# 2009–10 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Bo Ryan, in his ninth season with the Badgers. The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 13–5 in Big Ten play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. They received an at–large bid the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 4 seed in the East Region. They defeated 13 seed Wofford in the first round before being upset by 12 seed Cornell in the second round.

## Roster

| No. | Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Year | Hometown/high school |
| 40 | Jared Berggren | F/C | 6–10 | 240 | RS FR | Princeton, Minnesota / Princeton HS |
| 12 | Jason Bohannon | G | 6–2 | 195 | SR | Marion, Iowa / Linn-Mar HS |
| 31 | Mike Bruesewitz | F | 6–6 | 220 | FR | St. Paul, Minnesota / Henry Sibley HS |
| 5 | Ryan Evans | G/F | 6–6 | 210 | RS FR | Phoenix, Arizona / Hamilton HS |
| 10 | Dan Fahey | G | 6–3 | 185 | FR | Chicago, Illinois / St. Ignatius Prep |
| 44 | J.P. Gavinski | C | 6–11 | 250 | RS JR | Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin / Wisconsin Dells HS |
| 3 | Trevon Hughes | G | 6–0 | 195 | SR | Queens, New York / St. John's NW Academy |
| 24 | Tim Jarmusz | F/G | 6–6 | 208 | JR | Oshkosh, Wisconsin / West HS |
| 30 | Jon Leuer | F | 6–10 | 230 | JR | Orono, Minnesota / Orono HS |
| 50 | Ian Markolf | C | 7–0 | 255 | SO | San Antonio, Texas / Churchill HS |
| 52 | Keaton Nankivil | F | 6–8 | 245 | JR | Madison, Wisconsin / Memorial HS |
| 2 | Wquinton Smith | G | 5–11 | 205 | JR | Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Rufus King HS |
| 11 | Jordan Taylor | G | 6–1 | 195 | SO | Bloomington, Minnesota / Benilde-St. Margaret's |
| 15 | Brett Valentyn | G | 6–4 | 192 | RS JR | Verona, Wisconsin / Verona HS |
| 33 | Rob Wilson | G/F | 6–3 | 200 | SO | Cleveland, Ohio / Garfield HS |
| 22 | J.D. Wise | G | 6–2 | 175 | FR | Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin / Dominican HS |

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Keaton Nankivil | Jared Berggren | J.P. Gavinski |
| PF | Jon Leuer | Mike Bruesewitz | Ian Markolf |
| SF | Jason Bohannon | Ryan Evans | Brett Valentyn |
| SG | Jordan Taylor | Tim Jarmusz | J.D. Wise, Dan Fahey |
| PG | Trevon Hughes | Rob Wilson | Wquinton Smith |

