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UW Quick Facts 2005-06 Record: 12-2 Big Ten Record: 2-0 National Ranking: Associated Press: RV ESPN/USA Today: 24th RPI: 3rd Sagarin Ratings: 15th Head Coach: Bo Ryan Alma Mater: Wilkes, 1969 Career Record/Yr.: 488-142/22nd Record at UW/Yr.: 105-39/5th Notes: winningest active Division I head coach with at least 20 years of experience (.775) ... owns best Big Ten winning percentage of any coach in history with at least 50 games coached (48-18, .727) ... two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year ... led UW to two Big Ten regular season titles and one tournament title ... guided Badgers to NCAA tournament in each of his first four seasons Assistant Coaches: Greg Gard Gary Close Howard Moore Last Game: Defeated Michigan State, 82-63, at home on Saturday. WISCONSIN PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Reb. Asst. Hometown (High School) Notes 4 Ray Nixon G/F 6-7 220 Sr. 5.1 1.3 1.7 Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican) Second on the team in 3-pointers made (17) 5 Jason Chappell F/C 6-10 240 Jr. 6.0 4.8 2.3 New Berlin, Wis. (New Berlin West/ 2.13 assist-to-turnover ratio Worcester (Mass.) Academy) 23 Kammron Taylor G 6-2 175 Jr. 15.1 3.2 2.4 Minneapolis, Minn. (North) Tied a career high with 27 points vs. MSU 32 Brian Butch F/C 6-11 240 So. 11.3 6.6 1.9 Appleton, Wis. (West) Shooting .533 from the field 42 Alando Tucker F 6-6 210 Jr. 18.7 5.0 1.5 Lockport, Ill. (Township) Averaging 21.0 points over the last five games OFF THE BENCH 1 Marcus Landry F 6-7 215 Fr. 6.6 3.1 1.4 Milwaukee, Wis. (Vincent) Has made 5-of-7 field goals in Big Ten games 2 Mickey Perry G 6-2 175 Fr. -- -- -- Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) Intends to redshirt this season 10 Devin Barry G 6-1 175 Fr. 0.0 0.2 0.0 Janesville, Wis. (Craig) First season as a walk-on / 3rd team All-State 14 Tanner Bronson G 5-11 160 So. 0.0 0.3 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) Former manager earned scholarship this year 21 Morris Cain G/F 6-5 195 Fr. 0.7 0.3 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) First season as a walk-on 22 Michael Flowers G 6-2 185 So. 6.5 3.4 2.1 Madison, Wis. (La Follette) Career-high eight rebounds vs. Iowa 33 DeAaron Williams G/F 6-4 190 Fr. 3.3 2.6 0.3 Peoria, Ill. (Limestone) Temporarily left the team for personal reasons 34 Greg Stiemsma F/C 6-11 245 So. 2.7 2.6 1.1 Randolph, Wis. (HS) 13 blocked shots in the last four games 43 Kevin Gullikson F 6-7 210 Fr. 1.0 0.2 0.3 Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater Area) First season as a walk-on / 2nd team All-State 45 Joe Krabbenhoft G/F 6-7 217 Fr. 2.9 2.4 0.6 Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt) Averaging 4.7 points over the last three games MINNESOTA STORYLINES Wisconsin (12-2, 2-0) plays Minnesota (9-3, 0-1) Tuesday at 6 p.m. CST at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. For more notes on the series between the teams, check the box on page 2. The Badgers are 2-0 in Big Ten play for the second time under Bo Ryan. UW also started the conference season 2-0 in 2004. This is the seventh time since 1962 that Wisconsin has started 2-0 in conference play. As of Jan. 9, UW is ranked third in the RPI (behind only Duke and Memphis). The Badgers’ strength of schedule is ranked ninth and their 4-1 record against top 50 teams is second only to Duke’s 5-0 mark. Wisconsin defeated No. 7 Michigan State on Sunday. It was the Badgers’ second win over a top-10 team under Bo Ryan. UW also defeated seventh-ranked Illinois on Jan. 5, 2002. MSU started the game on an 8-0 run and hit three of its first six shots on Sunday. After that start, UW limited the Spartans to 55 points on 19-of-57 (.333) shooting. Game Notes Opponent: Minnesota (9-3, 0-1 Big Ten) Location: Minneapolis, Minn. Time: 6 p.m. CST Arena: Williams Arena (14,625) MINNESOTA QUICK FACTS National Ranking Associated Press: NA ESPN/USA Today: NA RPI: 107th Sagarin Ratings: 99th Head Coach: Dan Monson Alma Mater: Idaho, 1985 Career Record/Yr.: 161-106/9th Record at UM/Yr.: 109-89/7th Notes: Led Minnesota to the NCAA tournament last year and the Gophers’ first 20-win season since 1992-93 ... has also guided UM to three NITs ... was the head coach at Gonzaga for two seasons, leading the Zags to the 1999 NCAA Elite Eight Assistant Coaches Vic Couch Jim Molinari Bill Walker Last Game: Lost to Northwestern, 57-49, at home on Saturday. Kammron Taylor made 5-of-8 3-pointers and tied his career high with 27 points vs. Michigan State. University of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall 1440 Monroe Street Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 www.uwbadgers.com MEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE • JAN. 9, 2006

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UW Quick Facts

2005-06 Record: 12-2Big Ten Record: 2-0National Ranking:

Associated Press: RVESPN/USA Today: 24thRPI: 3rdSagarin Ratings: 15th

Head Coach: Bo RyanAlma Mater: Wilkes, 1969Career Record/Yr.: 488-142/22ndRecord at UW/Yr.: 105-39/5thNotes: winningest active DivisionI head coach with at least 20years of experience (.775) ...owns best Big Ten winningpercentage of any coach in historywith at least 50 games coached(48-18, .727) ... two-time Big TenCoach of the Year ... led UW totwo Big Ten regular season titlesand one tournament title ... guidedBadgers to NCAA tournament ineach of his first four seasons

Assistant Coaches:Greg GardGary CloseHoward Moore

Last Game: Defeated MichiganState, 82-63, at home on Saturday.

WISCONSIN PROBABLE STARTERSNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Reb. Asst. Hometown (High School) Notes4 Ray Nixon G/F 6-7 220 Sr. 5.1 1.3 1.7 Milwaukee, Wis. (Dominican) Second on the team in 3-pointers made (17)5 Jason Chappell F/C 6-10 240 Jr. 6.0 4.8 2.3 New Berlin, Wis. (New Berlin West/ 2.13 assist-to-turnover ratio

Worcester (Mass.) Academy)23 Kammron Taylor G 6-2 175 Jr. 15.1 3.2 2.4 Minneapolis, Minn. (North) Tied a career high with 27 points vs. MSU32 Brian Butch F/C 6-11 240 So. 11.3 6.6 1.9 Appleton, Wis. (West) Shooting .533 from the field42 Alando Tucker F 6-6 210 Jr. 18.7 5.0 1.5 Lockport, Ill. (Township) Averaging 21.0 points over the last five games

OFF THE BENCH1 Marcus Landry F 6-7 215 Fr. 6.6 3.1 1.4 Milwaukee, Wis. (Vincent) Has made 5-of-7 field goals in Big Ten games2 Mickey Perry G 6-2 175 Fr. -- -- -- Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) Intends to redshirt this season10 Devin Barry G 6-1 175 Fr. 0.0 0.2 0.0 Janesville, Wis. (Craig) First season as a walk-on / 3rd team All-State14 Tanner Bronson G 5-11 160 So. 0.0 0.3 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) Former manager earned scholarship this year21 Morris Cain G/F 6-5 195 Fr. 0.7 0.3 0.0 Glendale, Wis. (Nicolet) First season as a walk-on22 Michael Flowers G 6-2 185 So. 6.5 3.4 2.1 Madison, Wis. (La Follette) Career-high eight rebounds vs. Iowa33 DeAaron Williams G/F 6-4 190 Fr. 3.3 2.6 0.3 Peoria, Ill. (Limestone) Temporarily left the team for personal reasons34 Greg Stiemsma F/C 6-11 245 So. 2.7 2.6 1.1 Randolph, Wis. (HS) 13 blocked shots in the last four games43 Kevin Gullikson F 6-7 210 Fr. 1.0 0.2 0.3 Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater Area) First season as a walk-on / 2nd team All-State45 Joe Krabbenhoft G/F 6-7 217 Fr. 2.9 2.4 0.6 Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt) Averaging 4.7 points over the last three games

MINNESOTASTORYLINES

� Wisconsin (12-2, 2-0) playsMinnesota (9-3, 0-1) Tuesday at 6 p.m. CST at Williams Arena inMinneapolis, Minn. For morenotes on the series between theteams, check the box on page 2.

� The Badgers are 2-0 in BigTen play for the second timeunder Bo Ryan. UW also startedthe conference season 2-0 in2004. This is the seventh timesince 1962 that Wisconsin hasstarted 2-0 in conference play.

� As of Jan. 9, UW is rankedthird in the RPI (behind onlyDuke and Memphis). TheBadgers’ strength of schedule isranked ninth and their 4-1 record against top 50 teams is secondonly to Duke’s 5-0 mark.

� Wisconsin defeated No. 7 Michigan State on Sunday. It was theBadgers’ second win over a top-10 team under Bo Ryan. UW alsodefeated seventh-ranked Illinois on Jan. 5, 2002.

� MSU started the game on an 8-0 run and hit three of its first sixshots on Sunday. After that start, UW limited the Spartans to 55points on 19-of-57 (.333) shooting.

Game Notes

Opponent: Minnesota(9-3, 0-1 Big Ten)

Location: Minneapolis, Minn.Time: 6 p.m. CSTArena: Williams Arena (14,625)

MINNESOTA QUICK FACTSNational RankingAssociated Press: NAESPN/USA Today: NARPI: 107thSagarin Ratings: 99th

Head Coach: Dan MonsonAlma Mater: Idaho, 1985Career Record/Yr.: 161-106/9thRecord at UM/Yr.: 109-89/7th

Notes: Led Minnesota to the NCAAtournament last year and theGophers’ first 20-win season since1992-93 ... has also guided UM tothree NITs ... was the head coachat Gonzaga for two seasons,leading the Zags to the 1999 NCAAElite Eight

Assistant CoachesVic CouchJim MolinariBill Walker

Last Game: Lost to Northwestern,57-49, at home on Saturday.

Kammron Taylor made 5-of-8 3-pointers and tied his career highwith 27 points vs. Michigan State.

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THE MATCHUPMinnesota vs. Wisconsin

MINN 2005-06 Statistics UW 2005-06 StatisticsScoring Offense ................71.7 77.6................Scoring OffenseScoring Defense ................63.8 64.6 ..............Scoring DefenseFG Percentage ...................465 .473 ..................FG PercentageFG Percentage Def. ...........419 .403 ..........FG Percentage Def.3-Pt. FG Percentage ...........356 .388..........3-Pt. FG Percentage3-Pt. FG Pct. Def. ...............399 .332 ............3-Pt. FG Pct. Def.FT Percentage.....................641 .640 ..................FT PercentageRebounding Margin..........+5.0 +3.9 ........Rebounding MarginTurnovers Per Game ........16.0 11.7 ........Turnovers Per GameSteals Per Game ................10.3 6.1 ................Steals Per GameBlocks Per Game ................4.1 4.4 ................Blocks Per Game

SERIES NOTESThis will be the 180th meeting between the teams ... Minnesotais Wisconsin’s most-played rivalry ... the Golden Gophers leadthe all-time series 97-82, including 65-27 in Minneapolis ... UWhas won seven of the last eight meetings between the teams ...after losing 12 in a row to Minnesota at Williams Arean, theBadgers have won three of the last five games in Minneapolis ...UM won the only meeting between the teams last year, 60-50, atWilliams Arena

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� Through its first two BigTen games, Wisconsin is limit-ing opponents to just 57.5points on .328 field goal per-centage. That field goal per-centage defense is the best inthe conference in leaguegames.

� UW led by just threepoints, 20-17, with 5:56 left inthe first half vs. MichiganState. Over the next 8:56Wisconsin outscored MSU 29-9,including a 13-0 run in the firstthree minutes of the secondhalf.

� Kammron Taylor, AlandoTucker and Brian Butch areaveraging a combined 45.1points this season. AgainstMichigan State, the trio com-bined for 56 of the Badgers’ 82points.

� Taylor made 5-of-8 3-pointers and tied his careerhigh with 27 points vs. MSU.In the three games prior, Taylorhad scored a combined 18points and made just 2-of-11(.182) 3-pointers.

� Junior forward AlandoTucker ranks fourth in the BigTen (all games) in scoring at18.7 points per game. Over thelast five games, he is averaging21.0 points.

� Wisconsin made 75.0 per-cent of its field goals in the sec-ond half vs. MSU. That is tiedfor the fifth-best shooting per-formance in a half in UW his-tory. It was the Badgers’ bestshooting half since also making15-of-20 (.750) field goalsagainst NE Illinois on Nov. 28,1995.

� For the game, UW shot.518 from the field. Wisconsinis 72-7 under Bo Ryan, includ-ing 9-0 this season, whenshooting better than .450.

� The Badgers’ 82 points vs.Michigan State was their high-est output against MSU since

an 87-62 win on Feb. 2, 1994.It was UW’s seventh game thisseason with at least 80 points.

� Wisconsin is averaging77.6 points this season and hasscored at least 70 points in 11games this season. Under BoRyan, the Badgers are 66-3when scoring at least 70 points.

� UW’s bench outscoredMichigan State’s reserves 21-2on Sunday. On the season, theBadgers’ bench is averaging21.4 points per game (com-pared to 14.0 for their oppo-nents). Wisconsin’s reserveshave outscored the opposingteam’s bench in 10 of 14 gamesthis season.

� Wisconsin has turned theball over just 15 times in thelast two games. UW leads theBig Ten with just 11.7 turnoversper game.

� The Badgers are second inthe Big Ten (all games) in bothturnover margin (+3.07) andassist-to-turnover ratio (1.30).In conference games, UW’sassist-to-turnover ratio is 2.27.

� UW ranks fourth in theBig Ten (all games) in blockedshots. Sophomore GregStiemsma is third in the confer-ence with 22 blocks (1.57 pergame). Stiemsma has 13 blocksin the last four games.

� Wisconsin has made 17-of-38 (.447) 3-pointers in leagueplay. That is the second-bestpercentage in the Big Ten. TheBadgers’ 10 3-pointers vs.Michigan State were their mostthis season.

� The Badgers outscoredMichigan State 30-16 in thepaint. This season, UW haswon the point battle in thepaint 11 times and is 10-1 inthose games.

� Against Iowa in the BigTen opener, the Hawkeyesscored 34 points and shot 12-of-20 (.600) from the fieldduring the first 15:50. Over thefinal 24:10, the UI scored just18 points and made just 5-of-36 (.139) shots.

� Iowa’s .304 (17-56) fieldgoal percentage was the lowestfor a Badger opponent sinceUW-Milwaukee made 14-of-55(.255) field goals on Dec. 15,2004. The 17 field goals madewere also the fewest for a UWopponent since that UWMgame.

� In five conference seasonsunder Ryan, Wisconsin hasrecorded a 48-18 record in BigTen play. During that span,only Illinois (51) has morewins than UW.

� UW has finished amongthe top three in the Big Ten ineach of Ryan’s four seasons.That four-year stretch of top-three finishes is the Badgers’best since 1921-24.

� Wisconsin has used thesame starting lineup in all 14games this season: guards –Taylor and Nixon, forwards –Tucker and Butch, center –Chappell. In 2001-02, Bo

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Media Information

WISCONSIN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTSBasketball Contact: Brian Lucas Asst.: Brian LeeOffice: 608-262-1811 Office: 608-262-8216Home: 608-834-8183 Cell: 608-345-5252Cell: 608-513-3987FAX: 608-262-8184

WISCONSIN WEB SITE: uwbadgers.com (contains weekly releases, statistics, rosters,schedules, photos and news about the Badgers).

