2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Bo Ryan in his 10th season as coach of the Badgers. They played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament to Penn State. The Badgers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Southeast Region. There they defeated Belmont in the Second Round before beating Kansas State in the Third Round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they were defeated by eventual National Runner-up Butler.

2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 16
Record25–9 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachGreg Gard
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKohl Center
Seasons
2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Ohio State162 .889343 .919
No. 13 Purdue144 .778268 .765
No. 16 Wisconsin135 .722259 .735
Michigan99 .5002114 .600
Illinois99 .5002014 .588
Penn State99 .5001915 .559
Michigan State99 .5001915 .559
Northwestern711 .3892014 .588
Minnesota612 .3331714 .548
Iowa414 .2221120 .355
Indiana315 .1671220 .375
2011 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Previous season

The Badgers finished the 2009–10 season 24–9, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament to Illinois. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the East region. There they defeated 13th-seeded Wofford in the First Round before being upset by 12th-seeded Cornell in the Second Round.

2010 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeightCommit date
Evan Anderson
C
Stanley, WIEau Claire North6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)250 lb (110 kg)Apr 4, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A
Ben Brust
PG
Hawthorn Woods, ILMundelein High School6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg)May 7, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A
Duje Dukan
SF
Deerfield, ILDeerfield High School6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)205 lb (93 kg)Nov 10, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A
Josh Gasser
PG
Port Washington, WIPort Washington High School6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)Sep 24, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A


Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Wisconsin Commit List for 2010". Rivals.com.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com.
  • "ESPN – Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Recruiting 2010". ESPN.com.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com.
  • "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2010–11 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G1Ben Brust6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg)FrHawthorn Woods, IL
G2Wquinton Smith (W)5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)205 lb (93 kg)SrMilwaukee, WI
G/F5Ryan Evans6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg)RS SoPhoenix, AZ
G10Dan Fahey (W)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg)SoChicago, IL
G11Jordan Taylor6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)195 lb (88 kg)JrBloomington, MN
F13Duje Dukan6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)205 lb (93 kg)FrDeerfield, IL
G15Brett Valentyn (W)6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)195 lb (88 kg)RS SrVerona, WI
G21Josh Gasser6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)FrPort Washington, WI
G22J.D. Wise (W)6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)185 lb (84 kg)SoMilwaukee, WI
G/F24Tim Jarmusz6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg)SrOshkosh, WI
F30Jon Leuer6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)228 lb (103 kg)SrOrono, MN
F31Mike Bruesewitz6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)220 lb (100 kg)SoSt. Paul, MN
C32Evan Anderson  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)250 lb (113 kg)FrStanley, WI
G/F33Rob Wilson6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)198 lb (90 kg)JrCleveland, OH
F/C40Jared Berggren6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)235 lb (107 kg)RS SoPrinceton, MN
C44J.P. Gavinski6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)255 lb (116 kg)RS SrWisconsin Dells, WI
F52Keaton Nankivil6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)240 lb (109 kg)SrMadison, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2010-11-9

Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 06, 2010*
7:00 pm
Wisconsin–La CrosseW 84–59 
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Nov 10, 2010*
7:00 pm
MavericksW 93–59 
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14, 2010*
5:00 pm
Prairie View A&MW 99–55 1–0
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Nov 16, 2010*
7:00 pm
North DakotaW 85–53 2–0
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Nov 20, 2010*
6:00 pm, Versus
at UNLVL 65–68 2–1
Thomas & Mack Center (14,736)
Paradise, NV
Nov 25, 2010*
1:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. Manhattan
Old Spice Classic Quarterfinals
W 50–35 3–1
HP Field House (3,035)
Orlando, FL
Nov 26, 2010*
11:00 am, ESPN
vs. Boston College
Old Spice Classic Semifinals
W 65–55 4–1
HP Field House (3,229)
Orlando, FL
Nov 28, 2010*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. Notre Dame
Old Spice Classic Championship
L 51–58 4–2
HP Field House (3,428)
Orlando, FL
Dec 1, 2010*
6:15 pm, ESPN2
NC State
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 87–48 5–2
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Dec 4, 2010*
1:00 pm
South DakotaW 76–61 6–2
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Dec 8, 2011*
7:30 pm, BTN
MilwaukeeW 61–40 7–2
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Dec 11, 2010*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
at MarquetteW 69–64 8–2
Bradley Center (19,074)
Milwaukee, WI
Dec 13, 2010*
7:00 pm, BTN
Green BayW 70–56 9–2
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Dec 23, 2010*
7:00 pm
Coppin StateW 80–56 10–2
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Big Ten regular season
Dec 28, 2010
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 MinnesotaW 68–60 11–2
(1–0)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Jan 2, 2011
5:00 pm, BTN
at No. 23 IllinoisL 61–69 11–3
(1–1)
Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
Jan 5, 2011
7:30 pm, BTN
MichiganW 66–50 12–3
(2–1)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Jan 11, 2011
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 20 at Michigan StateL 61–64 OT12–4
(2–2)
Breslin Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
Jan 15, 2011
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 20 No. 16 IllinoisW 76–66 13–4
(3–2)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Jan 20, 2011
8:00 pm, ESPN
No. 18 IndianaW 69–60 14–4
(4–2)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Jan 23, 2011
11:30 am, BTN
No. 18 at NorthwesternW 78–46 15–4
(5–2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,102)
Evanston, IL
Jan 29, 2011
3:00 pm, BTN
No. 17 at Penn StateL 52–56 15–5
(5–3)
Bryce Jordan Center (14,292)
University Park, PA
Feb 1, 2011
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 19 No. 11 PurdueW 66–59 16–5
(6–3)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Feb 6, 2011
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 19 Michigan StateW 82–56 17–5
(7–3)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Feb 9, 2011
7:30 pm, BTN
No. 13 at IowaW 62–59 OT18–5
(8–3)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (12,093)
Iowa City, IA
Feb 12, 2011
1:00 pm, ESPN
No. 13 No. 1 Ohio StateW 71–67 19–5
(9–3)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Feb 16, 2011
5:30 pm, BTN
No. 10 at No. 11 PurdueL 62–70 19–6
(9–4)
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 20, 2011
5:00 pm, BTN
No. 10 Penn StateW 76–66 20–6
(10–4)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Feb 23, 2011
5:30 pm, BTN
No. 12 at MichiganW 53–52 21–6
(11–4)
Crisler Arena (11,023)
Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 27, 2011
5:00 pm, BTN
No. 12 NorthwesternW 78–63 22–6
(12–4)
Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Mar 3, 2011
8:00 pm, ESPN
No. 10 at IndianaW 77–67 23–6
(13–4)
Assembly Hall (16,700)
Bloomington, IN
Mar 6, 2011
3:00 pm, CBS
No. 10 at No. 1 Ohio StateL 65–93 23–7
(13–5)
Value City Arena (18,809)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
Mar 11, 2011
8:00 pm, BTN
(3) No. 13 vs. (6) Penn State
Big Ten Quarterfinals
L 33–36 23–8
Conseco Fieldhouse (18,381)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2011*
6:27 pm, truTV
(4 SE) No. 16 vs. (13 SE) Belmont
NCAA Second Round
W 72–58 24–8
McKale Center (10,293)
Tucson, AZ
Mar 19, 2011*
7:40 pm, TNT
(4 SE) No. 16 vs. (5 SE) No. 21 Kansas State
NCAA Third Round
W 70–65 25–8
McKale Center (11,267)
Tucson, AZ
Mar 24, 2011*
8:57 pm, TBS
(4 SE) No. 16 vs. (8 SE) Butler
NCAA Sweet Sixteen
L 54–61 25–9
New Orleans Arena (12,320)
New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=NCAA Southeast Regional.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
APRVRVRVRVRVRVRV20181719131012101316
Coaches2525RVRVRVRVRV24RV2117151814101210131615
Legend
 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 No Change
(RV) Received Votes

