MINNESOTA BADGERS
JORDAN TAYLOR
6-1, junior point guard
High school: Benilde-St. Margaret's
2010-11: Averaging 18.1 points per game and emerged as one of the nation's top point guards by the end of the regular season.
JON LEUER
6-10, senior forward
High school: Orono
2010-11: Leads team with 18.6 points per game and made the coaches' all-Big Ten first team.
MIKE BRUESEWITZ
6-6, sophomore forward
High school: Henry Sibley
2010-11: Has made 13 starts, but he's questionable for Thursday's game because of a knee injury.
JARED BERGGREN
6-10, sophomore forward
High school: Princeton
2010-11: Averaging 7.0 minutes per game.
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