PRACTICE: The Badgers will practice from approximately 1:30-4 p.m. during the secondsemester. Practice is open to the media from 3:15 p.m. until the end.

PLAYER AVAILABILITY: Wisconsin players are available for interviews after practice once priorto each game. Wisconsin players and assistant coaches will be available for interviews at leastonce prior to each game. Those interviews will be conducted after practice on days specified bythe UW Athletic Communications Office. Please check with Brian Lucas for that schedule. Outof town media wishing to speak with a coach or player should arrange that through BrianLucas (608-263-5052).

RYAN AVAILABILITY: Head coach Bo Ryan holds a weekly press conference in the media roomat the Kohl Center every Monday beginning at 12:30 p.m. Live video streaming of this mediaconference is available on uwbadgers.com. A complete transcript is also available on the website Monday afternoon. Coach Ryan is also available to the media after most practices (exceptMondays).

BIG TEN TELECONFERENCE: Head coach Bo Ryan, along with the other 10 Big Ten coaches, isavailable each Monday during the conference season on the Big Ten Teleconference. Ryan hasthe time slot from 10:10-10:20 CT.

PHOTO AVAILABILITY: Mug and action photos of current Wisconsin basketball players andcoaches are available at ftp://www.uwbadgers.com. Contact the UW Athletic CommunicationsOffice for the passwords.

POSTGAME: Head coach Bo Ryan and selected players will appear in the Kohl Center mediaroom following each home game. The opposing coach will appear first in the media room,followed by Coach Ryan. Wisconsin players will be available after Coach Ryan is finished. TheUW locker room is closed both at home and on the road. Check with UW Assistant AthleticCommunications Director Brian Lucas for post-game policies on the road.

CREDENTIALS: The UW Athletic Communications Office is utilizing an online credentialingsystem this season. No phone call, fax or email requests will be accepted. For instructions onhow to apply for credentials, please call or email Brian Lucas.

Ryan’s first season, the Badgers used justone starting lineup the entire season. Thenext year, UW started the same five overthe last 27 games.

� Four Badgers scored in double figuresvs. Louisiana Tech, the fourth time that hashappened this season. Wisconsin is 40-3under Bo Ryan when at least four Badgersscore in double figures.

� In the last 11 games (264 minutes),sophomore guard Michael Flowers has 23assists and just nine turnovers (one every29.3 minutes). Over that stretch, Flowershas also made 9-of-18 (.500) 3-pointers.

� Wisconsin is 4-1 this season in gamesdecided by six points or less. Over the lasttwo seasons UW is 11-2 in such games.

� Junior guard Kammron Taylor hit a 3-pointer as time expired to lead the Badgersto a 54-51 win over UNC Wilmington onDec. 12. Earlier this season against EasternKentucky, Taylor drained a long trey with3.3 seconds left in the first overtime to sendthe game to a second OT.

� It was the third time in less than a yearthat UW won on a buzzer beater. AlandoTucker scored on a putback to beat Indianaon March 1 and then hit a 3-pointer to beatIowa on March 12.

� The Iowa game marked the fifth timethis season Wisconsin came back from asecond-half deficit to win a game. UW alsotrailed Old Dominion, UNC Wilmington,Eastern Kentucky and UW-Milwaukeebefore mounting a comeback. The Badgerstrailed Wake Forest by 10 points in the sec-ond half before cutting the lead to one andeventually losing by three.

� Under Bo Ryan, Wisconsin is 13-2against its three in-state rivals (Marquette,UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee) includ-ing 11-0 at the Kohl Center. For the thirdtime in the last five seasons, the Badgersswept its three games against in-state oppo-nents.

� The Badgers scored at least 70 points inits first eight games this season. The lasttime UW started the season with eight 70-point games was 1967-68.

� Seven different players have scored atleast 12 points in a game for the Badgersthis season. Each of the top 10 players inthe Badgers’ rotation has notched a careerhigh in points this season.

� The balance extends to more than scor-ing. Six players are averaging at least 3.0rebounds and eight are averaging at leastone assist per game.

� UW has nine players averaging at least10.0 minutes per game. In four years underBo Ryan, the largest rotation the Badgershave had was in 2003-04 when nine playersaveraged double-figure minutes.

� The Badgers have three players averag-ing at least 11.0 points per game (AlandoTucker, Kammron Taylor and Brian Butch).When Butch led UW in scoring vs.Louisiana Tech, it broke a streak of ninegames in which Tucker or Taylor paced UWin scoring. It was the first game all seasonneither Tucker or Taylor was among the toptwo scorers for Wisconsin.

WELCOME TO THE BIG STAGE

The Big Ten recently rolled out its “Welcome to theBig Stage” campaign, a two-year comprehensivemarketing and promotional program developed bythe league office.

With this campaign, the conference’s goal is tohighlight positive messages of competition,teamwork and excellence that are universal to all BigTen student-athletes, coaches and fans, whilecommunicating directly with a younger audiencethrough a contemporary voice.

The campaign will begin with a new public serviceannouncement (PSA), highlighting the strengths ofBig Ten basketball through a contemporarymessenger, well-known artist Talib Kweli.

Big Ten men’s basketball has led the nation inattendance for the last 29 consecutive seasons. Theconference also ranks first among all leagues in FinalFour appearances (39) and NCAA appearances (172),while also recording the second-most NCAATournament victories (280).

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AROUND THE BIG TEN

Team Big Ten OverallWisconsin 2-0 1.000 12-2 .857Indiana 2-0 1.000 10-2 .833Northwestern 2-0 1.000 9-4 .692Illinois 1-1 .500 15-1 .938Ohio State 1-1 .500 11-1 .917Michigan 1-1 .500 11-2 .846Iowa 1-1 .500 12-4 .750Minnesota 0-1 .000 9-3 .750Penn State 0-1 .000 8-4 .667Michigan State 0-2 .000 12-4 .750Purdue 0-2 .000 6-7 .462

� Michael Flowers leads theBadgers with 21 steals this sea-son, sixth in the Big Ten. Hissix steals vs. UW-Green Baywere the most by a Badgersince Mike Kelley had six vs.Fresno State on March 16, 2000in the first round of the NCAAtournament.

� Junior forward JasonChappell entered this seasonhaving scored 18 points in 59minutes in his first two years asa Badger. He has started all 14games this season, playing 297minutes (21.2 per game) andscoring 84 points (6.0 pergame).

� UW defeated NorfolkState, Eastern Kentucky andOld Dominion to win the 2005Paradise Jam Tournament titlein St. Thomas, USVI on Nov.18-21. Alando Tucker wasnamed the tournament’s MVPand was joined on the all-tour-nament team by KammronTaylor.

� Tucker averaged a tourna-ment-high 22.7 points, includ-ing a tournament-record 38points in the Badgers’ doubleovertime win over EKU. That istied for the fourth-most pointsin Wisconsin history. His 68points in the tournament wereone shy of the tourney record.

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN

Tuesday, Jan. 10Wisconsin at Minnesota

Wednesday, Jan. 11Indiana at Michigan StatePenn State at NorthwesternOhio State at Purdue

Saturday, Jan. 14Northwestern at WisconsinIowa at Penn StateMichigan at IllinoisMinnesota at Purdue

Sunday, Jan. 15Michigan State at Ohio StateScoring Off. . . . . . . .4th (77.6)

Scoring Def. . . . . . . .6th (64.6)Scoring Margin . . .4th (+13.0)FG Pct. . . . . . . . . . . .6th (.473)3-pt. Pct. . . . . . . . . .4th (.388)FT Pct. . . . . . . . . . .10th (.640)FG Pct. Def. . . . . . . .5th (.403)3-pt. Pct. Def. . . . . .5th (.332)Reb. Margin . . . . . . .8th (+3.9)

TO Margin . . . . . . .2nd (+3.07)Asst./TO Ratio . . . . .2nd (1.30)Assists . . . . . . . . . .9th (15.29)Steals . . . . . . . . . . .10th (6.07)Blocks . . . . . . . . . . .3rd (4.36)Off. Rebs. . . . . . . .2nd (12.79)Def. Rebs. . . . . . . .5th (24.71)3-pt. FG Made . . . . .4th (6.79)

UW in the Big Ten Stats (team overall)

UW in the Big Ten Stats (individual overall)

Scoring Alando Tucker (18.7) . . . . . . . . . .4thKammron Taylor (15.1) . . . . . . . . . .9th

Rebounding Brian Butch (6.6) . . . . . . . . .10thFree Throw Pct. Kammron Taylor (.837) . . . . . . . . . .8thSteals Michael Flowers (1.50) . . . . . . . . .T8th3-pt FG Pct. Kammron Taylor (.471) . . . . . . . . . .9th3-pt FG Made Kammron Taylor (2.36) . . . . . . . . . .8thBlocked Shots Greg Stiemsma (1.57) . . . . . . . . . .3rd

Brian Butch (1.14) . . . . . . . . . .6thDef. Rebounds Brian Butch (4.36) . . . . . . . . . .9thMinutes Played Kammron Taylor (33.64) . . . . . . . . . .9th

NEW KIDS ONTHE BLOCK

Wisconsin has just onesenior and three juniors onits roster this season. With11 freshmen or sophomores,UW is tied for 17th amongthe youngest teams inDivision I. Here is asampling of where theBadgers’ opponents rank:

Rk. School Avg. Age1 N. Dakota St. 1.604 UW-Green Bay 1.67T17 Wisconsin 1.87T17 Penn State 1.8723 C. Carolina 1.9359 Pepperdine 2.13T69 Illinois 2.1774 Marquette 2.19T96 Wake Forest 2.27T101 Minnesota 2.29158 Indiana 2.41T159 E. Kentucky 2.42T187 Michigan State 2.50T187 Pittsburgh 2.50208 Purdue 2.53T213 Louisiana Tech 2.55T221 Old Dominion 2.57T246 Norfolk State 2.64T256 Iowa 2.69T280 Michigan 2.75T290 UNC Wilm. 2.75301 Ohio State 2.82T302 UW-Milwaukee 2.83T307 Northwestern 2.86

Average age is computed byassigning a number value to eachplayer’s eligibility (1=freshman) andaveraging the team’s total

BADGERS IN THEPOLLS

Date AP CoachesPreseason RV RVNov. 21 RV RVNov. 28 RV RVDec. 5 RV RVDec. 12 RV 24thDec. 19 RV 23rdDec. 26 24th 22ndJan. 2 RV 24thJan. 9Jan. 16Jan. 23Jan. 30Feb. 6Feb. 13Feb. 20Feb. 27March 6March 13

Scoring Off. . . . . . . .3rd (74.0)Scoring Def. . . . . . . .5th (57.5)Scoring Margin . .T1st (+16.5)FG Pct. . . . . . . . . . . .4th (.491)3-pt. Pct. . . . . . . . . .2nd (.447)FT Pct. . . . . . . . . . .11th (.447)FG Pct. Def. . . . . . . .1st (.328)3-pt. Pct. Def. . . . . .3rd (.333)Reb. Margin . . . . . .10th (-5.0)

TO Margin . . . . . . .2nd (+5.50)Asst./TO Ratio . . . . .1st (2.27)Assists . . . . . . . .T2nd (17.00)Steals . . . . . . . . . . .T3rd (8.00)Blocks . . . . . . . . . . .1st (6.00)Off. Rebs. . . . . . . . .T8th (8.50)Def. Rebs. . . . . . . .2nd (27.00)3-pt. FG Made . . . . .2nd (8.50)

UW in the Big Ten Stats (team conference games)

UW in the Big Ten Stats (individual conference games)

Scoring Alando Tucker (22.0) . . . . . . . . .T3rdSteals Greg Stiemsma (2.00) . . . . . . . . .T5th3-pt FG Made Kammron Taylor (3.00) . . . . . . . . .T5thBlocked Shots Greg Stiemsma (3.50) . . . . . . . . . .1stA-TO Ratio Jason Chappell (3.50) . . . . . . . . . .3rd

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WISCONSIN RECORD WHEN ...

Under Ryan 2005-06Ahead at the half 83-6 8-0Behind at the half 19-29 3-2Tied at the half 3-4 1-0FG% of .450 or more 72-7 9-0FG% less than .450 31-32 3-2Better FG% than opp. 74-6 11-0Worse FG% than opp. 30-32 1-2Same FG% as opp. 1-1 0-0Opp. FG% less than 45% 73-12 10-03FG% of 40% or more 47-9 7-13FG% less than 40% 58-30 5-1Try more than 15 3FGs 68-28 9-1Try 15 or fewer 3FGs 37-11 3-1Make at least 70% FT 56-17 3-1Try at least 25 FTs 39-3 7-0Try less than 25 FTs 66-36 5-2Outrebound opponent 70-11 8-0Tied or outrebounded 35-28 4-2More TOs than opp. 28-20 4-0Same or fewer TOs 77-19 8-2Commit 12 or more TOs 41-25 7-1Commit less than 12 TOs 64-14 5-1Score less than 50 pts. 0-4 0-0Score 50-59 pts. 6-18 1-0Score 60-69 pts. 33-14 1-1Score 70-79 pts. 41-0 4-0Score 80-89 pts. 21-3 4-1Score 90 or more pts. 4-0 2-0Allow less than 50 pts. 17-0 0-0Allow 50-59 pts. 43-8 6-0Allow 60-69 pts. 34-13 4-0Allow 70-79 pts. 8-13 0-1Allow 80-89 pts. 2-3 2-0Allow 90 or more pts. 1-2 0-1Overtime 3-2 1-0vs. A.P. top 25 opponents 12-14 1-1Home games 67-3 9-0Road games 22-27 0-2Neutral site games 16-9 3-0Day games 39-11 3-0Night games 66-28 9-2

Games Decided By ...5 points or less 22-12 2-16-10 points 18-14 2-111-19 points 36-11 4-020 or more points 29-2 4-0

Televised Games ....ESPN 11-5 0-1ESPN2 2-4 0-0ESPNU 2-0 2-0CBS 14-7 1-0ESPN Plus 38-13 2-1Fox Sports Net 9-3 1-0CSTV 1-0 0-0UPN-14 0-1 0-0

SENIORS4 Ray Nixon, G, 6-7, 220, Milwaukee, Wis.Has started all 14 games and is averaging 20.4 minutes per game ... scored a career-high 15points in a personal-best 32 minutes vs. Marquette ... also had 14 points (4-of-5 3-pointers)vs. Louisiana Tech ... has 24 assists against just seven turnovers this season ... 44 of his 57field goal attempts this season have been 3-pointers ... has played in 95 games in his career,most on the team

JUNIORS5 Jason Chappell, F/C, 6-10, 240, New Berlin, Wis.Has started all 14 games and is averaging 21.2 minutes per game ... third on the team inrebounding (4.8 rpg.) ... second on the team with 32 assists and has a 2.13 assist-to-turnoverratio ... scored a career-high 15 points vs. Pepperdine ... just missed a double-double with 10points and a career-high nine rebounds vs. Marquette ... also grabbed eight rebounds vs. UW-Green Bay ... had 11 points in 24 minutes at Wake Forest ... father, Len, played in the NBAfrom 1963-72, and older brother, John, played basketball at South Carolina ... created hisown line of “J-Cheezy” t-shirts

23 Kammron Taylor, G, 6-2, 175, Minneapolis, Minn.Has started all 14 games and leads the team in minutes played (33.6 mpg.) ... second on theteam in scoring at 15.1 ppg. ... tied a career high with 27 points and made 5-of-8 3-pointersvs. Michigan State ... scored UW’s last eight points, including the game-winning 3-pointer astime expired, vs. UNC Wilmington ... scored 23 points and made a career-high 13-of-15 freethrows vs. UW-Milwaukee ... leads the team in 3-pointers made (33) and 3-point percentage(.471) ... named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament team after setting career-highs with 27points and eight rebounds in the championship game ... ranks eighth in the Big Ten in freethrow shooting at .837 (41-49) ... drained long 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left in first over-time to tie game vs. Eastern Kentucky and send it to a second OT

