JARED BERGGREN RUMORS
Berggren named one of 30 Naismith finalists
MADISON, Wis. Four months ago, Jared Berggren didn't even make a list of one online media outlet's top 50 big men in college basketball. Considering how far below the radar he has flown, his latest accomplishment is especially noteworthy.
Berggren, Wisconsin's senior forward, has been selected as one of 30 finalists for the 2013 Naismith Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
February 26, 2013
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Berggren has chance to get on NBA's radar
MADISON, Wis. Jared Berggren possesses the confidence and skill level to carve out a lengthy professional basketball career somewhere on this earth. Like most athletes playing at the highest level of the college game, he hopes that path takes him straight to the NBA.
But Berggren, Wisconsin's 6-foot-10 starting center, recognizes not everyone is granted the easy route. If he...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
February 21, 2013
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UW's Berggren gets double-double in blowout
MADISON, Wis. A difference exists between jokes that are funny for their quaint humor and jokes that sting for their harsh truth. Wisconsin center Jared Berggren can discern the latter better than most teammates because he has borne the brunt of their ribbing during his entire college basketball career.
Berggren, a senior, is a talented big man and without question one of the players...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
January 12, 2013
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Illini struggle from start to finish
Jared Berggren scored 15 points and grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds, and Traevon Jackson added a career-best 14 points to lead Wisconsin over No. 12 Illinois 74-51 Saturday.
The Badgers (12-4, 3-0 Big Ten) scored the game's first 14 points and led by 20 at halftime on the way to their sixth straight win.
It was a stunning performance from a team that scored just 47 in the...
Via AP on Fox
January 12, 2013
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Wisconsin's Berggren Goes Blake Griffin on Penn State
Well, it took all of three nights, but I think we may just have our leader in the clubhouse for "Dunk of the Year" in conference play and it belongs to a name you're not likely to be thinking of - Wisconsin's Jared Berggren - who threw down a posterization on poor Sasa Borovnjack.
This came at a crucial moment as well with Wisconsin needing a spark in...
BEHIND THE JERSEY NUMBERS: #40 Days, Jared Berggren
With less then 40 days until the Wisconsin Basketball team opens up it's season at the Kohl Center against Southeastern Louisiana, we continue our series of previewing the Badger players. Today we'll look at #40, Senior Center Jared Berggren * 1.8 Berggren averaged 1.8 blocks a game in Big Ten play. Berggren recorded 60 blocks last year, including a 5 block game against...
Film sessions have aided Badgers' Berggren
MADISON, Wis. Sports and homework typically are viewed as mutually exclusive entities because most people believe the freedom to play sports isn't earned until homework is finished.
Sometimes, however, the two subjects go entirely hand-in-hand.
Count Wisconsin center Jared Berggren among those athletes who understand the benefits of mixing the two topics for his own gain....
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
February 28, 2012
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Badger Berggren's game "a work in progress"
MADISON, Wis. -- Jared Berggren finds himself dealing with the kind of conundrum that can only be presented to a basketball player with his unique skill set. He is a 6-foot-10 center who loves to stand on the perimeter and shoot 3-pointers, yet he is a guy expected to dominate as a rebounder at Wisconsin.
Those two facets of the game typically are mutually exclusive, and Berggren...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
January 16, 2012
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No. 14 Wisconsin 66, Savannah St. 33
Jared Berggren scored 13 points to lead four Wisconsin players in double figures and the 14th-ranked Badgers beat Savannah State 66-33 on Thursday night.
Playing for the last time before final exams begin, the Badgers (10-2) used runs of 11-0 and 11-2 in the first half to push their lead to 30-10 with 4 minutes left.
The Tigers (4-8) looked like they might give Wisconsin a challenge...
Via AP on Fox
December 15, 2011
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Badgers center comfortable stepping outside
MADISON, Wis. The other day, Jared Berggren sat at a table during a post-game press conference lamenting his recent inability to make 3-pointers consistently.He had missed four of five 3s in his last game and was just 3 of 13 from long range on the season. The shots were open, he said. Everything looked and felt fine, except that they weren't falling through the hoop.On Tuesday...
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November 22, 2011
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THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL HOT 40
