2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Bo Ryan, coaching his eighth season with the Badgers. The team played its home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–13 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachGreg Gard
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKohl Center
Seasons
2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Michigan State 15 3   .833 31 7   .816
No. 17 Purdue 11 7   .611 27 10   .730
Illinois 11 7   .611 24 10   .706
Penn State 10 8   .556 27 11   .711
Ohio State 10 8   .556 22 11   .667
Wisconsin 10 8   .556 20 13   .606
Minnesota 9 9   .500 22 11   .667
Michigan 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Northwestern 8 10   .444 17 14   .548
Iowa 5 13   .278 15 17   .469
Indiana 1 17   .056 6 25   .194
2009 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Awards

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All-Big Ten by Media[1]

  • Marcus Landry – 3rd team
  • Trevon Hughes – Honorable mentioned
  • Joe Krabbenhoft – Honorable mentioned

All-Big Ten by Coaches

  • Marcus Landry – 2nd team
  • Trevon Hughes – Honorable mentioned

Roster

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No. Name Position Ht. Wt. Year Hometown/High School
40 Jared Berggren F/C 6–10 240 FR Princeton, Minnesota / Princeton HS
12 Jason Bohannon G 6–2 195 JR Marion, Iowa / Linn-Mar HS
21 Morris Cain G 6–5 185 SR Glendale, Wisconsin / Nicolet HS
5 Ryan Evans G/F 6–6 210 FR Phoenix, Arizona / Hamilton HS
44 J.P. Gavinski C 6–11 250 RS SO Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin / Wisconsin Dells HS
3 Trevon Hughes G 6–0 195 JR Queens, New York / St. John's NW Academy
24 Tim Jarmusz F/G 6–6 208 SO Oshkosh, Wisconsin / West HS
45 Joe Krabbenhoft F/G 6–6 217 SR Sioux Falls, South Dakota / Roosevelt HS
1 Marcus Landry F 6–7 215 SR Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Vincent HS
30 Jon Leuer F 6–10 230 SO Orono, Minnesota / Orono HS
50 Ian Markolf C 7–0 255 FR San Antonio, Texas / Churchill HS
52 Keaton Nankivil F 6–8 245 SO Madison, Wisconsin / Memorial HS
2 Wquinton Smith G 5–11 205 SO Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Rufus King HS
11 Jordan Taylor G 6–1 195 FR Bloomington, Minnesota / Benilde-St. Margaret's
15 Brett Valentyn G 6–4 192 RS SO Verona, Wisconsin / Verona HS
33 Rob Wilson G/F 6–3 200 FR Cleveland, Ohio / Garfield HS