42 Alando Tucker, F, 6-6, 210, Lockport, Ill.Has started all 14 games and leads the team in scoring (18.7 ppg.) ... has 1,175 career points,good for 17th on UW’s all-time scoring list ... averaging 21.0 points over the last five games... suffered a nasal injury late in the first half at Wake Forest and will wear a custom-madeprotective mask during games ... scored 27 points, including 23 in the second half (after hisinjury), against WFU ... scored a career-high and Paradise Jam Tournament-record 38 points(fourth-most in school history) in win over Eastern Kentucky ... also added 10 rebounds forfifth career double-double ... named Paradise Jam MVP, making a tournament-record 26 fieldgoals and scoring 68 total points, one shy of the tourney mark ... also awarded co-Big TenPlayer of the Week on Nov. 21 ... preseason first-team All-Big Ten selection ... also onWooden Award and Naismith Trophy preseason watch lists ... self-proclaimed “cartoon nut”

SOPHOMORES14 Tanner Bronson, G, 5-11, 160, Glendale, Wis.In his first season on scholarship after walking on last season ... profiled in an AssociatedPress article that appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Sun-Times and MSNBC.com ...served as a team manager for one season as well ... has played in 19 career games, includingseven this season ... mother, Jody, is the women’s tennis coach at Marquette ... prep team-mate of UW’s Morris Cain, UW-Milwaukee’s Joah Tucker and Stanford’s Dan Grunfeld

32 Brian Butch, F/C, 6-11, 240, Appleton, Wis.Has started all 14 games and is third on the team in scoring (11.3 ppg.) ... averaging 6.6rebounds per game to lead the team ... leads the team in field goal percentage (64-of-120,.533) ... second on the team with 16 blocked shots ... recorded second double-double of hiscareer with 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. Louisiana Tech ... also added five assists and threeblocks in that game ... had 19 points and 10 rebounds at Wake Forest ... has scored in doublefigures eight of 14 games, including a career-high 23 points (9-of-12 shooting) in the season-opener vs. Norfolk State ... nearly recorded a double-double with 17 points and ninerebounds vs. Coastal Carolina ... Academic All-Big Ten selection in 2005

22 Michael Flowers, G, 6-2, 185, Madison, Wis.Has played in all 14 games as the team’s sixth man and is fourth on the team in minutesplayed (24.6 mpg.) ... team’s best perimeter defender, leads squad with 21 steals ... third onthe team lead with 30 assists ... scored a career-high 12 points and added six steals vs. UW-Green Bay ... six steals were the most by a Badger since Mike Kelley had six vs. Fresno Stateon March 16, 2000 ... scored a nine points and added five steals vs. Coastal Carolina ... setcareer highs in assists (5) and minutes played (36) against Eastern Kentucky

PLAYER NOTES

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34 Greg Stiemsma, C, 6-11, 245, Randolph, Wis.Has played in all 14 games and is averaging 12.0 minutes per game ... ranks third in the BigTen with 22 blocked shots (1.57 per game) ... has 13 blocks over the last four games, includ-ing 12 in the last three home games ...also had career bests in assists (4) and steals (3) vs.Iowa ... played a personal-best 18 minutes vs. UWGB ... grabbed a career-high seven reboundsin 15 minutes vs. Old Dominion ... also had two blocks and a steal vs. ODU ... career-high sixpoints vs. Coastal Carolina

FRESHMEN10 Devin Barry, G, 6-1, 180, Janesville, Wis.In his first season as a walk-on ... has seen limited action in five games this season ... third-team all-state as a senior in high school

21 Morris Cain, G/F, 6-5, 195, Milwaukee, Wis.In his first season as a walk-on ... has seen limited action in six games, scoring four points vs.Coastal Carolina ... prep teammate of UW’s Tanner Bronson, UW-Milwaukee’s Joah Tuckerand Stanford’s Dan Grunfeld

43 Kevin Gullikson, F, 6-7, 210, Stillwater, Minn.In his first season as a walk-on ... has seen limited action in six games ... hit a pair of freethrows vs. Iowa and made his first career field goal vs. MSU ... second-team all-state as a highschool senior, averaging 20.1 points and 9.6 rebounds ... academic all-state selection as well

45 Joe Krabbenhoft, G/F, 6-7, 217, Sioux Falls, S.D.Has played in all 14 games, averaging 10.5 minutes per game ... has scored 14 points in thelast three games ... has scored a career-high five points on five occasions this season ... hasplayed a career-high 17 minutes at Wake Forest and vs. UNC Wilmington... had five boardsin nine minutes in the season-opener vs. Norfolk State

1 Marcus Landry, F, 6-7, 215, Milwaukee, Wis.Has played in all 14 games and is averaging 15.8 minutes per game ... ranks fourth on theteam in scoring, averaging 6.6 ppg. ... has made 5-of-7 field goals in last two games ... hadseason highs in points (19), rebounds (8) and minutes (32) against Eastern Kentucky ...scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in the final 12 minutes vs. Old Dominion ... hasmade 20-of-28 (.714) free throws ... younger brother of Purdue’s Carl Landry

2 Mickey Perry, G, 6-2, 175, Maywood, Ill.Intends to redshirt this season ... third-team all-state selection by the Associated Press as ahigh school senior ... prep teammate of Michigan State’s Shannon Brown ... attended thesame high school as UW’s all-time leading scorer Michael Finley and reigning Big Ten Playerof the Year Dee Brown (Illinois)

33 DeAaron Williams, G/F, 6-4, 190, Peoria, Ill.Has left the team temporarily for personal reasons ... has played in eight games this season,averaging 3.3 points in 7.9 minutes ... career highs in points (8), rebounds (6, all offensive)and minutes (15) vs. Coastal Carolina ... scored seven points in eight minutes vs. NorfolkState ... 11 of his 21 rebounds are offensive ... sat out last season as a redshirt ... great leaper,shared the team’s dunk contest crown with Alando Tucker at the team’s “Night of theGrateful Red”

CAREER GAMES PLAYED

Player GS GPRay Nixon 15 95Alando Tucker 73 81Kammron Taylor 26 66Michael Flowers 0 44Brian Butch 14 41Jason Chappell 14 36Greg Stiemsma 0 24Tanner Bronson 0 19Joe Krabbenhoft 0 14Marcus Landry 0 14DeAaron Williams 0 8Morris Cain 0 6Kevin Gullikson 0 6Devin Barry 0 5

CONSECUTIVE STARTS

Player StartsAlando Tucker 21Brian Butch 14Jason Chappell 14Ray Nixon 14Kammron Taylor 14

DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES

Player Career 2005-06 Cons.Alando Tucker 62 12 6Kammron Taylor 21 11 2Brian Butch 11 8 1Jason Chappell 3 3 0Marcus Landry 2 2 0Ray Nixon 3 2 0Michael Flowers 2 2 0

20-POINT SCORING GAMES

Player Career 2005-06 Cons.Alando Tucker 18 6 0Kammron Taylor 7 4 1Brian Butch 1 1 0

DOUBLE-DIGIT REB. GAMES

Player Career 2005-06 Cons.Alando Tucker 6 1 0Brian Butch 2 2 0

STARTING LINEUP RECORD

Lineup RecordChap, Tucker, Butch, Nixon, Taylor 12-2

BENCH POINTS

Points (Per game)Wisconsin 299 (21.4)Opponents 196 (14.0)

STAYING CLOSE TO HOME

UW has nine players on its roster fromthe state of Wisconsin (including threestarters). Five of the other six players arefrom states bordering Wisconsin (threefrom Illinois and two from Minnesota).Freshman Joe Krabbenhoft grew up inSouth Dakota.

Two of the three Badger incomingrecruits for the 2006-07 (Trevon Hughesand J.P. Gavinski) also hail fromWisconsin. The third, Jason Bohannon, isfrom Iowa.

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HOME SWEET HOME MEMORABLE HOME WINS

The following is a list of some of themore memorable home wins of the BoRyan era:

Dec. 1, 2001 - UW 70, UW-Green Bay 57Bo Ryan’s first victory at the Kohl Center

Dec. 22, 2001 - UW 86, No. 14 MU 63Kirk Penney scores 33 points in UW’s firstwin over a ranked team under Bo Ryan

Jan. 5, 2002 - UW 72, No. 7 Illinois 66Wisconsin’s first win over a top-10 teamunder Bo Ryan

Feb. 27, 2002 - UW 74, Michigan 54Wisconsin clinches a share of its first BigTen title since 1947

Dec. 7, 2002 - UW 91, UNLV 74Alando Tucker scores 24 points and adds18 rebounds in his first career start asWisconsin begins its school-record 38-game home winning streak as well as itscurrent 25-game home winning streak vs.non-conference opponents

March 5, 2003 - UW 60, Illinois 59Devin Harris makes 1-of-2 free throwswith 0.4 seconds left as Wisconsinclinches the outright Big Ten title

Dec. 20, 2003 - UW 63, Marquette 59The only home game during the 2002-03season that was decided by less than 11points

Feb. 4, 2004 - UW 80, Minnesota 66Devin Harris scores a career-high 38points (most by a Badger in Kohl Centerhistory)

Dec. 23, 2004 - UW 85, UNC Green. 53Wisconsin wins its 34th consecutivehome game, a school record

Jan. 16, 2005 - UW 62, Michigan St. 59Wisconsin scores the final 11 points ofthe game to overcome an eight-pointdeficit with 1:58 remaining and win its38th straight home game

Feb. 9, 2005 - UW 72, Iowa 69UW overcomes a 13-point deficit with12:27 remaining in the game

March 1, 2005 - UW 62, Indiana 60Alando Tucker’s putback as time expiresgives UW the win

Dec. 12, 2005 - UW 54, UNC Wilm. 51Kammron Taylor’s 3-pointer as timeexpires gives UW the win

Following are some notes about Wisconsin’sperformance at the Kohl Center in headcoach Bo Ryan’s five seasons:

� In Ryan’s five seasons as Wisconsin’shead coach, the Badgers have compiled a67-3 record at the Kohl Center, including a33-1 record in Big Ten home games.

� UW has won 27 consecutive homegames against non-conference opponents,tied for the sixth-longest current streak inthe country.

� The Badgers’ average margin of victoryat home is 17.6 points and 51 of the their67 home wins have been by at least 10points. Since the start of the 2002-03 sea-son, 23 of UW’s 57 home wins have comeby at least 20 points.

� Wisconsin has trailed at halftime inonly 11 of the 69 games:

vs. Temple (31-20), 12/3/01vs. Tennessee (33-31), 12/29/01vs. Illinois (31-26), 1/5/02vs. Minnesota (35-34), 1/16/02vs. Ohio State (39-38), 2/6/02vs. Wake Forest (39-29), 12/4/02vs. Iowa (26-25), 1/22/03vs. Indiana (29-21), 2/15/03vs. Michigan State (32-28), 1/16/05vs. Illinois (35-33), 1/25/05vs. Iowa (34-32), 1/5/06

UW came back to win eight of those games.

� UW has averaged 74.1 points (5184total points) while limiting its opponents to57.6 points (4030 total points).

� UW has made 506 more free throwsthan its opponents at home (1139-633).That’s an average of 7.2 points per game.

� The Badgers are averaging just 10.3turnovers per game (718 total) in homegames under Ryan. UW’s assist-to-turnoverratio is 1.40 (1006-718) and its turnovermargin is +4.27 (718-1017).

� Besides being 33-1 against Big Tenteams, Wisconsin is also:

34-2 against non-conference teams11-0 against in-state teams9-1 against teams ranked in the top 254-0 vs. Michigan, UW-Green Bay,

UW-Milwaukee, Iowa and Michigan State

3-0 vs. Marquette, Indiana, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue

� For the third year in a row, all ticketsfor Wisconsin’s home games were sold outprior to the start of the season. Last season,the Badgers ranked fifth nationally (andtops in the Big Ten) in average attendance.Counting UW’s 16 home games this season,the Badgers have a string of 52 consecutivesold-out games at the Kohl Center.

HOME COOKING

In Bo Ryan’s five years as head coach, theBadgers have amassed a 67-3 record athome. That is the fifth-best home winningpercentage in the country during thatspan. (Records as of 1/8/06)

Team Record Pct.Southern Illinois 60-1 .984Duke 63-2 .969Illinois 63-2 .969Gonzaga 53-2 .963Wisconsin 67-3 .957Utah 67-5 .931

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THE BO RYAN YEARS

BEST RECORDS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARSWhere UW ranks among national winning percentage leaders and top programs since Bo Ryan’s first season

School Record Pct.Duke 129-23 .849Illinois 129-26 .832Gonzaga 118-24 .831Pittsburgh 120-25 .828Kentucky 120-28 .811Connecticut 118-32 .787Kansas 118-33 .781Syracuse 115-34 .772Cincinnati 111-33 .771Oklahoma State 112-34 .767Oklahoma 107-34 .759

School Record Pct.Arizona 110-35 .759Florida 104-34 .754Mississippi State 108-36 .750Xavier 104-37 .738Wake Forest 105-38 .734Wisconsin 105-39 .729Texas 105-40 .724St. Joseph’s 101-39 .721Marquette 102-41 .713Maryland 103-42 .710Stanford 97-40 .708

� With a victory over Marquette on Dec. 10, 2005,UW head coach Bo Ryan became the fifth coach toamass 100 career wins at Wisconsin. He is currentlyfourth on UW’s career win list with 105.

� Ryan’s 100th win came in his 138th game at UW.Only hall of famer Walter “Doc” Meanwell reached 100wins as a Badger faster than Ryan. Meanwell got his100th win in only his 111th game at UW. Harold “Bud”Foster was the next fastest, earning his 100th victory inhis 172nd game.

OVERALL RECORDUW pre-Bo Ryan: 1,172-1,035 (.531)UW with Bo Ryan: 105-39 (.729)

Prior to Bo Ryan taking over as UW’shead coach in 2001-02, the Badgers hadfour 20-win seasons (with a high of 22) in103 years.

Ryan has led the Badgers to at least 24wins in each of the last three seasons,including a school-record 25 the past twoyears.

Only seven other teams in the countryhave won at least 24 games the last threeyears. They are:

Duke GonzagaIllinois KentuckySouthern IllinoisUtah Utah State

BIG TEN RECORDUW pre-Bo Ryan: 607-757 (.445)UW with Bo Ryan: 48-18 (.727)

In the first 96 years of Big Ten play,Wisconsin won at least 11 Big Ten gamesseven times (including just once since1941). Ryan has led the Badgers to atleast 11 conference wins in each of hisfirst four seasons, becoming the first BigTen coach to accomplish that.

Ryan has led Wisconsin to a 48-18(.727) record in Big Ten play. That is thehighest winning percentage of any coachwith a minimum of 50 games coached inthe Big Ten.

UW has finished among the top threein the Big Ten in each of Ryan’s fourseasons. That four-year stretch of top-three finishes is the Badgers’ best since1921-24.

NCAA TOURNAMENTRECORDUW pre-Bo Ryan: 7 appearances / 9-6 UW with Bo Ryan: 4 appearances / 7-4

Wisconsin made seven appearances in theNCAA tournament in the 103 seasonsbefore Bo Ryan took over as head coach.Since Ryan came aboard, the Badgershave earned four consecutive tournamentbids and advanced to the Sweet 16 twice.

