard | 6-5, 194 Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Scouting report: Schlundt redshirted last season after joining the program as a walk-on. Known for his outside shooting, Schlundt averaged 17.5 points per game as the first high school senior to play for the S. John’s Northwestern Military Academy post-graduate team.

Prior to that, he scored 1,053 career points as a three-year starter at Oconomowoc High School. Schlundt’s father, Terrell, played at Marquette and was a co-captain with Doc Rivers during the 1982-83

season.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @TJSchlundt20

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Freshman forward | 6-11, 203 Antwerp, Belgium Scouting report: Van Vliet, who turned 20 in July, was the final commitment in the 2015 recruiting class and didn’t join the team until late in the summer. The lanky left-hander played as an amateur for the Antwerp Giants “B” team last season. Van Vliet has been a fixture on Belgium’s youth national team and averaged 5.8 points and 5.2 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per game during the U20 European Championship this summer, helping Belgium to its highest-ever finish (eighth).

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @andyvanvliet

35 RILEY DEARRING Sophomore guard | 6-5, 181 Minnetonka, Minnesota Career numbers: 0.7 points and 0.3 rebounds per game in 15 games.

Scouting report: Dearring saw limited action after redshirting in 2013-14.

He was a finalist for Mr. Basketball in Minnesota as a senior after averaging 19.2 points at Minnetonka High School.

Dearring has had a difficult time staying healthy since arriving at UW but is long and athletic with a nice shooting stroke.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @R_35_Dearring

13 JACKSON BAX Freshman guard | 5-11, 157 Frankfort, Illinois Scouting report: Bax made the team after participating in an open tryout last month. A left-hander, Bax was an All-South Suburban Conference selection after averaging 8.3 points last season as a senior at Lincoln-Way East High School.

Major: Undecided.

Bax is not on Twitter.

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21 KHALIL IVERSON

Junior guard | 6-4, 205 Waunakee, Wisconsin Scouting report: Decorah spent the past two seasons as a team manager.

His father Tim played for Bo Ryan on UW-Platteville’s 1991 NCAA Division III national title team. Decorah averaged 16 points per game as a senior at Waunakee, where he also was a standout quarterback who set the program’s single-season record with 2,166 passing yards.

Major: Economics.

Find him on Twitter: @wdec0rah

Freshman guard/forward | 6-5, 205 Delaware, Ohio Scouting report: Iverson averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 2.8 blocks and 2 steals per game as a senior last season at Hayes High School and was named the Ohio Capital Conference player of the year for the second consecutive season.

He finished his career as the program’s all-time leader in starts (88), games played (93) and rebounds (897), while ranking second in points (1,222).

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @iverson_khalil

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22 ETHAN HAPP

Freshman guard | 6-3, 185 De Pere, Wisconsin Scouting report: Pritzl scored 1,720 career points during his career at De Pere High School to finish as the program’s all-time leading scorer. He averaged 25.5 points and 6 rebounds as a senior and was named All-Sstate by both the Associated Press and Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. Pritzl was ranked as the 61st-best player in the 2015 recruiting class by Scout. com and No. 79 by Rivals.com. He has been sidelined with a broken left foot since Aug. 1.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @LilB_Pritz1

Freshman forward | 6-9, 235 Milan, Illinois Scouting report: Happ redshirted last season but made a solid impression on teammates and the coaching staff while practicing against Frank Kaminsky every day. Josh Gasser called Happ the “best player on the court sometimes,” and UW coach Bo Ryan said on his radio show that Happ is “going to be one of the better players ever to wear the Badger uniform.” The only scholarship member of UW’s 2014 recruiting class, Happ earned first-team All-State honors in Illinois during his final two seasons at Rockridge High School. As a senior, he averaged 33 points and 15 rebounds per game.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @EthanHapp22

2 JORDAN SMITH Senior guard | 6-3, 181 Orono, Minnesota Career numbers: 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds per game in 31 games.

Scouting report: The only senior on UW’s roster, Smith appeared in 14 games last season after redshirting in 2013-14. Smith is one of the best outside shooters on the team and has played a valuable role on the scout team throughout his career. He scored 2,518 points during his career at Orono High School, finishing with 321 3-pointers.

Major: Personal finance.

Find him on Twitter: @JTSmith222

25 ALEX ILLIKAINEN Freshman forward Grand Rapids, Minnesota | 6-9, 220 Scouting report: Illikainen averaged 26.5 points and 15.2 rebounds as a junior at Grand Rapids High School.

He’s the program’s all-time leader in points (2,185) and rebounds (1,402) despite spending his senior season at Brewster Academy, a prep school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Illikainen has a nice touch from the outside but also isn’t afraid to mix it up in the paint.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @AIllikainen_25

3 ZAK SHOWALTER Junior guard | 6-2, 184 Germantown, Wisconsin Career numbers: 1.9 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in 57 games.

Scouting report: Showalter appeared in 35 games last season, providing energy off the bench for an experienced team. He scored six points in 8 minutes during the 79-72 victory over North Carolina in the Sweet 16, including four during a 9-0 run late in the game that gave the Badgers the lead for good. Showalter has worked hard on his outside shooting during the offseason and appears poised to move into the starting lineup.

Major: Business accounting.

Find him on Twitter: @ZShowbball333

4 MATT FERRIS Sophomore guard | 6-6, 196 Appleton, Wisconsin Career numbers: 0.2 points and 0.6 rebounds per game in nine games.

