UW'S TOUGH ROAD CONTINUES AT NO. 8 IOWA
Winners of eight of the last nine, Wisconsin will travel to No. 8 Iowa on Wednesday. The Badgers will being playing their third-straight road game against a top-10 team for the fi rst time in school history. UW will also be seeking its sixth-straight win over Iowa.

Next, UW closes out its home slate vs. Michigan on Sunday at 5 p.m. (CT) on BTN.

NOTES TO KNOW
1 STREAKING UNDER GARD: The Badgers are 10-5 since Greg Gard assumed the head coaching duties. UW has won 8 of the last 9 games. Under Gard, UW has raised its FG% from .412 to .444 and 3FG% from .329 to .374.
2 RESUME BUILDING: According to ESPN.com, Wisconsin has faced the 6th-toughest schedule in the nation and risen to No. 44 in the RPI. MSU (9) and Maryland (9) are the only Big Ten team with more RPI top 100 wins than UW (8).
3 ANOTHER TOP-5 TAKEDOWN: After the 70-57 win at No. 2 Maryland, UW is one of just 5 teams with a pair of top-5 wins this season. Since 2013, UW has won 8 of its last 11 games vs. teams in the AP top 5, owning the most such wins in the B1G.
4 ROADIES: The Badgers have the most road/neutral wins and 2nd-best win pct. away from home of any major conference team over the last 3 years. UW is 42-13 (.764) away from the Kohl Center in that span, including a mark of 5-5 this season.
5 HAYES-ING: Preseason All-Big Ten pick Nigel Hayes is 1 of just 3 Big Ten players averaging at least 16.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 3.0 apg. He is 5th in the B1G in scoring at 16.7 ppg, and averaged 20.4 ppg over UW's recent 7-game win streak.
6 #WINNING... YEAR IN, YEAR OUT: With one more Big Ten win, the Badgers would clinch a winning conference record for the 16th-consecutive season, matching Purdue (1972-88) for the longest such streak in Big Ten history.
7 TAKING WHAT'S FREE: UW ranks 2nd in the Big Ten, averaging 22.3 FTAs per game. Over the last 9 games, the Badgers have increased that to 26.7 FTAs per game. Nigel Hayes is 62-for-82 (.756) at the line over that stretch.
8 HAPP PUSHING FOR FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: A three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, Ethan Happ is making his claim as the Big Ten's top rookie. Coming off 20 pts, 12 reb and 6 steals vs. Illinois (2/21), Happ leads the Big Ten with 8 doubles-doubles and is the only player in the conference averaging at least 12.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg.
9 KOENIG HEATING UP: Bronson Koenig ranks 2nd on the Badgers averaging 13.4 ppg, shooting 41.3% from 3-point range in B1G play. The junior has hit a triple in 38 consecutive games, the 3rd-longest streak in the country.
10 THAT 70S SHOW: Wisconsin has won 32 consecutive games when scoring at least 70 points (12-0 this season).
11 3-POINT THREAT: Shooting 35.9% from deep and averaging 6.3 made 3FGs per game on the year, UW has gone 47-for- 106 (.443) from long range over the last 5 games.

UW RESUME GETTING STRONGER (SOS: 6 | RPI: 44 | BPI: 40 | KenPom: 31)
- According to ESPN.com RPI rankings, UW has faced the 6th-toughest schedule in the NCAA and have steadily climbed into the RPI top 50 (44). Of UW's 14 Big Ten games, seven have come against teams currently in the RPI top 30.
- According to the RPI, the Badgers' resume includes road wins at Maryland (9) and Syracuse (51) as well as home wins over Michigan State (16), Indiana (29) and Temple (58). UW also has a neutral-site win over VCU (49) on it's ledger.
- Only two Big Ten teams (MSU and Maryland, 9) have more RPI top-100 wins than Wisconsin. Badgers have registered eight wins over the RPI top 100 (and 4 over the top 50). MSU, Maryland and Iowa are also the only teams with more top-50 wins.
- The Badgers' five home losses have come by a combined 14 points (2.8 avg.). In each of the defeats, UW was either tied or within one score in the final 2:00. In fact, the Badgers had a game-winning/tying shot attempt in the closing seconds of three of the losses.

TOP-5 TAKEDOWNS
- The Badgers are 4-3 against teams ranked in the AP poll this season, including a pair of top-5 wins over MSU (4) and at Maryland (2).
- Last Saturday's 70-57 win at No. 2 Maryland was UW's highest-ranked road win since topping No. 2 Indiana, 64-59, in Bloomington in 2013. It was also the Badgers' largest margin of victory in a top-5 road win since an 82-66 win at No. 5 LSU in 1953.
- One of just five teams to post a pair of top-5 wins this season, Wisconsin has now won eight of its last 11 games against teams ranked in the AP top 5.
- Wisconsin's 8-3 record against the AP since 2012-13 is the best mark in the Big Ten teams. In fact, Maryland (5-4) and Michigan State (5-5) are the only other teams with a .500 record of better.
- Wisconsin will face No. 8 Michigan State on Thursday. Since 2012-13, the Badgers are 10-7 against top-10 opponents.

