By: Ben Breiner

The Badgers were eliminated in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament, dropping a 58-54 game to Illinois. Trevon Hughes hit four 3-pointers in the final two minutes but could not overcome a terrible offensive performance by the team as a whole....

By: Emma Condon

With the conference season only a week away, the No. 38 Wisconsin men’s tennis team will have one last chance this Sunday to sharpen their skills as they host No. 70 Illinois State and Western Illinois. The Badgers, who stumbled on their last two ro...

By: Parker Gabriel

If the regular season stood as a barometer of success in college hockey, the Badgers would have to be satisfied. Their second place WCHA finish is the highest since Mike Eaves took over as head coach in 2002. They ranked in the top-five nationally in goal...

By: Jack Doyle

I hate when athletes with so much potential end up falling short because of injuries. Whether it is Boobie Miles, Mark Prior or Marcus Camby, I can’t help but feel sympathy—even pity—toward these would-be greats. So when Manchester Unite...

By: Scott Kellogg

The Badgers open up postseason play in the Big Ten tournament today, beginning their quest for a Big Ten championship. As the No. 4 seed in the event, Wisconsin takes on No. 5 seed Illinois. The two teams should know one another as well as anyone else, as...

By: Ben Breiner

A glut of returning starters, expectations of a top-10 year and the lingering enjoyment of closing the last campaign with a pleasing upset of a well regarded opponent. Yes, t...

By: Ben Breiner

Let us call this a duplicity of logic. On the one hand there was outcry when Wisconsin debuted the season as the 7th-9th best team in the conference, at least according to most projections. Many asked how Bo Ryan’s teams could ever be doubted after...

By: Scott Kellogg, Nick Schmitt and Ben Breiner

Ohio State The Buckeyes enter the tournament with the most momentum of any team. Ohio State is riding a current four-game win streak, and has won 10 of its last 11. They are led by their prolific scorer, junior forward Evan Turner. Turner, who was named t...

By: Scott Kellogg

The Big Ten announced its end-of-the-year awards late Monday, and the selections included Wisconsin senior guards Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon and junior forward Jon Leuer. The 2009-’10 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team incudes Hughes as a...

By: Scott Kellogg

Too many times when I’m watching sports I think of a column idea, then realize there’s no way I can stretch those concepts into a full column. So instead I thought it would be appropriate to throw all of them into one. Game switches During spo...

By: Emma Condon

The Wisconsin men’s tennis team returns from nearly a month on the road to take on No. 70 Marquette Wednesday, looking to snap a three-match slump. “You want to play a strong schedule, and we’re doing that,” head coach Greg Van Emb...

By: Ben Breiner, Parker Gabriel and Nico Savidge

No. 1 Denver vs. No. 10 Michigan Tech This series is a battle of the haves and the have-nots. What No. 1 Denver has: one of the best lines in the nation (senior center Tyler Ruegsegger flanked by wingers Rhett Rakhshani and Joe Colborne), the far-and-away...

By: Mark Bennett

It’s safe to say that after the Wisconsin women’s basketball team’s performance in this past weekend’s Big Ten Tournament, the team is playing their best basketball of the season. Friday night against Purdue, it was more than enoug...

By: Ben Breiner

MINNEAPOLIS—At the end of each game against the Gophers, Mike Eaves used the same word to describe the previous 60 minutes of hockey: “funky.” The first night featured a pair of disallowed Gopher goals, Wisconsin only putting two pucks o...

By: Parker Gabriel

MINNEAPOLIS—On the last weekend of the regular season, Wisconsin had a chance to secure the No. 2 for next week’s WCHA Tournament and enter the postseason riding a wave of momentum. Consider that mission half accomplished. A 3-2 victory Friday...

By: Scott Kellogg

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—Momentum can be a powerful force in basketball, especially on the road. All it takes is a few things to go right for the home team before the squad gains confidence, the crowd gets into it and the balance of the game shifts. But Sund...

By: Scott Kellogg

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—Foul trouble? Who cares about that? Senior guard Trevon Hughes and junior forward Jon Leuer worked in and out of foul trouble all game but still got the job done offensively and helped the Badgers defeat Illinois, 72-57. Hughes sat o...

By: Mark Bennett

Big Ten Coach of the Year Lisa Stone and her Wisconsin women’s basketball team head into this Friday’s Big Tournament game looking to expand to new program horizons as well as gain some revenge. The fourth seeded Badgers take on number five Pu...

By: Scott Kellogg

The Badgers will travel to Champaign Sunday to take on the Fighting Illini as they look to finish the Big Ten regular season on a high note before beginning postseason play. Earlier this season Illinois got the best of Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, defeat...

By: Ben Breiner

These are far from your normal Gophers. The Minnesota program traditionally is one of college hockey’s strongest, perennially competing for league titles and stocked with top talent. Although the talent is there in Minneapolis, the success has not b...