The 2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...
in the
2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2011, with the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and ended with the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 2, 2012, at the Mer ...
. This was coach
Bo Ryan
William Francis "Bo" Ryan Jr. (born December 20, 1947) is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball, Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team of the University of Wisconsin–Mad ...
's eleventh season at the University of Wisconsin. They played their home games at the
Kohl Center
The Kohl Center is a multi-purpose arena located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States. The arena opened in 1998 and is the home of the university's men's basketball and ice hockey teams, and the women's basketball team.
The ...
and are members of the
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...
. Wisconsin made it to the sweet 16, but lost to #1 seed
Syracuse
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* Syracuse, Sicily, Italy; in the province of Syracuse
* Syracuse, New York, USA; in the Syracuse metropolitan area
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in the regional semifinals.
2011 Commitments
Season Notes
Jordan Taylor was Wisconsin's lone senior in their regular rotation, although fellow senior Rob Wilson earned a significant increase in postseason playing time following his shocking 30 point outburst in the Big Ten tournament. Ryan Evans and Jared Berggren were second and third in team scoring, 11.0 ppg and 10.5 ppg, respectively. Josh Gasser, Ben Brust, and Mike Bruesewitz were also key contributors.
There was a 3-way tie for the Big Ten regular season title with Michigan St, Michigan, and Ohio St all finishing 13-5. Wisconsin alone in 4th at 12-6.
Losing to Syracuse in the Sweet 16 in a close game, 63-64. Wisconsin had the ball in their leader's hands at the end of the game. But Jordan Taylor's 3-pointer at the buzzer came up empty.
Awards
All-Big Ten by Media
* Jordan Taylor - 2nd team
* Jarred Berggren - Honorable mention
* Ryan Evans - Honorable mention
All-Big Ten by Coaches
* Jordan Taylor - 1st team
* Jarred Berggren - Honorable mention
* Ryan Evans - Honorable mention
* Josh Gasser - All-Defensive team
Roster
Schedule and results
Source
*All times are
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Big Ten tournament Big Ten Tournament can refer to any Big Ten Conference sport that has a tournament or championship game:
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* Big Ten men's basketball tournament
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NCAA Division I tournament
National Rankings
Player statistics
*As of March 23, 2012
Wisconsin Season Statistics
UWBadgers.com, Retrieved 2011-11-27
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## Player GP GS Tot Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
11 Taylor, Jordan 36 36 1297 36.0 166 413 .402 65 176 .369 135 172 .785 31 106 137 3.8 73 0 147 56 1 37 532 14.8
05 Evans, Ryan 36 36 1098 30.5 151 343 .440 10 38 .263 85 117 .726 60 183 243 6.8 74 1 58 57 33 26 397 11.0
40 Berggren, Jared 36 36 1000 27.8 141 312 .452 45 121 .372 52 71 .732 51 125 176 4.9 86 2 27 51 60 32 379 10.5
21 Gasser, Josh 36 36 1227 34.1 84 181 .464 42 93 .452 65 83 .783 31 121 152 4.2 66 0 67 43 3 25 275 7.6
01 Brust, Ben 36 0 768 21.3 92 232 .397 58 149 .389 20 24 .833 16 63 79 2.2 33 0 26 26 0 24 262 7.3
31 Bruesewitz, Mike 36 36 918 25.5 71 180 .394 25 85 .294 36 51 .706 69 116 185 5.1 92 3 63 38 12 22 203 5.6
33 Wilson, Rob 36 0 467 13.0 49 118 .415 25 65 .385 22 32 .688 18 33 51 1.4 32 0 22 14 3 7 145 4.0
44 Kaminsky, Frank 35 0 271 7.7 23 56 .411 10 35 .286 7 14 .500 22 28 50 1.4 34 0 10 10 13 4 63 1.8
22 Wise, J.D. 6 0 10 1.7 3 3 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1.2
12 Jackson, Traevon 17 0 92 5.4 7 19 .368 3 8 .375 2 3 .667 6 10 16 0.9 7 0 3 7 1 1 19 1.1
02 Smith, Jordan 7 0 12 1.7 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.7
13 Dukan, Duje 13 0 41 3.2 4 7 .571 0 2 .000 1 4 .250 1 6 7 0.5 2 0 2 3 0 3 9 0.7
32 Anderson, Evan 14 0 35 2.5 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 4 3 7 0.5 10 0 3 1 0 0 6 0.4
10 Fahey, Dan 9 0 14 1.6 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 6 7 0.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.2
Team 39 56 95 2 12
Total.......... 36 7250 797 1875 .425 285 775 .368 425 575 .739 349 858 1207 33.5 512 6 428 320 126 181 2304 64.0
Opponents...... 36 7250 708 1819 .389 129 439 .294 370 542 .683 331 792 1123 31.2 604 7 286 388 84 154 1915 53.2
References
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