UW is one of six teams to have won itsfirst-round NCAA tournament game ineach of the last four seasons. The othersare:

Connecticut DukeIllinois KentuckyWake Forest

WINNINGEST ACTIVE DIVISION I HEAD COACHESFollowing is a list of the active Division I head coaches with the highest career winning percentages and atleast 20 years of experience

Coach (Current School) Yrs. 2005-06 Overall Pct.1. Bo Ryan (Wisconsin) 22 12-2 488-142 .7752. Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) 31 14-0 735-246 .7493. Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) 30 12-2 715-243 .7464. Lute Olson (Arizona) 33 10-4 750-260 .7435. Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State) 36 10-4 791-303 .7236. Bob Knight (Texas Tech) 40 8-6 862-339 .7177. John Chaney (Temple) 34 6-5 730-302 .7079. Jim Calhoun (Connecticut) 34 12-1 715-311 .6978. Larry Hunter (W. Carolina) 26 7-9 516-233 .68910. Pat Douglass (UC Irvine) 25 4-8 502-234 .682

WINNINGEST BIG TEN HEADCOACHESFollowing is a list of the coaches with the best all-timewinning percentages in Big Ten play (min. 50 games)

Coach (School) Yrs. Record Pct.1. Bo Ryan (WIS) 5 48-18 .7272. Tom Izzo (MSU) 11 117-49 .7053. Bob Knight (IND) 29 353-151 .7004. Ward Lambert (PUR) 29 228-105 .6855. Ralph Jones (ILL) 8 64-31 .674

BIG TEN RECORDFollowing are the conference records ofall the Big Ten teams since 2001-02

School W-L Pct.1. Illinois 51-15 .7732. Wisconsin 48-18 .7273. Michigan State 45-21 .6824. Indiana 38-28 .5765. Ohio State 33-33 .5006. Minnesota 30-35 .4627. Iowa 29-37 .4398. Michigan 28-38 .4249. Northwestern 26-40 .39410. Purdue 25-41 .37911. Penn State 9-56 .138

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2005-06 ScheduleDay Date Opponent Time/Result TV Leading Scorer Leading RebounderParadise Jam Tournament (St. Thomas, USVI)Friday Nov. 18 vs. Norfolk State W, 80-51 Butch - 23 Tucker - 8Saturday Nov. 19 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 95-89 Tucker - 38 Tucker - 10Monday Nov. 21 vs. Old Dominion W, 84-81 FCS Taylor - 27 Taylor - 8

Saturday Nov. 26 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 92-54 Taylor - 20 Butch - 9

ACC-Big Ten ChallengeTuesday Nov. 29 at Wake Forest L, 88-91 ESPN Tucker - 27 Butch - 10

Saturday Dec. 3 PEPPERDINE W, 71-55 Tucker - 16 Butch - 9Wednesday Dec. 7 UW-GREEN BAY W, 82-62 ESPN Plus/ESPNU Tucker - 18 Chappell/Butch - 8Saturday Dec. 10 MARQUETTE W, 77-63 ESPN Reg./ESPNU Taylor - 18 Chappell - 9Monday Dec. 12 UNC-WILMINGTON W, 54-51 WPT Tucker - 15 Taylor - 7Thursday Dec. 15 UW-MILWAUKEE W, 74-68 ESPN Plus/WPT Tucker - 25 Butch - 8Wednesday Dec. 28 LOUISIANA TECH W, 78-52 WPT Butch - 18 Butch - 10Saturday Dec. 31 at Pittsburgh L, 64-73 ESPN Plus Tucker - 25 Tucker/Chappell - 7

Thursday Jan. 5 IOWA W, 66-52 ESPN Plus / WPT Tucker - 27 Flowers/Butch - 8Sunday Jan. 8 MICHIGAN STATE W, 82-63 CBS Taylor - 27 Tucker - 6Tuesday Jan. 10 at Minnesota 6 p.m. ESPNSaturday Jan. 14 NORTHWESTERN 1:32 p.m. ESPN RegionalWednesday Jan. 18 at Ohio State 7:30 p.m. ESPNSaturday Jan. 21 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 11:15 a.m.Wednesday Jan. 25 PENN STATE 7 p.m. ESPN PlusSaturday Jan. 28 at Michigan 1:32 p.m. ESPN RegionalTuesday Jan. 31 ILLINOIS 6 p.m. ESPN / WPT

Saturday Feb. 4 at Purdue 7 p.m. ESPN PlusWednesday Feb. 8 INDIANA 6 p.m. ESPN / WPTSaturday Feb. 11 at Penn State 3 p.m. ESPN2Wednesday Feb. 15 OHIO STATE 7 p.m. ESPN Plus / WPTThursday Feb. 23 at Northwestern 8 p.m. ESPN2Sunday Feb. 26 MINNESOTA 1 p.m. ESPN Plus

Tue.-Thur. F 28-M 2 at Michigan State 6/7/TBA ESPN/ESPN Plus/ESPNSaturday March 4 at Iowa 11 a.m./3:40 p.m. CBS/ESPN Regional

2006 Big Ten Tournament (Conseco Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Ind.)Thurs.-Sun. March 9-12 TBA TBA ESPN/CBS

2006 NCAA Tournament 1st and 2nd Rounds (TBA)Thurs.-Sun. March 16-19 TBA TBA CBS2006 NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals and Finals (TBA)Thurs.-Sun. March 23-26 TBA TBA CBS2006 NCAA Tournament Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.)Sat. & Mon. April 1 & 3 TBA TBA CBS

home games in CAPSall times CST and subject to change

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THE STAT CREW SYSTEM WISCONSIN Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 09, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (12-2) (9-0) (0-2) (3-0) CONFERENCE.......... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-2) (7-0) (0-2) (3-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 Tucker, Alando..... 14-14 457 32.6 98-216 .454 10-34 .294 56-112 .500 27 43 70 5.0 17 0 21 28 0 8 262 18.7 23 Taylor, Kammron.... 14-14 471 33.6 69-155 .445 33-70 .471 41-49 .837 7 38 45 3.2 25 0 33 35 3 15 212 15.1 32 Butch, Brian....... 14-14 360 25.7 64-120 .533 10-30 .333 20-27 .741 32 61 93 6.6 32 0 26 21 16 12 158 11.3 01 Landry, Marcus..... 14-0 221 15.8 35-70 .500 3-9 .333 20-28 .714 18 25 43 3.1 19 0 20 17 6 6 93 6.6 22 Flowers, Michael... 14-0 345 24.6 29-64 .453 13-32 .406 20-28 .714 13 34 47 3.4 29 0 30 19 3 21 91 6.5 05 Chappell, Jason.... 14-14 297 21.2 27-57 .474 5-8 .625 25-35 .714 25 42 67 4.8 33 0 32 15 7 7 84 6.0 04 Nixon, Ray......... 14-14 286 20.4 26-57 .456 17-44 .386 3-6 .500 1 17 18 1.3 25 0 24 7 3 5 72 5.1 45 Krabbenhoft, Joe... 14-0 147 10.5 11-28 .393 3-9 .333 16-22 .727 11 23 34 2.4 21 0 9 10 1 2 41 2.9 34 Stiemsma, Greg..... 14-0 168 12.0 18-33 .545 0-3 .000 2-6 .333 9 27 36 2.6 32 0 15 8 22 6 38 2.7 33 Williams, DeAaron.. 8-0 63 7.9 11-18 .611 1-5 .200 3-7 .429 11 10 21 2.6 2 0 2 1 0 1 26 3.3 43 Gullikson, Kevin... 6-0 9 1.5 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 0 1 0.2 1 0 2 2 0 0 6 1.0 21 Cain, Morris....... 6-0 6 1.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.7 14 Bronson, Tanner.... 7-0 15 2.1 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.0 10 Barry, Devin....... 5-0 5 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 24 21 45 3.2 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 14 2850 391-826 .473 95-245 .388 210-328 .640 179 346 525 37.5 238 0 214 164 61 85 1087 77.6 Opponents.......... 14 2850 325-806 .403 92-277 .332 163-227 .718 158 313 471 33.6 312 10 153 207 39 78 905 64.6

TEAM STATISTICS WIS OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND --------------------------------------------------- ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ SCORING.................. 1087 905 11/18/05 vs Norfolk State W 80-51 2346 Points per game........ 77.6 64.6 11/19/05 vs Eastern Kentucky W O2 95-89 2495 Scoring margin......... +13.0 - 11/21/05 vs Old Dominion W 84-81 3147 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 391-826 325-806 11-26-05 COASTAL CAROLINA W 92-54 17142 Field goal pct......... .473 .403 11/29/05 at Wake Forest L 88-91 14665 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 95-245 92-277 12/03/05 PEPPERDINE W 71-55 17142 3-point FG pct......... .388 .332 12/07/05 UW-GREEN BAY W 82-62 17142 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.8 6.6 12/10/05 MARQUETTE W 77-63 17142 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 210-328 163-227 12/12/05 UNC-WILMINGTON W 54-51 17142 Free throw pct......... .640 .718 12/15/05 UW-MILWAUKEE W 74-68 17142 REBOUNDS................. 525 471 12/28/05 LOUISIANA TECH W 78-52 17142 Rebounds per game...... 37.5 33.6 12/31/05 at PITT L 64-73 11580 Rebounding margin...... +3.9 - *01/05/06 IOWA W 66-52 17142 ASSISTS.................. 214 153 *01/08/06 MICHIGAN STATE W 82-63 17142 Assists per game....... 15.3 10.9 TURNOVERS................ 164 207 Turnovers per game..... 11.7 14.8 Turnover margin........ +3.1 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.3 0.7 STEALS................... 85 78 Steals per game........ 6.1 5.6 BLOCKS................... 61 39 Blocks per game........ 4.4 2.8 WINNING STREAK........... 2 - Home win streak........ 9 - ATTENDANCE............... 154278 34233 Home games-Avg/Game.... 9-17142 2-13122 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 3-2663

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- WISCONSIN................ 481 577 12 17 - 1087 Opponents................ 404 478 12 11 - 905

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THE STAT CREW SYSTEM WISCONSIN Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 09, 2006) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE.......... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 TUCKER, Alando..... 2-2 71 35.5 17-39 .436 3-6 .500 7-22 .318 4 7 11 5.5 1 0 2 2 0 3 44 22.0 23 TAYLOR, Kammron.... 2-2 72 36.0 16-31 .516 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 1 8 9 4.5 2 0 6 3 0 3 38 19.0 32 BUTCH, Brian....... 2-2 53 26.5 8-18 .444 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 6 7 13 6.5 4 0 3 2 2 2 19 9.5 22 FLOWERS, Michael... 2-0 48 24.0 6-11 .545 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 4.5 3 0 3 1 0 1 16 8.0 01 LANDRY, Marcus..... 2-0 35 17.5 5-7 .714 1-1 1.000 2-4 .500 0 3 3 1.5 3 0 3 1 1 2 13 6.5 45 KRABBENHOFT, Joe... 2-0 16 8.0 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 1.0 2 0 1 2 0 0 9 4.5 43 GULLIKSON, Kevin... 2-0 2 1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 04 NIXON, Ray......... 2-2 35 17.5 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 1.5 05 CHAPPELL, Jason.... 2-2 33 16.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 0 8 8 4.0 7 0 7 2 2 0 2 1.0 34 STIEMSMA, Greg..... 2-0 29 14.5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 8 8 4.0 8 0 5 2 7 4 0 0.0 10 BARRY, Devin....... 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 14 BRONSON, Tanner.... 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 21 CAIN, Morris....... 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 3 1 4 2.0 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 2 400 57-116 .491 17-38 .447 17-38 .447 17 54 71 35.5 32 0 34 15 12 16 148 74.0 Opponents.......... 2 400 39-119 .328 13-39 .333 24-32 .750 26 55 81 40.5 42 3 19 26 10 6 115 57.5

TEAM STATISTICS WIS OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND --------------------------------------------------- ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ SCORING.................. 148 115 *01/05/06 IOWA W 66-52 17142 Points per game........ 74.0 57.5 *01/08/06 MICHIGAN STATE W 82-63 17142 Scoring margin......... +16.5 - FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 57-116 39-119 Field goal pct......... .491 .328 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 17-38 13-39 3-point FG pct......... .447 .333 3-pt FG made per game.. 8.5 6.5 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 17-38 24-32 Free throw pct......... .447 .750 REBOUNDS................. 71 81 Rebounds per game...... 35.5 40.5 Rebounding margin...... -5.0 - ASSISTS.................. 34 19 Assists per game....... 17.0 9.5 TURNOVERS................ 15 26 Turnovers per game..... 7.5 13.0 Turnover margin........ +5.5 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 2.3 0.7 STEALS................... 16 6 Steals per game........ 8.0 3.0 BLOCKS................... 12 10 Blocks per game........ 6.0 5.0 WINNING STREAK........... 2 - Home win streak........ 2 - ATTENDANCE............... 34284 0 Home games-Avg/Game.... 2-17142 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------------------------------ ---- ---- ---- WISCONSIN..................... 68 80 - 148 Opponents..................... 60 55 - 115

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GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICSReb. Final Score

BADGER STARTERS FG-FGA PCT. 3P-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D-T PF A TO BK ST 1st 2nd OT Final

Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 31-63 .492 7-19 .368 11-19 .579 18-24-42 14 18 12 4 4 40 40 -- 80vs. Norfolk State 22-50 .440 2-11 .182 5-15 .333 8-19-27 24 7 14 2 5 25 26 -- 51Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 34-76 .447 9-26 .346 18-25 .720 21-23-44 23 17 16 3 6 31 35 29 95vs. Eastern Kentucky 29-59 .492 11-20 .550 20-32 .625 11-23-34 23 12 15 2 11 32 34 23 89Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 27-59 .458 7-20 .350 23-30 .767 9-31-40 22 12 12 4 4 32 52 -- 84vs. Old Dominion 27-60 .450 8-22 .364 19-22 .864 4-25-29 21 13 11 3 5 36 45 -- 81Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 33-61 .541 6-11 .545 20-30 .667 16-22-38 15 23 11 2 9 41 51 -- 92Coastal Carolina 19-49 .388 9-27 .333 7-8 .875 6-19-25 23 9 22 0 5 17 37 -- 54Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 31-73 .425 9-21 .429 17-24 .708 18-18-36 25 14 11 4 6 32 56 -- 88@ Wake Forest 31-65 .477 3-13 .231 26-29 .897 18-27-45 21 13 16 10 5 37 54 -- 91Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 24-52 .462 7-16 .438 16-22 .727 15-19-34 18 11 15 6 10 33 38 -- 71Pepperdine 22-56 .393 2-8 .250 9-12 .750 15-14-29 18 5 19 1 6 23 32 -- 55Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 28-55 .509 8-16 .500 18-29 .621 8-25-33 16 17 7 3 8 40 42 -- 82UW-Green Bay 21-55 .382 6-19 .316 14-16 .875 9-25-34 24 10 15 2 1 37 25 -- 62Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 27-61 .442 7-18 .389 16-27 .593 12-28-40 16 12 9 5 8 44 33 -- 77Marquette 24-64 .375 5-20 .250 10-15 .667 16-26-42 28 12 16 1 4 31 32 -- 63Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 18-44 .409 6-14 .429 12-18 .667 10-25-35 11 10 14 1 2 16 38 -- 54UNC-Wilmington 21-55 .382 9-24 .375 0-1 .000 10-17-27 19 14 9 1 9 16 35 -- 51Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 26-51 .510 2-15 .133 20-30 .667 10-25-35 15 11 12 8 4 37 37 -- 74UW-Milwaukee 23-61 .377 12-32 .375 10-12 .833 14-20-34 29 8 16 1 3 30 38 -- 68Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 31-58 .534 7-16 .438 9-16 .563 13-31-44 11 20 15 8 5 39 39 -- 78Louisiana Tech 20-64 .313 7-30 .233 5-9 .556 14-19-33 17 13 14 2 10 25 27 -- 52Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 24-57 .421 3-15 .200 13-20 .650 11-21-32 20 15 14 1 3 28 36 -- 64@ Pitt 27-49 .551 5-12 .417 14-24 .583 7-25-32 23 18 14 4 8 35 38 -- 73Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 28-60 .467 7-17 .412 3-8 .375 8- 28-36 14 20 6 5 9 32 34 -- 66Iowa 17-56 .304 5-17 .294 13-17 .765 13-28-41 18 12 11 5 2 34 18 -- 52Wisconsin Chap, Tuc, Butc, Nix, Tay 29-56 .518 10-21 .476 14-30 .467 9-26-35 18 14 9 7 7 36 46 -- 82Michigan State 22-63 .349 8-22 .364 11-15 .733 13-27-40 24 7 15 5 4 26 37 -- 63Wisconsin@ MinnesotaWisconsinNorthwesternWisconsin@ Ohio StateWisconsinNorth Dakota StateWisconsinPenn StateWisconsin@ MichiganWisconsinIllinoisWisconsin@ PurdueWisconsinIndianaWisconsin@ Penn StateWisconsinOhio StateWisconsin@ NorthwesternWisconsinMinnesotaWisconsin@ Michigan StateWisconsin@ Iowa

