INSIDE
MEN'S BASKETBALL
BY PATRICK HERB
@BADGERMBB
SCHEDULE (4-0, 0-0)
LAST WEEK
Nov. 12 #11 Florida
Nov. 16 at Green Bay
W, 59-53
W, 69-66
THIS WEEK
Tues.
North Dakota W, 103, 85
Thur.
Bowling Green
7 p.m.
Sat.
Oral Roberts
7:30 p.m.
COMING UP - CANCUN CHALLENGE
Nov. 26 vs. Saint Louis
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 27 vs. W. Virg./Old Dom. TBA
Kaminsky, scoring 'trendy'
topics on historic night
Junior sets UW scoring record, sets off firestorm
uesday evening, Frank
Kaminsky entered the
Kohl Center boasting a
career average of 3.2 points
per game and a total of 26
points scored on the season.
The UW junior exited the Kohl
Center that night with a school
record and whole lot of fame.
Thanks to his 43-point outburst in a 103-85 win over
North Dakota, Kaminsky set the
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UW single-game record, a mark
that had stood since 1965. He
also set off a firestorm of chatter, headlining everything from
ESPN's SportsCenter to trending worldwide on Twitter.
A few of Tuesday's tweets:
ESPN's Dick Vitale (@DickieV):
"Frank Kaminsky 6'11 C 4 Wisconsin avg 4ppg last yr ― had
a monster night ― scored 41
for a typical Bo Ryan team"
SI's Luke Winn (@lukewinn):
"The only preview issue w/ a photo of
Frank Kaminsky. Totally saw this coming."
With each of his six 3-pointers and 16
total baskets, Kaminsky's celebrity status rose, as did his place in history. Let's
examine that.
● Kaminsky's 43 points are the most
scored by a Division I player this season.
● Kaminsky's 43 points equals the mark
set by Illinois' Brandon Paul against
Ohio State on 1/20/12 as the most by
a Big Ten player since 1996-97. In fact,
the Big Ten has produced only four
40-point games in the last 18 seasons.
● Over the last 15 years, Kaminsky and
Central Michigan's Chris Kaman are
the only 7-footers to score 40 points
in a game.
● Kaminsky is one of just four Division
I players since 1996-97 to score 43
points and shoot at least 84.0 percent
from the field in a game.
● Kaminsky is one of four players to
score at least 43 points against a Division 1 opponent in 28 minutes or less
since 1996-97. The last player to do
it was Davidson's Stephen Curry (43
points in 27 minutes vs. Appalachian
State, 2009).
