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1 WISCONSIN basketball 22 NCAA Tournaments (18 consecu ve) 4 Final Fours (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015) 18 Big Ten Championships 21 Consensus All-Americans SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time OCT. 23 RED/WHITE SCRIMMAGE 1 PM OCT. 30 UW-PLATTEVILLE (Exhibi on) 1 PM NOV. 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 7 PM Nov. 15 at Creighton (Gavi Games) 7:30 pm NOV. 17 CHICAGO STATE 7 PM 2016 Maui Jim Maui Invita onal Lahaina Civic Center Nov. 21 vs. Tennessee 1:30 pm Nov. 22 vs. Oregon/Georgetown Nov. 23 vs. UConn, Okla. St., N. Carolina, Chaminade NOV. 27 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 1 PM NOV. 29 SYRACUSE (Big Ten/ACC Challenge) 6:30 PM DEC. 3 OKLAHOMA DEC. 7 IDAHO STATE 7 PM Dec. 10 at Marque e 1 pm DEC. 14 GREEN BAY 8 PM DEC. 23 FLORIDA A&M 8 PM DEC. 27 RUTGERS 6 PM Jan. 3 at Indiana 6 pm Jan. 8 at Purdue 12:30/3:30 pm Jan. 12 OHIO STATE 6 PM Jan. 17 MICHIGAN 8 PM Jan. 21 at Minnesota 3:30 pm Jan. 24 PENN STATE 8 PM Jan. 28 vs. Rutgers (New York City) 11 am Jan. 31 at Illinois 8 pm Feb. 5 INDIANA NOON Feb. 9 at Nebraska 8 pm Feb. 12 NORTHWESTERN 5:30 PM Feb. 16 at Michigan 6 pm Feb. 19 MARYLAND Feb. 23 at Ohio State 8 pm Feb. 25/26 at Michigan State March 2 IOWA 8 PM March 5 MINNESOTA Big Ten Tournament Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center) Mar at Big Ten Tournament NCAA Tournament Mar Round 1 Mar Rounds 2-3 Mar Sweet 16/Elite 8 April 1-3 Final Four (Phoenix, Ariz.) FOLLOW BADGER BASKETBALL WEBSITE: FACEBOOK: /WisconsinMensBasketball INSTAGRAM: BadgerMBB YOUTUBE: WisconsinBadgers PRESEASON NOTES Wisconsin begins its 118th season of men s basketball in and the first full season with Greg Gard as the head coach. Gard took over the reins for the final 23 games of the season upon the Dec. 15, 2015 retirement of Bo Ryan. In his inaugural season as head coach, Gard led Wisconsin to wins in 11 of its final 13 regular-season games to win the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award. UW finished the regular season in a tie for third place in the 2016 Big Ten standings extending its streak of top-four finishes to a league-record 16th-consecutive season with a 12-6 conference record. Gard led the Badgers to the most Big Ten wins by a firstyear coach since 2004 (Bruce Weber, Illinois). The Badgers are currently enjoying a streak of 18 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, tied for the fifth-longest streak in tournament history. Last season, Wisconsin reached the Sweet 16, becoming the nation s only team to reach the Sweet 16 in five of the last six years. Gard became the first coach to take his team to the Sweet 16 in his inaugural head coaching season since Chris Mack led Xavier in Wisconsin is enjoying a streak of at least 20 wins for 10 consecutive seasons and have tallied at least 12 Big Ten wins in 7 straight (longest in conference). Including Nigel Hayes last season, a total of 9 different Badgers have been named first-team All-Big Ten over the last 15 years, combining for 13 first-team all-conference honors. No other Big Ten program has more during that era. The Badgers have recorded at least 30 wins in four of the last 10 seasons, the most of any team in the Big Ten. In fact, Ohio State (3), Michigan State (1) and Michigan (1) are the only other Big Ten schools to win 30 games in a season over that span. Nationally, only Kansas (7), Duke (5) and North Carolina (5) have more 30-win seasons than Wisconsin over the last 10 years. Wisconsin will play a minimum of 11 games vs. teams in the 2016 NCAA Tournament field, with 7 of those coming at home and 4 on the road. During the nonconference schedule, the Badgers will host 2016 Final Four participants Oklahoma and Syracuse as well as Green Bay. UW could also face national runner-up North Carolina, Elite Eight qualifier Oregon or UConn at the Maui Invitational. Including last