WISCONSIN Men s Basketball NOTES DU JOUR. Quick Facts ON THE SIDELINES PROBABLE WISCONSIN STARTERS

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1 WISCONSIN UW Men s Basketball Release Date: Dec. 22, 2001 Sports Information 1440 Monroe Street Madison, WI Phone: (608) Fax: (608) Contact: Brian Lucas bml@athletics.wisc.edu Website: UWBADGERS.COM GAME 12: at UW-Milwaukee DATE: Thursday, December 27 TIME: 7 p.m. CST SITE: The Klotsche Center (5,000) LIVE TV: WISC-Madison and WDJT- Milwaukee (Van Stoutt and Alan Zussman) DELAYED TV: none RADIO: WIBA (Matt Lepay and Mike Lucas) THE BADGERS Quick Facts Overall Record Conference Record National Rankings Associated Press...NA ESPN / USA Today...NA Series vs. UW-Milwaukee...UW leads 17-1 First Meeting...UW won in 1901 Captains Travon Davis, Charlie Wills Letterwinners R/L...6/8 Starters R/L...1/4 Head Coach...Bo Ryan Alma Mater...Wilkes (Pa.), 1969 Record at UW (Yr.) (1) Career Record (Yr.) (18) Assistant Coaches Rob Jeter, Tony Bennett, Greg Gard Home Facility...Kohl Center Capacity...17,142 UW-MILWAUKEE Overall Record Conference Record National Rankings Associated Press...NA ESPN / USA Today...NA Letterwinners R/L...8/4 Starters R/L...4/1 Head Coach...Bruce Pearl Alma Mater...Boston College, 82 Record at UW-Milwaukee (Yr.) (1) Career Record (Yr.) (10) Home Facility...Klotsche Center Capacity...5,000 NOTES DU JOUR HEATING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS - Junior guard Kirk Penney is averaging 27 points and shooting.625 (10-16) from three-point range in the last two games. Penney was named co-big Ten Player of the Week for his performance against Marquette. The Auckland, New Zealand native poured in 33 points on shooting (including 5-6 from beyond the arc), leading the Badgers to a win over the previously unbeaten Golden Eagles. Penney s 33 points were the most by a Big Ten player this season and most by a Badger since Michael Finley had 36 against Missouri on March 19, TWICE AS NICE - Freshman forward Mike Wilkinson recorded his second consecutive double-double against Marquette, registering career highs in points (16) and rebounds (12) for the second straight game. Wilkinson is one of only eight players in the Big Ten to accumulate more than one double-double this season and the only freshman in the conference to do so. STATE PRIDE - s game Thursday against UW-Milwaukee is its final game this season against an in-state, Division I opponent. The Badgers are looking to sweep their state rivals for the third consecutive season. The UW has already defeated UW-Green Bay (70-57) and Marquette (86-73) earlier this year. owns an 11-game winning streak against UWGB, Marquette and UWM. ON THE SIDELINES WISCONSIN S BO RYAN - In his 18th season as a head coach, his first at... career record of (.781) is fourth-best among active Division I coaches with at least 10 seasons... coached last two seasons at UW-Milwaukee (30-27,.526)... coached 15 years at UW-Platteville, winning four Division III national titles... winningest college coach of the 1990 s (all divisions) with a (.908) record... all-time winningest coach in Division III history (353-76,.822). UW-MILWAUKEE S BRUCE PEARL - In his first season at UW-Milwaukee and his 10th overall... spent nine seasons as head coach at Division II Southern Indiana, winning 1995 National Championship... assistant at Iowa from PROBABLE WISCONSIN STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 40 Charlie Wills F Sr Dave Mader C So Travon Davis G Sr Devin Harris G Fr Kirk Penney G Jr KEY WISCONSIN RESERVES 13 Clayton Hanson G Fr Freddie Owens G So Neil Plank G/F Fr Mike Wilkinson F Fr

2 Media Information Sports Information: Media contacts for the Badgers are as follows: WISCONSIN Phone: Fax: Web site: UWBADGERS.COM Asst. SID (bball contact): Brian Lucas SID: Justin Doherty Radio Information: UW basketball is heard on the 43-station Radio Network. WIBA (AM 1310, FM 101.5) is the rights holder in Madison. Matt Lepay (play-byplay) and Mike Lucas (color) are the announcers. Interviews: Coach Bo Ryan holds a Monday media conference at 1 p.m. CT during the season in the National W Club room in Camp Randall Stadium. Ryan is also available after most Badger practices (approximately 7:30 p.m. on weekdays). Players and assistant coaches are available for interviews after practice according to a