AJR36,1,63 Whereas, during the 2010-2011 season, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
4men's basketball team earned their seventeenth appearance in the NCAA
5Tournament, their thirteenth straight and tenth consecutive under coach Bo Ryan;
6and

AJR36,1,127 Whereas, the Badger men's team compiled a 25-9 overall record, taking third
8place and going 13-5 in the Big Ten on the way to earning a number four seed in the
9NCAA Tournament, where they defeated highly regarded squads from Belmont
10University and Kansas State University and made their fifth Sweet Sixteen
11appearance since 2000, losing narrowly to the eventual national runner-up, Butler;
12and

AJR36,2,213 Whereas, the UW men's basketball team, under the expert guidance of Bo Ryan
14and his assistant coaches, affirmed their reputation for selfless teamwork,
15outstanding team defense, and solid fundamental basketball, and won the title of

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1national team free throw percentage leader for the 2010-11 season with a mark of
281.8 percent; and

AJR36,2,63 Whereas, the University of Wisconsin-Madison became the second college
4athletics program to defeat an Associated Press number one nationally ranked team
5in both men's football and men's basketball in the same academic year, by virtue of
6its victories over Ohio State in both sports; and

AJR36,2,117 Whereas, the Badgers' Jordan Taylor was a consensus choice for the 2011
8All-Big Ten First Team with a nation-leading 4.26 assist-to-turnover ratio, a
9ranking of third in the Big Ten with 20.1 points per game, and a ranking of fifth in
10the Big Ten with 4.8 assists per game, and he is the only player to rank in the
11conference's top five for both scoring and assists; and

AJR36,2,1512 Whereas, Jordan Taylor was named as one of the five finalists for the Bob Cousy
13Award for the nation's top point guard, and he was selected for the 2011 Big Ten
14All-Defensive Team and the 2011 First Team All American by numerous
15publications; and

AJR36,2,1816 Whereas, the Badgers' Jon Leuer was named to the 2011 All-Big Ten First
17Team, with an average of 18.3 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game, and he
18has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week three times; now, therefore, be it