INSIDE MEN'S BASKETBALL
BY PATRICK HERB
@BadgerMBB
SCHEDULE (21-10, 12-6)
Last Week
March 7 at #10 Michigan St.L, 43-58
March 10 at Penn State
W, 63-60
This Week
Friday
Mich./Penn State 1:30 p.m.
Saturday Big Ten Tournament TBA
Sunday
Big Ten Tournament TBA
Up Next
Mar. 19-24 NCAA Rounds 1-3
Sweet Home Chicago:
UW invades Windy City
Big Ten tournament returns to United Center
W
ith its win at Penn
State on Sunday and
Indiana's victory over Michigan, Wisconsin kept alive
one of the most impressive
streaks in Big Ten history.
For the 12th-straight year
– every season under Bo
Ryan – the Badgers finished
in the top four in the Big Ten
and earned a first-round bye
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in the conference tournament. Under Ryan, UW has
never finished lower than
fourth in the Big Ten standings, a 12-year streak that is
the second-longest in league
history and the longest since
Purdue had a 13-year run
end in 1932.
The Badgers will now head
to Chicago, as the Big Ten
TBA
tournament returns to the Windy
City for the first time in six years.
UW, which has a strong following
in the Chicago area, has played consistently strong in the last two Big
Ten tournaments held at the United
Center, appearing in the finals in
both 2005 and 2007.
The tournament will also serve as
a homecoming for four Badgers who
have ties to the Chicago area. Dan
Fahey, Ben Brust, Frank Kaminsky
and George Marshall all hail from
the Land of Lincoln.
UW trio earns Big Ten honors
»Jared Berggren was named consensus second-team All-Big Ten,
while also taking home All-Defensive Team honors. Ben Brust
earned consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten honors while Sam
Dekker took home All-Freshman
team recognition and honorable
mention All-Big Ten honors.
Elite status
»
Only Gene Keady (7) and Bob
Knight (5) have won the Big Ten's
Coach of the Year award more than
this year's recipient, Bo Ryan (3).