No. 24 Wisconsin (27-10, 13-7 Big Ten)

Wisconsin believes it can improve upon last season's results despite losing Associated Press All-America second-team selection John Tonje, who scored 19.6 points per game in his lone season with the Badgers before going to the NBA's Utah Jazz. The Badgers return two of their top four scorers in 6-foot-4 guard John Blackwell - a preseason all-Big Ten selection - and 7-footer Nolan Winter. They also added five transfers and four freshmen.

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Blackwell had 15.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season and was particularly productive in the postseason. He scored 19 points in Wisconsin's NCAA Tournament first-round victory over Montana and had 21 in its second-round loss to BYU.

Winter collected a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game last

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