Alando Tucker, who has led the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team during a record-setting season, was named the Big Ten Conference’s Player of the Year by both the coaches and media, it was announced this morning.
Tucker, a 6-foot-5 senior forward from Lockport, Ill., who needs to score 23 points to become the Badgers’ all-time leading scorer, is the second Badger in four years to earn the player of the year award. Devin Harris won it in 2004.