ALL-TIME VS. IOWA
Wednesday's game marks the 162nd meeting between Wisconsin and Iowa, in a rivalry that began in 1909. The Badgers lead the all-time series, 82-79, thanks to an active 5-game win streak vs. the Hawkeyes.
    Coincidentally, the UW-Iowa football all-time series is also close, as the Badgers lead 44-43-2.
- UW is 28-50 all-time at Iowa, including a pair of wins in its last two visits. Overall, the Badgers have won 18 of the last 23 against Iowa.
- In last season's first meeting, UW posted an 82-50 win over No. 25 Iowa at the Kohl Center, its most lopsided win over Iowa in series history. 
    UW shot 58.1% in the second half and averaged a season-high 1.52 PPP. UW tied a school record with just one turnover, while dishing 16 assists and committing only nine fouls. The Badgers out-scored Iowa, 36-12, in the paint and out-rebounded the Hawkeyes, 37-24 (15 O-Reb).
- Prior to last season's 32 and 11-point wins, each of the previous seven UW vs. Iowa games had been decided by seven points or less with the average margin of victory being just 3.9 points. That includes a pair of overtime contests.
- UW assistant coach Gary Close was an assistant at Iowa from 1986-99 ... Iowa junior Jarrod Uthoff spent one season on the Badgers' roster, redshirting in 2011-12..

NOTES FROM UW'S LAST GAME
WIS 69, ILL 60 - 2/21/16 - Kohl Center
- Trailing by 13 (46-33) with 12:00 remaining, Wisconsin mounted its largest comeback win since 2011 by rallying to beat Illinois, 69-60 on Sunday. UW's last comeback of at least 13 points came in a 15-point rally against No. 1 Ohio State on Feb. 12, 2011.
- The Badgers used a 17-0 run (identical to the run they authored two games earlier at No. 2 Maryland) to turn a 13-point deficit into a four-point lead they would never relinquish. UW recorded held the Illini scoreless for a span of 7:13 during the 17-0 run.
- In the first half, UW averaged 0.73 points per possession (third-lowest of the season). In the second half, the Badgers averaged 1.5 points per possession (highest of the season).
- UW shot just 28.6% from the field, including 1-for-13 from 3-point range, in the opening half. However the Badgers would hit a sizzling 68.8% and 4-for-7 from long range after intermission.
- Wisconsin went 26-for-33 (78.8%) from the free throw line while Illinois was just 7-for-10 (70.0%). The Badgers also owned a 24-12 edge in points in the paint.
- Ethan Happ led the Badgers with 20 points (10-14 FTs) and 12 rebounds, for his 8th double-double of the year. He also tallied a career-high six steals, the most by a UW player since 2009.
- Nigel Hayes scored 17 points while Bronson Koenig scored 14 points.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH UNIFORMS 
- In honor of Black History Month and former Wisconsin head coach Bill Cofi eld, the Badgers will be wearing special throwback adidas uniforms several times in the month of February. UW will be wearing the uniforms modeled after those worn in 1976, Cofi eld's fi rst year as head coach in Madison. "It was originally planned with adidas that we would wear the throwback uniforms for one game in February, but our players overwhelmingly requested that we honor Black History Month by wearing the uniforms for the entire month," head coach Greg Gard explained. "I was proud of their passion for the subject and fully supported expanding our recognition of Black History Month."
- The first African-American head coach in either basketball or football in Big Ten history, Cofield coached at Wisconsin from 1976 to 1982.

2015-16 TEAM INFO
Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 | Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5
- Wisconsin looks to replace five of the top seven scorers from a year ago, but does return a pair of starters in juniors Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig. Overall, the Badgers bring back 38.1% of their minutes played from last season. UW will bring back 34.3% of its scoring, 31.5% of its rebounding and 40.5% of their assists.
- The 2015-16 season will mark the first year under Bo Ryan in which the Badgers do not have a scholarship senior. The only senior on the roster is walk-on guard Jordan Smith. Wisconsin has had at least one senior starter in each of Ryan's first 14 seasons in Madison. In fact, the Badgers have started at least two seniors in 10 of those 14 seasons.
- UW returns four players from last season's nine-man rotation:

FRONTCOURT
Nigel Hayes, Jr., F (12.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg) - Third-team All-Big Ten; 9th in Big Ten shooting 49.7% overall and 3rd on UW shooting 39.6% from 3s; 4 career double-doubles
Vitto Brown, Jr., F (2.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg) - Played in 34 games as a soph. averaging 6.3 mpg

BACKCOURT
Bronson Koenig, Jr., G (8.7 ppg, 2.5 apg) - Started final 24 games; 4th on the team in points and 2nd in assists; 2nd on team shooting 40.5% on 3s; 3.0 assist-to-TO Ratio
Zak Showalter, Jr., G (2.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg) - Redshirt junior averaged 7.6 minutes off the bench; career-high 9 points vs. Indiana (Feb. 3, 2015)
- The Badgers will gain the services of redshirt freshmen Ethan Happ and T.J. Schlundt in 2014- 15, who both redshirted in their first year on campus. UW will also add five true freshmen to their roster in 2015-16, Alex Illikainen (Grand Rapids, Minn.), Khalil Iverson (Delaware, Ohio), Brevin Pritzl (De Pere, Wis.), Charlie Thomas (Highland, Md.), Andy Van Vliet (Brasschaat, Belgium).