## Schedule and results

Source
* All times are Central
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| 11/4/2009* 7:00pm | | Bemidji State | W 90–54 | | NA – NA | NA – NA | NA – NA | Kohl Center (NA) Madison, WI |
| 11/11/2009* 7:00pm | | UW–Superior | W 80–47 | | NA – NA | NA – NA | NA – NA | Kohl Center (NA) Madison, WI |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| 11/15/2009* 5:00pm, BTN | | IPFW | W 75–46 | 1–0 | 19 – Leuer (1) | 7 – Jarmusz (1) | 3 – Bohannon (1), Taylor (1) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 11/18/2009* 7:00pm | | Oakland | W 58–42 | 2–0 | 15 – Hughes (1) | 9 – Nankivil (1) | 4 – Hughes (1) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 11/23/2009* 11:00pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Arizona Maui Invitational | W 65–61 | 3–0 | 24 – Hughes (2) | 8 – Nankivil (2) | 3 – Hughes (2) | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/24/2009* 8:30pm, ESPN | | vs. Gonzaga Maui Invitational | L 61–74 | 3–1 | 19 – Taylor (1) | 8 – Bohannon (1) | 4 – Leuer (1) | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 11/25/2009* 8:30pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 21 Maryland Maui Invitational | W 78–69 | 4–1 | 20 – Bohannon (1) | 7 – Leuer (1), Nankivil (3) | 5 – Taylor (2) | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI |
| 12/2/2009* 8:15pm, ESPN | | No. 6 Duke ACC – Big Ten Challenge | W 73–69 | 5–1 | 26 – Hughes (3) | 8 – Evans (1) | 5 – Nankivil (1) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/5/2009* 12:00pm | | Grambling State | W 79–46 | 6–1 | 20 – Hughes (4) | 7 – Taylor (1), Hughes (1) | 5 – Taylor (3) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/9/2009* 7:00pm | No. 20 | at UW–Green Bay | L 84–88 $^{OT}$ | 6–2 | 27 – Hughes (5) | 10 – Leuer (2) | 5 – Hughes (3) | Resch Center (9,759) Green Bay, WI |
| 12/12/2009* 4:00pm, ESPN2 | No. 20 | Marquette | W 72–63 | 7–2 | 24 – Leuer (2) | 12 – Leuer (3) | 3 – Taylor (4) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/16/2009* 8:00pm, BTN | | Cal Poly | W 90–42 | 8–2 | 20 – Hughes (6) | 8 – Leuer (4) | 7 – Taylor (5) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/23/2009* 8:00pm, BTN | | UW–Milwaukee | W 68–58 | 9–2 | 25 – Leuer (3) | 6 – Taylor (2), Leuer (5) | 4 – Hughes (4) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/27/2009* 2:30pm, BTN | | UI–Chicago | W 79–43 | 10–2 | 17 – Leuer (4) | 8 – Wilson (1) | 5 – Leuer (2) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 12/31/2009 1:00pm, ESPN2 | No. 23 | No. 15 Ohio State | W 65–43 | 11–2 (1–0) | 16 – Hughes (7) | 7 – Hughes (2) | 5 – Leuer (3) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 1/3/2010 1:00pm, BTN | No. 23 | at Penn State | W 63–46 | 12–2 (2–0) | 18 – Hughes (8) | 11 – Nankivil (4) | 7 – Hughes (5) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,114) University Park, PA |
| 1/6/2010 5:30pm, BTN | No. 17 | at No. 10 Michigan State | L 47–54 | 12–3 (2–1) | 21 – Leuer (5) | 7 – Leuer (6) | 3 – Bohannon (2) | Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI |
| 1/9/2010 12:30pm, BTN | No. 17 | No. 4 Purdue | W 73–66 | 13–3 (3–1) | 23 – Taylor (2) | 10 – Leuer (7) | 2 – Jarmusz (1), Leuer (4), Taylor (6) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 1/13/2010 7:30pm, BTN | No. 13 | at Northwestern | W 60–50 | 14–3 (4–1) | 19 – Bohannon (2) | 7 – Hughes (3) | 7 – Taylor (7) | Evanston, IL (6,566) Welsh-Ryan Arena |
| 1/16/2010 7:00pm, BTN | No. 13 | at Ohio State | L 51–60 | 14–4 (4–2) | 18 – Hughes (9) | 6 – Jarmusz (2), Nankivil (5) | 3 – Taylor (8) | Columbus, OH (18,402) Jerome Schottenstein Center |
