2/26/2017 Michigan State v. Wisconsin Game Preview

Wisconsin Badgers (22-7, 7-5 away)
Michigan State Spartans (18-11, 16-4 home)
February 26, 2017 at 4:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Breslin Center
East Lansing, Michigan

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2016-2017 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Wisconsin3740.572.426.257.7.4557.621.3.35912.219.0.64411.624.035.613.66.73.511.116.3
Michigan State3540.171.925.955.1.4707.820.9.37312.318.4.6709.126.435.516.94.34.614.020.0
UWISC Opponents3740.562.422.253.9.4126.818.0.37611.215.1.7397.921.829.810.25.33.112.818.4
MCHST Opponents3540.168.723.857.9.4106.518.9.34614.620.1.7269.522.331.812.76.03.011.418.8


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 18, 2016
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 57 - 69
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 17, 2016
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 76 - 77
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Mar 15, 2015
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 69 - 80
Wisconsin		 Conference Tournament United Center
Mar 1, 2015
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 61 - 68
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Mar 15, 2014
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 83 - 75
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 9, 2014
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 58 - 60
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Mar 7, 2013
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 43 - 58
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 22, 2013
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 49 - 47
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Mar 10, 2012
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 52 - 65
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 16, 2012
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 55 - 69
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 3, 2012
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 63 - 60
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Feb 6, 2011
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 56 - 82
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Jan 11, 2011
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 61 - 64
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Feb 2, 2010
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 49 - 67
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Jan 6, 2010
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 47 - 54
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Feb 22, 2009
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 50 - 61
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Mar 15, 2008
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 63 - 65
Wisconsin		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 28, 2008
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 42 - 57
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Mar 9, 2007
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 57 - 70
Wisconsin		 Conference Tournament United Center
Mar 3, 2007
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 50 - 52
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Feb 20, 2007
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 55 - 64
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Mar 2, 2006
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 65 - 74
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 8, 2006
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 63 - 82
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Feb 24, 2005
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 64 - 77
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 16, 2005
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 59 - 62
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Mar 13, 2004
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 66 - 68
Wisconsin		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Mar 2, 2004
Wisconsin
Michigan State		 68 - 64
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 10, 2004
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 64 - 77
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center
Feb 11, 2003
Michigan State
Wisconsin		 53 - 64
Wisconsin		 Conference Regular Season Kohl Center

2016-2017 Wisconsin Badgers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Z. Showalter B. Koenig V. Brown N. Hayes E. Happ
Rotation D. Trice   K. Iverson    
Lim PT   J. Hill   A. Illikainen A. Van Vliet
Lim PT   B. Pritzl   C. Thomas  
Lim PT   T. Schlundt   A. Moesch  
Lim PT   M. Ferris      

2016-2017 Michigan State Spartans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Nairn, Jr. E. Harris J. Langford M. Bridges N. Ward
Rotation C. Winston M. McQuaid K. Goins    
Rotation   A. Ellis III      
Lim PT C. George K. Ahrens M. Van Dyk    
Lim PT G. Roy        

Wisconsin Badgers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
31 Michael Ballard G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 Vitto Brown F 37 21.0 6.8 2.5 6.2 .398 1.2 3.7 .319 0.7 0.9 .758 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.4 2.1
4 Matt Ferris G 9 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
2 Aleem Ford SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Ethan Happ F 37 27.8 14.0 5.9 10.1 .586 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 4.4 .500 3.2 5.8 9.0 2.8 1.8 1.2 2.2 2.8
10 Nigel Hayes F 37 32.4 14.0 4.9 10.6 .457 0.6 1.9 .314 3.6 6.2 .587 2.2 4.4 6.6 2.7 0.8 0.4 1.7 1.8
11 Jordan Hill G 35 9.9 1.5 0.5 1.5 .352 0.3 1.0 .257 0.2 0.3 .667 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7
25 Alex Illikainen PF 27 8.3 1.3 0.4 1.4 .324 0.1 0.6 .250 0.2 0.4 .500 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.7
21 Khalil Iverson SF 35 15.3 3.9 1.4 2.7 .532 0.1 0.4 .308 0.9 1.6 .561 1.3 2.0 3.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.1
24 Bronson Koenig G 36 31.4 14.5 5.0 12.0 .419 2.9 7.3 .393 1.6 1.8 .905 0.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.7
5 Aaron Moesch F 17 2.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 .500 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
1 Brevin Pritzl SG 24 8.2 1.9 0.5 1.6 .342 0.2 0.9 .238 0.6 0.8 .737 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.8
20 T.J. Schlundt G 12 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.5 .167 0.0 0.3 .000 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
3 Zak Showalter G 37 29.5 8.3 2.9 5.8 .500 1.3 3.3 .398 1.2 1.4 .830 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.8 1.5 0.3 1.1 2.7
15 Charlie Thomas PF 28 6.3 2.2 0.8 1.9 .389 0.1 0.2 .333 0.6 0.7 .900 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.4
0 D'Mitrik Trice PG 37 18.3 5.6 1.9 5.0 .380 1.0 2.5 .418 0.8 1.0 .789 0.2 1.7 1.9 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.4
11 Andy Van Vliet C 13 3.7 1.4 0.5 1.3 .353 0.2 0.6 .375 0.2 0.3 .750 0.4 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2

Michigan State Spartans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
0 Kyle Ahrens SG 34 8.2 2.6 0.9 2.1 .429 0.4 1.3 .333 0.4 0.5 .750 0.2 1.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.4
22 Miles Bridges SF 28 32.0 16.9 6.3 13.0 .486 2.0 5.1 .389 2.2 3.3 .685 1.5 6.8 8.3 2.1 0.7 1.5 2.4 1.9
13 Ben Carter PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Alvin Ellis III G 35 19.3 6.4 2.1 5.1 .400 1.2 3.2 .363 1.1 1.6 .702 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.2 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.9
41 Connor George G 10 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.6 .667 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
25 Kenny Goins F 35 18.3 3.4 1.4 2.4 .578 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.9 .667 1.1 3.5 4.5 0.6 0.2 0.6 1.1 2.6
14 Eron Harris SG 27 22.9 10.7 3.7 8.7 .432 1.6 4.1 .387 1.7 2.2 .763 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.7 0.4 0.2 1.7 1.5
1 Josh Langford SG 35 21.0 6.9 2.7 5.4 .497 1.1 2.5 .416 0.5 0.7 .654 0.7 1.6 2.3 1.1 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.0
20 Matt McQuaid SG 34 21.0 5.6 1.8 5.1 .353 1.2 3.5 .350 0.7 1.0 .714 0.6 1.3 1.9 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.8 2.0
11 Tum Tum Nairn, Jr. G 35 22.8 3.5 1.4 3.3 .417 0.3 1.1 .324 0.4 0.7 .538 0.1 2.4 2.5 3.6 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.7
35 David Nsengiyumva F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
40 Greg Roy G 8 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.2 .500 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
34 Gavin Schilling SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 Matt Van Dyk F 30 7.7 1.3 0.5 0.9 .538 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .478 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.1
44 Nick Ward PF 35 19.8 13.9 5.2 8.7 .592 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 5.7 .615 2.8 3.7 6.5 0.4 0.3 1.5 1.7 2.8
5 Cassius Winston PG 35 20.7 6.7 2.2 5.2 .423 0.8 2.0 .380 1.6 2.0 .786 0.2 1.7 1.8 5.2 0.7 0.1 2.2 2.1

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