STREAKING BADGERS HEAD TO NEBRASKA
Winners of seven in a row and 16 of the last 17, the No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers head to Nebraska on Thursday with their highest ranking since the 2014-15 season. UW is 7-3 away from home this season.

Up next, Wisconsin hosts Northwestern on Feb. 12 for a 5:30 p.m. (CT) tip on BTN. The Badgers are 14-1 all-time against the Wildcats at the Kohl Center.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WISCONSIN
MID-SEASON SURGE: Wisconsin has lost just once since Thanksgiving and over that span is out-scoring foes by 17.1 ppg (76.4 to 59.3). 
GARD IN CHARGE: Greg Gard and Wisconsin haven't missed a step since he took over a year ago. The 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, Gard is 35-11, the best start of any UW coach in 100 years.
KINGS OF THE ROAD: Over the last four seasons, UW is 53-19 (.736) in road/neutral games, the fourth-best win percentage in college basketball.
ALL-AMERICAN HAPP: Ethan Happ is doing it all for UW during Big Ten play, leading the team in points (17.1 ppg), rebounds (8.5 rpg), assists (2.8 apg), blocks (1.5 bpg) and steals (2.7 spg). Happ is the ONLY player in the nation leading his team in all five categories during conference play.
WINNING SEASON: Over the last four seasons, UW is 32-8 (.800) in February/March regular season games.
CONSISTENCY MODEL: UW has reached 20 wins for the 11th-straight season (longest streak in the Big Ten) and is just one win from ensuring a winning record in Big Ten play for the 16th-consecutive season.
HAYES AT THE HUB: Senior Nigel Hayes is one of the most versatile players in the Big Ten and is the only player in the conference averaging at least 13.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 3.0 apg. Sixth on UW's all-time scoring list, Hayes is the nation's ONLY player with 1,600 points, 600 rebounds and 250 assists.
BADGER BALANCE: UW ranks among the top 30 in both offensive and defensive efficiency (KenPom). The Badgers are scoring 74.6 ppg, the team's highest average since the 1993-94 season.
OWNING THE GLASS: The Badgers are fifth in the nation with a +9.3 rebounding margin. UW also ranks ninth in the NCAA in defensive rebounding percentage (76.4%) and 11th in offensive rebounding percentage (37.2%).
KLUTCH KOENIG: Over the last two seasons, Bronson Koenig is 28-for-52 (.538) from 3-point range in the final 5:00 of games and overtime. During Big Ten play this season, he is shooting 46.7% from deep (28-for-60) and his 2.8 3FGs per game leads the B1G. He is also just seven 3FGs from breaking the UW career record.
OWN THE PAINT: The Badgers have score 272 more points in the paint than their opponents, a margin of +11.8 ppg (33.9 to 22.1). UW has only been out-scored in the paint on three occasions.
WISCONSIN RECIPE: The Badgers simply don't beat themselves. UW ranks fourth in the NCAA in scoring defense (59.8 ppg), fifth in fewest fouls per game and 29th in fewest turnovers per game.

STELLAR START
With a record of 20-3, the Badgers have equaled the school's third-best start in school history. Wisconsin has won at least 20 of their first 23 games for the third time in the last 11 seasons.
- Wisconsin had a 9-game winning streak snapped earlier this season with a loss at No. 20 Purdue (1/8). The Badgers have enjoyed a winning streak of at least 9 games in 3 of the last 4 seasons.
- The Badgers do have another impressive winning streak still intact. UW has won 19 consecutive home games dating back to January of 2016 (that includes 11 straight Big Ten home wins).

ALL-TIME VS. NEBRASKA
Thursday's game will mark the 26th-ever meeting between Wisconsin and Nebraska in a series that began in 1904.
- UW leads the all-time series, 13-12, winning seven of the last nine meetings since the Huskers joined the Big Ten in 2011.
- UW has won the last three regular season meetings, but Nebraska won the most recent matchup, 70-58, in the 2016 Big Ten Tournament.
- Over the last four meetings, the Badgers are a combined 80-for-112 at the FT line, averaging 28.0 FTAs per game. The Huskers are averaging just 16.0 FTAs (46-for-64) in those four meetings.
- Nebraska has scored more than 55 points in just three of the nine meetings with UW since joining the Big Ten. The Huskers are 2-1 in such games. In the nine games since Nebraska joined the Big Ten, the Huskers have averaged a mere 54.4 ppg against the Badgers.
- In five career games against the Huskers, Nigel Hayes is averaging 12.6 ppg and has gone 25-for-38 from the charity stripe.
- Bronson Koenig has scored in double figures in each of his last four contests vs. Nebraska, averaging 11.8 ppg. He is 9-for-18 from 3-point range in those four games.
- In two meetings with Nebraska last season, Vitto Brown averaged 17.0 ppg and 6.5 rpg, going a combined 6-for-7 on 3FGs.