year s run to the Sweet 16 and the football team s win in the Holiday Bowl, Wisconsin has earned an NCAA men s basketball tourn. invite and qualified for a bowl game in each of the last 14 years. That is college athletic s longest all-time streak of dual success (Texas is second all-time with 12 consecutive seasons: to ) TEAM INFO Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 Le erwinners Returning/Lost: 13/4 Wisconsin returns each of the top 9 scorers from last season. In fact, the Badgers bring back all but 20 minutes played (99.8%) and all but 6 points (99.7%) from a year ago. UW returns all 5 starters for the first time since the season. Those percentages are by far the highest in the Big Ten. Team Pct. Points Ret. Pct. Minutes Ret. 1. Wisconsin Ohio State Northwestern Purdue Penn State RETURNING FRONTCOURT STARTERS The Badgers welcome back 2016 first-team All-Big Ten selection Nigel Hayes, who averaged 15.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg while leading UW with 104 assists. The Blue Ribbon Magazine preseason National Player of the Year and preseason Big Ten Player of the Year, Hayes joins Michael Finley as the only Badgers to tally at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists by their junior season. If he just matches his junior year totals he would finish 3rd in school history in points (1,340 entering ), 7th in rebounds (557 entering ) and 7th in career assists (219 entering ).

2 QUICK FACTS University of Wisconsin Founded Enrollment ,041 Nickname Badgers School Colors Cardinal and White Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big Ten Chancellor Rebecca Blank Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez Athletic Dept. Phone Ticket Office Phone Website Facebook /WisconsinMensBasketball HEAD COACH - GREG GARD Seasons nd at UW/2nd overall Overall Record (.652) Record at Wisconsin (.652) Big Ten Record (.666) NCAA Tournament Record (.666) KOHL CENTER Opened Jan. 17, 1998 Seasons th Capacity ,287 Student Section Grateful Red Overall record at Kohl Center (.869) Kohl Center Record under Gard (.800) ALL-TIME RECORD 118th season of basketball Years: 1898 to present Overall record: 1,549-1,172 (.569) Big Ten record: (.488) NCAA tournament record: (.632) Big Ten tournament record: (.568) BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS (18) Titles: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1941, 1947, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2015 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES (3) Titles: 2004, 2008, 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Appearances (21): 1941, 1947, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 National Championship: 1941 Final Four: 1941, 2000, 2014, 2015 Elite Eight: 1941, 1947, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015 Sweet 16: 1941, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Sophomore Ethan Happ looks to build off his 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year campaign during which he averaged 12.4 ppg, ranked 6th in the Big Ten with 7.9 rpg and became the first freshman to lead the Big Ten in steals (63 steals) since OSU s Aaron Craft in Happ became just the third NCAA freshman over the last 15 seasons to score 400 points, while recording 60 steals and 30 blocks (joining Kevin Durant and DuJuan Blair). Senior Vitto Brown finished 4th on the team in scoring, averaing 9.7 ppg with 5.0 rpg. He also enjoyed the third-largest scoring increase in the Big Ten a year ago, going from 1.8 ppg to 9.7 ppg in Brown did not attempt a single 3-pointer in his first two seasons at UW, but led the team last year, shooting 40% (38-95) from deep. RETURNING BACKCOURT STARTERS Third-team All-Big Ten junior Bronson Koenig returns as the team s lead guard after averaging 13.1 ppg and shooting 39.0% (83-213) from 3-point range. The moniker Clutch Koenig was born in after his game-winning shots against VCU and Xavier. In fact, over the