The Wisconsin men’s basketball team took the floor for the first time of the 2015-16 season and downed UW-River Falls in an exhibition game Wednesday night 101-46. Here are three takeaways from the game as the season gets underway.
Hayes embracing the role of small forward
After playing primarily as a power forward for his first two years in the program, junior Nigel Hayes has been thrust into the role of starting small forward with redshirt freshman Ethan Happ and junior Vitto Brown joining this year’s first starting lineup of the season.
While the competition wasn’t at its highest, Hayes still showed that he is as complete a basketball player as he has ever been.