schedule produced by the UW Sports Information Office. All interviews are to be conducted on either the main arena floor or on the practice floor in the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion. Requests for players and coaches should be made to Brian Lucas of the UW Sports Information Office. Requests for telephone interviews should be made to Lucas ( ). Players are available twice a week after practice for telephone interviews according to a schedule produced by the UW Sports Information Office. Practices: Regular-season practices are open after 6:15 p.m. during the week. Player & Staff Head Shots: Current head shots of all players and UW staff members may be obtained by members of the media at ftp:\\badger@ (password is sports). Home postgame: The locker room is closed. Requests for player interviews will be taken on press row and players will be available in the media room in the Kohl Center. Coach Ryan is also available postgame in the media room. UW-MILWAUKEE NOTES UW-Milwaukee is 5-5 this season, including a win over Virginia Tech, and 3-1 at the Klotsche Center. Junior forward Clay Tucker leads the Panthers, averaging 16.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Current Badger head coach Bo Ryan coached UWM for two seasons prior to taking the head job at. TEAM NOTES BREAKING OUT - The Badgers scored a season-high 86 points and connected on a season-best 58.0 percent (29-50) of their shots in the upset of No. 14 Marquette on Saturday. also hit.643 (9-14) of its three-point attempts vs. the Golden Eagles. MU entered Saturday s game giving up an average of 55.8 points. BALANCING ACT - currently has four players, Devin Harris, Kirk Penney, Freddie Owens and Mike Wilkinson, averaging double figures in points per game. The last time UW went a season with four players in double figures was (J.J. Weber, Shelton Smith, Trent Jackson and Mike Heineman). HANDLE WITH CARE - Senior point guard Travon Davis is currently second in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.00). That mark would be good for third all-time on the UW single-season list. His 1.5 turnovers per contest are fewest among Big Ten players in the top 15 in assist-to-turnover ratio. In the last five games, Davis has 28 assists and just five turnovers in 162 minutes. EFFICIENCY COUNTS - Sophomore guard Freddie Owens leads the Badgers in field goal percentage, connecting on 51.0 percent of his shots. That s good for 13th in the Big Ten, third among guards. In four home games this season, Owens has connected on (.765) of his shots. Inside the three-point stripe this year, the sophomore is shooting.564 (44-78). IRON MEN - Five Badgers are averaging more than 29 minutes a game this season. Devin Harris leads the team at 34.9 minutes per game, while Travon Davis is at Mike Wilkinson is averaging 29.8 minutes off the bench. Kirk Penney (29.6) and Charlie Wills (29.5) round out the UW s top five. Harris, Wilkinson, Davis and Wills played at least 40 minutes in the UW s double-overtime loss to Temple. The last time that happened at the UW was in the Badgers triple overtime loss to Indiana on Feb. 16, Harris led the way with 47 minutes played against the Owls, the most by a Badger since Michael Finley played 49 against Purdue on Feb. 13, 1993, a Boilermaker win in two overtimes. GETTING DEFENSIVE - is fifth in the Big Ten in scoring defense, giving up just 65.4 points per game. No Badger opponent has scored more than 74 points (UNLV in the season opener) against the UW this season. has held seven of its 11 opponents to 70 points or less. BACK-TO-BACK - Freshman Devin Harris reached the 20-point plateau in consecutive games against Temple (21) and Ohio (24). The last freshman to score at least 20 points in back-to-back games was Sam Okey who scored 20 points against Wright State on Dec. 5, 1995 and 27 against St. Bonaventure on Dec. 9. BOMBS AWAY - Freshman Devin Harris attempted a school-record 20 threepointers in the Badgers double overtime loss to Temple on Dec. 3. Harris also broke the previous Big Ten record of 19 set by Iowa s Chris Kingsbury vs. Long Island on Dec. 17, The UW s 40 three-point attempts as a team was also a school and conference record. held the previous Big Ten high with 37 three-point attempts against Missouri on March 19, The Badgers are averaging 21.1 trey attempts per game.