final 5:00 and overtime of games last season, Koenig shot 54.8% (17-for-31) from 3-point range. Koenig needs just 71 points and 27 assists to become the 14th player in UW history with at least 1,000 points and 250 assists. Senior guard Zak Showalter made just four 3-pointers in his first two seasons, but knocked down 35 percent (37-107) from long range as a junior. Showalter averaged 7.5 ppg and 3.8 rpg while ranking third on UW with 36 steals and a team-high 16 charges drawn. The Badgers also return key reserves Jordan Hill (junior guard mpg), Khalil Iverson (sophomore guard mpg), Alex Illikainen (sophomore forward mpg) and Charles Thomas, IV (sophomore forward mpg). Wisconsin will also regain the services of sophomore guard Brevin Pritzl, who missed all but one game of his freshman year with a foot injury and sophomore forward Andy Van Vliet, who was forced to sit out the season after the NCAA ruled him ineligible for not enrolling in college within a year of high school graduation. Wisconsin will also welcome a three-man freshman class that features guard D Mitrik Trice (6-0, Huber Heights, Ohio), forward Aleem Ford (6-8, Lawrenceville, Ga.) and walk-on guard Michael Ballard (6-4, Oak Park, Ill.) LOOK BACK Record: Big Ten: 12-6 (T-3rd) Wisconsin reached the NCAA tournament for the 18th-consecutive season in , the 5th-longest streak in NCAA history. The Badgers have won 15 NCAA tournament games since Only Kentucky (20) has won more games in the Big Dance over that time frame. On Jan. 13, 2016, Wisconsin was 9-9 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten with an RPI of 110. Since then, the Badgers won 13 of their final 17 games, climbed to 3rd place in the league, into the RPI top 40 and reached the Sweet 16 for the 5th time in the last 6 seasons. With wins over Maryland (2), Michigan St. (4), Iowa (8) and Xavier (9), the Badgers were 1 of 4 teams to own 4 top-10 wins last season (with Texas, Kansas and Villanova). UW and Villanova were the only teams to tally 3 of those away from home. With a Big Ten record of 12-6, the Badgers secured a top-4 conference finish for the 16th-consecutive season, the longest such streak in Big Ten history. Wisconsin won at least 12 Big Ten games for the 7th-consecutive season (the longest active streak in the league). Ethan Happ became the second Big Ten Freshman of the Year in UW history, joining Sam Okey (1996). Happ was also named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and All-Defensive team, as well as taking home third-team All-Big Ten honors. With Nigel Hayes earning first-team All-Big Ten honors, a total of nine different UW players have been named first-team All-Big Ten over the past 15 seasons, combining for 13 first-team all-conference honors. No other Big Ten program has more during that era. Junior Bronson Koenig was named to the All-Big Ten third team. UW also had 5 players earn 2016 Academic All-Big Ten honors: Vitto Brown (2x honoree), Matt Ferris, Nigel Hayes (2x honoree), Aaron Moesch (2x honoree) and Zak Showalter. Wisconsin led the Big Ten in scoring defense (63.8 ppg) and TO percentage (forcing more than one TO per every 5 possessions), having held a total of 10 teams to their season-low point total. UW led the Big Ten, averaging 20.8 FTAs per game last season. That mark ranked as the Badgers 2nd-highest average in the last 9 years. No team in the nation had more freshmen than Wisconsin (8) last season and that group played 29.0% of UW s minutes. The quartet of Ethan Happ, Alex Illikainen, Khalil Iverson and Charles Thomas, IV averaged 19.5 ppg and 13.3 rpg. In , the Badgers ranked 2nd in the Big Ten and finished 6th nationally by averaging a sellout capacity of 17,287 per game. Wisconsin has led the Big Ten in attendance in 10 of the last 14 seasons and has finished among the nation s top 7 in each of the last 16 years. The Badgers will head into the season enjoying a streak of 40 consecutive sellouts dating back to Jan. of 2014.