Scouting report: Ferris joined the program as a walk-on after starting for three seasons at Xavier High School, where he averaged 14.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game as a senior. Ferris also was a standout in football and set state records for passing yards in a season (3,949), touchdown passes in a season (50) and touchdown passes in a game (8).

Major: Business finance.

Find him on Twitter: @Ferris_matt

5 AARON MOESCH Sophomore forward | 6-8, 211 Green Bay, Wisconsin Career numbers: 0.3 points and 0.4 rebounds in 14 games.

Scouting report: Moesch joined the program as a walk-on after scoring over 1,000 career points at Green Bay Southwest High School, where he averaged 18.4 points and 12.1 rebounds as a senior. Moesch redshirted in 2013-14 and has spent his first two seasons on UW’s scout team.

Major: Business.

Find him on Twitter: @moeschpotato5

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UW forward Vitto Brown (30), guard Bronson Koenig (24) and forward Nigel Hayes (10) celebrate the team’s Big Ten Conference title following the 68-61 win over Michigan State on March 1 at the Kohl Center.

30 VITTO BROWN

24 BRONSON KOENIG

10 NIGEL HAYES

Junior forward | 6-8, 230 Bowling Green, Ohio Career numbers: 1.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in 48 games.

Scouting report: Several players during the Bo Ryan era have made jumps between their second and third years in the program, and the staff is hoping the same happens to Brown. His playing time was sporadic last season on a veteran roster and he rarely left the bench in the postseason, playing 5 minutes in six NCAA tournament games. Brown has the body to compete in the physical Big Ten, but he’s struggled with confidence issues at times. Now that Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Duje Dukan are gone, there’s plenty of frontcourt minutes available for Brown.

Major: Life sciences communication.

Find him on Twitter: @SenseiSwat33

Junior guard | 6-4, 193 La Crosse, Wisconsin Career numbers: 6.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in 77 games, including 24 starts.

Scouting report: Koenig started the final 24 games for the Badgers last season, averaging 11.5 points and 2.7 points while shooting 44.2 percent from 3-point range during that span. For the season, Koenig posted a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio — the best mark among Big Ten players with at least 90 assists. An all-state player in high school, Koenig led La Crosse Aquinas to WIAA Division 3 state titles in 2011 and ’13. A preseason All-Big Ten selection, Koenig is poised to handle a starring role in the program.

Major: Community and non-profit leadership.

Find him on Twitter: @BronsonK_24

Junior forward | 6-8, 240 Toledo, Ohio Career numbers: 10.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in 78 games, including 40 starts.

Scouting report: Hayes averaged 12.4 points and 6.2 rebounds in his first season as a starter to earn third-team All-Big Ten honors.

After not attempting a single 3-pointer as a freshman, when he was named the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year, Hayes worked on his outside shot and finished 39.6 percent from beyond the arc as a sophomore. He also improved his free throw shooting from 58.5 percent to 74.4 percent. Hayes likely would have been selected in the 2015 NBA draft, but he chose to return to UW for his third season. He’ll be the center of attention on a team that loses five key players.

Major: Business.

Find him on Twitter: @NIGEL_HAYES

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15 CHARLIE THOMAS

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Sophomore guard | 6-3, 178 Pasadena, California Career numbers: 0.6 points and 0.3 rebounds per game in 11 games.

Scouting report: Hill redshirted last season and played the role of lead guard on the scout team. He averaged 7.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists while playing at Exeter Academy, a post-graduate program in New Hampshire, in 2012-13. Hill is a tenacious defender who has worked hard to improve his offensive game. He can play either guard spot.

Major: Kinesiology.

Find him on Twitter: @JTaylored11

Freshman forward | 6-8, 253 Highland, Maryland Scouting report: Thomas, who turns 18 on Nov. 15, finished his prep career at River Hills High School as the program’s all-time leader in points (1,717), rebounds (893) and blocked shots (159).

He averaged 23.2 points and 11.2 rebounds as a senior en route to being named the Howard County Player of the Year as well as first-team All-Metro by the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. Thomas’ father, Charles, played collegiately at Wake Forest and New Mexico and professionally in Australia.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @Tr33op_T4LL

WISCONSIN’S

Freshman guard | 6-5, 194 Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Scouting report: Schlundt redshirted last season after joining the program as a walk-on. Known for his outside shooting, Schlundt averaged 17.5 points per game as the first high school senior to play for the S. John’s Northwestern Military Academy post-graduate team.

Prior to that, he scored 1,053 career points as a three-year starter at Oconomowoc High School. Schlundt’s father, Terrell, played at Marquette and was a co-captain with Doc Rivers during the 1982-83

season.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @TJSchlundt20

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Freshman forward | 6-11, 203 Antwerp, Belgium Scouting report: Van Vliet, who turned 20 in July, was the final commitment in the 2015 recruiting class and didn’t join the team until late in the summer. The lanky left-hander played as an amateur for the Antwerp Giants “B” team last season. Van Vliet has been a fixture on Belgium’s youth national team and averaged 5.8 points and 5.2 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per game during the U20 European Championship this summer, helping Belgium to its highest-ever finish (eighth).

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @andyvanvliet

35 RILEY DEARRING Sophomore guard | 6-5, 181 Minnetonka, Minnesota Career numbers: 0.7 points and 0.3 rebounds per game in 15 games.

Scouting report: Dearring saw limited action after redshirting in 2013-14.

