Division I All-State team

[Mark Miller]

With about a month or so left in the season (hopefully longer), here's how the 4 Division I programs in Wisconsin stack up.

Marquette
16-9/5-7 (Jeff Sagarin ranking of #93)
Henry Ellenson 16.6 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 1.8 apg
Luke Fischer 12.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.0 apg
Duane Wilson 12.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.7 apg
Haanif Cheatham 11.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg

Wisconsin
15-9/7-4 (Jeff Sagarin ranking of #45)
Nigel Hayes 17.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 3.4 apg
Bronson Koenig 13.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.2 apg
Ethan Happ 11.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.1 apg
Vitto Brown 9.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 0.6 apg

Milwaukee
16-9/7-5 (two wins against NAIA schools do not count in Sagarin ranking of 117)
Matt Tiby 14.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2.2 apg
Akeem Springs 14.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.8 apg
Jordan Johnson 12.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 8.2 apg
Austin Arians 11.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.5 apg

Green Bay
15-10/7-5 (one win vs D2 school and one win vs. D3 school do not count in Sagarin ranking of 145)
Carrington Love 18.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.4 apg
Charles Cooper 12.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.2 apg
Jordan Fouse 12.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 3.4 apg)

With that backdrop, here's an attempt at the DI All-State team with about one month left in the season

First Team
Nigel Hayes SF
Henry Ellenson PF
Luke Fischer C
Jordan Johnson PG
Bronson Koenig WG/PG

Second Team
Ethan Happ PF
Matt Tiby PF/C
Haanif Cheatham WG/PG
Carrington Love PG
Akeem Springs WG/WF

Honorable Mention
Duane Wilson G
Charles Cooper WF
Jordan Fouse F
Vitto Brown F
Austin Arians WG

[AlexJesswein]

and the coach?

[Mark Miller]

and the coach?

Great question. Too early to tell, especially considering all 4 teams have either 15 or 16 wins at this point.

Coach will be determined by the final month of the campaign.

[AlexJesswein]

Great question. Too early to tell, especially considering all 4 teams have either 15 or 16 wins at this point.

Coach will be determined by the final month of the campaign.

If you had to pick today?

[MUfan12]

If you had to pick today?

I know the schedule has been soft, but I'd have to say Gard. He has them back to being a pain in the ass to play.

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

I've only seen him a handful of times, but what do you think of Happ's upside?

[DCwarrior]

Koenig only averages 2.2 assists? That seems extremely low for a PG who plays 39 minutes a game and has the ball in his hands the majority of the time.

[DCwarrior]

I've only seen him a handful of times, but what do you think of Happ's upside?

If he can develop any kind of jump shot (even if only out to 12 feet or so) he's going to be tremendous. He's already an absolute beast on the boards with a knack for scoring down low.

[MUMac]

If he can develop any kind of jump shot (even if only out to 12 feet or so) he's going to be tremendous. He's already an absolute beast on the boards with a knack for scoring down low.

Agree with this. He has one of the ugliest outside shots His FT's look painful. I would have thought in a redshirt year that UW would have broken that down and rebuilt it. I guess bo must have been working on other things ...

[malfadir]

Agree with this. He has one of the ugliest outside shots His FT's look painful. I would have thought in a redshirt year that UW would have broken that down and rebuilt it. I guess bo must have been working on other things ...

This one had me laughing!