3 WISCONSIN BASKETBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HS/LAST SCHOOL) 31 Ballard, Michael G Fr./Fr. Oak Park, Ill. (Fenwick) 30 Brown, Vi o*** F Sr./Sr. Bowling Green, Ohio (HS) 4 Ferris, Ma * G Jr./So. Appleton, Wis. (Xavier) 2 Ford, Aleem F Fr./Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer/IMG Academy) 22 Happ, Ethan* F Jr./So. Milan, Ill. (Rockridge) 10 Hayes, Nigel*** F Sr./Sr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 11 Hill, Jordan** G Sr./Jr. Pasadena, Calif. (LaSalle/Exeter Acad. [N.H.]) 25 Illikainen, Alex* F So./So. Grand Rapids, Minn. (HS/Brewster Acad.) 21 Iverson, Khalil* G So./So. Delaware, Ohio (Hayes) 24 Koenig, Bronson*** G Sr./Sr. La Crosse, Wis. (Aquinas) 5 Moesch, Aaron** F Sr./Jr. Green Bay, Wis. (Southwest) 1 Pritzl, Brevin G So./Fr. De Pere, Wis. (HS) 20 Schlundt, T.J.* G Jr./So. Oconomowoc, Wis. (St. John s Military Acad.) 3 Showalter, Zak*** G Sr.#/Sr. Germantown, Wis. (HS) 15 Thomas, Charles IV* F So./So. Highland, Md. (River Hill) 0 Trice, D Mitrik G Fr./Fr. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne/IMG Academy) 33 Van Vliet, Andy F So./So. Antwerp, Belgium NUMERICAL POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HS/LAST SCHOOL) 0 D Mitrik Trice G Fr./Fr. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne/IMG Academy) 1 Brevin Pritzl G So./Fr. De Pere, Wis. (HS) 2 Aleem Ford F Fr./Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer/IMG Academy) 3 Zak Showalter*** G Sr.#/Sr. Germantown, Wis. (HS) 4 Ma Ferris* G Jr./So. Appleton, Wis. (Xavier) 5 Aaron Moesch** F Sr./Jr. Green Bay, Wis. (Southwest) 10 Nigel Hayes*** F Sr./Sr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 11 Jordan Hill** G Sr./Jr. Pasadena, Calif. (LaSalle/Exeter Acad. [N.H.]) 15 Charles Thomas, IV* F So./So. Highland, Md. (River Hill) 20 T.J. Schlundt* G Jr./So. Oconomowoc, Wis. (St. John s Military Acad.) 21 Khalil Iverson* G So./So. Delaware, Ohio (Hayes) 22 Ethan Happ* F Jr./So. Milan, Ill. (Rockridge) 24 Bronson Koenig*** G Sr./Sr. La Crosse, Wis. (Aquinas) 25 Alex Illikainen* F So./So. Grand Rapids, Minn. (HS/Brewster Acad.) 30 Vi o Brown*** F Sr./Sr. Bowling Green, Ohio (HS) 31 Michael Ballard G Fr./Fr. Oak Park, Ill. (Fenwick) 33 Andy Van Vliet F So./So. Antwerp, Belgium BY ELIGIBILITY POS HT WT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN (HS/LAST SCHOOL) Seniors (4) 3 Zak Showalter*** G Sr.#/Sr. Germantown, Wis. (HS) 10 Nigel Hayes*** F Sr./Sr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 24 Bronson Koenig*** G Sr./Sr. La Crosse, Wis. (Aquinas) 30 Vi o Brown*** F Sr./Sr. Bowling Green, Ohio (HS) Juniors (2) 5 Aaron Moesch** F Sr./Jr. Green Bay, Wis. (Southwest) 11 Jordan Hill** G Sr./Jr. Pasadena, Calif. (LaSalle/Exeter Acad. [N.H.]) Sophomores (7) 4 Ma Ferris* G Jr./So. Appleton, Wis. (Xavier) 15 Charles Thomas, IV* F So./So. Highland, Md. (River Hill) 20 T.J. Schlundt* G Jr./So. Oconomowoc, Wis. (St. John s Military Acad.) 21 Khalil Iverson* G So./So. Delaware, Ohio (Hayes) 22 Ethan Happ* F Jr./So. Milan, Ill. (Rockridge) 25 Alex Illikainen* F So./So. Grand Rapids, Minn. (HS/Brewster Acad.) 33 Andy Van Vliet F So./So. Brasschaat, Belgium Freshman (4) 0 D Mitrik Trice G Fr./Fr. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne/IMG Academy) 1 Brevin Pritzl G So./Fr. De Pere, Wis. (HS) 2 Aleem Ford F Fr./Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer/IMG Academy) 31 Michael Ballard G Fr./Fr. Oak Park, Ill. (Fenwick) * le ers earned at UW # 5th-year senior Head Coach: Greg Gard Associate Head Coach: Lamont Paris Assistant Coaches: Howard Moore, Joe Krabbenho Dir. of Basketball Opera ons: Katherine Vosters PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Strength & Condi oning Coach: Erik Helland Head Athle c Trainer: Henry Perez-Guerra Video Director: A.J. Van Handel Asst. Dir. of Basketball Opera ons: Kyle Blackbourn Vi o Brown VEE-toe Aaron Moesch MAY-shhh Aleem Ford Uh-LEEM Brevin Pritzl PRITTS-ull Alex Illikainen ill-eh-kay-nin D Mitrik Trice Duh-MEE-trick Bronson Koenig KAY-nig Andy Van Vliet Van VLEET ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Men s Basketball Contact: Patrick Herb O: C: PAH@athle cs.wisc.edu Asst. MBB Contact: Brandon Harrison O: C: BAH@athle cs.wisc.edu Athle c Communica ons Fax: Press Row Phone: Mailing Address: Kellner Hall 1440 Monroe Street MEDIA INFORMATION CREDENTIAL APPLICATIONS BIG TEN MEDIA LIST office.bigten.org/media WISCONSIN BASKETBALL FACT BOOK go.wisc.edu/mbbrecordbook WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS BadgerWiFi (connect/register with ) OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Instagram: badgermbb / wisconsinbadgers Facebook: WisconsinMensBasketball / WisconsinBadgers Snapchat: officialbadgers YouTube: WisconsinBadgers Radio Sta on: WIBA (1310 AM) Play-by-Play Announcer: Ma Lepay Address: P.O. Box 99 Madison, WI Phone: Color Analyst: Mike Lucas Address: Kellner Hall 1440 Monroe Street Phone: Creden als: Requests for Wisconsin basketball creden als must be made online at: Contact Patrick Herb with ques ons ( ). pproved creden als will be either mailed or made available at the Ath. Comm. Office or with the parking a endant (white vehicle) at the entrance to Lot 46 on Frances Street, one block north of the Kohl Center. Interviews: Head coach Greg Gard will hold a weekly news conference every Monday throughout the season at 12:30 p.m. in the media room at the Kohl Center. Those sessions are live videostreamed via BTN2Go. Gard s comments are available on UWBadgers.com late Monday a ernoon as both a video archive and a transcript. Badger players are normally available for interviews a er prac ces once before each game during the season. For a schedule of player availability or to arrange any interviews please contact Patrick Herb. All requests for players or Coach Gard should be arranged through Herb.

