INSIDE MEN'S BASKETBALL BY PATRICK HERB @BadgerMBB
SCHEDULE (3-1, 0-0) at #10 Florida
Last Week Nov. 14
Nov. 18 Cornell
This Week Tue. Fri. Sat.
L, 56-74 W, 83-40
Presbyterian W, 88-43 vs. #14 Creighton 9 p.m. vs. Ariz. St./Arkansas TBD
Next Five Nov. 28 Virginia Dec. 2
Dec. 4 Omaha Dec. 8
California at Marquette
Dec. 12 Green Bay
6 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m.
Double-double trouble » Brust finished with his third dou- ble-double in four games, post- ing 20 points and 12 rebounds in Tuesday's win over Presbyterian. He is the first Badgers player to post back-to-back double-doubles since Jon Leuer did it in 2011.
The Big Ten's leading P
eople across the Big Ten had to have done a few double-takes when they ex- amined the conference's stat leaders Wednesday. Sitting atop the Big Ten rebounding column, edging out Michi- gan State's Derrick Nix, is none other than Wisconsin's Ben Brust with 9.3 per game. Brust is a 6-foot-1,
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rebounder is who? Ben Brust (all 6-foot-1) has rebounding rage
195-pound guard. Nix is a 6-9, 270-pound center. Through the first four
games of the season, Brust has 37 total rebounds, get- ting 12 against both Presby- terian and Cornell and 11 vs. Southeastern Louisiana. As perspective, Brust had a total of 37 boards over the final 21 games last season.
» Brust is also the first UW play- er to record a double-double in three out of four games since Mike Wilkinson turned the trick against Indiana, Ohio State and Michigan in 2005.
Vegas baby, Vegas! » Wisconsin heads to Sin City for a pair of matchups against quality competition as part of the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invita- tional. UW faces No. 14 Creighton and All-American Doug McDer- mott (22.9 ppg last season) Friday night at 9 p.m. (CT) on ESPN2. The Badgers then take on either Arizona State or Arkansas Satur- day evening.