LAST TIME OUT
#10 Wisconsin 65, Indiana 60
Feb. 5, 2017 | Kohl Center | Madison, Wis.

- Wisconsin never trailed in a 65-60 win over Indiana. The win marked UW's 19th-consecutive home win and 15th-straight home win over IU.
- The Badgers overcame 39.6% shooting by limiting IU to its second-lowest point total of the season and forcing 15 turnovers.
- UW went 23-for-32 (.742) from the free throw line, while IU was just 11-for-12.
- Ethan Happ led the Badgers with 20 points, while adding 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals.
- Nigel Hayes posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Bronson Koenig finished with 11 points (2-4 3FGs).

2016-17 TEAM INFO
Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/4

RETURNING FRONTCOURT STARTERS
- The Badgers welcome back 2016 first-team All-Big Ten selection Nigel Hayes, who averaged 15.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg while leading UW with 104 assists. The 2016-17 Blue Ribbon Magazine preseason National Player of the Year and preseason Big Ten Player of the Year, Hayes joins Michael Finley as the only Badgers to tally at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists by their junior season. If he just matches his junior year totals he would finish 3rd in school history in points (1,340 entering 2016-17), 7th in rebounds (557 entering 2016-17) and 7th in career assists (219 entering 2016-17).
- Sophomore Ethan Happ looks to build off his 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year campaign during which he averaged 12.4 ppg, ranked 6th in the Big Ten with 7.9 rpg and became the first freshman to lead the Big Ten in steals (63 steals) since OSU's Aaron Craft (2010). Happ became just the third NCAA freshman over the last 15 seasons to score 400 points, while recording 60 steals and 30 blocks (also Kevin Durant and DuJuan Blair).
- Senior Vitto Brown finished 4th on the team in scoring, averaing 9.7 ppg with 5.0 rpg. He enjoyed the third-largest scoring increase in the Big Ten a year ago, going from 1.8 ppg to 9.7 ppg in 2015-16. Brown did not attempt a 3-pointer in his first two seasons at UW, but led the team last year, shooting 40% (38-95) from deep.

RETURNING BACKCOURT STARTERS
- Third-team All-Big Ten junior Bronson Koenig returns as the team's lead guard after averaging 13.1 ppg and shooting 39.0% (83-213) from 3-point range. The moniker "Klutch Koenig" was born in 2015-16 after his game-winning shots against VCU and Xavier. In fact, over the final 5:00 and overtime of games last season, Koenig shot 54.8% (17-for-31) from 3-point range. Koenig needs just 71 points and 27 assists to become the 14th player in UW history with at least 1,000 points and 250 assists.
- Senior guard Zak Showalter made just four 3-pointers in his first two seasons, but knocked down 35 percent (37-107) from long range as a junior. Showalter averaged 7.5 ppg and 3.8 rpg while ranking third on UW with 36 steals.
- The Badgers also return key reserves Jordan Hill (junior guard - 15.6 mpg), Khalil Iverson (soph. guard - 13.0 mpg), Alex Illikainen (soph. forward - 9.8 mpg) and Charles Thomas, IV (soph. forward - 9.1 mpg). Wisconsin will also regain the services of redshirt freshman guard Brevin Pritzl, who missed all but one game of his freshman year with a foot injury and sophomore forward Andy Van Vliet, who was forced to sit out the 2015-16 season after the NCAA ruled him ineligible for not enrolling in college within a year of high school graduation. 
- Wisconsin will also welcome a three-man freshman class that features guard D'Mitrik Trice (6-0, Huber Heights, Ohio), forward Aleem Ford (6-8, Lawrenceville, Ga.) and walk-on guard Michael Ballard (6-4, Oak Park, Ill.)