4 HEAD COACH GREG GARD Long considered one of the best assistant coaches in all of college basketball, Greg Gard was named head coach at the University of Wisconsin on March 7, A coaching veteran of more than 20 years, Gard is in his 15th season on the Badgers basketball staff, having served as the team s associate head coach since July of It s an honor and a privilege to be named the head coach at the University of Wisconsin, Gard said. I m extremely thankful for this incredible opportunity to lead my home-state program into the future. It s a role and a responsibility that I cherish and take extremely seriously. I m looking forward to building on the great tradi on at Wisconsin and represen ng my home state in a manner that can make Badger fans proud. In his inaugural season as head coach, Gard led the Badgers to the 2016 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, becoming just the second-ever first-year coach to win the Jim Phelan Na onal Coach of the Year award. Gard, 45, took over as the Badgers interim head coach following the re rement of long me head coach Bo Ryan on Dec. 15. A week later, having begun installa on of the Swing offense that had brought UW much success in the past, Gard led the Badgers to an win over Green Bay in his head coaching debut. The transi on to Gard s leadership began with a 1-4 start to the Big Ten Conference season, leaving UW at 9-9 overall, but it didn t take long for the Badgers to adjust. Wisconsin proceeded on a run that saw them become one of the na on s ho est teams down the stretch of the regular season, winning 11 of their final 13 games. A victory over fourth-ranked Michigan State at the Kohl Center on Jan. 17 was the beginning of a seven-game win streak that also featured a home win over No. 19 Indiana and an impressive road triumph at No. 2 Maryland. The Badgers later added another road win over No. 8 Iowa on Feb. 24. Over the season s final seven weeks, Wisconsin lost just twice on the road at the hands of No. 8 Michigan State and No. 15 Purdue. It became clear to me as the season wore on and I was able to observe Greg both on and off the court that he was the right person to lead our men s basketball team, UW Director of Athle cs Barry Alvarez said. I was extremely excited to be able to offer him the job and fully believe that the program is in good hands for years to come. UW finished the regular season in a e for third place in the Big Ten standings extending its streak of top-four finishes to a league-record 16th-consecu ve season with a 12-6 conference record. Gard led the Badgers to the most Gard Coaching Record Big Ten wins by a first-year coach since 2004 (Bruce Weber, Illinois). In 15 total seasons on the Badgers bench, Gard has never seen the Badgers finish lower than fourth while amassing a mark of (.713) in Big Ten play. As associate head coach, Gard served as the Badgers recrui ng coordinator in addi on to on-floor coaching du es, opponent scou ng and game prepara on, and the construc ng of future game schedules. He was also the director of the Badger Boys Basketball Summer Camps. In November of 2015, Gard was ranked as the fourth-best X&O assistant coach in college basketball by coachstat.net. The rankings were made upon receipt of votes from a panel of na onal college basketball media, scouts and coaches. In 2012, Gard was named No. 3 on the list of top assistant coaches in college basketball according to Bleacher Report. Fox Sports also listed Gard No. 10 on its list of the na on s top 25 assistant coaches. Gard s 13th and 14th seasons in Madison were some of the program s most memorable. He helped guide the Badgers to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015, and in 2015 UW reached its first na onal championship game since Wisconsin sha ered the school s single-season wins record (36) in 2015 and became one of just 10 teams with at least 36 wins in Division I history. In 2014, UW finished 30-8 and won at least 30 games for just the third me in school history. In fact, Gard has been on the bench for each of the top 11 winningest seasons at Wisconsin. Gard helped pilot the Badgers