2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was coach Bo Ryan's eleventh season at the University of Wisconsin. They played their home games at the Kohl Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin made it to the sweet 16, but lost to #1 seed Syracuse in the regional semifinals.

2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
2011 Chicago Invitational Challenge Champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 14
Record	26–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bo Ryan
Associate head coach	Greg Gard
Assistant coaches	Gary Close Lamont Paris
Home arena	Kohl Center
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Michigan State†	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 13 Michigan	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
No. 7 Ohio State	13	–	5		.722			31	–	8		.795
No. 14 Wisconsin	12	–	6		.667			26	–	10		.722
No. 16 Indiana	11	–	7		.611			27	–	9		.750
Purdue	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
Northwestern	8	–	10		.444			19	–	14		.576
Iowa	8	–	10		.444			18	–	17		.514
Illinois	6	–	12		.333			17	–	15		.531
Minnesota	6	–	12		.333			23	–	15		.605
Nebraska	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Penn State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	20		.375
† 2012 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

2011 Commitments

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Traevon Jackson SG	Westerville, OH	Westerville South High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jun 12, 2010
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 88
Frank Kaminsky C	Lisle, IL	Benet Academy	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jun 12, 2010
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 92
George Marshall PG	Chicago, IL	Brooks College Prep	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jan 19, 2010
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 88
Jordan Smith SG	Long Lake, MN	Orono High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Dec 12, 2010
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
Jarrod Uthoff PF	Cedar Rapids, IA	Jefferson High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 19, 2010
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.

Season Notes

Jordan Taylor was Wisconsin's lone senior in their regular rotation, although fellow senior Rob Wilson earned a significant increase in postseason playing time following his shocking 30 point outburst in the Big Ten tournament. Ryan Evans and Jared Berggren were second and third in team scoring, 11.0 ppg and 10.5 ppg, respectively. Josh Gasser, Ben Brust, and Mike Bruesewitz were also key contributors.

There was a 3-way tie for the Big Ten regular season title with Michigan St, Michigan, and Ohio St all finishing 13-5. Wisconsin alone in 4th at 12-6.

Losing to Syracuse in the Sweet 16 in a close game, 63-64. Wisconsin had the ball in their leader's hands at the end of the game. But Jordan Taylor's 3-pointer at the buzzer came up empty.

Awards

All-Big Ten by Media^[1]

• Jordan Taylor - 2nd team
• Jarred Berggren - Honorable mention
• Ryan Evans - Honorable mention

All-Big Ten by Coaches

• Jordan Taylor - 1st team
• Jarred Berggren - Honorable mention
• Ryan Evans - Honorable mention
• Josh Gasser - All-Defensive team

Roster

2011–12 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 1 Ben Brust 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Hawthorn Woods, IL G 2 Jordan Smith (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Orono, MN G 3 George Marshall  5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Chicago, IL G/F 5 Ryan Evans 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Phoenix, AZ G 10 Dan Fahey (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Chicago, IL G 11 Jordan Taylor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Bloomington, MN G 12 Traevon Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Westerville, OH F 13 Duje Dukan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Deerfield, IL G 21 Josh Gasser 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Port Washington, WI G 22 J. D. Wise (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Milwaukee, WI F 30 Jarrod Uthoff  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Cedar Rapids, IA F 31 Mike Bruesewitz 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Jr St. Paul, MN C 32 Evan Anderson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Fr Stanley, WI G/F 33 Rob Wilson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Cleveland, OH F 34 Zach Bohannon (W I)  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Marion, IA F/C 40 Jared Berggren 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Jr Princeton, MN F 44 Frank Kaminsky 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Lisle, IL	Head coach Bo Ryan (Wilkes) Assistant coach(es) Greg Gard (UW-Platteville) Gary Close (Arizona State) Lamont Paris (Wooster) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2010-11-9