He was a finalist for Mr. Basketball in Minnesota as a senior after averaging 19.2 points at Minnetonka High School.

Dearring has had a difficult time staying healthy since arriving at UW but is long and athletic with a nice shooting stroke.

Major: Undecided.

Find him on Twitter: @R_35_Dearring

13 JACKSON BAX Freshman guard | 5-11, 157 Frankfort, Illinois Scouting report: Bax made the team after participating in an open tryout last month. A left-hander, Bax was an All-South Suburban Conference selection after averaging 8.3 points last season as a senior at Lincoln-Way East High School.

Major: Undecided.

Bax is not on Twitter.

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JAN. 12 | EVANSTON, ILLINOIS BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Sophomore point guard Bryant McIntosh averaged 11.4 points and 4.7 assists last season while logging a team-high 1,066 minutes.

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior guard Denzel Valentine averaged 14.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game last season. He was the only player to rank in the top 15 in the Big Ten in those three categories.

Consecutive losses THEN AND NOW for Northwestern Northwestern’s normal after it opened Big rotation last season Ten play with a vicincluded four freshmen, tory over Rutgers. and it showed at times. But That skid included a Wildcats coach Chris Collins pair of losses to UW. is hopeful those growing pains will pay dividends this season for a program that has never been to the NCAA tournament but appears to be trending upward. Northwestern returns 87.6 percent of its scoring from 2014-15, including senior guard Tre Demps (12.5), senior center Alex Olah (11.7) and McIntosh. Collins also is excited about the addition of freshman forward Aaron Falzon.

THEN AND NOW A home loss to Texas Southern during non-conference play was a headscratcher, but Michigan State rebounded to finish third in the Big Ten, push UW to the limits in the Big Ten tournament title game and make a seventh Final Four appearance under coach Tom Izzo.

Two departed veterans from that team, guard Travis Trice and forward Branden Dawson, provided toughness, among other things, but the cupboard is far from bare for the Spartans. Valentine’s flexibility gives Izzo the option of using him at point guard in a big lineup or using him as a forward in a small lineup.

Michigan State’s backcourt is loaded with shooters, including senior Bryn Forbes and West Virginia transfer Eron Harris. Meanwhile, the Spartans added McDonald’s All-American Deyonta Davis, who has a 7-foot-2 wingspan, to their frontcourt.

COACH-SPEAK “I think what he went through last year as a freshman, I kind of fed him to the wolves, threw him in there,” Collins said of McIntosh. “It’s a tough league and a tough environment, and he showed what he was all about.”

COACH-SPEAK “I think we have a completely different team than most that I have had,” Izzo said.

“I think it’s one of our best shooting teams (and) we’re more athletic.”

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THEN AND NOW Slowly but surely, there’s some momentum building at Penn State. The Nittany Lions finished with a winning record — albeit a modest 18-16 — for the first time in four seasons under coach Patrick Chambers. Forward Mike Watkins leads a talented freshman

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class, and Chambers has secured oral commitments from three top100 players in the 2016 recruiting class. Chambers’ teams play hard,

and the Nittany Lions will have to grind again this season to make up for the departure of D.J. Newbill, who accounted for 31 percent of the team’s scoring last season. The Nittany Lions should feature a more balanced offense this season, led by Taylor and sophomore guard Shep Garner (9.2 ppg).

COACH-SPEAK “We’ve really got to put the ball inside,” Chambers said. “Put the ball in the paint and hope for positive results, either with dunks or layups or at least getting to the free throw line.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Junior forward Malcolm Hill was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection last season after finishing second on the team with 14.4 points per game — a 10-point increase from the previous season. Hill averaged 15.1 points in conference play to place in the top 10 in that category.

THEN AND NOW The Fighting Illini have gone from 23 to 20 to 19 wins under coach John Groce. A chance at an at-large NCAA tournament bid was wiped out by a 2-4 finish to the regular season and a firstround loss to Michigan in the Big Ten tournament. One problem is Illinois can’t seem to shake the injury bug. Senior point guard Tracy Abrams missed last season with a torn ACL and will miss this season with a torn Achilles.

The school announced Oct. 20 that junior guard Kendrick Nunn will miss eight weeks with a left thumb injury. That bad news came on the heels of an injury to sophomore forward Leron Black, who will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a knee injury. When healthy, Groce likes the versatility of a roster that added two graduate transfers during the offseason: center Mike Thorne Jr. (Charlotte) and guard Khalid Lewis (La Salle).

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Illinois forward Malcolm Hill

COACH-SPEAK “That’s part of sports,” Groce said of the injuries. “But to miss 80 games last year and then to go through what we went through to this point this year early is a little bit unprecedented. But it’s happened for a

reason. We’ll deal with it. We have a next-man-up philosophy; our guys know that. We’re not going to make excuses. We don’t take shortcuts.

We’re not going to complain. We’re going to figure it out.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior forward Shavon Shields averaged 15.4 points and a team-leading 6.0 rebounds per game last season. He shot 82.7 percent in 168 attempts from the free throw line.

THEN AND NOW Nebraska ended a 16-year NCAA tournament drought with an appearance in 2014 — Tim Miles’ second season with the program — but the Cornhuskers couldn’t build off that momentum. They finished 13-18 overall last season and in 12th place in the Big Ten. Leading scorer Terran Petteway (18.2 ppg) is gone, meaning Shields will have to carry the scoring load for a team that was, in Miles’ words, “horrific” shooting the ball from the perimeter in 2014-15.