2008–09 Schedule and Results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/16/2008*
3:00pm
No. 21 Long Beach State W 68–61  1–0
 23  Landry   6  Krabbenhoft   3  Tied  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
11/18/2008*
7:30pm
No. 22 SIU Edwardsville W 88–58  2–0
 19  Leuer   6  Jarmusz   5  Krabbenhoft  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
11/21/2008*
7:30pm
No. 22 vs. Iona
Paradise Jam Tournament
W 60–58  3–0
 21  Hughes   8  Nankivil   2  Hughes  Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center (3,095)
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
11/23/2008*
7:30pm
No. 22 vs. San Diego
Paradise Jam Tournament
W 64–49  4–0
 22  Hughes   7  Landry   6  Landry  Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center (3,271)
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
11/24/2008*
7:30pm
No. 19 vs. No. 2 Connecticut
Paradise Jam Tournament
L 57–76  4–1
 11  Nankivil   6  Krabbenhoft   3  Krabbenhoft  Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center (3,691)
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
11/29/2008*
11:00am
No. 19 UW–Milwaukee W 67–46  5–1
 16  Hughes   10  Krabbenhoft   3  Krabbenhoft  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
12/1/2008*
6:00pm
No. 22 at Virginia Tech
Big Ten – ACC Challenge
W 74–72  6–1
 18  Landry   6  Leuer   4  Tied  Cassell Coliseum (9,847)
Blacksburg, VA
12/6/2008*
8:30pm
No. 22 at Marquette L 58–61  6–2
 14  Hughes   7  Krabbenhoft   3  Tied  Bradley Center (18,895)
Milwaukee, WI
12/9/2008*
7:30pm
Idaho State W 60–58  7–2
 18  Bohannon   9  Krabbenhoft   4  Hughes  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
12/13/2008*
7:00pm
UW–Green Bay W 77–57  8–2
 15  Krabbenhoft   11  Nankivil   4  Hughes  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
12/20/2008*
5:00pm
Coppin State W 57–46  9–2
 16  Leuer   8  Krabbenhoft   4  Tied  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
12/23/2008*
8:30pm
No. 8 Texas L 69–74  9–3
 18  Hughes   4  3 players tied   3  Hughes  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
12/31/2008
1:00pm
at No. 24 Michigan W 73–61  10–3 (1–0)
 16  Tied   8  Krabbenhoft   3  3 players tied  Crisler Arena (11,046)
Ann Arbor, MI
1/3/2009
1:00pm
Penn State W 65–61  11–3 (2–0)
 23  Landry   10  Krabbenhoft   5  Krabbenhoft  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
1/7/2009
7:30 pm
Northwestern W 74–45  12–3 (3–0)
 20  Bohannon   8  Tied   5  Bohannon  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
1/11/2009
12:30pm, CBS
at No. 14 Purdue L 52–65  12–4 (3–1)
 13  Krabbenhoft   7  Krabbenhoft   3  Tied  Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
1/15/2009
8:00pm
No. 17 Minnesota L 74–78  12–5 (3–2)
 18  Landry   8  Leuer   5  Hughes  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
1/21/2009
7:35pm
at Iowa L 69–73  12–6 (3–3)
 13  Landry   8  Landry   3  Taylor  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (10,239)
Iowa City, IA
1/24/2009
3:00pm
at No. 24 Illinois L 57–64  12–7 (3–4)
 16  Krabbenhoft   12  Krabbenhoft   3  3 players tied  Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
1/27/2009
8:00pm
No. 17 Purdue L 63–64  12–8 (3–5)
 21  Nankivil   6  Krabbenhoft   5  Hughes  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
1/31/2009
7:00pm
at Northwestern L 63–66  12–9 (3–6)
 15  Hughes   6  Landry   4  Krabbenhoft  Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
2/5/2009
8:00pm
No. 21 Illinois W 63–50  13–9 (4–6)
 20  Bohannon   6  Tied   5  Krabbenhoft  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
2/8/2009
2:00pm
at Penn State W 54–44  14–9 (5–6)
 13  Landry   7  Krabbenhoft   4  Hughes  Bryce Jordan Center (14,686)
University Park, PA
2/11/2009
7:30pm
Iowa W 69–52  15–9 (6–6)
 16  Krabbenhoft   8  Leuer   6  Hughes  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
2/14/2009
8:00pm, ESPN
Ohio State
ESPN College GameDay
W 55–50  16–9 (7–6)
 17  Landry   8  Krabbenhoft   5  Krabbenhoft  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
2/19/2009
8:00pm
at Indiana W 68–51  17–9 (8–6)
 21  Hughes   5  Tied   4  Hughes  Assembly Hall (14,669)
Bloomington, IN
2/22/2009
2:00pm
at No. 5 Michigan State L 50–61  17–10 (8–7)
 12  Hughes   5  Nankivil   3  Hughes  Jack Breslin Student Events Center (14,759)
East Lansing, MI
3/1/2009
1:00pm
Michigan W 60–55  18–10 (9–7)
 19  Hughes   11  Krabbenhoft   5  Landry  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
3/4/2009
7:30pm
at Minnesota L 46–51  18–11 (9–8)
 18  Landry   9  Krabbenhoft   4  Hughes  Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
3/8/2009
6:00pm
Indiana W 85–61  19–11 (10–8)
 19  Krabbenhoft   9  Krabbenhoft   6  Landry  Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
Big Ten tournament
3/13/2009
1:30pm
vs. Ohio State
Quarterfinals
L 57–61  19–12
 15  Hughes   10  Krabbenhoft   4  Leuer  Conseco Fieldhouse (13,023)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/20/2009*
8:55pm, CBS
No. (12) vs. No. (5) Florida State
First Round
W 61–59 OT 20–12
 16  Bohannon   6  Krabbenhoft   4  Hughes  Taco Bell Arena (12,194)
Boise, ID
3/22/2009*
1:20pm, CBS
No. (12) vs. No. (4) Xavier
Second Round
L 49–60  20–13
 18  Landry   10  Landry   2  Taylor  Taco Bell Arena (N/A)
Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP252525Not released
Coaches21 т221922 т

References

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  1. ^ "2008-09 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Badgers 2008-09 Men's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2014.