[media-credit name=’RAY PFEIFFER/Herald photo’ align=’alignright’ width=’336′][/media-credit]The University of Wisconsin men's basketball team's 82-33 blowout over UW-Stout Friday was no surprise, but there were some telltale signs of what the Badgers will look like heading into a season of high expectations.

For starters, seniors Jason Chappell and Alando Tucker and junior Brian Butch headlined the frontcourt with junior Michael Flowers and senior Kammron Taylor in the backcourt — a lineup that figures to be the Badgers' starting five for the majority of the season.

Tucker, the Big Ten's preseason Player of the Year, looked to get his teammates more involved on the offensive side of the ball as he only scored five points, but recorded four assists.

"It takes a lot more pressure off me," Tucker said of dishing the ball off to his teammates. "I was more relaxed looking for the pass, looking for guys to get open, and that's what it's all about."

And Chappell was one of the players Tucker looked to get going. After being rather timid with his shooting from outside a year ago, Chappell came out firing and led UW with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting, a perfect 2-for-2 from three-point range.

"I definitely heard it from a couple of these guys that I need to take the open shots, so I'm going to try to do that this year," Chappell said.

Head coach Bo Ryan flipped the lineup around frequently, with all 16 players getting a solid amount of playing time, including the team's five freshman.

"This was a chance to get guys in and try some different combinations, and that's what the exhibition games are about," Ryan said.

Arguably the most impressive of the newcomers was guard Jason Bohannon. The Marion, Iowa, native looked comfortable handling the ball and shooting from outside in his first collegiate game, scoring 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting and 2-of-5 three-pointers.

While the game was no contest from tip-off with the Badgers jumping out to an 11-0 lead over the Blue Devils, it did provide Wisconsin's big men with a good test down low.

UW-Stout started two seven-footers — brothers John and Jacob Nonemacher — something UW may not even see the rest of the year.

"There are not too many teams that we will face that have two seven-footers going high-low with one another," Ryan said. "So that was good, it makes [our guys] work harder."

Jacob Nonemacher recorded six points and four blocks, but it was his charging call that was the highlight of the game.

With just under eight minutes remaining in the first half, Nonemacher found himself with the ball at half-court and a chance for a breakaway dunk, with only 5-foot-11 Badger guard Tanner Bronson standing in his way.

Nonemacher took flight from a step inside the free throw line and threw a dunk down over Bronson, but was called for charging.

"Once I saw Tanner underneath the basket, I was like, 'He is going to earn this foul or he is going to get out of the way,'" Nonemacher said. "I just hope he's all right."

Even though it wasn't much of a game for Wisconsin, the Badgers took the game seriously, especially after seeing UW-Milwaukee lose to UW-Parkside in exhibition earlier in the week.

"Even though it was an exhibition game, we treated it like it was a regular season game," Taylor said. "The season's here."