The Starting Five: UW-La Crosse

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Game Coverage

November 1 | 7 p.m. | Kohl Center | Madison

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin men's basketball team unofficially begins its 2019-20 season with a home exhibition against UW-La Crosse on Friday. Tip is set for 7 p.m. (CT) at the Kohl Center.

Each of the last 15 seasons, the Badgers have hosted a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) during exhibition play. The Badgers are 16-0 against the WIAC all-time. UW is also 57-4 all-time in exhibition play, owning a current streak of 46 consecutive wins (back to 1992).

The game also marks the fourth-annual Cancer Awareness Game. In partnership with Garding Against Cancer and the UW Carbone Cancer Center, the Badgers will be recognizing cancer survivors, doctors, researchers and everyone helping fight this dreaded disease.

1) RETURNING ARSENAL: The Badgers return 61.9% (1,443 of 2,333 points) of their scoring in 2019-20, led by returning starters Brad Davison, Nate Reuvers and D'Mitrik Trice. In total, UW returns 69.7% of its minutes played from last season (4,828 of 6,924).

2) WHO ARE THE EAGLES?: Last season, the Eagles earned an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division III Championship, their second appearance (2006, 2019) in school history. The Eagles finished 17-10 overall and 10-4 in the WIAC last year, placing second in the league standings. UW-La Crosse returns senior forward Terek Nesheim who averaged 6.7 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game over 27 games last season. In 2018-19, Nesheim scored in double figures nine times, earning a career-high 15 points against Luther College on November 14.

3) NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Since the Kohl Center has opened in 1998, UW has enjoyed a record of 297-51 (.853), the ninth-best home record in the country among active venues.

4) WINNING WAYS: UW has recorded at least 30 wins in four of the last 13 seasons, the most of any team in the Big Ten. Michigan [3], Michigan State [3], Ohio State [3] and Purdue [1] are the only other Big Ten schools to win 30 games in a season over that span.

5) IN GARD WE TRUST: Head Coach Greg Gard has led the Badgers to a mark of 80-47 (.630) overall in his first four seasons, the third-highest win percentage in program history. He is one of just ten active coaches that made the NCAA Tournament in three of their first four years as head coach. UW head coach. Gard is an alum of WIAC member UW-Platteville and spent six seasons as an assistant with the Pioneers. The Badgers are 16-0 against the WIAC all-time. UW is also 57-4 all-time in exhibition play, owning a current streak of 46 consecutive wins (back to 1992).

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