| 1/20/2010 7:30pm, BTN | No. 18 | Michigan | W 54–48 | 15–4 (5–2) | 20 – Hughes (10) | 8 – Nankivil (6) | 2 – Nankivil (2), Bohannon (3), Hughes (6), Taylor (9) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 1/24/2010 1:30pm, BTN | No. 18 | Penn State | W 79–71 $^{OT}$ | 16–4 (6–2) | 22 – Hughes (11) | 7 – Nankivil (7) | 6 – Taylor (10) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 1/28/2010 6:00pm, ESPN | No. 16 | at No. 10 Purdue | L 57–60 | 16–5 (6–3) | 25 – Nankivil (1) | 6 – Nankivil (8) | 5 – Taylor (11) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| 2/2/2010 8:00pm, ESPN | No. 16 | No. 5 Michigan State | W 67–49 | 17–5 (7–3) | 19 – Bohannon (3) | 5 – Nankivil (9) | 7 – Hughes (7) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 2/6/2010 3:00pm, CBS | No. 16 | at Michigan | W 62–44 | 18–5 (8–3) | 18 – Bohannon (4) | 6 – Taylor (3) | 5 – Bohannon (4) | Crisler Arena (13,501) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2/9/2010 6:00pm, BTN | No. 11 | Illinois | L 56–63 | 18–6 (8–4) | 15 – Bohannon (5) | 6 – Bohannon (2), Nankivil (10) | 3 – Bohannon (5), Taylor (12) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 2/13/2010 1:00pm, BTN | No. 11 | Indiana | W 83–55 | 19–6 (9–4) | 30 – Bohannon (6) | 7 – Bruesewitz (1) | 3 – Nankivil (3), Bohannon (6), Taylor (13) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 2/18/2010 8:00pm, ESPN | No. 14 | at Minnesota | L 68–52 | 19–7 (9–5) | 19 – Hughes (12) | 6 – Nankivil (11) | 6 – Taylor (14) | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN |
| 2/21/2010 1:00pm, BTN | No. 14 | Northwestern | W 70–63 | 20–7 (10–5) | 17 – Bohannon (7) | 5 – Hughes (4) | 4 – Taylor (15) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 2/25/2010 8:00pm, BTN | No. 17 | at Indiana | W 78–46 | 21–7 (11–5) | 17 – Hughes (13) | 7 – Leuer (8) | 4 – Taylor (16) | Assembly Hall (16,502) Bloomington, IN |
| 3/3/2010 7:30pm, BTN | No. 15 | Iowa | W 67–40 | 22–7 (12–5) | 18 – Leuer (6) | 9 – Bohannon (3) | 4 – Leuer (5), Hughes (8), Taylor (17) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 3/7/2010 1:00pm, ESPN | No. 15 | at Illinois | W 72–57 | 23–7 (13–5) | 20 – Taylor (3), Leuer (7) | 11 – Hughes (5) | 3 – Taylor (18) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL |
| 2010 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament |||||||||
| 3/12/2010 1:25pm, ESPN | No. 13 | vs. Illinois Quarterfinals | L 58–54 | 23–8 | 14 – Leuer (8), Hughes (14) | 8 – Nankivil (12) | 3 – Taylor (19) | Conseco Fieldhouse (16,207) Indianapolis, IN |
| 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament |||||||||
| 3/19/2010* 1:50pm, CBS | No. 16 (4) | vs. (13) Wofford First Round | W 53–49 | 24–8 | 20 – Leuer (9) | 8 – Leuer (9) | 1 – Leuer (6), Hughes (9), Bohannon (7) | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (10,657) Jacksonville, FL |
| 3/21/2010* 1:50pm, CBS | No. 16 (4) | vs. (12) Cornell Second Round | L 87–69 | 24–9 | 23 – Leuer (10) | 4 – Leurer (10) | 6 – Taylor (20) | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (12,547) Jacksonville, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | WK 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
| AP | -- | -- | -- | RV | 20 | RV | RV | 23 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 24 |
| Coaches | -- | -- | -- | RV | 23 | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 24 |

## 2010 signing class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Evan Anderson C | Eau Claire, WI | North High School | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | May 4, 2008 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Josh Gasser PG | Port Washington, WI | Port Washington High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Sep 24, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Duje Dukan SF | Deerfield, IL | Deerfield High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Ben Brust SG | Mundelein, IL | Mundelein Cons. High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | May 7, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: N/A ||||||
| 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: "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||