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSWisconsin Opponents

Points 38, Alando Tucker vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05) 37, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Field Goals 14, Alando Tucker vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05) 11, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Field Goal Attempts 27, Alando Tucker vs. Wake Forest (11/29/05) 23, Shannon Brown, Michigan State (1/8/06)

FG Pct. (5 made) .750 (9-12), Brian Butch vs. Norfolk St. (11/18/05) .778 (7-9), Alonzo Hird, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

3-Point FG 5, Kammron Taylor vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05) 7, Boo Davis, UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)5, Kammron Taylor vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)

3-Pt. FG Pct. (3 made) 1.000 (3-3), Brian Butch vs. Norfolk St. (11/18/05) .714 (5-7), Moses Sonko, Co. Carolina (11/26/05)

Free Throws Made 13, Kammron Taylor vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 13, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Free Throw Attempts 17, Alando Tucker vs. Michigan State (1/8/06) 13, Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

FT Pct. (6 made) 1.000 (7-7), Kammron Taylor vs. CCU (11/26/05) 1.000 (13-13), Justin Gray, Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Rebounds 10, Alando Tucker vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05) 12, Adrian Tigert, UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)10, Brian Butch vs. Wake Forest (11/29/05)10, Brian Butch vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)

Assists 6, Kammron Taylor vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) 8, Dominic James, Marquette (12/10/05)

Blocked Shots 5, Greg Stiemsma vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) 4, Kyle Visser, Wake Forest (11/29/05)5, Greg Stiemsma vs. Iowa (1/5/06)

Steals 6, Michael Flowers vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05) 5, Jason McLeish, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

Minutes Played 44, Alando Tucker vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 41, Matt Witt, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)44, Kammron Taylor vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 41, Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

TEAM GAME HIGHS & LOWSWisconsin Highs

POINTS: 95 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)FIELD GOALS MADE: 34 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 76 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05)FIELD GOAL PCT.: .541 (33-61) vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)3-PT FGs MADE: 10 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 26 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)3-PT FG PCT.: .545 (6-11) vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)FREE THROWS MADE: 23 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)FT ATTEMPTS: 30, four times, MR: 10 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)FREE THROW PCT.: .767 (23-30) vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)REBOUNDS: 44 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) and vs. Louis. Tech (12/28/05)ASSISTS: 23 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)STEALS: 10 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)BLOCKED SHOTS: 8 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05) and vs. Louis. Tech (12/28/05)TURNOVERS: 16 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)FOULS: 25 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)

Wisconsin Lows

POINTS: 54 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)FIELD GOALS MADE: 18 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 44 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)FIELD GOAL PCT.: .409 (18-44) vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE: 2 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 11 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)3-PT FG PCT.: .133 (2-15) vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)FREE THROWS MADE: 3 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS: 8 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)FREE THROW PCT.: .375 (3-8) vs. Iowa (1/5/06)REBOUNDS: 32 at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)ASSISTS: 10 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)STEALS: 2 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)BLOCKED SHOTS: 1 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) and at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)TURNOVERS: 6 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)FOULS: 11 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05) and vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)

Opponent Highs

POINTS: 91 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)FIELD GOALS MADE: 31 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 65 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)FIELD GOAL PCT.: .551 (27-49) at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE: 12 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 32 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)3-PT FG PCT.: .550 (11-20) vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)FREE THROWS MADE: 26 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS: 32 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05)FREE THROW PCT.: .897 (26-29) at Wake Forest (11/29/05)REBOUNDS: 45 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)ASSISTS: 18 at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)STEALS: 11 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)BLOCKED SHOTS: 10 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) TURNOVERS: 22 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)FOULS: 29 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)

Opponent Lows

POINTS: 51 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) and vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)FIELD GOALS MADE: 17 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS: 49 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) and at Pitt (12/31/05)FIELD GOAL PCT.: .304 (17-56) vs. Iowa (1/5/06)3-PT FIELD GOALS MADE: 2 vs. Norfolk St. (11/18/05) and vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)3-PT FG ATTEMPTS: 8 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)3-PT FG PCT.: .182 (2-11) vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05)FREE THROWS MADE: 0 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)FREE THROW ATTEMPTS: 1 vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)FREE THROW PCT.: .000 (0-1) vs. UNC-Wilmington (12/12/05)REBOUNDS: 25 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)ASSISTS: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)STEALS: 1 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)BLOCKED SHOTS: 0 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)TURNOVERS: 11 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)FOULS: 17 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)

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LAST TIME IT HAPPENEDWisconsin TeamUW ranked in A.P. top 25: 24th (12/26/05)UW ranked in coaches’ top 25: 24th (1/2/06)Played A.P. No. 1-ranked opponent: Lost to Illinois 54-43

(3/13/05)Defeated A.P. No. 1-ranked opponent: Ohio State 86-67

(3/3/62)Played A.P. No. 2-ranked opponent: Lost to North Carolina 88-82

(3/27/05)Defeated opponent ranked 3-10 by A.P.: No. 7 Michigan State

82-63 (1/8/06)Defeated opponent ranked 11-25 by A.P.: No. 15 Michigan State

62-59 (1/16/05)Defeated A.P. top-25 opponent on the road: at No. 22 Indiana

64-63 (2/13/02)

Wisconsin IndividualsHad a triple-double: neverHad a double-double: Brian Butch (18-10) vs. Louisiana Tech

(12/28/05)Four players scored in double figures: vs. Louisiana Tech

(12/28/05)Five players scored in double figures: vs. Northwestern (2/2/05)Six players scored in double figures: vs. Eastern Illinois

(12/28/95)No Badger scored in double figures: vs. Illinois (3/13/05)One Badger scored in double figures: at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)Scored 30-39 points: 38, Alando Tucker vs. E. Kentucky

(11/19/05)Scored 40 or more points: 42, Michael Finley at

Eastern Michigan (12/10/94)Two or more Badgers scored 30 points, same game: Joe Franklin

(31) and Chuck Nagle (30) vs. Purdue (3/2/68) — only other time this happened in school history was Jack Brens (31) and Ken Siebel (31) vs. Utah (12/28/62)

Two or more Badgers scored 20 points, same game: Alando Tucker (25) and Kammron Taylor (23) vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)

Perfect at the FT line (10 att.): 12-12, Sean Mason at Penn State (2/14/98)

Had 15-19 rebounds: 15, Mike Wilkinson vs. Michigan (1/22/05)Had 20-29 rebounds: 25, Joe Chrnelich vs. St. Mary’s (12/2/76)Had 30 or more rebounds: 30, Paul Morrow vs. Purdue (1/3/53)Had 10 or more assists: 12, Mike Kelley vs. Maryland

(11/29/00)Had 5-9 steals: 6, Michael Flowers vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)Had 10 or more steals: 10, Mike Kelley vs. Texas (12/7/99)Had 5-8 blocked shots: 5, Greg Stiemsma vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Had 9 or more blocked shots: 9, Brad Sellers vs. Toledo

(11/29/82)

Wisconsin Team Field Goal ShootingShot 50-59 percent: .518 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Shot 60-69 percent: .607 vs. Penn Sate (2/1/03)Shot 70 percent or better: .744 vs. Army (12/30/79)Made 30-39 field goals: 31 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Made 40-49 field goals: 42 vs. Iowa (3/9/94)Made 50 or more field goals: neverAttempted 60-69 field goals: 60 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)

Attempted 70-79 field goals: 73 at Wake Forest (11/29/05)Attempted 80-89 field goals: 83 vs. Northwestern (1/28/95)Attempted 100 or more field goals: 102 vs. South Dakota

(12/9/72)

Wisconsin Team 3-Point Field Goal ShootingShot 40-49 percent (min. 8 att.): .476 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Shot 50-59 percent (min. 8 att.): .500 vs. UW-Green Bay

(12/7/05)Shot 60-69 percent (min. 8 att.): .636 vs. Purdue (1/5/05)Shot 70-79 percent (min. 8 att.): .706 vs. Michigan (2/16/00)Shot 80-89 percent (min. 8 att.): .889 vs. North Dakota State

(12/10/86)Shot 90 percent or better (min. 8 att.): .900 at Illinois (1/25/97)Made 10-14 3-point field goals: 10 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Made 15 or more 3-point field goals: 15 vs. Missouri (3/19/94)Attempted 20-29 3-point field goals: 21 vs. Michigan State

(1/8/06)Attempted 30-39 3-point field goals: 30 vs. Maryland (11/29/00)Attempted 40 or more 3-point field goals: 40 vs. Temple

(12/3/01)

Wisconsin Free Throw ShootingShot 80-89 percent (min. 12 att.): .846 vs. North Carolina

(3/27/05)Shot 90-99 percent (min. 12 att.): .917 vs. Iowa (3/8/02)Shot 100 percent (min. 12 att.): 12-12 vs. Marquette (12/4/90)Made 20-29 free throws: 20 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)Made 30-39 free throws: 32 vs. Ohio State (2/14/04)Made 40 or more free throws: 40 vs. Minnesota (1/12/53)Attempted 30-39 free throws: 30 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Attempted 40-49 free throws: 41 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/25/03)Attempted 50-59 free throws: 50 at Indiana (2/12/62)Attempted 60 or more free throws: 61 at Michigan (2/21/53)

Wisconsin ScoringScored 80-89 points: 82 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Scored 90-99 points: 92 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)Scored 100 or more points: 105 vs. Eastern Illinois (12/28/95)

Wisconsin ReboundsHad 40-49 rebounds: 44 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Had 50-59 rebounds: 53 vs. Western Carolina (12/27/04)

Wisconsin AssistsHad 20-29 assists: 20 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Had 30 or more assists: 30 vs. Iowa (3/9/94)

Wisconsin Blocked ShotsHad at least 10 blocked shots: 12 vs. Northwestern (3/9/00)

Wisconsin StealsHad 10-14 steals: 10 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Had 15 or more steals: 16 vs. New Hampshire (12/11/02)

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SEASON BOXSCORESUW 80, Norfolk State 51

(Nov. 18, UVI Sport & Fitness Center -2,346)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 19 3-5 0-0 3-4 4 3 4 0 9Tucker 32 5-14 0-1 0-1 8 0 1 3 10Butch 25 9-12 3-3 2-2 7 2 4 0 23Nixon 23 1-5 1-5 0-2 3 1 3 1 3Taylor 27 4-7 1-2 3-4 2 2 3 2 12Landry 23 4-7 0-2 1-2 2 0 2 2 9Barry 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Bronson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Cain 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Flowers 22 1-7 1-5 0-0 5 1 0 2 3Williams 8 2-2 1-1 2-4 1 0 0 0 7Stiemsma 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 4Gullikson 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Krabbenhoft 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 0TEAM 5TOTALS 200 31-63 7-19 11-19 42 14 18 12 80

(.492) (.368) (.579)

Blocks (4): Taylor 2, Butch 1, Landry 1Steals (4): Chappell 2, Landry 1, Bronson 1

NSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPBrown 26 6-9 0-0 2-7 4 2 0 1 14Ogunride 26 3-5 0-1 1-2 3 4 0 1 7Faulcon 33 2-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 4 4Murphy 37 6-14 1-6 1-2 2 1 1 0 14Dunkley 20 2-6 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 2 4Thomas 7 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 2 1 2 4Young 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 2 2Lyons 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Gordon 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0Gary 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 0 0Vickers 14 1-5 0-0 0-2 4 1 0 1 2TEAM 7TOTALS 200 22-50 2-11 5-15 27 24 7 14 51

(.440) (.182) (.333)

Blocks (2): Brown 2Steals (5): Brown 1, Ogunride 1, Faulcon 1, Dunkley 1, Young 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 40, Norfolk State 25Officials: Edsall, Spainhour, Quick

Key Plays• Leading 19-17 with 9:57 left in the first half,Wisconsin goes on a 13-2 run. Brian Butch andAlando Tucker combine for 11 of the UW’s pointsduring that stretch.

Key Stats• The Badgers outrebounded Norfolk State 42-27,grabbing 18 offensive boards.

Notables• In his first career start, Brian Butch scored acareer-high 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting.• Junior Jason Chappell also made his first careerstart and scored a career-high nine points.

UW 95, E. Kentucky 89(Nov. 19, UVI Sport & Fitness Center -

2,495)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPButch 42 3-10 0-1 4-4 6 4 2 2 10Tucker 44 14-23 1-3 9-14 10 3 0 2 38Chappell 17 0-2 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 2 0Nixon 24 1-5 1-4 0-0 2 4 3 0 3Taylor 44 5-13 5-9 0-0 1 3 4 4 15Landry 32 8-14 0-2 3-3 8 3 1 1 19Flowers 36 2-7 2-6 2-2 6 1 5 5 8Stiemsma 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0Krabbenhoft11 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 2TEAM 6TOTALS 250 34-76 9-26 18-25 44 23 17 16 95

(.447) (.346) (.720)

Blocks (3): Landry 2, Butch 1 Steals (6): Flowers 4, Butch 1, Taylor 1

EKU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPDialls 41 1-5 0-0 2-2 8 4 1 3 4Hird 28 7-9 0-0 4-6 5 5 0 3 18Witt 41 9-19 6-10 1-4 1 2 2 4 25Brown 40 3-4 1-1 0-2 2 2 1 1 7McLeish 36 3-10 1-3 5-8 2 2 4 2 12Long 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0Brock 16 1-3 1-2 2-2 6 1 1 2 5Rose 28 4-7 2-4 4-6 7 3 3 0 14Adams 8 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 2Wiersma 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2TEAM 3TOTALS 250 29-59 11-20 20-32 34 23 12 15 95

(.492) (.550) (.625)

Blocks (2): Dialls 1, Wiersma 1Steals (11): McLeish 5, Brown 2, Wiersma 2, Rose 1, Adams 1

Halftime: Eastern Kentucky 32, Wisconsin 31Officials: Natilli, Upton, Nestor

Key Plays• After EKU’s Michael Brock makes two free throwsto give Eastern Kentucky a three-point lead,Kammron Taylor dribbles the length of the floor andhits a 27-foot 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left tosend the game to a second overtime.• Taylor’s trey with 1:54 left in the second overtimegives Wisconsin a four-point lead it would neverrelinquish.

Key Stats• There were 17 lead changes and 12 ties during thegame.• UW hit 10-12 free throws in the second OT.

Notables• Alando Tucker set a Paradise Jam record with acareer-high 38 points. That is tied for fourth-mostpoints in UW history.• Marcus Landry’s 19 points and eight reboundswere both career highs.