3 Last Time Out Marquette MP FG 3P FT R F TP Harris Nnamaka Wade Henry Diener Blankson Merritt Diggs Sanders team 1 TOTALS (.480)(.333)(.783) Assists: 13 (Nnamaka 3, Wade 3, Henry 3, Sanders 2, Harris 1, Diener 1) Turnovers: 16 (Merritt 6, Wade 4, Harris 2, Henry 2, Nnamaka 1, Blankson 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (Wade 2, Blankson 1, Merritt 1) Steals: 5 (Merritt 2, Nnamaka 1, Wade 1, Sanders 1) MP FG 3P FT R F TP Wills Mader Davis Penney Harris Owens Plank Wilkinson team 0 TOTALS (.580)(.643)(.633) Assists: 19 (Davis 7, Wills 4, Wilkinson 3, Harris 2, Owens 2, Penney 1) Turnovers: 10 (Wills 2, Mader 2, Penney 2, Owens 2, Harris 1, Wilkinson 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (Harris 1, Wilkinson 1) Steals: 5 (Harris 2, Owens 2, Wilkinson 1) Halftime: 37, Marquette 21 Officials: McDonald, Chrisman, Yorkovich Attendance: 17,142 Game Summary Junior guard Kirk Penney scored a careerhigh 33 points on shooting as never trailed, defeating No. 14 Marquette Freshman forward Mike Wilkinson chipped in with his second consecutive double-double, registering career highs in both points (16) and rebounds (12). The Badgers built a 20-point second-half lead but Marquette cut it to one with 7:22 left in the game. The UW responded with a 9-0 run and allowed Marquette just one field goal the rest of the way. Penney s 33 points were the most by a Badger in 108 games against MU. CLOSE CALLS - s six losses this season have come by an average of 4.2 points. Five of the six setbacks have been by five points or less. FIREPOWER OFF THE BENCH - Sophomore Freddie Owens and freshman Mike Wilkinson are providing the Badgers with a spark off the bench this season. The duo is tied for third on the team in scoring at 10.4 ppg. Wilkinson also leads the team with 6.8 rebounds a game. Wilkinson and Owens are averaging 29.8 and 25.2 minutes, respectively. BIG ON THE GLASS - Despite having just three players on their roster taller than 6-7, the Badgers hold a rebounding advantage of 2.6 boards per game over their opponents. has only been outrebounded twice this season (they are 0-2 in those games). MR. VERSATILITY - Freshman Devin Harris is currently ranked in the top 15 in the Big Ten in scoring, free throw percentage, three-point percentage and threepointers made. He leads in scoring (13.9), minutes played (34.9), three-pointers (26), three-point attempts (67), free throws (39), steals (12) and blocked shots (eight). He is also second on the squad in assists (21). HOMEBOY - In his career, Kirk Penney is a 48.4 percent shooter in home games ( ), including 59 of 124 (.476) from three-point range. This season, he is averaging 18.5 points on 55.1 percent (27-49) shooting. On the road, Penney is shooting.361 ( ) in his career,.329 (57-173) from beyond the arc. CAREER HIGHS - This season, eight Badgers have set or tied career highs in points. Against Marquette, Kirk Penney exploded for 33 points while Mike Wilkinson came off the bench to score 16. Devin Harris scored 24 in the Badgers win at Ohio while freshman Neil Plank added a career-best seven points. Sophomore Freddie Owens (23) set a personal best against Temple. Senior Travon Davis scored a career-high 14 points at Georgia Tech while freshman Clayton Hanson lit the scoreboard for the first time, draining a three-pointer. Against Hawaii-Hilo, senior Charlie Wills matched his career best with 15. PRIME TIME PERFORMER - Senior point guard Travon Davis scored a career-high 14 points and equalled his career best with seven assists in the Badgers nationally televised game at Georgia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. He also led the UW with six rebounds, one shy of his personal best. FOR STARTERS - The Badgers have used the same starting lineup for all 11 games this season, tipping off with seniors Travon Davis and Charlie Wills, junior Kirk Penney, sophomore Dave Mader and freshman Devin Harris. HELMIGK OUT - Freshman forward Andreas Helmigk tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in preseason practice and will miss the entire season. He had surgery in late November. Helmigk s injury left the Badgers with just eight healthy scholarship players entering the season. SENIOR LEADERSHIP - Seniors