Nebraska has some intriguing newcomers on its roster, but those youngsters will

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have to grow up in a hurry for the Cornhuskers to avoid their second consecutive losing season.

COACH-SPEAK “The fact that he’s not considered one of the 10 best players in our league is a surprise to me,” Miles said of Shields. “At the same time, he’s fine with that. …

He’s going to go out and do his job, and you’re going to be surprised how great he’s going to be.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior forward Jarrod Uthoff averaged 12.4 points and 6.4 rebounds last season, placing him second on the team in both categories.

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Junior forward Marc Loving was third on the team in scoring last season at 9.4 points per game.

Loving shot 46.1 percent from 3-point range.

THEN AND NOW Ohio State finished in sixth place in the Big Ten last

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season — its worst finish since 2004-05, Thad Matta’s first season. And that was with freshman Mr. Everything D’Angelo Russell, the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft. Russell led the team in scoring and rebounding and was second in assists. This year’s roster features only one senior (forward Jake Lorbach) and one junior (Loving). Ohio

State needs immediate help from a talented freshman class that includes guard JaQuan Lyle and frontcourt newcomer Trevor Thompson, a transfer from Virginia Tech.

COACH-SPEAK “I like the demeanor of this basketball team,” Matta said.

“I like the energy of this team.

I like the attention to detail.”

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior guard Caris LeVert averaged 14.9 points and 4.9 rebounds in 18 games last season. He missed the final 14 games with a broken left foot.

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THEN AND NOW Michigan stumbled to a 16-16 record last season in large part because both LeVert and guard Derrick Walton Jr. combined to miss 27 games because of injuries. Zak Irvin carried the Wolverines and became the primary scorer, averaging 14.3 points, but the junior swingman had back surgery in early September Michigan guard Caris LeVert and is questionable for the start of the season. When healthy, that trio has the THE NUMBER potential to be lethal on the perimeter. Michigan isn’t nearly as deep in the frontcourt and needs sophomore forward Ricky Doyle to take a big step after a promising Michigan’s reboundfirst season with the Wolvering margin in Big Ten ines. Protecting the rim was games last season — an issue at times in 2014-15, the worst mark in the and Michigan needs to get conference. that fixed to contend for a top-four spot in the Big Ten.

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THEN AND NOW Iowa loses forward Aaron White from a team that went 22-12 and finished in a tie for third in the Big Ten after closing the regular season on a six-game winning streak. But the team’s other four starters are back, a group that includes Uthoff, senior guard Mike Gesell and Associated Press archives senior center Adam WoodIowa forward Jarrod Uthoff bury. The Hawkeyes’ starting five will be as battle-tested as any unit in the league, but the dropoff in experience THE NUMBER after that is a concern for a team that likes to press and get up and down the court in a hurry. The roster includes seven freshmen, some of Combined career whom are going to have to starts for Woodbury contribute immediately for (104) and Gesell (97). the Hawkeyes to make a run at a top-four finish.

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COACH-SPEAK “It will be a real challenge to get those young guys ready because I think, in this league, five guys isn’t enough,” McCaffery said. “You need at least 10.”

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Senior guard Carlos Morris averaged 11.1 points per game last season after arriving as a junior-college transfer.

Morris reached double figures in 19 games, including a 24-point effort vs.

North Carolina-Wilmington.

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COACH-SPEAK “It is great to have depth,” Michigan coach John Beilein said. “It gives you all kinds of choices. Sometimes that’s tough, too. We’re trying to still figure things out, and we’re really looking at these six weeks of preseason as a time to try and figure it out and then start the season.

You still don’t have all the answers. You try to evolve during the season as well.”

THEN AND NOW The Golden Gophers have won 43 games over the past two seasons, but they’re still looking for their first NCAA tournament berth of the Richard Pitino era. A breakthrough likely won’t come this year, as Minnesota has to replace its top scorers on the both the perimeter (Andre Hollins) and in the paint (Mo Walker). A young roster includes six freshmen and a pair of sophomore frontcourt players — Bakary Konate and Gaston Diedhiou — who will have to play beyond their age for Minnesota to avoid finishing near the bottom of the Big Ten. COACH-SPEAK “We’re not going to talk about it a whole lot,” Pitino said of the youthful nature of his roster. “It’s where we’re at as a team. It’s where we’re at as a program. We’ve got a lot of young guys. Some guys have great potential. So it is a veteran’s league so they’ve got to grow up quick.”

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WESTERN ILLINOIS Nov. 13, Kohl Center Coach: Billy Wright, second season (8-20).

2014-15 season: 8-20, 3-13 (ninth place) in the Summit League.

Series: Badgers lead 1-0.

Player to watch: Junior guard Garret Covington averaged a team-high 15.5 points last season.

Covington, whose sister Anya played for the UW women’s basketball team, scored a career-high 31 during a game against South Dakota State.

Pregame tip: Mark Vershaw, a member of UW’s 2000 Final Four team, joined the Leathernecks’ coaching staff after spending the previous three seasons working for Tony Bennett at Virginia.

Western Illinois’ roster includes former River Valley standout Brandon Gilbeck, a 6-11 freshman center.

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GEORGETOWN Coach: John Thompson III, 12th season (249-115).

2014-15 season: 22-11, 12-6 (tied for second place) in the Big East.

Series: UW leads 2-1. The Badgers outlasted the Hoyas 68-65 in a semifinal of the Battle 4 Atlantis last season.

