Wisconsin Badgers Basketball All-Time Starting Five

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program has been among college basketball’s most consistently successful programs in the country over the last two decades and counting.

The people in Wisconsin have Midwestern values, they’re blue collar, hard hat, lunch pail type of people that appreciate an honest day’s work. They want to see a reflection of themselves on the court, and the Badgers men’s basketball program has given them exactly that.

While Wisconsin isn’t on the same tier as college basketball’s blue blood programs, they’ve managed to put together a rather impressive resume of their own:

National Championships: 1 (1941)
Final Four Appearances: 4 (1941, 2000, 2014, 2015)
Elite Eight Appearances: 6 (1941, 1947, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015)
Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 10 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

For a program like UW to have achieved this kind of success, it required high level coaching, but it also took a handful of extraordinary players capable of elevating the program to new heights.

Which begs the question, who exactly would make up Wisconsin basketball’s all-time starting five? Today at the BadgersWire we’re going to unpack who those players should be, and their credentials as to why:

Point Guard, Devin Harris

CHICAGO – MARCH 14: Devin Harris #34 of the University Wisconsin Badgers dribbles during the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament against the Ohio State University Buckeyes at the United Center on March 14, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois. Ohio State defeated Wisconsin 58-50. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

2004 Big Ten Player of the Year
2004 Wooden Award All-American – finalist for the Wooden, Naismith, Rupp and USBWA Player of the Year awards
2004 Second-team AP All-American
2004 Cousy Award runner-up (nation’s top point guard)
Drafted No. 5 overall in 2004 NBA Draft

Shooting Guard, Johnny Davis

EAST…