1/3/2019 basketball Edit

Preview: Border Battle restarts Big Ten play for Wisconsin

Jon McNamara • BadgerBlitz

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Jon McNamara is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has covered UW athletics since 2002 and has worked at Rivals.com since 2006.

No. 22 Wisconsin (10-3, 2-0) vs. Minnesota (11-2, 1-1)

Game: Jan. 3, 2019 at the Kohl Center

Time: 8:00 PM CT (Thursday)

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Pre-game notes

*(1st) - Former Wisconsin assistant coach Rob Jeter is in his first season on Pitino's staff at Minnesota.

*(4) - Number of players on UW's roster from the state of Minnesota: Brad Davison (Maple Grove), Nate Reuvers (Lakeville), Walt McGroy (Minneapolis) and Joe Hedstrom (Hopkins).

*(8) - The Badgers have won eight straight over the Gophers and seven in a row at home.

*(11th) - Gophers senior forward Jordan Murphy became the 11th player in Big Ten history with 1,400-plus points and 1,000-plus career rebounds.

*(14th) - Wisconsin is currently ranked 14th in the NCAA NET rankings.

Projected Starting Five (Wisconsin)

Position	Wisconsin	HT/WT	Pts.	Reb.	Ast.
PG	D'Mitrik Trice (SO)	6-0/187	15.5	3.8	2.8
SG	Brad Davison (SO)	6-3/205	10.5	2.8	1.8
SF	Khalil Iverson (SR)	6-5/217	5.3	4.6	1.1
PF	Nathan Reuvers (SO)	6-10/215	7.2	2.5	1.0
C	Ethan Happ (SR)	6-10/237	19.2	10.7	4.8

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Projected Starting Five (Minnesota)

Position	Minnesota	HT/WT	Pts.	Reb.	Ast.
PG	Dupree McBrayer (SR)	6-5/195	10.6	2.0	2.6
SG	Amir Coffey (JR)	6-8/210	15.1	2.9	3.2
SF	Gabe Kalscheur (FR)	6-4/200	10.4	2.2	1.5
PF	Jordan Murphy (SR)	6-7/250	15.7	12.6	2.9
C	Daniel Oturu (FR)	6-10/225	10.8	8.1	0.3

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Big Ten Standings

Team	Conference	Overall
No. 2 Michigan	2-0	13-0
No. 14 Ohio State	2-0	12-1
No. 21 Indiana	2-0	11-2
No. 8 Michigan State	2-0	11-2
No. 22 Wisconsin	2-0	10-3
Maryland	2-1	11-3
Minnesota	1-1	11-2
Purdue	1-1	8-5
No. 24 Nebraska	1-2	11-3
No. 25 Iowa	0-2	11-2
Northwestern	0-2	9-4
Rutgers	0-2	7-5
Penn State	0-2	7-6
Illinois	0-2	4-9