Feb. 8, 2008

Game Notes in PDF Format

Green Bay (13-9, 7-5) vs. No. 10 Butler (20-2, 9-2)
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008 • 7:05 p.m. CT
Resch Center • Green Bay, Wis.

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Television: MYNEW32
Ted Stefaniak (play-by-play) and Dean Leisgang (analyst) will describe the action.

Videostreaming: www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv
Available free of charge

Radio: SportsRadio 107.5 & 1400 The Fan
Chris Roth (play-by-play) and Bill Rabeor (analyst) will call the game on the Phoenix Sports Radio Network. The broadcast is also available online at uwgbathletics.com through Stretch Internet.

WHAT TO KNOW
Three in Five
• Green Bay is in the midst of a brutal stretch in its schedule, as the team play three games in a five-day span from Feb. 7-11.
• The three foes--Valparaiso (14-9), Butler (20-2) and Cleveland State (14-10) own a combined record of 48-21 (.696).
• This is the first time since the opening three games of the year (Nov. 9-13) that Green Bay has played three games in five days.
• Since Jan. 27, the Phoenix has played three games, while the Bulldogs have played just one.

Not Something That Happens Every Day
• No team more highly ranked has ever visited Green Bay and this is just the seventh top-25 opponent ever to play in the city.
• Michigan State was also ranked 10th on Dec. 21, 2005, a 98-69 victory by the Spartans.
• Below is an all-time list of ranked foes who have played in Titletown.

All-Time Ranked Teams to Play at Green Bay (1-5)
#19 Nebraska (L, 63-7) 1-2-91
#22 Miami (Ohio) (W, 78-60) 12-5-98
#17 Wisconsin (L, 53-61) 12-6-00
#25 Wisconsin (L, 52-69) 11-30-02
#10 Michigan State (L, 69-98) 12-21-05
#15 Butler (L, 58-68) 2-19-07

All Time Against Butler
• Green Bay is 13-24 (.351) in 37 previous meetings with Butler.
• The Phoenix is 6-9 against the Bulldogs in games played in Green Bay.
• Butler has won seven straight and eight of the past nine meetings in the series.
• Green Bay won the first four and seven of the first eight games ever between the schools.
• Nearly one-sixth (6 of 37) of the all-time meetings have gone into overtime, which includes a triple-overtime affair in 1999.

The Earlier Meeting With Butler
• Green Bay battled No. 14 Butler from the opening tip, but the Bulldogs picked up a 74-65 victory on Jan. 10 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
• The Phoenix battled foul trouble all night, as three players fouled out, another had four and two more had three apiece.
• The Bulldogs attempted 41 free throws on the evening, while the Phoenix managed just 18.
• Green Bay limited Butler to 3-of-19 shooting (.158) from 3-point range.
• Terry Evans had his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while adding five blocked shots.

Rank and File
• After falling in a tight game at No. 14 Butler on Jan. 10, Green Bay is now 2-25 all time against opponents ranked in the top 25 nationally.
• On Saturday, Butler will be the 11th nationally-ranked team that Green Bay has played in Tod Kowalczyk's 173rd game as head coach (one per every 15.7 games).
• Prior to his arrival, the team faced just 15 top-25 squads in its first 612 games as a Division I program from 1981-82 to 2001-02 (one every 40.8 games).
• Before becoming D-I, the Phoenix played two top-25 squads from 1969-81.
• Butler will tie for the sixth highest-rated team Green Bay has ever played. Kowalczyk will have now coached against five of the eight highest ranked opponents the Phoenix has ever faced.
• Green Bay is looking for a victory over its highest ranked foe ever on Saturday. No. 16 California (61-57) in the first round of the 1994 NCAA Tournament currently has that distinction.

On a Roll
• Green Bay has won four of its last five games, which matches the best five-game period this year.
• The best stretch by the Phoenix this year was five wins in six games from Nov. 13-Dec. 6.
• The Phoenix has allowed just 62.8 points per game over its last five outings.

Close Encounters of the Ninth Kind
• Each of Green Bay's past nine games has been determined by fewer than 10 points.
• Green Bay is 8-2 this season in games decided by eight points or less.
• The only losses are to Milwaukee (65-61) on Jan. 19 and at Wright State (71-67) on Jan. 31.
• Last year, the Phoenix went 3-3 in games determined by eight or less.