Player to watch: Senior guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera averaged a team-high 16.3

points last season, shooting 38.7 percent from 3-point range and 86.1 percent from the free throw line. He made five 3-pointers to finish with a game-high 29 points in the loss to the Badgers in the Bahamas.

Pregame tip: The Hoyas haven’t made it past the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament since a trip to the Final Four in 2007. Georgetown is 3-6 during that span.

SIENA Nov. 15, Kohl Center Coach: Jimmy Patsos, third season (31-38).

2014-15 season: 11-20, 7-13 (tied for eighth place) in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).

Series: First meeting.

Player to watch: Junior point guard Marquis Wright averaged 12.5 points and a team-leading 5.1 assists last season. He also led the team with 63 steals.

Pregame tip: Siena, which is located in upstate New York, has a diverse roster with players from six states and four countries, including one each from Canada, Nigeria and the Netherlands.

There are four players from Maryland, which makes sense considering Patsos spent nine seasons at Loyola (Md.) before arriving at Siena.

NORTH DAKOTA Nov. 17, Kohl Center Coach: Brian Jones, 10th season (127-153).

2014-15 season: 8-22, 4-14 (tied for last place) in the Big Sky Conference.

Series: UW leads 2-0. The Badgers beat North Dakota 103-85 on Nov. 19, 2013, behind a program-record 43 points from Frank Kaminsky.

Player to watch: Junior guard Quinton Hooker led North Dakota with 12.8 points, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game last season. Hooker was the only player to start every game on a team that ended the season on a nine-game losing streak.

Pregame tip: North Dakota’s coaching staff includes Jeff Horner, a former standout at Iowa. Horner, a four-year starter for the Hawkeyes who ended his career as the program’s all-time leader in assists and 3-pointers, spent last season as the director of operations before being promoted to assistant.

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DUKE Coach: Mike Krzyzewski, 36th season (945-251).

2014-15 season: 35-4, 15-3 (second place) in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils beat the Badgers 68-63 to win their fifth NCAA title under Krzyzewski.

Series: Duke leads 3-1, including a pair of victories last season.

Player to watch: Sophomore guard Grayson Allen averaged 4.4 points in 9.2 minutes per game last season, but he scored 16 points in 21 minutes off the bench in the title game vs. the Badgers.

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH Coach: Will Wade, first season.

2014-15 season: 26-10, 12-6 (tied for fourth place) in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Series: This would be the first meeting between the teams.

Player to watch: Senior guard Melvin Johnson was second on the team in scoring last season, averaging 12.4 points per game. Johnson made 86 3-pointers last season and has 175 for his career.

Pregame tip: The Blue Devils lost their top four scorers from last season but welcome a recruiting class that features four of the top 25 players in the nation, including forward Brandon Ingram.

Pregame tip: Wade takes over a program that has won at least 24 games in nine consecutive seasons and went 163-56 in six seasons under Shaka Smart. Wade is familiar with UW: He came to VCU from Chattanooga, which dropped an 89-45 decision to the Badgers last season at the Kohl Center.

Player to watch: Senior forward Karim York averaged 9.1 points and 5.1 rebounds last season after transferring from Howard College, a Texas junior college. He’s the only returner among the Panthers’ five leading scorers in 2014-15.

Pregame tip: Prairie View A&M, located northwest of Houston, has finished with a losing record in 30 of its past 33 seasons. The Panthers had back-to-back winning seasons under Rimm — 17-16 in 2008-09 and 16-14 the following year.

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Nov. 25, Kohl Center Coach: Byron Rimm II, 10th season (114-174).

2014-15 season: 8-22, 6-12 (ninth place) in the Southwest Athletic Conference.

Series: UW leads 2-0.

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OKLAHOMA Nov. 29, Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma Coach: Lon Kruger, fifth season (82-49).

2014-15 season: 24-11, 12-6 (tied for second place) in the Big 12 Conference.

Series: UW leads 4-3. The Badgers pulled ahead with a 69-56 victory over the Sooners in the final of the Battle 4 Atlantis last season.

Player to watch: Senior guard Buddy Hield, the preseason player of the year in the Big 12, averaged 17.4 points per game last season. His career production includes 1,366 points and 202 3-pointers.

Pregame tip: The Sooners return six of their top eight scorers from a team that saw its season end with a loss to Michigan State in the Sweet 16.

Dec. 9, Kohl Center Coach: Rob Jeter, 11th season (164-157).

2014-15 season: 14-16, 9-7 (fifth place) in the Horizon League.

Series: The Badgers lead 31-1 and have beaten the Panthers 22 consecutive times.

Player to watch: Junior forward Austin Arians averaged 11.1 points in 33 starts as a sophomore in 2013-14. The return of Arians,

who redshirted last season due to an ankle injury, bolsters a roster that includes six of the top seven scorers from last season.

Pregame tip: UW-Milwaukee won its final four games last season but was ineligible for postseason play due to low Academic Performance Rate (APR) scores. The only significant loss from that team is Steve McWhorter, who led the Panthers with 14.2 points per game.

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Dec. 2, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York Coach: Jim Boeheim, 40th season (966-333).

2014-15 season: 18-13, 9-9 (eighth place) in the Boeheim Atlantic Coast Conference.

Series: Syracuse leads 2-1. The teams’ most recent meeting came during the 2012 NCAA tournament, when the Orange beat the Badgers 64-63 in a Sweet 16 game played in Boston.

