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Johnny Davis provides status update ahead of Big Ten Tournament

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Wisconsin had a rough go on Sunday after Johnny Davis suffered an injury. The Badgers got some good news on Wednesday, though.

Davis told reporters his ankle is doing better, via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Jeff Potrykus. However, he noted he got hit by an elbow and the officials didn’t call it — and he’s still not happy about it.

“Johnny Davis says his ankle is fine,” Potrykus tweeted. “But he adds the elbow he took was uncalled for. No place in the game for it. Still salty.”

The big question, though, is Davis’ status for the Big Ten Tournament. Wisconsin is the No. 2 seed after losing to Nebraska on Sunday — and because Illinois beat Iowa, which gave the Fighting Illini the No. 1 seed. The Big Ten Player of the Year sounds like he’ll be good to go for tip-off on Friday.

“Johnny Davis: The plan is to play and be there for my team,” Potrykus tweeted.

Davis had a huge regular season for Wisconsin to become the Big Ten’s top player. He averaged 20 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while shooting 44.6% from the floor. He had 10 points in 11 minutes against Nebraska before leaving with that ankle injury.

Wisconsin plays its first game of the conference tournament in the quarterfinals on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET against the winner of No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Maryland.

Johnny Davis named Big Ten Player of the Year, Greg Gard named Coach of the Year

The Big Ten Tournament starts this week, and the league announced its individual awards and all-conference teams on Tuesday.

Wisconsin star Johnny Davis earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors while his coach, Greg Gard, won Coach of the Year for the second time in three years. Rutgers guard Caleb McConnell won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award and Ohio State standout Malaki Branham was the league’s Freshman of the Year. Purdue forward Trevion Williams picked up the last individual award as the league’s Sixth Man of the Year.

Here’s the full list of Big Ten postseason awards, as voted on by the league’s coaches and the media.

Big Ten individual honors: Coaches poll

Player of the Year: Johnny Davis, Wisconsin

Defensive Player of the Year: Caleb McConnell, Rutgers

Freshman of the Year: Malaki Branham, Ohio State

Sixth Man of the Year: Trevion Williams, Purdue

Coach of the Year: Greg Gard, Wisconsin