Travon Davis and Charlie Wills were named co-captains prior to the season. CAL WHO? - Senior Charlie Wills has never missed a game (108 straight) in his UW career. EXPERIENCE LOST - Five seniors from last year s team have departed, including four starters. Those seniors accounted for 65 percent of the team s minutes played, 64 percent of the points, 61 percent of the rebounds and 74 percent of the assists last season. They also led the Badgers to three NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2000 Final Four. EXPERIENCE GAINED? - Seven of the 15 players on the Badgers roster are freshmen. Nine of s players never played in a college game prior to

4 UW Record When... Ahead at the half Behind at the half FG% of.450 or more FG% less than Better FG% than opp Worse FG% than opp Opp. shoots less than 45% FG% of 40% or more FG% less than 40% Try more than 15 3FGs Try 15 or fewer 3FGs Make at least 70% FT Try at least 25 FTs Try less than 25 FTs Outrebound opponent Tied or outrebounded More TOs than opponent Same or fewer TOs Commit 10 or more TOs Commit less than 10 TOs Score less than 50 pts Score pts Score pts Score pts Score pts Score 90 or more pts Allow less than 50 pts Allow pts Allow pts Allow pts Allow pts Allow 90 or more pts Overtime vs. A.P. top 25 opponents Home games Road games Neutral site games Day games Night games Games Decided By... 5 points or less points points or more points UW BENCH SCORING Points (Per game) (23.4) Opponents (18.2) Freddie Owens (10.4) Mike Wilkinson (10.4) Neil Plank (1.9) Clayton Hanson (1.6) Ike Ukawuba Brent Boettcher Deandre Buchanan Michael Jackson Max Peek this season. Travon Davis, Kirk Penney and Charlie Wills are the only UW players to average more than five minutes per game last season. PLAYER POINTS TRAVON DAVIS, SR., G - Team captain... one of just two seniors on the team... first year as a starter... appeared in 69 games the last three years, backing up Wooden Award finalist Mike Kelley at point guard... second in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.00)... that mark would be good for third on the UW single-season list... fewest turnovers per game (1.5) among Big Ten players in the top 15 in assist-to-turnover ratio assists per contest are good for fourth in the conference... has 28 assists and just five turnovers in the last four games... dished out a career-best eight assists against just one turnover in 42 minutes against Temple... scored a personal-best 14 points (all in the first half) at Georgia Tech... career-high seven rebounds against Hawaii... career 50 percent freethrow shooter entering this season, connecting on.686 (24-35) this season...has played in seven NCAA tournament games in his career. CLAYTON HANSON, FR., G - Has appeared in five games this season... scored first points of his career at Georgia Tech, hitting a three-pointer in the first half... also hit a three at Ohio... good shooter... averaged 28.7 points per game as a senior in high school last year, earning Capital Times Player of the Year honors. DEVIN HARRIS, FR., G - Leading scorer for the Badgers (13.9 ppg), 11th in the conference... fifth in the Big Ten in three-pointers made (2.36 per game)... fifth in the conference in free throw percentage (39-46,.848)... scored in double figures in nine of s 11 games... career-high 24 points at Ohio... set Big Ten record with 20 three-point attempts (making six) against Temple... played 47 minutes against the Owls and is averaging 34.9 minutes this season... recorded first double-double of his career against Temple (21 pts., 13 rebs.)... most rebounds by a UW guard in a game since Michael Finley had 13 on Feb. 26, led the Badgers with 20 points, including five three-pointers, against UNLV... first freshman to start a season-opener at UW since Mike Kelley in second-most points (20) in Badger history by a freshman in a season-opener three-pointers rank sixth all-time among freshman at UW... state prep player of the year. DAVE MADER, SO., C - Biggest player on the Badgers roster at 6-11, 240 pounds... has started every game... grabbed six rebounds and tied career-high with 20 minutes against Xavier... averaging 2.