Player to watch: Senior guard Trevor Cooney was second on the team in scoring last season at 13.4 points per game. He scored 28 points in games vs. Florida State and North Carolina.

Pregame tip: The Orange lost their best player from last season — senior Rakeem Christmas led the team in scoring (17.5), rebounding (9.1) and blocks (2.5) — but should get a boost from a highly regarded recruiting class. The best of the bunch is Malachi Richardson, a 6-6 guard from New Jersey.

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TEMPLE Dec. 5, Kohl Center Coach: Fran Dunphy, 10th season (193-108).

2014-15 season: 26-11, 13-5 (third place) in the American Athletic Conference.

Series: UW leads 6-3. The teams have split four meetings in Madison.

Player to watch: Senior guard Quenton DeCosey was second on the Owls in scoring (12.3), rebounding (4.6) and assists (2.2) last season. DeCosey averaged 15.4 points as a sophomore.

Pregame tip: The Owls improved 17 wins from a disastrous 2013-14 campaign in which Temple finished with the most losses (22) in program history.

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Dec. 12, Kohl Center Coach: Steve Wojciechowski, second season (13-19).

2014-15 season: 13-19, 4-14 (tied for last place) in the Big East Conference.

Series: UW leads 66-55, including 38-16 in Madison.

Player to watch: Sophomore point guard Duane Wilson averaged 11.9 points last season, the most among first-year players in the Big East.

Pregame tip: The Golden Eagles, coming off their first losing season since 1998-99, have seven freshmen on their roster. One of them is ESPN’s No. 5 player in the 2015 recruiting class, power forward Henry Ellenson, who was highly coveted by UW. Ellenson joins a frontcourt that includes Luke Fischer, who began his career at Indiana and averaged 11.0 points and 4.8 rebounds for Marquette after sitting out the first semester last season.

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Dec. 15, Kohl Center Coach: Willis Wilson, fifth season (50-77).

2014-15 season: 20-14, 13-5 (tied for third place) in the Southland Conference.

Series: UW leads 1-0. The Badgers, a No. 2 seed, rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Islanders 76-63 in a 2007 NCAA tournament opener.

Player to watch: Junior forward Rashawn Thomas averaged 13.8 points and 8.0 rebounds last season to earn second-team All-Southland honors.

Pregame tip: The Islanders won six games in each of Wilson’s first two seasons.

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UW-GREEN BAY Dec. 23, Kohl Center Coach: Linc Darner, first season.

2014-15 season: 24-9, 12-4 (second place) in the Horizon League.

Series: The Badgers lead 20-1, including 17-0 at the Kohl Center.

Player to watch: Racine native Jordan Fouse, a 6-7 senior forward, has started all 97 games in his career. He averaged 7.5 points and 7.1 rebounds last season.

Pregame tip: Darner, who played at Purdue, was 218-72 at Florida Southern College.

Darner led the Mocs to a 36-1 and the NCAA Division II national title last season.

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Dec. 29, Kohl Center Coach: Matt Painter, 11th season (212-125).

2014-15 record: 21-13, 12-6 (tied for third place) in the Big Ten. Series: Purdue leads 104-70, but UW has won 49 of 85 meetings in Madison.

Player to watch: Senior guard Rapheal Davis was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year last season. He led the Boilermakers in minutes per game (31.3) and was second in scoring (10.7).

Pregame tip: The Badgers have won 12 consecutive Big Ten openers. The only time during that span that UW opened with Purdue was Jan. 5, 2005, when UW won 77-68 to end a 33-year, 29-game losing streak at Mackey Arena.

RUTGERS Jan. 2, Kohl Center Coach: Eddie Jordan, third season (22-43).

2014-15 record: 10-22, 2-16 (last place) in the Big Ten. Series: UW leads 3-1. The teams’ only meeting in Madison was a 55-43 victory for the Badgers on Nov. 29, 2003.

Player to watch: Fifth-year senior forward Greg Lewis led Rutgers with 29 blocked shots last season and was second with 4.5 rebounds per game. He was fifth in scoring at 5.3 points per game.

Pregame tip: Four Rutgers players that accounted for 52 points during a 67-62 upset win over UW — Myles Mack, Kadeem Jack, Junior Etou and Malick Kone — are no longer with the program. Mack, Jack and Kone were seniors, while Etou transferred to Tulsa.

INDIANA Jan. 5, Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana Coach: Tom Crean, eighth season (121-111).

2014-15 record: 20-14, 9-9 (tied for seventh place) in the Big Ten. Series: Indiana leads 94-69, including 52-27 in Bloomington.

Player to watch: James Blackmon Jr. got overshadowed by two other freshmen last season — Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell and Maryland’s Melo Trimble — but the Indiana guard was terrific in his first season with the Hoosiers. Blackmon, who missed last year’s game vs. UW with an ankle injury, averaged 15.7 points and 5.3 rebounds while setting an Indiana freshman record with 77 3-pointers.

Pregame tip: UW’s most recent trip to Bloomington — Jan. 14, 2014 — ended with the Hoosiers knocking off the No. 3 Badgers 75-72 behind 25 points from Yogi Ferrell. It was UW’s first loss after 16 consecutive victories to start the season and ended the Badgers’ 12-game winning streak over Indiana.

Jan. 26, Kohl Center Coach: Tom Crean, eighth season (121-111).

