University of Wisconsin NCAA News

Who: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay vs. North Dakota State . When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Bison Sports Arena ; Fargo, N.D. Radio: WDUZ .

The University of Wisconsin -Green Bay issued the following news release: The Phoenix men's basketball team has had success with backcourt tandems through the years -- think Tony Bennett and John Martinez in the 1991 NCAA tournament.

Stephan Gilling scored 22 points to lead Long Beach State to an 81-69 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday.

Sometimes the stats do lie. Oh sure, Phoenix fans saw Troy Cotton make only 2-of-8 3-pointers in the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's two exhibition games, and then heard about his 0-for-4 performance from 3-point range in the season-opening loss to UAB in the first of four games in the Hispanic College Fund Classic in Kent, Ohio.

University of Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan is taking his team to the Maui Invitational trying to figure out the same thing that's puzzling a lot of coaches: Just how good are we right now? The Badgers were solid but unspectacular Wednesday night in beating Oakland, Mich., 58-42. But now the Badgers head to Hawaii with a tougher slate that starts Monday ...

Troy Cotton and Rahmon Fletcher scored 19 points apiece to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay to a 70-64 victory over Northern Michigan Wednesday night.

It was a couple of hours after the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball team lost in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament last March, and the mood at the team hotel was melancholic.

At Kent, Ohio, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay scored the first 10 points and led wire-to-wire in a victory over Rochester to finish 3-1 in the Hispanic College Fund Classic on Monday.

Seth Evans had 19 points and five assists to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay to a 77-51 victory over Rochester College on Monday night.

Bryquis Perine hit a 3-pointer with a second left in overtime to give Wisconsin-Green Bay an 87-86 win over Kent State on Sunday.

Elijah Millsap scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 68-56 win over Wisconsin-Green Bay in the season opener for both teams on Friday.

The UW-Green Bay Phoenix men wrapped up their exhibition schedule hosting St. Norbert College Saturday at the Kress Center, where the Phoenix women defeated UW-Parkside earlier.

This will be a season of change for the UW-Green Bay men's basketball team. The Phoenix will no longer be able to rely upon one of the most experienced and well-rounded frontcourts in the Horizon League.

Yes, the Phoenix pulled away in both games, including Saturday night's 71-54 victory over Division III St.

Matt Smith is trying to break the mold of the prototypical power forward in coach Tod Kowalczyk's system at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Senior guard Troy Cotton and Pat Nelson trap a Minnesota-Duluth player. The Phoenix opened its season with a win over the Bulldogs 77-52. Many things come in twos, and luckily the Phoenix men's basketball team had a second half of basketball to show what it can do in its 77-52 exhibition win over the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Oct.

GREEN BAY -- The biggest news to come out of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay basketball media day was that men's basketball coach Tod Kowalczyk announced that he expects freshmen Clayton Heuer and Derek Semanas to redshirt this season.

Troy Cotton knows where he went wrong as a sophomore. He understands what led to his slump that followed his strong freshman season.

Tuesday the UW-Green Bay Phoenix men were picked to finish fifth in the Horizon League preseason poll.

It's normal to reshuffle a lineup from season to season. Green Bay, however, is playing with almost an entirely new deck in 2009-10. The Phoenix lost not one or two, but three 1,000-point scorers from last season's second-place Horizon League squad in Ryan Tillema , Mike Schachtner and Terry Evans .