It was a big day for Wisconsin Men’s Basketball as the annual Preseason Big Ten All Conference announcements were released by the Big Ten Media. In a unanimous decision, Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes was selected as the preseason Big Ten Player of the Year, a prestigious honor that has only been earned by four other Badgers (Alando Tucker, Devin Harris, and Frank Kaminsky).
While Hayes appreciated the respect he was given by the media, he is much more concerned with the post season awards that the Badgers are looking to accumulate. The Badgers are picked in many of the preseason polls to win the Big Ten, and they will begin to work toward that in the next few weeks.