UW 84, Old Dominion 81(Nov. 19, UVI Sport & Fitness Center -

3,147)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 18 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 3 1 2 0Butch 25 4-7 0-2 2-3 2 4 1 3 10Tucker 34 7-14 0-1 6-10 3 2 2 1 20Nixon 20 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 5Taylor 39 8-15 4-9 7-9 8 3 0 1 27Landry 17 3-7 1-2 4-4 6 3 2 2 11Flowers 23 1-5 1-3 2-2 2 1 2 3 5Stiemsma 15 2-6 0-0 0-0 7 3 0 0 4Krabbenhoft 9 0-1 0-1 2-2 3 1 1 0 2TEAM 5TOTALS 200 27-59 7-20 23-30 40 22 12 12 84

(.447) (.346) (.720)

Blocks (4): Stiemsma 2, Chappell 1, Butch 1 Steals (4): Chappell 1, Tucker 1, Nixon 1, Stiemsma 1

ODU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPDahi 29 10-15 3-6 2-2 6 3 1 1 25Loughton 32 8-17 1-5 5-6 3 4 0 3 22Vasylius 19 3-7 1-2 6-7 1 4 0 1 13Williamson 23 4-10 2-4 1-1 6 2 6 2 11Henderson 32 2-5 1-3 0-0 2 1 1 0 5Hunter 16 0-4 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 2 1Morris 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0Johnson 23 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 1 2Thompson 7 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 3 0 1 2Harris 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0Adams 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0TEAM 0TOTALS 200 27-60 8-22 19-22 29 21 13 11 81

(.450) (.364) (.864)

Blocks (3): Loughton 2, Dahi 1Steals (5): Johnson 2, Williamson 1, Henderson 1,Hunter 1

Halftime: Old Dominion 36, Wisconsin 32Officials: Natilli, Spainhour, Nestor

Key Plays• Michael Flowers’ 3-pointer with 7:34 remaininggives UW the lead for good.• Kammron Taylor hits a 3-pointer with 40 secondsleft to give Wisconsin a four-point lead.

Key Stats• There were six lead changes and nine ties duringthe game.• Marcus Landry scored 11 points and grabbed fiverebounds in the final 12 minutes of the game.

Notables• Kammron Taylor scored a career-high 27 pointsand added a personal-best eight rebounds.• Alando Tucker was named the Paradise JamTournament MVP. Taylor joined him on the all-tour-nament team.

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SEASON BOXSCORESUW 92, Coastal Carolina 54

(Nov. 26, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 21 4-6 0-0 1-1 5 0 2 0 9Butch 20 7-12 0-1 3-4 9 3 3 1 17Tucker 24 1-1 0-0 3-6 2 0 3 1 5Nixon 16 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 3 1 0 6Taylor 26 5-10 3-5 7-7 0 0 1 1 20Landry 16 2-7 0-0 2-3 4 1 4 2 6Barry 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Bronson 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0Cain 2 2-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 4Flowers 24 3-4 1-1 2-4 5 2 2 0 9Williams 15 4-8 0-1 0-1 6 0 1 0 8Stiemsma 10 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 1 6Gullikson 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0Krabbenhoft16 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 3 2 3 2TEAM 1TOTALS 200 33-61 6-11 20-30 38 15 23 11 92

(.541) (.545) (.667)

Blocks (2): Flowers 1, Stiemsma 1Steals (9): Flowers 5, Butch 1, Tucker 1, Bronson 1,Krabbenhoft 1

CCU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPPaelay 36 5-9 0-3 3-4 2 2 4 3 13Brennan 31 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 2Ferguson 26 3-5 2-4 0-0 3 4 0 2 8Sonko 27 6-10 5-7 2-2 5 3 0 2 19Leasure 31 2-16 1-10 2-2 2 4 2 6 7Harris 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 2 0White 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Sisinni 15 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 2 0Stevens 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 3 2Sexton 10 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 2 3Laborn 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Gross 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0TEAM 2TOTALS 200 19-49 9-27 7-8 25 23 9 22 54

(.388) (.333) (.875)

Blocks (0):Steals (5): Brennan 2, Paelay 1, Harris 1, Sexton 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 41, Coastal Carolina 17Officials: Sanzere, Clark, Shaw

Key Plays• Wisconsin outscores Coastal Carolina 26-8 overthe first 10:30 of the game. UW then opens the sec-ond half with a 29-4 run.

Key Stats• The Badgers committed just 11 turnovers, com-pared to 22 for Coastal and shot 30 free throws tojust eight for the Chanticleers.

Notables• Michael Flowers (9), DeAaron Williams (8) andGreg Stiemsma (6) all recorded career highs inpoints.

Wake Forest 91, UW 88(Nov. 29, Joel Joel Coliseum - 14,665)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 24 3-7 1-1 4-4 3 3 2 1 11Tucker 33 10-27 2-6 5-8 3 2 5 2 27Butch 26 8-12 2-4 1-2 10 4 2 1 19Nixon 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 0Taylor 37 6-13 4-6 2-2 1 4 0 5 18Landry 12 2-4 0-0 3-4 2 1 2 1 7Flowers 27 1-4 0-2 1-2 2 3 1 0 3Stiemsma 12 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 4 0 0 1Krabbenhoft17 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 1 2TEAM 9TOTALS 200 31-73 9-21 17-24 36 25 14 11 88

(.425) (.429) (.708)

Blocks (4): Stiemsma 2, Chappell 1, Butch 1Steals (6): Taylor 3, Chappell 1, Flowers 1,Krabbenhoft 1

WFU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPWilliams 23 8-13 0-0 1-1 4 4 0 6 17Strickland 35 3-7 0-2 3-4 10 2 3 3 9Visser 26 5-10 0-0 3-4 7 3 5 1 13Gray 37 11-20 2-5 13-13 3 1 2 3 37Hale 24 1-5 0-2 2-2 2 4 2 1 4Ellis 19 2-5 1-2 2-2 5 4 0 0 7Dukes 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 0Stanley 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Swinton 11 0-2 0-0 0-1 5 2 0 1 0Drum 19 1-3 0-2 2-2 2 1 0 0 4TEAM 4TOTALS 200 31-65 3-13 26-29 45 21 13 16 91

(.477) (.231) (.897)

Blocks (10): Visser 4, Ellis 3, Strickland 2, Hale 1Steals (5): Williams 2, Gray 1, Swinton 1, Drum 1

Halftime: Wake Forest 37, Wisconsin 32Officials: Jones, Eades, Luckie

Key Plays• Wake Forest is a perfect 8-of-8 from the freethrow line in the last 27 seconds, allowing theDemon Deacons to hold on for the victory despite10 Wisconsin points in the final 42 seconds.

Key Stats• Wake Forest makes 26-of-29 free throws (.897).

Notables• Brian Butch recorded the first double-double of hiscareer with 19 points and 10 rebounds.• Despite suffering an injury to his nose late in thefirst half, Alando Tucker scored 23 of his team-high27 points in the second half.

UW 71, Pepperdine 55(Dec. 3, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 24 5-10 2-3 3-4 4 3 3 1 15Butch 28 2-6 0-2 5-6 9 4 1 3 9Tucker 33 6-14 1-2 3-7 6 0 2 3 16 Nixon 22 1-4 1-3 2-2 1 2 1 0 5 Taylor 29 4-6 1-3 3-3 0 3 2 3 12 Landry 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 2 2 Flowers 20 1-1 1-1 0-0 3 3 1 1 3 Williams 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 2 Stiemsma 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 Krabbenhoft11 2-5 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 5 TEAM 2TOTALS 200 24-52 7-16 16-22 34 18 11 15 71

(.462) (.438) (.727)

Blocks (6): Stiemsma 2, Butch 1, Nixon 1, Taylor 1,Flowers 1Steals (10): Taylor 5, Butch 3, Chappell 1,Stiemsma 1

PEP MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPF.-Kelly 31 4-9 1-3 3-3 4 2 1 0 12 Oakes 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 Henry 28 2-6 0-0 0-1 4 3 0 5 4 Gerrity 31 4-13 0-0 4-6 2 2 2 5 12 Barlow 16 2-9 0-1 2-2 4 1 0 2 6Pranciliauskas 8 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Costain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Jarbo 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Grubb 21 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 8 Galick 23 3-5 0-0 0-0 6 3 1 2 6 Horning 23 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 2 5 TEAM 2TOTALS 200 22-56 2-8 9-12 29 18 55 5 19

(.393) (.250) (.750)

Blocks (1): Henry 1Steals (6): Gerrity 3, Forehan-Kelly 1, Barlow 1,Galick 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 33, Pepperdine 23Officials: Crawford, Hutchinson, Smith

Key Plays• After Pepperdine went on a 14-4 run to cut UW’slead to 46-37 with 11:48 left in the game, theBadgers answer with nine straight points, includingback-to-back 3-pointers from Alando Tucker andMichael Flowers. From that point on, UW never sawits cushion fall below 15 points.

Key Stats• Wisconsin converts Pepperdine’s 19 turnoversinto 28 points

Notables• Brian Butch led UW in rebounding for the thirdconsecutive game• Kammron Taylor netted a career-high five steals

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SEASON BOXSCORESUW 82, UW-Green Bay 62

(Dec. 7, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 22 1-5 1-2 4-4 8 1 3 1 7Butch 27 6-10 0-1 2-4 8 2 0 1 14Tucker 27 8-14 1-1 1-7 3 1 3 0 18Nixon 23 3-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 2 1 8Taylor 31 3-7 3-5 0-0 2 1 3 2 9Landry 12 1-3 0-1 3-4 5 2 1 1 5Bronson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Flowers 27 4-7 1-1 3-0 1 12 4 1 12Williams 7 1-2 0-1 0-1 1 2 0 0 2Stiemsma 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 1 0 2Krabbenhoft 4 0-0 0-0 5-6 2 2 0 0 5TEAM 1Totals 200 28-55 8-16 18-29 33 82 17 7 82

(.509) (.500) (.621)

Blocks (3): Butch 2, Chappell 1Steals (8): Flowers 6, Butch 1, Williams 1

UWGB MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPEvans 29 5-11 2-5 2-2 5 4 2 2 14Tillema 31 0-8 0-4 0-0 6 3 0 2 0Lawrence 12 1-5 1-1 0-0 1 5 0 1 3Schachtner35 6-14 2-5 4-4 6 3 1 1 18Evanochko 37 7-12 1-4 7-8 5 1 6 3 22Farine 15 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 2 2Minatee 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 2 2Dearlove 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Barkley 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0Morris 22 0-1 0-0 1-2 6 2 10 1 1TEAM 2 1Totals 200 21-55 6-19 14-16 34 24 10 15 62

(.382) (.316) (.875)

Blocks (2): Evans 1, Tillema 1Steals (1): Tillema 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 40, UW-Green Bay 37Officials: Sanzere, Clark, McDonald

Key Plays• After finding themselves trailing 47-46 early in thesecond half, the Badgers go on a 22-7 run and holdon from there.

Key Stats• Wisconsin outscored UW-Green Bay 34-12 in thepaint.• UW notched a season-low seven turnovers.

Notables• Michael Flowers had career highs of 12 points andsix steals.

UW 77, Marquette 63(Dec. 10, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 27 3-6 0-0 4-7 9 3 3 1 10Butch 18 2-5 0-2 0-0 5 2 1 2 4Tucker 20 2-8 1-2 3-4 3 3 1 2 8Nixon 32 6-10 2-5 1-2 1 2 2 1 15Taylor 36 6-17 3-6 3-6 6 1 1 1 18Landry 16 3-5 1-1 0-0 2 0 3 0 7Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 0 0Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Flowers 23 2-4 0-1 2-2 3 3 1 1 6Williams 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 2Stiemsma 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 4Gullikson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Krabbenhoft 8 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 4 3 0 3TEAM 3Totals 200 27-61 7-18 16-27 40 16 12 9 77

(.443) (.389) (.593)

Blocks (5): Stiemsma 2, Butch 1, Nixon 1,Krabbenhoft 1Steals (8): Nixon 3, Butch 1, Tucker 1, Taylor 1,Landry 1, Flowers 1

MU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPNovak 35 5-14 2-9 2-2 8 4 1 3 4Barro 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 3 1James 34 4-12 0-3 2-5 8 3 8 4 3McNeal 13 3-7 0-0 0-0 2 5 1 3 5Matthews 32 2-12 1-3 4-4 3 4 0 0 4Fitzger 19 3-4 1-2 0-0 3 5 1 2 5Chapman 23 1-2 1-2 1-2 2 1 0 0 1Grimm 8 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1 1Amoroso 23 4-10 0-1 1-2 4 4 1 0 4Lott 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0TEAM 3Totals 200 24-64 5-20 10-15 42 28 12 16 63

(.375) (.250) (.667)

Blocks (1): James 1Steals (4): James 1, McNeal 1, Matthews 1,Fitzgerald 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 44, Marquette 31Officials: Hightower, Higgins, Cahill

Key Plays• The Golden Eagles begin the game shooting 11-of-18 (.611) from the floor, but the Badgers limit themto 13-of-46 (.283) the rest of the way.• Wisconsin closed the first half on a 23-6 run.

Key Stats• UW converts Marquette’s 16 turnovers into 20points.• Two MU players foul out and three others are infoul trouble as the Golden Eagles commit 28 fouls.

Notables• Ray Nixon tallied career highs of 15 points andthree steals.

UW 54, UNC-Wilmington 51(Dec. 12, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPButch 18 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0Tucker 36 5-14 1-3 4-8 4 1 2 4 15Chappell 24 2-4 1-1 3-3 4 2 1 1 8Nixon 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 1 0Taylor 34 4-12 2-4 3-3 7 2 2 2 13Landry 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 3 4Flowers 33 2-3 1-2 2-4 5 2 4 1 7Williams 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Stiemsma 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 2Krabbenhoft 17 2-3 1-2 0-0 4 1 0 1 5TEAM 4Totals 200 18-44 6-14 12-18 35 11 10 14 54

(.409) (.429) (.667)

Blocks (1): Landry 1Steals (2): Tucker 1, Flowers 1

UNCW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPGrkovic 21 2-6 1-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 5Hendley 29 4-8 0-2 0-0 5 4 0 2 8Wyrick 31 1-5 1-3 0-0 7 2 3 3 3Goldsberry 36 3-10 3-7 0-0 2 3 5 2 9Soyebo 17 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0Carter 30 8-14 3-6 0-0 5 3 2 01 9Lay 14 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 5Miller 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Kuljanin 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1 0Laue 16 1-5 0-1 0-1 3 2 0 0 2TEAMTotals 200 21-55 9-24 0-1 27 19 14 9

(.382) (.375) (.000)

Blocks (1): Carter 1Steals (9): Wyrick 3, Goldsberry 2, Laue 2, Hendley1, Kuljanin 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 16, UNC-Wilmington 16Officials: Hillary, Burr, Chrisman

Key Plays• With six seconds remaining and the game tied at51, Kammron Taylor sinks a contested 3-point fieldgoal at the buzzer.

Key Stats• Both teams shot less than 30 percent in the firstperiod—UW was slightly better at 6-of-21 (.286)than UNCW at 7-of-27 (.259). In the second half,the Badgers improved to 12-of-23 (.522) while theSeahawks were 14-of-28 (.500).

Notables• That was the first game-winning basket at thebuzzer for Wisconsin since Alando Tucker hit a 3-point bucket vs. Iowa in the 2005 Big TenTournament.