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 12.6 minutes a game... appeared in 17 games as a redshirt freshman a year ago. FREDDIE OWENS, SO., G - Leads Badgers in field goal percentage (.510, 49-96), good for 13th in the Big Ten (third among guards)... scored a career-high 23 points in personal-best 37 minutes against Temple... tied for third on the team with 10.4 points per game... averaging 14.8 points and shooting 76.5 percent (26-34) from the field at the Kohl Center this season... grabbed personal-best nine rebounds at Ohio... six double-digit scoring efforts this season... made 3-5 three-pointers against Temple, his first three-pointers since hitting a 60-footer to beat the halftime buzzer against Tennessee in last season s opener... played in 18 games as a true freshman. KIRK PENNEY, JR., G - Named co-big Ten Player of the Week after scoring career-high 33 points against Marquette... connected on shots, including 5-6 three-pointers (tied for second on UW all-time list) against MU... tied career high with five treys... team s second leading scorer at 13.3 ppg (13th in Big Ten)... top three-point shooter on UW (23-58,.397), 13th in the conference treys per contest, seventh in the Big Ten... averaging 18.5 points on 55.1 percent (27-49) shooting at home this season rebounds per game, third-best on the team... Badgers only returning starter from a year ago... led the Big Ten in three-point shooting in conference games (.478)... leading scorer (14.8 ppg) on

5 Career Games Played Player GS GP Charlie Wills Travon Davis Kirk Penney Freddie Owens Dave Mader Devin Harris Neil Plank Mike Wilkinson Ike Ukawuba Clayton Hanson Brent Boettcher Michael Jackson Max Peek Consecutive Starts Player Starts Kirk Penney Charlie Wills Travon Davis Dave Mader Devin Harris UW IN BIG TEN STATS Stat Rank Scoring Offense th Scoring Defense th Scoring Margin th FG Percentage th FG Pct. Defense th 3-pt. FG Pct th 3-pt. FG Pct. Defense th FT Percentage th Rebound Margin th Turnover Margin th Assists/game th Assists-TO Ratio th Steals/game th Blocked Shots/game th UW RECORD BY LINEUP Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav PRONUNCIATION G UIDE Brent Boettcher BET-cher Deandre Buchanan DEA-on-dray Travon Davis truh-VON Andrea Helmigk HEL-mig Dave Mader MAY-der Ike Ukawuba YOU-cow-ba New Zealand s 2001 Goodwill Games team... also a member of the New Zealand Olympic team in one of 35 players to have played in the Final Four and the Olympics in the same year. NEIL PLANK, FR., G/F - Scored career-high seven points in win over Ohio, including five in the last five minutes... has played in all 11 games and is averaging 9.5 minutes and 1.9 points off the bench... first-team all-state selection in Illinois... has two prep teammates playing in Division I (Matt McCollom - Ball State and Jake Sans - Indiana State). MIKE WILKINSON, FR., F - Has recorded double-doubles in each of his last two games... career highs in points (16) and rebounds (12) against Marquette... recorded first double-double of career with 15 points and 11 rebounds vs. Furman... only freshman in Big Ten with more than one doubledouble... leads team with 6.8 rebounds per contest, eighth in the Big Ten... averaging 29.8 minutes and 10.4 points off the bench... fourth in the conference with 2.82 offensive boards a game... career-best 43 minutes against Temple... has scored at least seven points in each game this year, including five doubledigit efforts... redshirted last season... state prep player of the year in CHARLIE WILLS, SR., F - Team captain... most experienced player on UW roster... has played in every game during his career (108 straight)... has started 40 of those games... matched career high with 15 points against Hawaii-Hilo... tied career high with 10 rebounds vs. UNLV... has started all 11 games and is averaging 8.0 points and 29.5 minutes per contest... second on the team and 16th in the conference with 5.5 rebounds per game... averaged 18.0 minutes and 4.2 points a year ago... part of the Big Ten Foreign Tour team that went 6-0 this past summer... engaged to be married (Nancy). BY THE NUMBERS 8 - had just eight healthy scholarship players entering the season. Helmigk tore the ACL in his left knee during preseason practice, freshman guard Latrell Fleming was diagnosed with a heart