Player statistics

        MINUTES    |--TOTAL--|   |--3-PTS--| |-F-THROWS-| |---REBOUNDS---|                 |-SCORING-| ## 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 30 Leuer, Jon       34 34 1139 33.5 227 483 .470  54 146 .370 113 134 .843  57 189 246 7.2 75 1 56  54 30 17 621 18.311 Taylor, Jordan   34 34 1241 36.5 194 448 .433  75 175 .429 154 185 .832  32 107 139 4.1 80 3 161 42  5 25 617 18.152 Nankivil, Keaton 34 34 949  27.9 120 242 .496  59 129 .457  31  37 .838  62  82 144 4.2 67 2 23  29 42 16 330  9.721 Gasser, Josh     34 30 957  28.1 68  144 .472  19  63 .302  47  55 .855  42  90 132 3.9 80 3 75  30  2 17 202  5.931 Bruesewitz, Mike 34 13 675  19.9 57  121 .471  20  62 .323  22  29 .759  45  60 105 3.1 63 0 34  28  4 10 156  4.624 Jarmusz, Tim     34 21 805  23.7 40  105 .381  32  89 .360  21  23 .913  29  46 75  2.2 35 1 43  12  1 23 133  3.905 Evans, Ryan      34 0  393  11.6 33  106 .311  0   3  .000  29  39 .744  20  59 79  2.3 39 0 16  23 11  6  95  2.8 40 Berggren, Jared  29 1  200   6.9 27  55  .491  7   22 .318   8  13 .615  10  21 31  1.1 37 1 9   14 10  1  69  2.433 Wilson, Rob      23 2  168   7.3 14  42  .333  1   17 .059   7   8 .875   7  16 23  1.0 14 0 8   6   0  2  36  1.615 Valentyn, Brett  24 0  123   5.1  8  23  .348  8   23 .348   1   2 .500   2   7  9  0.4 12 0 4   4   0  1  25  1.001 Brust, Ben       15 0   45   3.0  4  16  .250  2   10 .200   0   0 .000   2   5  7  0.5 5  0 1   2   0  1  10  0.7 02 Smith, Wquinton  26 1  128   4.9  5  16  .313  1   5  .200   2   6 .333   8   4 12  0.5 12 0 12  4   0  2  13  0.5 13 Dukan, Duje       8 0   15   1.9  1   4  .250  0   0  .000   0   0 .000   2   3  5  0.6 1  0 0   0   0  0   2  0.344 Gavinski, J.P.    6 0    9   1.5  0   3  .000  0   0  .000   1   2 .500   2   0  2  0.3 2  0 0   1   0  0   1  0.222 Wise, J.D.        1 0    1   1.0  0   0  .000  0   0  .000   0   0 .000   0   0  0  0.0 0  0 0   0   0  0   0  0.010 Fahey, Dan        3 0    2   0.7  0   0  .000  0   0  .000   0   0 .000   0   0  0  0.0 0  0 0   0   0  0   0  0.0   Team                                                                    35  44  79  2.3 0        9    Total..........  34   6850  798 1808 .441 278 744 .374 436 533 .818 355 733 1088 32.0 522 11 442 258 105 121 2310 67.9   Opponents......  34   6850  705 1647 .428 179 484 .370 403 542 .744 273 695 968  28.5 570 8  325 329  61 133 1992 58.6

As of March 25, 2011[4]

Awards

All-Big Ten by Media[5]

  • Jordan Taylor - 1st team (unanimous)
  • Jon Leuer - 2nd team
  • Keaton Nankivil - Honorable mention

All-Big Ten by Coaches

  • Jordan Taylor - 1st team & All-Defensive team
  • Jon Leuer - 1st team
  • Keaton Nankivil - Honorable mention

References