Wisconsin Badgers Basketball

Wisconsin guard Brad Davison has been suspended one game for striking Iowa's Connor McCaffery in the pelvic region as he fought past a screen during Monday's 68-62 loss, according to Jeff Borzello of ESPN.

Davison was hit with a flagrant 1 foul during the game for his actions.

"He grabbed me right in the—where you don't want to be grabbed in," McCaffery said about the play in question, per Mike Hlas of The Gazette. "He does that. He's marked for doing that. He's the type of player, unfortunately, who feels the need to do that stuff. Tonight he cost them the game."

The play occurred with 32 seconds left, while Joe Wieskamp was scoring a key bucket to put the Hawkeyes up 62-59. The Hawkeyes were given two free throws, making one, and also got the ball back.

Davison has earned a reputation for breaking the rules. As Ricky O'Donnell of SB Nation wrote, "It is hard to give Davison the benefit of the doubt at this point. He's pulled the junk-shot-while-trying-to-get-around-a-screen move before. He has appeared to trip opponents. He once took five charges in a game, and won a game for the Badgers by flopping on an inbounds pass."

The junior is averaging 8.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, shooting just 37.6 percent from the field and 31 percent from three this season. All of those numbers except for his rebounds are career lows. 

Wisconsin will now be without both Davison and Kobe King against Michigan State. King announced on Wednesday that he was leaving the program. 

Wisconsin basketball assistant coach Howard Moore went into cardiac arrest after suffering a "medical issue" at his home, his family announced Monday in a statement through the team. 

"Howard will now be moving to a long-term care and rehabilitation facility to continue the focus on his recovery and health," the family said. "He will not coach during the upcoming 2019-20 season."

Moore was involved in a car crash May 25 that killed his wife Jennifer and daughter Jaidyn. Moore and his son Jerell were both injured in the crash.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jeff Potrykus, Moore suffered third-degree burns in the accident and was released from the hospital June 8. He was hospitalized again on June 25 and placed in an intensive care unit.

Potrykus also reported Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard "is in the process of evaluating how to replace Moore for the 2019-20 season."

Athletic director Barry Alvarez told Potrykus the school "will provide Moore as much financial support as possible" as he remains under medical care.

Moore is entering his 10th season on the Wisconsin staff, having left in 2010 to become the head coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago before returning to Madison in 2015 when Gard succeeded Bo Ryan as head coach.

Jennifer and Jaidyn Moore, the wife and daughter of Wisconsin men's basketball assistant coach Howard Moore, died in a car accident Saturday, according to ESPN.com.

Moore and his son Jerell were also in the car and were injured in the accident but survived and are expected to recover.

Badgers' head coach Greg Gard released a statement:

"There are no words to describe how devastated we are for Howard and his family. Our basketball program is an extremely close family and we are all grieving for the Moore and Barnes families. Howard is so much more than a colleague and coach. He and Jen and their children are dear friends to everyone they meet. Their positivity and energy lift up those around them. We will miss Jen and Jaidyn dearly and we will put our arms around Howard and Jerell and the entire family, giving them love and support during this unspeakable time."

Moore's family later issued a statement through the school, noting Moore is in "stable condition" and his son Jerell is "up and walking around."

Many coaches and programs around college basketball sent messages of support to Moore:

According to ESPN's report, the Moore family was driving on the M-14 freeway in Michigan when a car driving in the wrong lane struck them. According to authorities, the 23-year-old female driver of that vehicle, Samantha Winchester, died in the crash.

According to Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Moore was in a coma early Saturday after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, while Jerrell Moore suffered minor injuries. 

"Jennifer was a sweetheart," Wisconsin men's hockey coach Tony Granato told Potrykus. "I would see her at events, around the Kohl Center and in the community. She always had a smile on her face and was always upbeat."

"He is one of the most down-to-earth persons that you’ll ever meet in your life and that is exactly what Badger athletics is all about," Granato added regarding Moore. "To have to watch him and all that he has suffered through in the last few hours, it is one of those days in life you try to figure out how this type of thing could happen."

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Wisconsin overcame a slow start in its 2019 men's NCAA tournament debut against Oregon to finish the first half tied at 25. 

Khalil Iverson provided one of the Badgers' highlights with a monster dunk in the final seconds of the first half.  

Wisconsin trailed by as many as seven points early in the game, but Iverson tied the game and gave the Badgers momentum going into the intermission.