AT A GLANCE

* How they got there: Beat Fresno State in the first round of the West Regional at Salt Lake City, 66-56; Arizona in the second round, 66-59; Louisiana State in the regional semifinal at Albuquerque, 61-48; Purdue in the regional final, 64-60.

* Leading tournament scorers: Jon Bryant 16.8 points a game, Andy Kowske 11.5, Mark Vershaw 8.8, Maurice Linton 7.8.

* Leading tournament rebounders: Kowske 9.5 a game, Vershaw five, Roy Boone 3.2.

* Key to the season: Defense. The Badgers used good, old-fashioned defense to reach their first Final Four since winning the 1941 NCAA title. Wisconsin did not worry about style points en route to its 18-13 regular-season record. That attitude paid dividends in the first four games of the tournament as the Badgers held opponents to 56, 59, 48 and 60 points on their way to Indianapolis. At No. 8, Wisconsin is the lowest-seeded team to make the Final Four since No. 11 LSU in 1986. The Badgers’ grit and swarming man-to-man pressure got them here.

* Key fact: Wisconsin lost all three games it played against Michigan State this season: 61-44, at Madison, Wis.; 59-54, at East Lansing, Mich.; and 55-46 at Chicago.

LOG

66 at Missouri-x 55

49 at Syracuse-x 68

60 Ball St. 50

69 at Wis.-Milwaukee 49

48 at Wake Forest 67

66 Rhode Island 43

61 Texas 45

55 Wis.-Green Bay 34

63 at South Florida 66

51 at N. Illinois 55

86 Marquette 74

62 Temple 44

67 at Indiana 71

63 Illinois 59

51 Ohio St. 53

52 at Purdue 63

61 at Penn St. 76

85 Minnesota 53

55 Purdue 45

55 Iowa 61

48 at Ohio St. 51

66 at Minnesota 64

44 Michigan St. 61

75 Michigan 59

54 at Michigan St. 59

54 at Iowa 45

62 at Northwestern 46

56 Indiana 53

51 Northwestern-y 41

78 at Purdue-y 66

46 at Michigan St.-y 55

66 Fresno St.-z 56

66 at Arizona-z 59

61 at LSU-z 48

64 at Purdue-z 60

x-NABC Classic; y-Big Ten Conference; z-NCAA

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THREE-POINT GOALS: 203-589, 34.5% (Vershaw 21-39 .538, Kowske 0-1 .000, Bryant 74-197 .376, Boone 15-72 .208, Duany 47-119, .395, Kelley 6-21 .286, Linton 6-16 .375, Wills 9-32 .281, Penney 21-74 .284, Davis 2-16 .125, Faust 1-1 .1.000, Smith 1-1 1.000).