Green Bay

Official Name: 
University of Wisconsin (At Green Bay)
Nickname: 
Phoenix
Mailing Address: 

Kress Events Center
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001

Telephone: 
(920) 465-2145
Fax: 
(920) 465-2357
Enrollment: 
5,500
Arena: 

Resch Center
Capacity: 10,200
Year Opened: 2002

School Colors: 
Red, Green and White
Conference: 

Horizon League (since 1995)
Former Member of Mid-Continent (1983-94)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1977 and 1978

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1991, 1994, 1995, and 1996
1-4 record (.200)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(6) 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1981
13-8 record (.619)
Finished 2nd in 1978 and 1979, and 4th in 1981

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1990 and 1992
1-2 record (.333)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1973
2-1 record (.667)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Dave Buss (13 years from 1970-82 when school was classified as a small college most of that span, 271-94 record, .742)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Tony Bennett (2,285 points from 1989-92)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Dennis Woelffer (947 from 1970-73 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Tony Bennett (44 points as freshman at Cleveland State on 2/11/89)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Tony Bennett* (44 at Cleveland State)
February 11, 1989 (freshman/19.1 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time UWGB mark set by Ray Willis (45 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside on 2-9-71).

1

2

Total

Wisconsin-Green Bay

41

44

85

Cleveland State

36

55

91

Wisconsin-Green Bay

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Tompa

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Hill

1-2

0-0

0-0

2

Vander Plas

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Bennett

16-22

3-5

9-12

44

Oberbrunner

3-8

0-0

1-1

8

Karisny

1-4

0-0

4-4

7

Hines

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Yates

1-2

0-0

0-0

3

Johnson

0-0

0-0

0-1

0

Taphorn

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

LeMoine

4-4

0-0

1-2

9

Bolding

1-1

0-0

2-2

4

Ripley

2-2

0-0

0-0

4

Totals

31-50

6-14

17-22

85

Percentages

.620

.429

.773

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Bradley

6-8

0-0

1-5

13

Stanley

8-16

3-6

0-2

19

Parker

5-7

0-0

3-5

13

Robertson

4-5

0-0

0-0

8

McFadden

7-18

0-1

12-16

26

Vinyard

2-4

0-0

0-0

4

Porter

2-4

0-0

0-1

4

Givens

0-1

0-0

2-3

2

Malloy

1-2

0-0

0-1

2

Allen

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

35-65

3-7

18-33

91

Percentages

.538

.429

.545

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Dave Buss

13

1970-82

271-94

.742

1978

30-2

Dick Lien

3

1983-85

22-62

.262

1983, 1984

9-19

Dick Bennett

10

1986-95

187-109

.632

1992

25-5

Mike Heideman

7

1996-2002

110-95

.537

1996

25-4

Tod Kowalczyk

8

2003-10

136-112

.548

2009

22-11

Brian Wardle

1

2011

14-18

.438

2011

14-18

  • All-Time W-L Record: 740-498 (.598) from 1970 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Wisconsin-Green Bay moved up to major-college status in 1982
  • School changed its name from Wisconsin-Green Bay prior to the 2007-08 season.