2014-15 record: 20-14, 9-9 (tied for seventh place) in the Big Ten. Series: Indiana leads 94-69, but the teams have split 80 meetings in Madison.

Player to watch: Senior guard Nick Zeisloft made five 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points during Indiana’s 92-78 loss at UW last season. For the season, Zeisloft averaged 6.6 points per game and shot 45.0 percent from beyond the arc.

Pregame tip: UW has beaten Indiana 13 consecutive times at the Kohl Center. During last season’s 92-78 victory over the visiting Hoosiers, the Badgers M.P. KING — State Journal archives shot 60.4 percent overall, 54.5 percent from 3-point range Hoosiers guard Nick Zeisloft tries to stop UW’s Nigel Hayes in the Badgers’ 92-78 victory over Indiana last and 90.3 percent from the free season at the Kohl Center. throw line.

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Jan. 9, Kohl Center Coach: Mark Turgeon, fifth season (87-50).

2014-15 record: 28-7, 14-4 (second place) in the Big Ten. Series: UW leads 5-3, including 2-0 in Madison.

Player to watch: Freshman center Diamond Stone, who had UW among his final choices, averaged 21.3 points, 12.6 rebounds and 6.4 blocks in eight games while leading Whitefish Bay Dominican to four consecutive WIAA Division 4 state titles at the Kohl Center.

Pregame tip: Maryland senior forward Rasheed Sulaimon, a graduate transfer from Duke, scored 14 points in 21 minutes off the bench during the Blue Devils’ 80-70 victory over UW in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game at the Kohl Center last season.

Jan. 17, Kohl Center Coach: Tom Izzo, 21st season (495-199).

2014-15 record: 27-12, 12-6 (tied for third place) in the Big Ten. Series: Michigan State leads 75-63, but UW has won 45 of 69 games between the teams in Madison.

Player to watch: Senior guard Bryn Forbes averaged 8.5 points last season, his first with the Spartans after transferring from Cleveland State. Forbes went 5 of 5 from 3-point range and scored a season-high 21 points in 23 minutes in a 68-61 loss to UW at the Kohl Center.

Pregame tip: Since Bo Ryan took over in 2001-02, the Badgers are the only Big Ten team with a winning record against Michigan State. UW is 16-12 against the Spartans in that span.

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NORTHWESTERN Jan. 12, Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois Coach: Chris Collins, third season (29-36).

2014-15 record: 15-17, 6-12 (tied for 10th place) in the Big Ten. Series: UW leads 114-62, but the teams have split 78 meetings in Evanston.

Player to watch: Senior center Alex Olah has shown steady improvement throughout his career, which includes 93 starts. Olah’s scoring average has gone from 6.1 as a freshman to 9.1 the following year and 11.7 last season, while his rebounding average has gone from 4.1 to 5.2 to 6.9.

Pregame tip: UW has won five consecutive games in Evanston by an average of 24 points.

PENN STATE Jan. 21, Bryce Jordan Center, State College, Pennsylvania Coach: Patrick Chambers, fifth season (56-75).

2014-15 record: 18-16, 4-14 (13th place) in the Big Ten. Series: UW leads 33-10, including 14-7 in State College.

Player to watch: Point guard Shep Garner, who is from UW coach Bo Ryan’s hometown of Chester, Pennsylvania, averaged 9.2 points while starting 33 of 34 games. He was second on the team in scoring and assists behind D.J. Newbill.

Pregame tip: UW has won four consecutive games in State College, but its average margin of victory during that streak is 5.5 points. The Badgers beat the host Nittany Lions 55-47 last season despite going 9 minutes, 38 seconds without a field goal at one point.

Coach: John Groce, fourth season (62-42).

2014-15 record: 19-14, 9-9 (tied for seventh place) in the Big Ten. Series: Illinois leads 110-83, including 68-24 in Champaign.

Player to watch: Junior guard Kendrick Nunn connected a team-leading 54 times from 3-point range while averaging 11.1 points last season. Nunn was held to seven points on 2-of-10 shooting during the Fighting Illini’s 68-49 loss to host UW last season.

Pregame tip: A victory in this game would give UW a four-game winning streak in Champaign for the first time in a series that began in 1906.

OHIO STATE Feb. 4, Kohl Center Coach: Thad Matta, 12th season (299-94).

2014-15 record: 24-11, 11-7 (sixth place) in the Big Ten. Series: Ohio State leads 86-68 overall, but UW has won 46 of 78 meetings in Madison.

Player to watch: Forward Jae’Sean Tate averaged 8.8 points and 5.0 rebounds last season as a freshman. Tate shot a better percentage from the field (58.9) than the free throw line (52.0).

Pregame tip: The 72-48 victory over Ohio State in last season’s regular-season finale was the Badgers’ largest margin of victory ever in Columbus.

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GAME-BY-GAME >> THE BIG TEN SEASON JIM POLZIN, jpolzin@madison.com, 608-252-6473‌

NEBRASKA Feb. 10, Kohl Center Coach: Tim Miles, fourth season (47-49).

2014-15 record: 13-18, 5-13 (12th place) in the Big Ten. Series: The series is tied 11-11, but UW has won six of eight meetings in Madison.

Player to watch: Senior guard Benny Parker was Nebraska’s defensive MVP the past two seasons. The Cornhuskers could use a little more offense from Parker, who averaged 4.2 points and shot 34.2 percent from the field last season.

Pregame tip: The Cornhuskers were 1-11 on the road last season. Their only win came at Florida State, 70-65 in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.

