Wolverines Head to Madison to Take on Wisconsin at Kohl Center

Saturday, January 19

Madison, Wis.

11:00 AM CT

Michigan

Wisconsin

Wolverines Head to Madison to Take on Wisconsin at Kohl Center

1/18/2019 1:29:00 PM | Men's Basketball

By: Tom Wywrot

» In its only game of the week, No. 2 Michigan heads to the Kohl Center for the first of two regular-season meetings with Wisconsin.
» Michigan remains one of two undefeated teams in the nation, along with Virginia (16-0). The Wolverines have gone 31-1 over their last 32 games.
» Zavier Simpson scored a career-best 24 points in his last game, as he used a career-best five three-pointers to help him to his first collegiate 20-plus point game.
» Jon Teske is coming off of back-to-back double-doubles last week starting at Illinois (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Northwestern (17 points, 11 rebounds). Additionally, Teske has had two or more blocks in six straight games.

THIS WEEK
Saturday, Jan. 19 -- at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. CST (ESPN)

The second-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team (17-0) will head back onto the road traveling to Madison,Wisconsin, and the Kohl Center for a Big Ten battle Saturday (Jan. 19) afternoon at Wisconsin (11-6). With an 11 a.m. CST (noon EST) tipoff, the game will be broadcast on ESPN with Jason Benetti and Dan Dakich on the call.

A Little Bit About Wisconsin

• Wisconsin stands at 11-6 overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play following a 64-60 setback at Maryland on Monday night (Jan. 14). After the Badgers trailed by as much as 18, Wisconsin rallied in the second half and took the lead with just under two minutes left. However, the Terrapins were able to hold on for the victory.
• The loss at Maryland gives the Badgers four losses in their last five games since Christmas break.
• Redshirt-senior forward Ethan Happ averages a double-double for the Badgers with 19.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. He is shooting 57.1 percent from the field and leads the team with 79 assists (4.6 apg).
• Redshirt-sophomore guard D'Mitrik Trice is second on the Badgers with 14.4 points per game as he leads the team with 47 three-pointers -- 2.7 per game. He adds 2.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Brad Davison gives Wisconsin three double-digit scorers with his 10.5 points per game. He leads the Badgers with 22 steals and is second with 28 three-pointers.
• Wisconsin is second in the Big Ten in three-point field goal percentage, shooting 39.1 percent as a team. D'Mitrik Trice leads the Badgers individually at 45.6 percent, fourth-best in the conference.
• The Badgers rank fifth nationally in fewest turnovers per game, committing just 9.6 per contest, which ranks second in the Big Ten behind Michigan's 9.5 per game.
• Greg Gard is in his fourth season as head coach at Wisconsin after taking over during the 2015-16 campaign. Gard led the Badgers to the Sweet 16 in both 2016 and 2017.

The All-Time Series with the Badgers

• Saturday's game will be the 166th all-time meeting in the series.
• The Wolverines lead the all-time series, 94-71. It should be noted there are three games in the early 80s in which Wisconsin had to forfeit due to playing an ineligible player.
• Saturday's matchup will be the first of two meetings in the Big Ten regular season. Following the road game, the Badgers will play a return game in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Feb. 9.
• U-M holds a 35-45 record in games played in Madison, Wisconsin. However, the Wolverines did win last season's game at the Kohl Center, 83-72 (Feb. 11).
• There have been seven overtime games with U-M holding the edge, 4-3. The last time there was an extra period was a 69-64 U-M loss at Crisler Center (Jan. 24, 2015), when ESPN hosted Game Day in Ann Arbor.
• There have been 30 games in the series decided by three or fewer with U-M leading 16-14. The last time a game was decided by fewer than three points was Feb. 9, 2013. With the Wolverines up three with 2.4 seconds left, Wisconsin's Ben Burst made a halfcourt shot tie send the game to overtime. The Badgers would go on to stun the Wolverines 65-62 in the overtime game.
• U-M head coach John Beilein is 5-16 against Wisconsin.

A-Maize-Ing Numbers

• Since U-M's a 61-52 loss at Northwestern (Feb. 6, 2018) in the AllState Arena last season, the Maize and Blue has gone 31-1 -- with a 14-game, as well as the current 17-game, winning streaks. The lone loss was in the 2018 national championship game against Villanova.
• Among U-M's 31 victories, 24 have come by double figures, with eight by 20-plus points.
• U-M's current 17-0 record is the second time under Beilein (since 2007-08) U-M has remained undefeated heading into mid-January. The other occurrence was the 2012-13 campaign, when the team got off to a program-best 16-0 start, and did not drop its first game until Jan. 13 -- a 56-53 loss at No. 15 Ohio State when Trey Burke's game-tying three went halfway down and then rattled out. That season, the Wolverines advanced to the national title game, before falling to Louisville.
• Since U-M's well-documented plane accident prior to the start of the 2017 Big Ten Tournament and postseason run, the Wolverines have gone 56-9.
• Michigan has won its last 18 straight games at Crisler Center. In fact, the Wolverines have an impressive 30-1 record in their last 31 games at Crisler Center and is 42-4 over the last three seasons.
• The lone home setback was a 70-69 win by No. 5/7 Purdue (Jan. 9, 2018) after the Boilermakers Isaac Haas made a free throw with four seconds left to defeat the Wolverines in the final seconds.
• Michigan has 20 straight wins against non-conference opponents at Crisler Center. The last non-conference home loss was a 73-70 setback against Virginia Tech (Nov. 30, 2016) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

But Wait There is More ... How About This Crazy Near Matching Streak

• U-M is 31-1 over its last 32 games, with the only loss coming against Villanova in the 2018 national title game. The question has been raised if this is the best in program history? Well, check this out:
• In the 1984-85 season and stretching into 1985-86, the Wolverines had a stretch of going 33-1. The lone loss? A 59-55 loss to Villanova (March 17, 1985) in the NCAA second round as the Wildcats went on to win the NCAA championship.
• During the mid-80s run, U-M posted the program's top-win streak of 17 straight games as well as starting the 1985-86 season going 16-0 -- which has been surpassed this season.
• Additionally, U-M's 24-game home winning streak happened during this timeframe, which U-M currently has an 18 game streak going.
• The mid-80s streak ended with a 73-63 loss at Minnesota (Jan. 16, 1986) -- when the Wolverines were ranked No. 2.