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

• All times are Central

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2011* 7:00 pm	No. 15	UW–Stevens Point	W 80–54	–	16 – Evans	6 – Brust	7 – Taylor	Kohl Center (16,889) Madison, WI
Regular Season
11/12/2011* 12:00 pm	No. 15	Kennesaw State	W 85–31	1–0	14 – Tied	8 – Bruesewitz (1)	7 – Taylor (1)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
11/16/2011* 7:00 pm	No. 14	Colgate	W 68–41	2–0	17 – Brust (2)	7 – Tied	4 – Taylor (2)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
11/19/2011* 6:00 pm	No. 14	Wofford Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 69–33	3–0	16 – Gasser (2)	8 – Bruesewitz (2)	5 – Evans (1)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
11/22/2011* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	UMKC Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 77–31	4–0	21 – Berggren (1)	6 – Tied	5 – Taylor (3)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
11/25/2011* 7:30 pm, BTN	No. 11	vs. Bradley Chicago Invitational Challenge Semifinals	W 66–43	5–0	15 – Evans (1)	10 – Berggren (2)	6 – Taylor (4)	Sears Centre (3,424) Hoffman Estates, IL
11/26/2011* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	vs. BYU Chicago Invitational Challenge Championship Game	W 73–56	6–0	21 – Brust (3)	6 – Bruesewitz (3)	8 – Taylor (5)	Sears Centre (2,634) Hoffman Estates, IL
11/30/2011* 8:30 pm, ESPN	No. 9	at No. 5 North Carolina ACC – Big Ten Challenge	L 57–60	6–1	18 – Taylor (1)	7 – Evans (2)	4 – Taylor (6)	Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
12/03/2011* 3:30 pm, BTN	No. 9	No. 16 Marquette	L 54–61	6–2	13 – Taylor (2)	8 – Evans (3)	3 – Gasser (1)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
12/07/2011* 7:00 pm	No. 14	Green Bay	W 70–42	7–2	15 – Taylor (3)	8 – Bruesewitz (4)	10 – Taylor (7)	Kohl Center (17,076) Madison, WI
12/10/2011* 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	UNLV	W 62–51	8–2	25 – Brust (4)	10 – Bruesewitz (5)	6 – Taylor (8)	Kohl Center (17,123) Madison, WI
12/13/2011* 7:00 pm	No. 14	at Milwaukee	W 60–54	9–2	17 – Berggren (2)	9 – Berggren (3)	3 – Tied	U.S. Cellular Arena (10,143) Milwaukee, WI
12/15/2011* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	Savannah State	W 66–33	10–2	13 – Berggren (3)	5 – Tied	3 – Taylor (10)	Kohl Center (16,954) Madison, WI
12/23/2011* 4:30 pm, BTN	No. 13	Mississippi Valley State	W 79–45	11–2	17 – Taylor (4)	11 – Evans (5)	2 – Tied	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
12/27/2011 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 11	at Nebraska	W 64–40	12–2 (1–0)	22 – Evans (2)	6 – Tied	5 – Taylor (12)	Bob Devaney Sports Center (11,422) Lincoln, NE
12/31/2011 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	Iowa	L 65–72	12–3 (1–1)	17 – Taylor (5)	8 – Gasser (3)	4 – Taylor (13)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
01/03/2012 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	No. 10 Michigan State	L 60–63 OT	12–4 (1–2)	28 – Taylor (6)	6 – Tied	3 – Brust (2)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
01/08/2012 12:30 pm, CBS	No. 18	at No. 16 Michigan	L 41–59	12–5 (1–3)	12 – Taylor (7)	10 – Evans (7)	3 – Bruesewitz (2)	Crisler Arena (12,721) Ann Arbor, MI
01/12/2012 6:00 pm, ESPN		at Purdue	W 67–62	13–5 (2–3)	13 – Brust (5)	5 – Tied	5 – Taylor (14)	Mackey Arena (14,620) West Lafayette, IN
01/15/2012 5:00 pm, BTN		Nebraska	W 50–45	14–5 (3–3)	19 – Taylor (8)	13 – Berggren (5)	2 – Evans (3)	Kohl Center (17,173) Madison, WI
01/18/2012 8:00 pm, BTN		Northwestern	W 77–57	15–5 (4–3)	17 – Evans (3)	9 – Evans (9)	6 – Taylor (15)	Kohl Center (16,939) Madison, WI
01/22/2012 1:00 pm, BTN		at No. 22 Illinois	W 67–63	16–5 (5–3)	19 – Taylor (9)	9 – Taylor (4)	5 – Taylor (16)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
01/26/2012 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 25	No. 16 Indiana	W 57–50	17–5 (6–3)	13 – Brust (6)	9 – Evans (10)	2 – Tied	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
01/31/2012 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 19	at Penn State	W 52–46	18–5 (7–3)	18 – Taylor (10)	10 – Berggren (6)	5 – Taylor (18)	Bryce Jordan Center (8,752) University Park, PA
02/04/2012 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 19	No. 3 Ohio State	L 52–58	18–6 (7–4)	14 – Evans (4)	11 – Bruesewitz (6)	6 – Taylor (19)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
02/09/2012 6:30 pm, ESPN	No. 21	at Minnesota	W 68–61 OT	19–6 (8–4)	27 – Taylor (11)	11 – Evans (11)	4 – Tied	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
02/16/2012 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 15	at No. 7 Michigan State	L 55–69	19–7 (8–5)	17 – Evans (5)	7 – Evans (12)	5 – Taylor (20)	Breslin Student Events Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
02/19/2012 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 15	Penn State	W 65–55	20–7 (9–5)	15 – Gasser (3)	12 – Bruesewitz (7)	5 – Bruesewitz (5)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
02/23/2012 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 16	at Iowa	L 66–67	20–8 (9–6)	14 – Tied	6 – Evans (13)	4 – Taylor (21)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,248) Iowa City, IA
02/26/2012 3:00 pm, CBS	No. 16	at No. 8 Ohio State	W 63–60	21–8 (10–6)	19 – Taylor (12)	10 – Evans (14)	4 – Taylor (22)	Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, OH
02/28/2012 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	Minnesota	W 52–45	22–8 (11–6)	22 – Taylor (13)	8 – Evans (15)	3 – Brust (3)	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
03/04/2012 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	Illinois	W 70–56	23–8 (12–6)	16 – Tied	8 – Gasser (5)	3 – Tied	Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI
Big Ten tournament
03/09/2012 1:30 pm, ESPN	No. 14	vs. No. 15 Indiana Quarterfinals	W 79–71	24–8	30 – Wilson (1)	9 – Berggren (7)	4 – Tied	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,484) Indianapolis, IN
03/10/2012 12:40 pm, CBS	No. 14	vs. No. 8 Michigan State Semifinals	L 52–65	24–9	19 – Taylor (15)	5 – Tied	3 – Bruesewitz (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,451) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Division I tournament
03/15/2012* 1:10 pm, TNT	No. 14 (4)	vs. (13) Montana Second Round	W 73–49	25–9	18 – Evans (7)	8 – Tied	6 – Taylor (25)	University Arena (10,774) Albuquerque, NM
03/17/2012* 5:10 pm, TNT	No. 14 (4)	vs. No. 20 (5) Vanderbilt Third round	W 60–57	26–9	14 – Taylor (16)	6 – Berggren (8)	4 – Evans (5)	University Arena (12,128) Albuquerque, NM
03/22/2012* 6:15 pm, CBS	No. 14 (4)	vs. No. 2 (1) Syracuse Sweet Sixteen	L 63–64	26–10	17 – Tied	4 – Tied	6 – Taylor (26)	TD Garden (–) Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