condition prior to preseason drills and sophomore Julian Swartz left school for personal reasons The Badgers starting backcourt of Travon Davis and Devin Harris has combined for just 13 turnovers in the last five games (392 minutes played). That s merely one turnover every 30.2 minutes has won 38 of its last 46 games at the Kohl Center, an.826 winning percentage. The Badgers are 18-2 (.900) in non-conference home games since the Kohl Center opened. WISCONSIN ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. Hometown (High School) 2 Travon Davis*** Sr. G Argo, Ill. (Nazareth Academy) 3 Ike Ukawuba* So. G Chicago, Ill. (Lincoln Park) 10 Michael Jackson So. F Milwaukee, Wis. (Rufus King) 12 Max Peek Jr. G Eagan, Minn. (Eastview) 13 Clayton Hanson Fr. G Reedsburg, Wis. (HS) 20 Kirk Penney** Jr. G Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake) 21 Andreas Helmigk Fr. F Klagenfurt, Austria 24 Freddie Owens* So. G Milwaukee, Wis. (Washington) 25 Neil Plank Fr. G/F Mt. Zion, Ill. (Mt. Zion) 30 Dave Mader* So. F/C Appleton, Wis. (East) 32 Deandre Buchanan Fr. F Verona, Wis. (HS) 34 Devin Harris Fr. G Milwaukee, Wis. (Wauwatosa East) 40 Charlie Wills*** Sr. F Angola, Ind. (HS) 52 Brent Boettcher Fr. F Bayport, Wis. (HS) 54 Mike Wilkinson Fr.# F Blue Mound, Wis. (Wis. Heights) * - Letters Won # - Redshirt Freshman

6 Big Ten Standings Big Ten Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Northwestern Illinois Iowa Ohio State Michigan State Indiana Minnesota Purdue Michigan Penn State Big Ten This Week Dec. 27 at UW-Milwaukee Dec. 28 Eastern Washington vs. Indiana Mercer at Iowa Northwestern vs. La. Lafayette Coppin State vs. Penn State Dec. 29 Loyola (Ill.) at Illinois Indiana vs. Samford/Butler Michigan at San Francisco Michigan State vs. Stanford Northwestern vs. Ari. St./Caniusius UNC-Greensboro at Ohio State Penn State vs. California/Harvard Robert Morris at Purdue Tennessee at Dec. 30 Minnesota at Texas Tech STATS C O M PARISON Category UW UWM Overall Record Scoring Avg Scoring Defense FG Pct FG Pct. Defense pt. FG Pct pt. FG Pct. Defense FT Pct Rebounding Margin Assists Avg Turnovers Avg Steals Avg Blocked Shots Avg WISCONSIN SCHEDULE AND RESULTS UW UW Date Opp. (AP Rank) W/L Score Att. High Scorer High Reb. Nov. 10 EA Sports All-Stars* W ,137 Harris - 22 Wills - 9 Wilkinson - 9 Nov. 13 Athletes in Action* W ,652 Harris - 19 Wills - 7 Nov. 17 at UNLV L ,769 Harris - 20 Wills - 10 Nov. 23 at Hawaii-Hilo& W ,225 Penney - 15 Wills - 9 Wills - 15 Nov. 24 vs. Weber State& L Harris - 19 Wills - 9 Nov. 25 vs. Hawaii& L Harris - 15 Davis - 7 Wilkinson - 7 Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech% L ,242 Davis - 14 Davis - 6 Penney - 14 Dec. 1 UW-Green Bay W ,671 Penney - 15 Wills - 9 Dec. 3 Temple (2OT) L ,132 Owens - 23 Harris - 13 Dec. 8 at Ohio W ,059 Harris - 24 Owens - 9 Dec. 10 at Xavier L ,250 Harris - 10 Mader - 6 Dec. 15 Furman W ,956 Penney - 21 Wilkinson - 11 Dec. 22 Marquette W ,142 Penney - 33 Wilkinson - 12 Dec. 27 at UW-Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Dec. 29 Tennessee, 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at Iowa, 7 p.m. Jan. 5 Illinois, 1:31 p.m. Jan. 9 at Penn State, 7 p.m. Jan. 12 at Michigan State, 11:17 a.m. Jan. 16 Minnesota 7 p.m. Jan. 19 Purdue, 1:31 p.m. Jan. 23 at Illinois, 7 p.m. Jan. 26 Penn State, 11:17 a.m. Jan. 30 at Northwestern, 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at Michigan, 7 p.m. Feb. 6 Ohio State, 7 p.m. Feb. 9 Northwestern, 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Indiana, 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Minnesota, 1:31 p.m. Feb. 19 Iowa, 6 p.m. Feb. 27 Michigan, 7 p.m. March 7-10 March March March 30 April 1 at Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis, Ind. NCAA Tournament first/second rounds NCAA Tournament regional sessions Final Four, Atlanta, Ga. NCAA Championship, Atlanta, Ga. * - exhibition game & - at City Bank/Aloha Airlines Big Island Basketball Invitational % - Big Ten-ACC Challenge All times are Central Home games listed in Bold

