MILWAUKEE (AP) - The class that produced 100 wins over the last four seasons is gone. So, too, are most of the expectations for Wisconsin and that's not sitting well with the remaining Badgers.

"It's motivation to us," said Trevon Hughes, who averaged 12.1 points and 2.8 assists per game last year. "That's just bulletin (board) material. Get it, read it, put it on the bulletin, look at it every day, and that's all the motivation we need."

In some ways, Wisconsin overachieved after Alando Tucker left the program two years ago. But Joe Krabbenhoft and Marcus Landry kept grinding, carrying the Badgers to the second round of the NCAA tournament before a loss to Xavier that ended their collegiate careers with a 100-36 record.

"If you think of what they did for four years, averaging about 25 wins a year ... that's a pretty good class," Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. "You look at Joe and you look at Marcus - assists, steals, defensive positioning, rebounding, scoring - that's tough to replace."

Still, the occasionally cantankerous coach couldn't help but relay a 35-year-old story to get his point across about what he expects.

"Give us what you have. That's all we ask. My wife (Kelly) didn't try to change me in 1974, she just said, 'Give me what you have.' And she's hung around with me all this time," Ryan said.

One thing Wisconsin has is backcourt experience: Hughes and fellow senior Jason Bohannon will be expected to take care of the ball and make plays down the stretch. The Badgers also have an inside presence in Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil. Neither made a huge impact last season, but will have to shoulder more of the load.

"We're not going to be forcing anything just because we have a little bit of inexperience (in the post) or just because people say we have inexperience," said Bohannon, who averaged more than 33 minutes last season with 10.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. "We have some experience and I feel like our big guys will be ready to play."

Wisconsin always seems ready to play under Ryan, who has taken the Badgers to the NCAA tournament in each of his first eight seasons.

"I believe we are a much better team, we've got more experience," Hughes said. "Last year, we were young - probably nine, 10 guys that were either freshmen or sophomores, and now we've got more upperclassmen and guys that got game experience instead of just watching."

Wisconsin will be put to the test early in nonconference play. The Badgers travel to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational over Thanksgiving and face Duke at home in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge on Dec. 2 before their in-state rivalry game with Marquette on Dec. 12.

"You like to be in that position, you always like to be playing quality teams," Ryan said. "We welcome those kinds of challenges."

And Hughes is more than happy to rally his teammates around the perceived lack of respect.

"I like to be the underdog. I like to show people that they're wrong," Hughes said. "I want to go out with a bang. You'll see, it's going to be a good one."