Michigan Basketball: Michigan at Wisconsin — Game Notes
Posted at 2:00pm — 1/14/2014
Michigan Basketball: Michigan at Wisconsin — Game Notes
GAME DAY
• Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014
• Tip: 5:05 p.m. CT | 6:05 p.m. ET
• Location: Madison, Wis.
• Arena: Kohl Center (17,249)
• TV Broadcast: ESPN
• TV Crew: Bob Wischusen (p-by-p) & Dan Dakich (analyst)
• U-M Radio: Detroit (WWJ, 950 AM) | Ann Arbor (WWWW, 102.9 FM)
• U-M Radio Crew: Matt Shepard (p-by-p) & Terry Mills (analyst)
• National Radio Crew: Marc Kestecher (p-by-p) & Will Perdue (analyst)
• Satellite Radio: Sirius: 91 | XM: 91 | Note: National radio broadcast
INSIDE THE GAME
• Michigan Coach: John Beilein | 134-89 (seventh season) | 685-407 (36th season)
• Wisconsin Coach: Bo Ryan | 307–114 (13th season) | 690–217 (30th season)
• Series History: Tonight’s game will be the first of two meetings as the Wolverines and Badgers have a return game scheduled at Crisler Center on Feb. 16. Overall, U-M has a 90-66 all-time mark against Wisconsin. The Wolverines have lost their last two and have dropped 11 straight games in Madison. The Wolverines have won just once in the Kohl Center, a 51-39 victory on Feb. 27, 1999.
Nov 12, 2013; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Badgers head coach Bo Ryan reacts to a call as his team plays the Florida Gators at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin defeated Florida 59-53. Mandatory Credit: Mary Langenfeld-USA TODAY SportsABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Wisconsin, which ranks third in the country in both polls, suffered its first loss of the season with a 75-72 defeat at Indiana (Jan. 14) and is now 16-1 overall. The Badgers’ 16-0 start was the best in program history.
• Wisconsin is 10-0 at the Kohl Center this season. During Bo Ryan’s 13-year tenure, Wisconsin has gone 191-18 with a 93-11 Big Ten mark in home games.
• Wisconsin is led by sophomore Sam Dekker, who leads the Badgers with 14.0 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. The Badgers have four total players scoring in double figures: Dekker, Frank Kaminsky (13.5), Ben Brust (13.1) and Traevon Jackson (11.4).
HOW ABOUT MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN NUMBERS
• Michigan and Wisconsin entered the week in the top three nationally in fewest fouls committed per game (Michigan, 3rd, 15.1 – Wisconsin, 1st, 14.9).
• Michigan and Wisconsin entered the week in the top five nationally in fewest turnovers per game (Michigan, 5th, 9.2 — Wisconsin, 1st, 8.2).
• Michigan and Wisconsin entered the week in the top 15 nationally in assist/turnover radio (Michigan, 6th, 1.71 – Wisconsin, 13th, 1.57).
• Michigan and Wisconsin entered the week in the top 30 nationally in three-point field goals per game (Michigan, 21st, 8.5 – Wisconsin, 28th, 8.4).
MAIZE & BLUE THINGS TO KNOW
• Michigan has won six games in a row, improving to 12-4 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten.
• The last time Michigan opened Big Ten play with a 4-0 record was in 2002-03, when the Wolverines won their first six conference matchups.
• Michigan shot 53.8 percent from the field (28-of-52) against Penn State (Jan. 14), marking the third consecutive game in which the team has shot 50 percent or better from the field. The Wolverines lead the Big Ten in both overall (48.4) and conference (53.6) field goal percentage.
• Derrick Walton Jr. had a career-best 16 points against Penn State after going 6-for-9 from the field with two long-range buckets. In Big Ten play, he is averaging 11.0 points and 3.0 assists per game while shooting 56.5 percent from the field.
• Caris LeVert has tied a career best with five assists in back-to-back games. This season, he has tied the career mark on four occasions, and he has accomplished the feat five total times.
• With Mitch McGary out indefinitely, Jordan Morgan moved into the starting role and has responded, shooting a Big Ten-best 82.4 percent (14-for-17) from the field while averaging 8.5 points and 4.0 rebounds. Fellow U-M big man Jon Horford has mirrored Morgan as Horford has averaged 8.5 points and 6.3 rebounds and shot 66.7 percent (14-for-21) in conference play.
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