UW LOOKS TO EXTEND WINNING STREAK
Winners of 5 straight, the Badgers will host Nebraska on Feb. 10. Dating back to 2014, UW has won 13 straight home games vs. unranked B1G foes.
    Up next, UW will travel to No. 2 Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Badgers have won 7 of their last 10 meetings with top-5 teams.

NOTES TO KNOW
1 TURNING THE CORNER: After suffering 4 Big Ten losses by an average of 3.8 points, UW has started winning the close games. Overall, the Badgers have played a total of 8 games decided by 3 points or less, 2nd most in the nation.
2 RESUME BUILDING: According to ESPN.com, Wisconsin has faced the 9th-toughest schedule in the nation. UW has notched 4 top-50 RPI wins. Iowa (7) and Michigan State (5) are the only other Big Ten teams with at least 4 wins.
3 CHANGING OF THE GARD: The Badgers are 7-4 since Greg Gard assumed the head coaching duties on Dec. 15 and are in the midst of a 5-game win streak. During that streak, UW is averaging 73.4 ppg, going 106-for-145 (.731) from the free throw line. This marks the 3rd-straight season the Badgers have had a 5-game Big Ten win streak.
4 HAYES-ING: Preseason All-Big Ten pick Nigel Hayes is 1 of just 3 major conference players averaging at least 17.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 3.5 apg. He is 6th in the B1G in scoring at 17.1 ppg, but has averaged 21.8 ppg over the last 5.
5 TAKING WHAT'S FREE: UW ranks 2nd in the Big Ten, averaging 22.0 FTAs per game. Over the last 5 games, the Badgers have taken it to another level averaging 29.0 FTAs per game. Nigel Hayes is 44-for-57 (.772) over that stretch.
6 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. Off a career-high 25 points vs. Indiana (1/26), Happ leads the Big Ten in doubles-doubles (7), ranks 3rd in rebounding (8.1 rpg) and is 3rd among Big Ten freshman in scoring (12.3 ppg).
7 ANOTHER TOP-5 TAKEDOWN: Including the win over No. 4 MSU, UW has won 7 of its last 10 games vs. the AP top 5 dating back to 2013. During that span, no other Big Ten team has a winning record or more than five top-5 wins.
8 KOENIG HEATING UP: Bronson Koenig ranks 2nd on the Badgers averaging 13.4 ppg, shooting 38.1% from 3-point range. The junior guard has hit a triple in 34 consecutive games, the 5th-longest streak in the country.
9 THAT 70S SHOW: Wisconsin has won 30 consecutive games when scoring at least 70 points.

ALL-TIME VS. NEBRASKA
Wednesday's game marks the 24th-ever meeting between Wisconsin and Nebraska in a series that began in 1904. The overall series is tied at 11-11, but the Badgers have won 6 of the 7 meetings since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.
- Wisconsin and Nebraska will meet just once during the regular season.
- UW swept the season series with the Huskers last season, winning, 70-55, in Madison before claiming a 65-55 win in Lincoln.
    In the two meetings last year the Badgers went a combined 41-for-54 at the free throw line while the Huskers were just 15-for-24.
    In the last UW-NU meeting at the Kohl Center, the Badgers shot a season-high 52.4% from 3-point range, going 11-for-21. The Badgers held NU without a fi eld goal for a span of 8:59 in the second half.
- Nebraska has scored more than 55 points against Wisconsin just once since joining the Big Ten. That came in a 77-68 NU win in Lincoln in 2014. In fact, the Huskers have averaged a mere 51.3 ppg against the Badgers in that span.

NOTES FROM UW'S LAST GAME
UW 79, OSU 68 - 2/4/16 - Kohl Center
- UW claimed its 5th-straight win with a 79-68 victory over Ohio State Thursday at the Kohl Center.
- UW jumped to an 11-0 lead to take early control. OSU would battle back, but the Badgers would lead for 38:26 of 40 total minutes.
- The Badgers shot a Big Ten season-high 48.1% from 3-point range, going 13-for-27 from downtown. UW's 13 triples was by far a season high, surpassing the previous high of 8 vs. Rutgers (1/2).
- Junior Nigel Hayes scored a team-high 21 points, with 18 coming in the second half. He also added 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
- Bronson Koenig (13 points), Ethan Happ (12 points) and Vitto Brown (12 points) rounded out the Badgers' double-digit scorers, marking the first time during Big Ten play UW has had 4 in double digits.
- Reserves Jordan Hill and Alex Illikainen combined for 15 points, going 5-for-7 from deep.

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.

UW RESUME GETTING STRONGER 
- According to ESPN.com RPI rankings, UW has faced the 8th-toughest schedule in the NCAA and the highest among Big Ten teams. Of UW's 10 Big Ten games, 5 have come against teams currently in the AP Top 25.
- The Badgers have registered 7 RPI top-100 wins and 4 wins over the RPI top 50 this season. Among Big Ten teams, Iowa (7) and Michigan State (5) are the only other teams with at least 4 top-50 wins.
- The Badgers' 5 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 3 of the losses.

TOP-FIVE TAKEDOWNS 
- The Badgers are 2-3 against teams ranked in the AP poll this season, after going 5-3 against the top- 25 last season. Since 2001, UW is 36-15 against AP top-25 teams at the Kohl Center.
- Behind a 77-76 win over No. 4 Michigan State last weekend, Wisconsin has won 7 of its last 10 games against teams ranked in the AP top 5.
- Wisconsin's 7-3 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.

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).

ALL-BIG TEN DUO: HAYES, KOENIG
A pair of Badgers were named to the 2015-16 Preseason All-Big Ten Team, as Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig were each selected by a vote of the league's media. This is the second consecutive season Wisconsin has had a pair selected to the conference's preseason team as Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker earned the distinction last year.
- Hayes and Koenig were also named to watch lists for the Julius Erving Award and Bob Cousy Award, respectively, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Each watch list contains the top 20 players at its position, as the Julius Erving Award recognizes the top small forward in the nation and the Bob Cousy Award recognizes the top point guard in the country.
Dekker was a finalist for the Erving Award last season. Jordan Taylor (2012) was UW's last finalist for the Cousy Award.
- Junior Nigel Hayes was named a preseason All-American by The Sporting News and finished 9th in the AP preseason All-American balloting.

YOUTH BEING SERVED
The 2015-16 Badgers are the youngest in now retired head coach Bo Ryan's 15 seasons. No school in the country has more freshmen on its roster than Wisconsin (8). Cornell and UTEP are the only other schools with 8 freshmen.
- Redshirt freshman Ethan Happ became just the 3rd freshman to start the season opener under Bo Ryan, joining Devin Harris (2001) and George Marshall (2012).
- True freshmen Khalil Iverson and Charlie Thomas have each seen extensive action off the Badgers' bench.
- UW's other scholarship freshmen Alex Illikainen and Brevin Pritzl made their debuts vs. Siena. Illikainen chipped in 6 points in 7 minutes. Andy Van Vliet (ineligible) has yet to see action.