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Wisconsin

8Reigns
332Days held
10Defenses
1952First reign

Every reign

  1. 8th reignBeat Nebraska 66–62 · lost to Michigan State
    Mar 15, 2019 – Mar 16, 20191 day · 0 def.
  2. 7th reignBeat Michigan 64–54 · lost to Michigan
    Jan 19, 2019 – Feb 9, 201921 days · 5 def.
  3. 6th reignBeat Villanova 65–62 · lost to Florida
    Mar 18, 2017 – Mar 24, 20176 days · 0 def.
  4. 5th reignBeat Kentucky 71–64 · lost to Duke
    Apr 4, 2015 – Apr 6, 20152 days · 0 def.
  5. 4th reignBeat Michigan State 83–81 · lost to DePaul
    Mar 2, 1979 – Dec 4, 1979277 days · 1 def.
  6. 3rd reignBeat Marquette 70–62 · lost to Temple
    Dec 15, 1967 – Dec 27, 196712 days · 3 def.
  7. 2nd reignBeat Pittsburgh 85–83 · lost to Cincinnati
    Dec 9, 1963 – Dec 13, 19634 days · 0 def.
  8. 1st reignBeat Ohio State 58–51 · lost to Michigan State
    Jan 11, 1952 – Jan 20, 19529 days · 1 def.

Same school, other belts

12,905Longest wait between reigns, days (1979–2015)
3,458Average wait, days
2,798Days since the last reign ended (2019)
7–2Best belt season (2018–19)

Belt record by opponent

OpponentW–LShare
Michigan State1–5Games →
Michigan1–4Games →
Indiana0–4Games →
Ohio State1–2Games →
Northwestern2–0Games →
Cincinnati0–2Games →
Florida1–1Games →
Illinois1–1Games →
Nebraska2–0Games →
Pittsburgh1–0Games →
Marquette1–0Games →
LSU1–0Games →
Pennsylvania1–0Games →
Temple0–1Games →
UCLA0–1Games →

Seasons with the belt

2018–192016–172014–151979–801978–791967–681963–641951–52

Most belt games for the program

PlayerGamesWinsPTS
1Ethan Happ138201
2Khalil Iverson13875
3Brevin Pritzl13839
4Brad Davison117145
5D'Mitrik Trice11887
6Nate Reuvers11784
7Aleem Ford11744
8Kobe King9729
9Charles Thomas IV9513
10Tai Strickland543

Every player →

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2022–2310–1
2018–1997–222
2017–1820–2
2016–1721–111
2014–1521–111
2005–0610–1
2003–0410–1
1997–9830–3
1986–8720–2
1979–8021–11
1978–7921–11
1975–7620–2
1972–7310–1
1967–6854–111
1964–6510–1
1963–6421–111
1961–6210–1
1960–6120–2
1951–5232–111

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