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SEASON BOXSCORESUW 74, UW-Milwaukee 68

(Dec. 15, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPNixon 27 3-6 1-4 0-0 3 1 0 1 7Chappell 23 0-2 0-1 0-0 4 2 1 1 0Tucker 38 10-19 0-4 5-9 4 1 0 3 25Butch 24 3-6 0-1 0-0 8 3 0 0 6Taylor 39 5-10 0-2 13-15 5 2 6 3 23Landry 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2Flowers 17 2-3 1-2 1-2 0 3 2 2 6Williams 7 1-2 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 0 3Stiemsma 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 2 1 2Krabbenhoft 9 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 1 0 1 0TEAM 2Totals 200 26-51 2-15 20-30 35 15 11 12 74

(.510) (.133) (.667)

Blocks (8): Butch 3, Chappell 2, Nixon 1, Landry 1,Flowers 1Steals (4): Taylor 2, Butch 1, Flowers 1

UWM MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPTucker 16 4-9 2-5 0-0 5 5 0 7 10McCoy 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 1 2Tigert 36 5-7 0-1 4-6 12 4 2 1 14Hill 33 3-10 1-4 2-2 4 4 2 1 9Davis 30 7-15 7-14 2-2 3 3 0 2 23Massiah 20 0-4 0-1 0-0 3 2 0 1 0Smith 23 2-10 1-4 2-2 3 5 2 1 7Pancratz 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0Hanson 9 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 3Bendall 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Ford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0TEAM 1 1Totals 200 23-61 12-32 10-12 34 29 8 16 68

(.377) (.375) (.833)

Blocks (1): Hill 1Steals (3): Davis 1, Smith 1, Bendall 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 37, UW-Milwaukee 30Officials: Sanzere, Collins, Skiles

Key Plays• UW gets a combined 26 second-half points fromKammron Taylor and Alando Tucker to counter UW-Milwaukee’s 23-2 run.

Key Stats• Wisconsin makes 9-of-12 free throws in the finaltwo minutes.• UW dominates in the paint, 34-16.

Notables• The Badgers posted a season-high eight blocks.

UW 78, Louisiana Tech 52(Dec. 28, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 22 3-5 0-0 1-1 4 1 0 2 7Butch 28 8-12 1-2 1-1 10 2 5 1 18Tucker 29 5-9 0-1 1-4 6 1 0 1 11Nixon 20 5-6 4-5 0-0 2 2 3 2 14Taylor 24 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 4 4 2Landry 10 2-4 0-0 2-4 6 1 1 1 6Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Bronson 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Flowers 22 4-8 2-3 0-0 3 2 4 1 10Williams 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1 2Stiemsma 17 2-4 0-1 1-2 4 0 1 1 5Gullikson 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2Krabbenhoft11 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 2 1 0 1TEAM 2Totals 200 31-58 7-16 9-16 44 11 20 15 78

(.534) (.438) (.563)

Blocks (8): Stiemsma 5, Butch 3Steals (5): Chappell 2, Landry 2, Tucker 1

LT MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPWilds 20 3-8 3-7 0-0 2 1 0 3 9Millsap 34 7-16 0-2 2-3 5 4 0 2 16Haskins 26 1-1 0-0 0-0 5 0 3 3 2Elliott 23 2-10 2-7 1-2 2 2 0 0 7Dean 19 2-6 0-1 0-0 2 2 2 0 4McKenzie 20 2-8 1-7 1-2 3 4 2 3 6Washington 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 1 0McDowell 5 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Ibrahim 8 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 3Richardson12 0-3 0-0 1-2 6 1 1 2 1Disy 17 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 2Parker 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 2TEAM 3Totals 200 20-64 7-30 5-9 33 17 13 14 52

(.313) (.233) (.556)

Blocks (2): Ibrahim 1, Disy 1Steals (10): Haskins 3, Wilds 1, Dean 1, McKenzie1, Washington 1, McDowell 1, Richardson 1, Disy 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 39, Louisiana Tech 25Officials: Corbett, Crawford, Simpson

Key Plays• The Badger never trailed en route to building a 30-point cushion in the second half.

Key Stats• UW shoots 53.4 percent from the floor and ties aseason high with 44 rebounds.• Louisiana Tech is limited to 7-of-30 (.233) frombeyond the arc.

Notables• Four Wisconsin players scored in double figures.• Brian Butch posted his second career double-dou-ble with 18 points and 10 rebounds.• Greg Stiemsma racked up a career-high fiveblocks.

Pittsburgh 73, UW 64(Dec. 31, Petersen Events Center -

11,580)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPNixon 22 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 0 3Chappell 23 3-4 0-0 0-1 7 4 4 1 6 Butch 26 4-9 1-2 0-0 5 0 5 3 9Taylor 33 2-9 1-5 0-0 3 2 1 4 5Tucker 36 8-20 0-4 9-12 7 2 0 4 25Landry 13 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 2Flowers 23 0-0 0-0 3-4 3 2 1 1 3Stiemsma 15 3-3 0-0 0-1 3 3 2 0 6Krabbenhoft 9 2-4 0-1 1-2 1 2 1 0 5TEAM 1Totals 200 24-57 3-15 13-20 32 20 15 14 64

(.421) (.200) (.650)

Blocks (1): Stiemsma 1Steals (3): Butch 2, Flowers 1

Pitt MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPDeGroat 24 2-3 1-2 0-0 3 3 1 0 5Kendall 19 2-5 1-2 1-1 3 3 0 1 6Gray 14 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 4 0 3 5Ramon 20 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 6 0 0Krauser 35 7-14 2-5 6-9 3 3 4 6 22Benjamin 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 0 2Fields 20 2-3 1-1 4-8 1 0 3 0 9Biggs 19 4-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 8Graves 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 1Young 28 7-11 0-1 2-4 5 3 2 4 16TEAM 4Totals 200 27-49 5-12 14-24 32 23 18 14 73

(.551) (.417) (.583)

Blocks (4): Biggs 2, Kendall 1, Young 1Steals (8): Krauser 2, Benjamin 2, Kendall 1, Gray 1, Ramon 1, Young 1

Halftime: Pittsburgh 35, Wisconsin 28Officials: Higgins, Roberts, Burr

Key Plays• After cutting their deficit to four with 1:48 left, theBadgers fail to score on their next two possessions,allowing the Panthers to jump back up by eight.

Key Stats• Pitt shot 55.1 percent from the field, ending astreak in which UW had prevented six straightopponents from shooting better than 40.0 percent.

Notables• Alando Tucker notched his fifth game this seasonwith at least 20 points.

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SEASON BOXSCORESUW 66, Iowa 52

(Jan. 5, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 4 4 1 0Tucker 35 12-22 2-3 1-5 5 0 1 1 27Butch 28 3-9 1-3 0-0 8 2 0 0 7Nixon 20 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 4 0 0Taylor 37 5-14 1-4 0-0 4 0 4 2 11Landry 19 3-5 1-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 7Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Flowers 22 3-6 1-3 0-0 8 1 2 0 7Stiemsma 17 0-0 0-0 0-1 4 4 4 1 0Gullikson 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 2Krabbenhoft 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 5TEAM 1Totals 200 28-60 7-17 3-8 36 14 20 6 66

(.467) (.412) (.375)

Blocks (5): Stiemsma 5Steals (9): Stiemsma 3, Tucker 2, Butch 1, Taylor 1,Landry 1, Flowers 1

Iowa MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPBrunner 28 2-8 0-0 4-6 10 3 8 1 8Hansen 11 2-5 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 4Haluska 27 3-11 1-7 4-4 2 5 1 3 11Horner 37 4-12 3-7 0-0 3 2 3 3 11Henderson 26 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 2Thompson 17 0-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 0Freeman 14 1-3 1-3 0-0 2 1 2 0 3Wieck 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 2Wessels 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Thomas 27 4-13 0-0 2-3 8 2 2 0 10Reed 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0Gorney 6 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 1 1TEAM 2Totals 200 17-56 5-17 13-17 41 18 12 11 52

(.304) (.294) (.765)

Blocks (5): Hansen 3, Thomas 1, Gorney 1Steals (2): Haluska 1, Horner 1

Halftime: Iowa 34, Wisconsin 32Officials: Burr, Gray, O’Neill

Key Plays• The Badgers limit the Hawkeyes to 5-of-30 (.167)field goal shooting in the second half.

Key Stats• Iowa goes on field goal droughts of 11:46 (0-for-19) and 5:55.• UW commits a season-low six turnovers.

Notables• Greg Stiemsma matches a career-high with fiveblocks and sets career bests of steals (three) andassists (four).• Michael Flowers grabs a career-high eightrebounds.

UW 82, Michigan State 63(Jan. 8, Kohl Center - 17,142)

UW MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPChappell 20 0-0 0-0 2-4 5 3 3 1 2Butch 25 5-9 2-5 0-1 5 2 3 2 12Tucker 36 5-17 1-3 6-17 6 1 1 1 17Nixon 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 3Taylor 35 11-17 5-8 0-0 5 2 2 1 27Landry 16 2-2 0-0 2-4 2 1 2 0 6Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Bronson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Cain 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Flowers 26 3-5 1-2 2-2 1 2 1 1 9Stiemsma 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 4 4 1 1 0Gullikson 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2Krabbenhoft11 1-2 0-0 2-2 2 2 1 2 4TEAM 3Totals 200 29-56 10-21 14-30 35 18 14 9 82

(.518) (.476) (.467)

Blocks (7): Chappell 2, Butch 2, Stiemsma 2, Landry 1Steals (7): Taylor 2, Butch 1, Tucker 1, Nixon 1,Landry 1, Stiemsma 1

MSU MP FG 3P FT R F A TO TPGray 14 1-4 0-0 1-2 7 2 0 4 3Davis 29 1-6 0-1 0-0 9 3 2 3 2Brown 36 9-23 3-9 10-11 6 3 0 2 31Neitzel 37 5-8 4-6 0-0 1 1 1 2 14Ager 31 5-19 1-6 0-1 3 5 1 1 11Ibok 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 0Walton 17 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0Suton 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0Trannon 21 1-2 0-0 0-0 7 5 2 1 2Joseph 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Rowley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0TEAM 3Totals 200 22-63 8-22 11-15 40 24 7 15 63

(.349) (.364) (.733)

Blocks (5): Suton 1, Gray 1, Davis 1, Trannon 1Steals (4: Ager 2, Brown 1, Walton 1

Halftime: Wisconsin 36, Michigan State 26Officials: Hillary, Gray, Valentine

Key Plays• UW holds MSU scoreless for the first three min-utes of the second half en route to doubling its leadto 20 (46-26).

Key Stats• Wisconsin holds Michigan State to a season-low.349 shooting percentage (22-of-63).

Notables• Kammron Taylor matches career highs of points(27) and 3-point baskets (five).

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PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS#14 Tanner Bronson, So., G

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0- 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 vs. E. Kentucky DNPvs. Old Dominion DNPCoastal Carolina 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0at Wake Forest DNPPepperdine DNPUW-Green Bay 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Marquette 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0UNC Wilmington DNPUW-Milwaukee DNPLouisiana Tech 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Pitt DNPIowa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Michigan State 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#32 Brian Butch, So., F/C

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 25 9-12 3-3 2-2 4-3-7 2 4 0 1 0 23vs. E. Kentucky 42 3-10 0-1 4-4 3-3-6 4 2 2 1 1 10vs. Old Dominion 25 4-7 0-2 2-3 1-1-2 4 1 3 1 0 10Coastal Carolina 20 7-12 0-1 3-4 2-7-9 3 3 1 0 1 17at Wake Forest 26 8-12 2-4 1-2 4-6-10 4 2 1 1 0 19Pepperdine 28 2-6 0-2 5-6 3-6-9 2 0 4 1 3 9UW-Green Bay 27 6-10 0-1 2-4 2-6-8 2 0 1 2 1 14Marquette 18 2-5 0-2 0-0 0-5-5 2 1 2 1 1 4UNC Wilmington 18 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0UW-Milwaukee 24 3-6 0-1 0-0 3-5-8 3 0 0 3 1 6Louisiana Tech 28 8-12 1-2 1-1 4-6-10 2 5 1 3 0 18at Pitt 26 4-9 1-2 0-0 0-5-5 0 9 3 0 2 9Iowa 28 3-9 1-3 0-0 4-4-8 2 0 0 0 1 7Michigan State 25 5-9 2-5 0-1 2-3-5 2 3 2 2 1 12at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#5 Jason Chappell, Jr., C/F

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 19 3-5 0-0 3-4 3-1-4 3 4 0 0 2 9vs. E. Kentucky 17 0-2 0-0 0-2 2-1-3 1 1 2 0 0 0vs. Old Dominion 18 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 3 1 2 1 1 0Coastal Carolina 21 4-6 0-0 1-1 2-3-5 0 2 0 0 0 9at Wake Forest 24 3-7 1-1 4-4 2-1-3 3 2 1 1 1 11Pepperdine 24 5-10 2-3 3-4 2-2-4 3 3 1 0 1 15UW-Green Bay 22 1-5 1-2 4-4 1-7-8 1 3 1 1 0 7Marquette 27 3-6 0-0 4-7 5-4-9 3 3 1 0 0 10UNC Wilmington 24 2-4 1-1 3-3 2-2-4 2 1 1 0 0 8UW-Milwaukee 23 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 2 1 1 2 0 0Louisiana Tech 22 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-3-4 1 0 2 0 2 7at Pitt 23 3-4 0-0 0-1 3-4-7 4 4 1 0 0 6Iowa 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 4 4 1 0 0 0Michigan State 20 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-5-5 3 3 1 2 0 2at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#22 Michael Flowers, So., G

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 22 1-7 1-5 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 2 0 0 3vs. E. Kentucky 36 2-7 2-6 2-2 2-4-6 1 5 5 0 4 8vs. Old Dominion 23 1-5 1-3 2-2 0-2-2 1 2 3 0 0 5Coastal Carolina 24 3-4 1-1 2-4 1-4-5 2 2 0 1 5 9at Wake Forest 27 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-2-2 3 1 0 0 1 3Pepperdine 20 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 3 1 1 1 0 3UW-Green Bay 27 4-7 1-1 3-4 1-0-1 3 4 1 0 6 12Marquette 23 2-4 0-1 2-2 2-1-3 3 1 1 0 1 6UNC Wilmington 33 2-3 1-2 2-4 0-5-5 2 4 1 0 1 7UW-Milwaukee 17 2-3 1-2 1-2 0-0-0 3 2 2 1 1 6Louisiana Tech 22 4-8 2-3 0-0 3-0-3 2 4 1 0 0 10at Pitt 23 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 2 1 1 0 1 3Iowa 22 3-6 1-3 0-0 2-6-8 1 2 0 0 1 7Michigan State 26 3-5 1-2 2-2 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 0 9at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

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PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS#1 Marcus Landry, Fr., F

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 23 4-7 0-2 1-2 1-1-2 0 2 2 1 1 9vs. E. Kentucky 32 8-14 0-2 3-3 4-4-8 3 1 1 2 0 19vs. Old Dominion 17 3-7 1-2 4-4 2-4-6 3 2 2 0 0 11Coastal Carolina 16 2-7 0-0 2-3 2-2-4 1 4 2 0 0 6at Wake Forest 12 2-4 0-0 3-4 1-1-2 1 2 1 0 0 7Pepperdine 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 1 2 0 0 2UW-Green Bay 12 1-3 0-1 3-4 1-4-5 2 1 1 0 0 5Marquette 16 3-5 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 3 0 0 1 7UNC Wilmington 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 3 1 0 4UW-Milwaukee 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2Louisiana Tech 10 2-4 0-0 2-4 3-3-6 1 1 1 0 2 6at Pitt 13 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 2Iowa 19 3-5 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 1 7Michigan State 16 2-2 0-0 2-4 0-2-2 1 2 0 1 1 6at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#4 Ray Nixon, Sr., G

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 23 1-5 1-5 0-2 1-2-3 1 3 1 0 0 3vs. E. Kentucky 24 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-2-2 4 3 0 0 0 3vs. Old Dominion 20 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 3 0 0 1 5Coastal Carolina 16 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 0 0 0 6at Wake Forest 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0Pepperdine 22 1-4 1-3 2-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 1 0 5UW-Green Bay 23 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 1 0 0 8Marquette 32 6-10 2-5 1-2 0-1-1 2 2 1 1 3 15UNC Wilmington 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0UW-Milwaukee 27 3-6 1-4 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 1 1 0 7Louisiana Tech 20 5-6 4-5 0-0 0-2-2 2 3 2 0 0 14at Pitt 22 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 0 0 0 3Iowa 20 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 4 0 0 0 0Michigan State 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 1 3at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#43 Kevin Gullikson, Fr., F