7 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Reb. 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 Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav UNLV Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Hawaii-Hilo Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav vs. Weber State Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav vs. Hawaii Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Georgia Tech Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav UW-Green Bay Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Temple Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Ohio Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Xavier Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Furman Pen, Wil, Mad, Har, Dav Marquette UW-Milwaukee Iowa Penn Michigan State Minnesota Illinois Penn Michigan Ohio State Minnesota Iowa Michigan

8 PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS TRAVON DAVIS at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette DEVIN HARRIS at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette DAVE MADER at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette FREDDIE OWENS at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette KIRK PENNEY at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette NEIL PLANK at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette MIKE WILKINSON at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette CHARLIE WILLS at UNLV at Hawaii-Hilo vs. Weber State vs. Hawaii at Georgia Tech UW-Green Bay Temple at Ohio at Xavier Furman Marquette

9 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Opponents Points 33, Kirk Penney vs. Marquette (12/22/01) 47, Lynn Greer, Temple (12/3/01) Field Goals 13, Kirk Penney vs. Marquette (12/22/01) 18, Lynn Greer, Temple (12/3/01) Field Goal Attempts 24, Devin Harris vs. Temple (12/3/01) 38, Lynn Greer, Temple (12/3/01) Field Goal Pct. (5 made).857 (6-7), Freddie Owens vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01).875 (7-8), Greg Babcock, UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) 3-Point FG 6, Devin Harris vs. Temple (12/3/01) 6, Lynn Greer, Temple (12/3/01) 3-Point FG Att. 20, Devin Harris vs. Temple (12/3/01) 16, Lynn Greer, Temple (12/3/01) 3-Point FG Pct. (3 made).833 (5-6), Kirk Penney vs. Marquette (12/22/01).667 (4-6), Stevie Morrison, Weber State (11/24/01) Free Throws Made 10, Devin Harris at Ohio (12/8/01) 7, David West, Xavier (12/10/01) Free Throw Attempts 12, Devin Harris at Ohio (12/8/01) 13, Greg Babcock, UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) Free Throw Pct. (6 made) (6-6), Travon Davis at Georgia Tech (11/28/01) (6-6), Dwyane Wade, Marquette (12/22/01) (6-6), Devin Harris at UNLV (11/17/01) (6-6), Cordell Henry, Marquette (12/22/01) Rebounds 13, Devin Harris vs. Temple (12/3/01) 12, Brandon Hunter, Ohio (12/8/01) Assists 8, Travon Davis vs. Temple (12/3/01) 8, Tony Akins, Georgia Tech (11/28/01) Blocked Shots 2, Devin Harris vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) 3, David West, Xavier (12/10/01) 2, Devin Harris vs. Hawaii (11/25/01) Steals 3, Devin Harris vs. Hawaii (11/25/01) 4, Aaron Jessup, UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) 4, Dalron Johnson, UNLV (11/17/01) 4, Marcus Banks, UNLV (11/17/01) Minutes Played 47, Devin Harris vs. Temple (12/3/01) 50, Lynn Greer, Temple (12/3/01) 50, Nile Murry, Temple (12/3/01) 50, Alex Polk, Temple (12/3/01)

10 WISCONSIN PLAYER CAREER HIGHS TRAVON DAVIS Points: 14 at Georgia Tech (11/28/01) Field Goals: 4, twice, MR at UNLV (11/17/01) Field Goal Attempts: 10 at UNLV (11/17/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 2, three times, MR at Georgia Tech (11/28/01) Free Throws: 6 at Georgia Tech (11/28/01) Free Throw Attempts: 8 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Rebounds: 7 vs. Hawaii (11/25/01) Assists: 8 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 3, four times; MR vs. Iowa (1/16/01) Minutes: 42 vs. Temple (12/3/01) CLAYTON HANSON Points: 3, twice, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) Field Goals: 1, three times, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) Field Goal Attempts: 2, three times, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 1, twice, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) Free Throws: 0 Free Throw Attempts: 0 Rebounds: 2 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Assists: 