MARYLAND Feb. 13, XFINITY Center, College Park, Maryland Coach: Mark Turgeon, fifth season (87-50).

2014-15 record: 28-7, 14-4 (second place) in the Big Ten. Series: UW leads 5-3, but Maryland holds a 2-1 edge in games played in College Park after beating the visiting Badgers 59-53 last season.

Player to watch: Senior forward Jake Layman, who has 79 career starts, averaged 12.5 points and 5.8 rebounds last season for the Terrapins.

Pregame tip: Maryland was 12-1 in games decided by six points or less last season. One of those wins was a 59-53 decision late in the regular season over the visiting Badgers.

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March 2, Williams Arena, Minneapolis

Feb. 18, Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan Coach: Tom Izzo, 21st season (495-199).

2014-15 record: 27-12, 12-6 (tied for third place) in the Big Ten. Series: Michigan State leads 75-63, including 46-14 in East Lansing.

Player to watch: Junior guard Eron Harris sat out last season after transferring from West Virginia, where he averaged 17.2 points in 2013-14. Harris made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points during the Mountaineers’ 70-63 loss to UW in the final of the Cancun Challenge on Nov. 28. 2013.

Pregame tip: This will be UW’s first game at the Breslin Center since March 7, 2013. The Badgers have lost eight consecutive games in East Lansing since a 68-64 overtime win on March 2, 2004.

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Coach: Richard Pitino, third season (43-28).

2014-15 record: 18-15, 6-12 (tied for 10th place) in the Big Ten. Series: Minnesota leads 102-96, including 69-32 in Minneapolis.

Player to watch: Sophomore guard Nate Mason averaged 9.8 points last season while finishing second on the team in both assists (2.8) and steals (1.8).

Pregame tip: The Gophers have gone 10 consecutive seasons without posting a winning record in Big Ten play. The most recent time they accomplished that feat was 2004-05, when they went 10-6.

PURDUE

Coach: Matt Painter, 11th season (212-125).

ILLINOIS

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Feb. 21, Kohl Center

Feb. 24, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City Coach: Fran McCaffery, sixth season (96-75).

2014-15 record: 22-12, 12-6 (tied for third place) in the Big Ten. Series: UW leads 82-79 but trails 50-28 in Iowa City.

Player to watch: Senior guard Mike Gesell averaged 7.4 points and 4.0 assists per game last season. But Gesell needs to improve his perimeter shooting; he shot just 26.7 percent from 3-point range as a junior.

Pregame tip: UW committed seven turnovers in two meetings last season, including only one during an 82-50 home victory over Iowa.

Feb. 28, Kohl Center Coach: John Beilein, ninth season (166-110).

2014-15 record: 16-16, 8-10 (ninth place) in the Big Ten. Series: The Wolverines lead 88-72 but have gone 33-46 in Madison.

Player to watch: Junior guard Derrick Walton Jr. averaged 10.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists despite battling a toe injury that caused him to miss the final 12 games of the season.

Pregame tip: Michigan’s 77-70 victory over the host Badgers on Jan. 18, 2014, ended its 11-game losing streak at the Kohl Center.

That victory was part of an 8-0 start in Big Ten play for the Wolverines, who went on to win the league title with a 15-3 mark.

Coach: John Groce, fourth season (62-42).

2014-15 record: 19-14, 9-9 (tied for seventh place) in the Big Ten. Series: Illinois leads 110-83 but has gone 39-56 in games played in Madison.

Player to watch: Mike Thorne Jr., a 6-11 center who joined the Fighting Illini as a post player, averaged 10.1 points and 7.3 rebounds last season at Charlotte.

Pregame tip: UW’s average margin of victory during an eight-game winning streak over Illinois is 14.1 points. Six of those wins were by double digits.

March 5 or 6, Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana

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2014-15 record: 21-13, 12-6 (tied for third place) in the Big Ten. Series: Purdue leads 104-70, including 68-18 in West Lafayette.

Player to watch: Forward Vince Edwards averaged 8.8 points and 4.8 rebounds last season as a freshman. Painter said Edwards is one of Purdue’s most improved players heading into the season.

Pregame tip: A 72-58 victory at Mackey Arena two seasons ago marked the first time UW had posted back-to-back wins at Purdue since winning five consecutive games from 1914-18.

THE POSTSEASON >> KEY DATES BIG TEN TOURNAMENT March 9-13, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana What’s at stake: UW is looking for its fourth Big Ten tournament title under Bo Ryan. The Badgers could become the first team to repeat — they beat Michigan State in the 2015 final — since Ohio State in 2010 and ’11. UW is 17-11 overall in the Big Ten tournament under Ryan.

NCAA TOURNAMENT

FIRST FOUR | March 15-16

Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City

What’s at stake: UW is looking to become the first Big Ten team since Michigan State (19992001) to advance to the Final Four in three consecutive seasons. The Badgers are 25-14 in the NCAA tournament under Ryan, with seven trips to the Sweet 16 in 14 seasons. There are several interesting landing spots if UW advances past the first weekend: Chicago would be an easy trip for the team and fans; Philadelphia would be another homecoming for Ryan; and Anaheim is where the Badgers finally got Ryan over the Final Four hump in 2014 with a 64-63 overtime victory over Arizona.

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Midwest: United Center, Chicago

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East: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York

FINAL FOUR | April 2 and 4

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NRG Stadium, Houston

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