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0vs. E. Kentucky DNPvs. Old Dominion DNPCoastal Carolina 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0at Wake Forest DNPPepperdine DNPUW-Green Bay DNPMarquette 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0UNC Wilmington DNPUW-Milwaukee DNPLouisiana Tech 3 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Pitt DNPIowa 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2Michigan State 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#45 Joe Krabbenhoft, Fr., G/F

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 2 0 1 0 0 0vs. E. Kentucky 11 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 3 1 0 0 0 2vs. Old Dominion 9 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-3-3 1 1 0 0 0 2Coastal Carolina 16 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 3 2 3 0 1 2at Wake Forest 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 2 1 1 0 1 2Pepperdine 11 2-5 1-2 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 5UW-Green Bay 4 0-0 0-0 5-6 2-0-2 2 0 0 0 0 5Marquette 8 0-0 0-0 0-3 4-1-3 4 0 0 1 0 3UNC Wilmington 17 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 1 0 1 0 0 5UW-Milwaukee 9 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-2-3 1 0 1 0 0 0Louisiana Tech 11 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-0-1 1 2 1 0 0 1at Pitt 9 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 0 5Iowa 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5Michigan State 11 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 2 1 2 0 0 4at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

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PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS#34 Greg Stiemsma, So., C

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 1 0 0 4vs. E. Kentucky 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0vs. Old Dominion 15 2-6 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 3 0 0 2 1 4Coastal Carolina 10 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 1 1 0 6at Wake Forest 12 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 4 0 0 2 0 1Pepperdine 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 4 0 1 2 1 2UW-Green Bay 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 0 0 0 2Marquette 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 2 0 4UNC Wilmington 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 0 0 0 2UW-Milwaukee 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 2 1 0 0 2Louisiana Tech 17 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-4-4 0 1 1 5 0 5at Pitt 15 3-3 0-0 0-1 2-1-3 3 2 0 1 0 6Iowa 17 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-4-4 4 4 1 5 3 0Michigan State 12 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-4-4 4 1 1 2 1 0at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#23 Kammron Taylor, Jr., G

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 27 4-7 1-2 3-4 0-2-2 2 3 2 2 0 12vs. E. Kentucky 44 5-13 5-9 0-0 1-0-1 3 4 4 0 1 15vs. Old Dominion 39 8-15 4-9 7-9 1-7-8 3 0 1 0 0 27Coastal Carolina 26 5-10 3-5 7-7 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 20at Wake Forest 37 6-13 4-6 2-2 0-1-1 4 0 5 0 3 18Pepperdine 29 4-6 1-3 3-3 0-0-0 3 2 3 1 5 12UW-Green Bay 31 3-7 3-5 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 2 0 0 9Marquette 36 6-17 3-6 3-6 1-5-6 1 1 1 0 1 18UNC Wilmington 34 4-12 2-4 3-3 0-7-7 2 2 2 0 0 13UW-Milwaukee 39 5-10 0-2 13-15 1-4-5 2 6 3 0 2 23Louisiana Tech 24 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 4 4 0 0 2at Pitt 33 2-9 1-5 0-0 2-1-3 2 1 4 0 0 5Iowa 37 5-14 1-4 0-0 0-4-4 0 4 2 0 1 11Michigan State 35 11-17 5-8 0-0 1-4-5 2 2 1 0 2 27at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#42 Alando Tucker, Jr., F

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 32 5-14 0-1 0-1 3-5-8 0 1 3 0 0 10vs. E. Kentucky 44 14-23 1-3 9-14 5-5-10 3 0 2 0 0 38vs. Old Dominion 34 7-14 0-1 6-10 2-1-3 2 2 1 0 1 20Coastal Carolina 24 1-1 0-0 3-6 0-2-2 0 3 1 0 1 5at Wake Forest 33 10-27 2-6 5-8 2-1-3 2 5 2 0 0 27Pepperdine 33 6-14 1-2 3-7 3-3-6 0 2 3 0 0 16UW-Green Bay 27 8-14 1-1 1-7 1-2-3 1 3 0 0 0 18Marquette 20 2-8 1-2 3-4 0-3-3 3 1 2 0 1 8UNC Wilmington 36 5-14 1-3 4-8 2-2-4 1 2 4 0 1 15UW-Milwaukee 38 10-19 0-4 5-9 1-3-4 1 0 3 0 0 25Louisiana Tech 29 5-9 0-1 1-4 1-5-6 1 0 1 0 1 11at Pitt 36 8-20 0-4 9-12 3-4-7 2 0 4 0 0 25Iowa 35 12-22 2-3 1-5 2-3-5 0 1 1 0 2 27Michigan State 36 5-17 1-3 6-17 2-4-6 1 1 1 0 1 17at MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

#33 DeAaron Williams, Fr., G/F

Opp. Min. FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T F A TO BK ST PTSvs. Norfolk State 8 2-2 1-1 2-4 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 7vs. E. Kentucky DNPvs. Old Dominion DNPCoastal Carolina 15 4-8 0-1 0-1 6-0-6 0 1 0 0 0 8at Wake Forest DNPPepperdine 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 1 0 0 0 2UW-Green Bay 7 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 1 2Marquette 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2UNC Wilmington 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0UW-Milwaukee 7 1-2 0-1 1-2 2-1-3 1 0 0 0 0 3Louisiana Tech 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 1 0 1 0 0 2at Pitt DNPIowa DNPMichigan State DNPat MinnesotaNorthwesternat Ohio StateNorth Dakota St.Penn Stateat MichiganIllinoisat PurdueIndianaat Penn StateOhio Stateat NorthwesternMinnesotaat Michigan Stateat Iowa

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PLAYER CAREER HIGHSBrian Butch

Points: 23 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05)Field Goals: 9 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05)Field Goal Atts.: 12, four times, MR: vs.

Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)3-Point Field Goals: 3 vs. Norfolk State

(11/18/05)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 5 vs. Michigan State

(1/8/06)Free Throws: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Free Throw Atts.: 6 vs. UNC Greensboro

(12/23/04) and vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Rebounds: 10 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) and

vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Assists: 5 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05) and

at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)Blocked Shots: 3 vs. UW-Milw. (12/15/05)

and vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Steals: 3 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Minutes: 42 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

Jason Chappell

Points: 15 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Field Goals: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Field Goal Atts.: 10 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)3-Point Field Goals: 2 vs. Pepper. (12/3/05)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 3 vs. Pepperdine

(12/3/05)Free Throws: 4, three times, MR:

vs. Marquette (12/10/05)Free Throw Atts.: 7 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)Rebounds: 9 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)Assists: 4, three times, MR: vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Blocked Shots: 2 vs. UW-Milw. (12/15/05)Steals: 2 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05) and

vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Minutes: 27 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)

Michael Flowers

Points: 12 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)Field Goals: 4 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)

and vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Field Goal Atts.: 8 vs. Louis. Tech (12/28/05)3-Point Field Goals: 2, four times, MR

vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 6 vs. Eastern

Kentucky (11/19/05)Free Throws: 3, three times, MR: at

Pittsburgh (12/31/05)Free Throw Atts.: 6 vs. Penn (11/20/04)Rebounds: 8 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Assists: 5 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)Blocked Shots: 1, four times, MR

vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)Steals: 6 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)Minutes: 36 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

Joe Krabbenhoft

Points: 5, five times, MR: vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Field Goals: 2, four times, MR:

vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Field Goal Atts.: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)3-Point Field Goals: 1, three times, MR:

vs. Iowa (1/5/06)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 2 vs. Pepperdine

(12/3/05) and vs. UNCW (12/12/05)Free Throws: 5 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)Free Throw Atts.: 6 vs. UW-Green Bay

(12/7/05)Rebounds: 5 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05)Assists: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) and

vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Blocked Shots: 0Steals: 1 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) and

at Wake Forest (11/29/05)Minutes: 17 at Wake Forest (11/29/05) and

and vs. UNCW (12/12/05)

Marcus Landry

Points: 19 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)Field Goals: 8 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05)Field Goal Atts.: 14 vs. E. Kent. (11/19/05)3-Point Field Goals: 1, three times, MR:

vs. Iowa (1/5/06)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 2, three times, MR:

vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)Free Throws: 4 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)Free Throw Atts.: 4, five times, MR

vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Rebounds: 8 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)Assists: 4 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)Blocked Shots: 2 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05)Steals: 2 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Minutes: 32 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

Ray Nixon

Points: 15 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)Field Goals: 6 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)Field Goal Atts.: 10 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)3-Point Field Goals: 4 vs. Louisiana Tech

(12/28/05)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 6 vs. Illinois

(1/25/05)Free Throws: 4 vs. Minnesota (2/4/04)Free Throw Atts.: 4 vs. Eastern Ill. (11/25/03)

and vs. Minnesota (2/4/04)Rebounds: 6 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/25/03)Assists: 4 vs. Ohio State (1/11/05) and

vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Blocked Shots: 1, 10 times, MR

vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)Steals: 3 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)Minutes: 32 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)

Greg Stiemsma

Points: 6 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05) andat Pittsburgh (12/31/05)

Field Goals: 3 vs. Coastal Carolina (11/26/05)and at Pittsburgh (12/31/05)

Field Goal Atts.: 6 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)

3-Point Field Goals: 03-Point Field Goal Atts.: 1, three times, MR:

vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Free Throws: 1, three times, MR: vs.

Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Free Throw Atts.: 2, three times, MR: vs.

Louisiana Tech (12/28/05)Rebounds: 7 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)Assists: 4 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Blocked Shots: 5 vs. La. Tech (12/28/05) and

vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Steals: 3 vs. Iowa (1/5/06)Minutes: 18 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/7/05)

Kammron Taylor

Points: 27 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05) andvs. Michigan State (1/8/06)

Field Goals: 11 vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)Field Goal Atts.: 17 vs. Marquette (12/10/05)

and vs. Michigan State (1/8/06)3-Point Field Goals: 5 vs. Eastern Kentucky

(11/19/05) and vs. Michigan St. (1/8/06)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 9 vs. E. Kentucky

(11/19/05) and vs. Old Dom. (11/21/05)Free Throws: 13 vs. UW-Milw. (12/15/05)Free Throw Atts.: 15 vs. UW-Milwaukee

(12/15/05)Rebounds: 8 vs. Old Dominion (11/21/05)Assists: 6 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/15/05)Blocked Shots: 2 vs. Norfolk State (11/18/05)Steals: 5 vs. Pepperdine (12/3/05)Minutes: 44 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

Alando Tucker

Points: 38 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)Field Goals: 14 vs. E. Kentucky (11/19/05)Field Goal Atts.: 27 at Wake Forest

(11/29/05)3-Point Field Goals: 5 vs. Texas Southern

(12/21/02)3-Point Field Goal Atts.: 6 at Wake Forest

(11/29/05)Free Throws: 15 vs. Bucknell (3/20/05)Free Throw Atts.: 18 vs. Bucknell (3/20/05)Rebounds: 18 vs. UNLV (12/7/02)Assists: 5 vs. Alabama (12/29/04) and at

Wake Forest (11/29/05)Blocked Shots: 1, 12 times, MR vs. Illinois

(3/13/05)Steals: 3 vs. Purdue (2/5/03)Minutes: 44 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05)

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PLAYER CAREER STATISTICSBrian Butch, So., F/C

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2004-05 27 0 261 9.7 35 83 .422 8 25 .320 20 34 .588 26 41 67 2.5 35 0 6 16 9 5 98 3.62005-06 14 14 360 25.7 64 120 .533 10 30 .333 20 27 .741 32 61 93 6.6 32 0 26 21 16 12 158 11.3TOTAL 41 14 621 15.1 99 203 .488 18 55 .327 40 61 .656 58 102 160 3.9 67 0 32 37 25 17 256 6.2

Jason Chappell, Jr., F/C

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2002-03 8 0 11 1.4 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 0.4 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.52003-04 Redshirt Season2004-05 14 0 48 3.4 6 12 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 6 10 16 1.1 7 0 5 5 0 0 14 1.02005-06 14 14 297 21.2 27 57 .474 5 8 .625 25 35 .714 25 42 67 4.8 33 0 32 15 7 7 84 6.0TOTAL 36 14 356 9.9 34 73 .466 6 10 .600 28 39 .718 33 53 86 2.4 40 0 37 21 8 7 102 2.8

Michael Flowers, So., G

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2004-05 30 0 270 9.0 12 39 .308 6 17 .353 7 14 .500 13 34 47 1.6 22 0 15 17 2 16 37 1.22005-06 14 0 345 24.6 29 64 .453 13 32 .406 20 28 .714 13 34 47 3.4 29 0 30 19 3 21 91 6.5TOTAL 44 0 615 14.0 41 103 .398 19 49 .388 27 42 .643 26 68 94 2.1 51 0 45 36 5 37 128 2.9

Ray Nixon, Sr., G

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2002-03 17 0 70 4.1 4 17 .235 0 8 .000 0 1 .000 3 7 10 0.6 14 0 2 2 1 1 8 0.52003-04 31 0 345 11.1 35 75 .467 14 35 .400 11 17 .647 24 27 51 1.6 37 0 10 20 3 5 95 3.12004-05 33 1 385 11.7 31 79 .392 17 42 .405 5 8 .625 12 26 38 1.2 57 1 19 18 5 6 84 2.52005-06 14 14 286 20.4 26 57 .456 17 44 .386 3 6 .500 1 17 18 1.3 25 0 24 7 3 5 72 5.1TOTAL 95 15 1086 11.4 96 228 .421 48 129 .372 19 32 .594 40 77 117 1.2 133 1 55 47 12 17 259 2.7

Greg Stiemsma, So., C

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2004-05 10 0 27 2.7 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 6 0.6 5 0 0 1 2 1 11 1.12005-06 14 0 168 12.0 18 33 .545 0 3 .000 2 6 .333 9 27 36 2.6 32 0 15 8 22 6 38 2.7TOTAL 24 0 195 8.1 23 39 .590 0 3 .000 3 8 .375 10 32 42 1.8 37 0 15 9 24 7 49 2.0

Kammron Taylor, Jr., G

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2003-04 18 0 41 2.3 7 19 .368 2 8 .250 5 6 .833 1 1 2 0.1 4 0 1 3 0 1 21 1.22004-05 34 12 816 24.0 85 224 .379 26 77 .338 89 116 .767 9 73 82 2.4 37 0 56 69 2 18 285 8.42005-06 14 14 471 33.6 69 155 .445 33 70 .471 41 49 .837 7 38 45 3.2 25 0 33 35 3 15 212 15.1TOTAL 66 26 1328 20.1 161 398 .405 61 155 .394 135 171 .789 17 112 129 2.0 66 0 90 107 5 34 518 7.8

Alando Tucker, Jr., F

Total 3-Point ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2002-03 32 27 1016 31.8 139 261 .533 18 58 .310 89 130 .685 86 103 189 5.9 78 0 34 41 10 28 385 12.02003-04 4 2 83 20.8 19 33 .576 3 7 .429 15 22 .682 7 11 18 4.5 7 0 1 5 0 2 56 14.02004-05 31 30 983 31.7 162 334 .485 23 73 .315 125 183 .683 68 121 189 6.1 40 1 52 60 2 22 472 15.22005-06 14 14 457 32.6 98 216 .454 10 34 .294 56 112 .500 27 43 70 5.0 17 0 21 28 0 8 262 18.7TOTAL 81 73 2539 31.3 418 844 .495 54 172 .314 285 447 .638 188 278 466 5.8 142 1 108 134 12 60 1175 14.5