Michigan has faced its fair share of talented big men this season.
There’s been freshmen sensations and projected top-10 NBA draft picks Jaren Jackson Jr. (Michigan State) and Mohamed Bamba (Texas), and seniors Thomas Welsh (UCLA) and Isaac Haas (Purdue).
The Wolverines will add another one to the list Sunday at the Kohl Center with Wisconsin’s do-it-all star Ethan Happ, who along with Jackson, Bamba, Welsh and Haas make up half the 10 candidates for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
Happ, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound redshirt junior, leads the Badgers in nearly every statistical category through 26 games, including scoring (17.