1 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 0 Minutes: 5 at Georgia Tech (11/28/01) DEVIN HARRIS Points: 24 at Ohio (12/8/01) Field Goals: 6, twice, MR vs. Temple (12/3/01) Field Goal Attempts: 24 vs. Temple (12/3/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 6 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Free Throws: 10 at Ohio (12/8/01) Free Throw Attempts: 12 at Ohio (12/8/01) Rebounds: 13 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Assists: 4 vs. Furman (12/15/01) Blocked Shots: 2, twice, MR vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) Steals: 3 vs. Hawaii (11/25/01) Minutes: 47 vs. Temple (12/3/01) DAVE MADER Points: 7 vs. Northern Illinois (11/25/00) Field Goals: 3 vs. Northern Illinois (11/25/00) Field Goal Attempts: 6 vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 0 Free Throws: 2, three times; MR vs. Weber State (11/24/01) Free Throw Attempts: 3 vs. Weber State (11/24/01) Rebounds: 8 vs. Northern Illinois (11/25/00) Assists: 2, three times, MR vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) Blocked Shots: 1, five times; MR at Ohio (12/8/01) Steals: 2 at Xavier (12/10/01) Minutes: 20, three times, MR at Xavier (12/10/01) FREDDIE OWENS Points: 23 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Field Goals: 10 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Field Goal Attempts: 14 vs. Temple (12/3/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 3 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Free Throws: 4 vs. Ohio (12/9/00) Free Throw Attempts: 7 vs. Ohio (12/9/00) Rebounds: 6 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Assists: 3 vs. Temple (12/3/01) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 2, twice, MR vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Minutes: 37 vs. Temple (12/3/01) KIRK PENNEY Points: 33 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Field Goals: 13 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Field Goal Attempts: 19 at Michigan (2/3/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 5, three times, MR vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Free Throws: 6, twice; MR vs. Purdue (2/7/01) Free Throw Attempts: 8, twice; MR vs. Purdue (2/7/01) Rebounds: 7, twice, MR vs. UW-Green Bay (12/1/01) Assists: 5 vs. Minnesota (1/22/00) Blocked Shots: 1, six times; MR vs. Michigan State (2/27/01) Steals: 3, at Indiana (2/24/01) Minutes: 37, three times; MR at Iowa (3/3/01) NEIL PLANK Points: 7 at Ohio (12/8/01) Field Goals: 2, twice, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) Field Goal Attempts: 4, twice, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 1, four times, MR at Xaiver (12/10/01) Free Throws: 2 at Ohio (12/8/01) Free Throw Attempts: 2, twice, MR at Ohio (12/8/01) Rebounds: 3 vs. Furman (12/15/01) Assists: 2 at UNLV (11/17/01) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 2 at Georgia Tech (11/28/01) Minutes: 18 vs. Weber State (11/24/01) MIKE WILKINSON Points: 16 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Field Goals: 5, twice, MR vs. Furman (12/15/01) Field Goal Attempts: 11 vs. Furman (12/15/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 2, twice, MR vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Free Throws: 6, twice, MR vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Free Throw Attempts: 10 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Rebounds: 12 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Assists: 4 at Ohio (12/8/01) Blocked Shots: 1, three times, MR vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Steals: 2 at Hawaii-Hilo (11/23/01) Minutes: 43 vs. Temple (12/3/01) CHARLIE WILLS Points: 15, twice, MR at Hawaii-Hilo (11/23/01) Field Goals: 6 at Hawaii-Hilo (11/23/01) Field Goal Attempts: 11, twice, MR at Hawaii-Hilo (11/23/01) 3-Point Field Goals: 2, four times; MR vs. Indiana (3/9/01) Free Throws: 8 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/16/00) Free Throw Attempts: 10 vs. UW-Milwaukee (12/16/00) Rebounds: 10, twice, MR at UNLV (11/17/01) Assists: 4 vs. Marquette (12/22/01) Blocked Shots: 1, 12 times; MR vs. Temple (12/3/01) Steals: 2, twice; MR vs. Xavier (12/2/00) Minutes: 40 vs. Temple (12/3/01)