If you’re a true fan of Badger hoops, you’ve heard about Michael Finley. Yeah, that one six-foot-seven bucket-getter who propelled the 1994 men’s team to its first NCAA tournament appearance since the Bud Foster-led squad in 1947. The prolific scorer etched his name into the program’s history during the 1990s, and Friday, Sept. 24, University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Chris McIntosh announced that Finley’s No. 24 will hang in the rafters forever.
Finley will join Ab Nicholas and Frank Kaminsky as the third men’s basketball player to witness his jersey adorn the Kohl Center. As a collegiate 18.