National Rankings

See also: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	15	14	11	9	14	14	13	11	18	RV	RV	25	19	21	15	16	14	14	14	14
Coaches	14	13	11	7	16	15	14	11	19	RV	RV	25	20	22	17	15	15	12	13	12

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

Player statistics

• As of March 23, 2012^[3]

		        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 
11 Taylor, Jordan   36 36 1297 36.0 166 413 .402  65 176 .369 135 172 .785  31 106 137 3.8 73  0 147  56  1 37 532 14.8
05 Evans, Ryan      36 36 1098 30.5 151 343 .440  10  38 .263  85 117 .726  60 183 243 6.8 74  1  58  57 33 26 397 11.0
40 Berggren, Jared  36 36 1000 27.8 141 312 .452  45 121 .372  52  71 .732  51 125 176 4.9 86  2  27  51 60 32 379 10.5
21 Gasser, Josh     36 36 1227 34.1  84 181 .464  42  93 .452  65  83 .783  31 121 152 4.2 66  0  67  43  3 25 275  7.6
01 Brust, Ben       36  0  768 21.3  92 232 .397  58 149 .389  20  24 .833  16  63  79 2.2 33  0  26  26  0 24 262  7.3
31 Bruesewitz, Mike 36 36  918 25.5  71 180 .394  25  85 .294  36  51 .706  69 116 185 5.1 92  3  63  38 12 22 203  5.6
33 Wilson, Rob      36  0  467 13.0  49 118 .415  25  65 .385  22  32 .688  18  33  51 1.4 32  0  22  14  3  7 145  4.0
44 Kaminsky, Frank  35  0  271  7.7  23  56 .411  10  35 .286   7  14 .500  22  28  50 1.4 34  0  10  10 13  4  63  1.8
22 Wise, J.D.        6  0   10  1.7   3   3 1.000  1   1 1.000  0   0 .000   0   0   0 0.0  0  0   0   1  0  0   7  1.2
12 Jackson, Traevon 17  0   92  5.4   7  19 .368   3   8 .375   2   3 .667   6  10  16 0.9  7  0   3   7  1  1  19  1.1
02 Smith, Jordan     7  0   12  1.7   2   3 .667   1   1 1.000  0   0 .000   0   2   2 0.3  0  0   0   0  0  0   5  0.7
13 Dukan, Duje      13  0   41  3.2   4   7 .571   0   2 .000   1   4 .250   1   6   7 0.5  2  0   2   3  0  3   9  0.7
32 Anderson, Evan   14  0   35  2.5   3   6 .500   0   1 .000   0   4 .000   4   3   7 0.5 10  0   3   1  0  0   6  0.4
10 Fahey, Dan        9  0   14  1.6   1   2 .500   0   0 .000   0   0 .000   1   6   7 0.8  1  0   0   1  0  0   2  0.2
   Team                                                                    39  56  95       2     12 
   Total..........  36  7250  797 1875 .425 285 775 .368 425 575 .739 349 858 1207 33.5 512  6 428  320 126 181 2304 64.0
   Opponents......  36  7250  708 1819 .389 129 439 .294 370 542 .683 331 792 1123 31.2 604  7 286  388  84 154 1915 53.2

References

1. "2011-12 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
2. "2011–12 Schedule". Archived from the original on October 23, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
3. Wisconsin Season Statistics, UWBadgers.com, Retrieved 2011-11-27