to four Big Ten regular season tles and three Big Ten tournament championships, most recently winning both crowns in UW has made the NCAA tournament in each of Gard s first 14 seasons, advancing to seven Sweet 16s three Elite Eights and two Final Fours. Year University Record Pct. Conf. Record Place Postseason Wisconsin Big Ten 12-6 T3rd NCAA Sweet 16 Career record (1 season) The Gard File Personal Born: Cobb, Wis. Family Wife: Michelle Daughters: Mackenzie and Peyton; Son, Isaac Education B.S., Physical & Health Educ., UW-Platteville, 1995 M.S.E., Counselor Education, UW-Platteville, 2007 Collegiate Coaching Experience Assistant Coach, Southwestern [WI] H.S. ( ) Assistant Coach, Platteville [WI] H.S. ( ) Assistant Coach, Wis.-Platteville ( ) Assistant Coach, Wis.-Milwaukee ( ) Associate Head Coach, Wisconsin ( ) Head Coach, Wisconsin (2015-present) Collegiate Coaching Record Wisconsin (1 season): 15-8 (.652) Most Big Ten wins, 1st season (Active Big Ten Coaches) Coach (School) Record Pct. 1. Greg Gard (Wisconsin) Tom Izzo (Michigan State) Thad Matta (Ohio State) John Groce (Illinois) Richard Pitino (Minnesota) Chris Collins (Northwestern) Mark Turgeon (Maryland)* John Beilein (Michigan) Tim Miles (Nebraska) Patrick Chambers (PSU) Fran McCaffery (Iowa) Matt Painter (Purdue) Tom Crean (Indiana) Steve Pikiell (Rutgers) *Maryland was in the ACC during Turgeon s first season (2012) Gard came to the Badgers a er spending the previous two seasons as Ryan s assistant at UW-Milwaukee, where he had responsibili es in scou ng, summer basketball camp opera ons and on-floor coaching, as well as involvement with recrui ng. Previously, Gard served as an assistant coach to Ryan at UW-Pla eville from During Gard s years on the Pioneer staff, UW-Pla eville compiled a (.925) record and won three NCAA Division III tles, five straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athle c Conference (WIAC) championships and appeared in six consecu ve NCAA tournaments. In his final year at UW- Pla eville, Gard served as Ryan s top assistant in charge of recrui ng, camp opera ons and scou ng. He also worked as an advisor in the university s admissions office. Prior to joining Ryan s staff in Pla eville, Gard spent three seasons at Southwestern High School and one at Pla eville High School, where he served in junior high and assistant varsity coaching capaci es. Gard is a 1995 graduate of UW-Pla eville with a degree in physical and health educa on. He received a master s degree in counselor educa on from Pla eville in Gard and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters Mackenzie and Peyton and a son, Isaac.

5 Season Statistics All games Overall record: Conf: 12-6 Home: 13-5 Away: 6-5 Neutral: 3-3 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 10 Hayes, Nigel Koenig, Bronson Happ, Ethan Brown, Vitto Showalter, Zak Hill, Jordan Iverson, Khalil Thomas, Charlie Illikainen, Alex Dearring, Riley Smith, Jordan Moesch, Aaron Schlundt, T.J Decorah, Will Bax, Jackson Pritzl, Brevin Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS WIS OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Freethrowpct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Wisconsin Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/13/15 WESTERN ILLINOIS L /15/15 SIENA W /17/15 NORTH DAKOTA W /20/15 vs Georgetown L /22/15 vs VCU W /25/15 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W /29/15 at Oklahoma L /02/15 at Syracuse Wot /05/15 TEMPLE W /09/15 MILWAUKEE L /12/15 MARQUETTE L /15/15 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHR W /23/15 GREEN BAY W * 12/29/15 PURDUE L * 01/02/16 RUTGERS W * 01/05/16 at Indiana L * 01/09/16 MARYLAND L * 01/12/16 at Northwestern L * 01/17/16 MICHIGAN STATE W * 01/21/16 at Penn State W * 01/26/16 INDIANA Wot * 01/31/16 at Illinois W * 02/04/16 OHIO STATE W * 02/10/16 NEBRASKA W * 2/13/16 at Maryland W * 2/18/16 at Michigan State L * 02/21/16 ILLINOIS W * 02/24/16 at Iowa W * 02/28/16 MICHIGAN W * 03/02/16 at Minnesota W * 03/06/16 at Purdue L /10/16 vs Nebraska L /18/16 vs Pittsburgh W /20/16 vs Xavier W /25/16 vs Notre Dame L * = Conference game