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.
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
Roster
Schedule and results Source
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Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 18 17 19 13 10 12 10 13 16 Coaches 25 25 RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV 21 17 15 18 14 10 12 10 13 16 15 + 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 18.3 11 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 18.1 52 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 9.7 21 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 5.9 31 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 4.6 24 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 3.9 05 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 2.4 33 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 1.6 15 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 1.0 01 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 0.3 44 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 0.2 22 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 0.0 10 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, 2011Wisconsin Season Statistics, UWBadgers.com, Retrieved 2011-3-25
Awards All-Big Ten by Media 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