Women's Basketball: Badger women look to stay hot at Kohl Center against Marquette
The atmosphere inside the Kohl Center is always a little bit different when Marquette comes to town.
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The atmosphere inside the Kohl Center is always a little bit different when Marquette comes to town.
This is not just another year for the women’s basketball team (9-20 last season), who will kick off its 2012-’13 season against the University of Milwaukee (9-21) Sunday at 6 p.m.
The No. 12 Wisconsin men's basketball team will hit the road Wednesday to take on a red hot Michigan team in Ann Arbor. Winners of five out of their last six, the Wolverines (7-8 Big Ten, 17-11 overall) have gotten themselves squarely back onto the bubble, now competing for fourth place in the Big Ten with Illinois, Michigan State, Penn State and Minnesota.
Madison, along with the rest of the country, is buzzing about the Badgers' showdown this Sunday with No. 1 Ohio State to keep Wisconsin's Big Ten title hopes alive. Before that, however, the Badger men's basketball team (8-3 Big Ten, 18-5 overall) first had to win on the road Wednesday against Iowa.
After a heartbreaking overtime loss in East Lansing earlier this season, the Badgers seek revenge when the Michigan State Spartans invade the Kohl Center this Sunday.
The Penn State men's basketball team moved closer to making its first NCAA tournament since 2001 by beating the Badgers Sunday, something the Nittany Lions haven't accomplished in 8 years.. Led by four starting seniors and with a tenacious defensive effort, the Nittany Lions outlasted Wisconsin 56-52, defeating their fourth-straight Big Ten foe at home.
The Wisconsin men's basketball team will put its three-game winning streak to the test Saturday as the squad travels east to face the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Penn.
The Badgers traveled to East Lansing Tuesday night to take on a Michigan State team that has been troubled by ups and downs in the first half of the season.
Coming off a lopsided 87-48 win over North Carolina State, which helped cement the Big Ten as the victors in the Big Ten-ACC challenge for the second consecutive year, the Wisconsin men's basketball team has switched their focus to South Dakota.
Wisconsin exacted its revenge Tuesday night as the Badger men's basketball team did what the men's hockey team could not: Defeat the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
While the North Dakota Fighting Sioux looked stellar on the ice in a series sweep of the Badgers last weekend, the hardwood should tell a completely different tale as the Badgers play host to North Dakota Tuesday night.
Junior running back John Clay's Big-Ten leading 13 touchdowns, the maturity of quarterback Scott Tolzien in his senior season, and the Badgers' talented and mammoth starting offensive line that averages 6-5 1/2, 320 pounds have kept Wisconsin followers' gaze fixed solely on the Wisconsin offense for most of the season.
Junior running back John Clay's Big-Ten leading 13 touchdowns, the maturity of quarterback Scott Tolzien in his senior season, and the Badgers' talented and mammoth starting offensive line that averages 6-5 1/2, 320 pounds have kept Wisconsin followers' gaze fixed solely on the Wisconsin offense for most of the season.
The Kohl Center opened its doors on Sunday for the annual Red-White scrimmage, marking the start of another highly anticipated season for Wisconsin men's basketball. After 40 minutes of intra-squad play, team White emerged victorious by a final score of 65-51, led by senior forward Keaton Nankivil's game-high 22 points.
With most of the top teams in the nation facing sub-par conference foes, the discussion of meaningful games is more diverse than ever this week. A sell out crowd of scarlet and cream plan to husk Big XII rival Texas down to size in Lincoln, Neb.; the flawless Auburn Tigers, under the leadership of a junior transfer student, scheme to oust the Razorbacks; the undefeated Spartans hope to remain perfect as an underestimated Illini squad storms into East Lansing, Mich. following their monumentous Big Ten upset last week; and Iowa's tenacious defense looks to control Michigan's surging offense in Ann Arbor, Mich. Even without the majority of top ranked teams playing against stiff competition, this week still promises a fair share of excitement and intrigue.
Three states feature week 6 showdowns which will determine pride, superiority and bragging rights as teams from Michigan, Florida and California meet. With Michigan State playing host to the most exciting player in the nation, a battle in Tallahassee, Fla., which could reveal the ACC's top team, and Stanford looking to rebound from last week's shellacking in Eugene, Ore., week six promises to be full of turmoil and tumult.
While Temple and Notre Dame look to silence doubters, Alabama kicks off conference play.
After last year's record of 10-3 in his first season starting, senior quarterback Scott Tolzien looked poised to have a breakout year behind center. However, a slow start with turnover troubles, mental misques and an injured receiving corps has fans and opponents alike wondering if Tolzien and the Badger passing game will ever reach its full potential.
Miami will look to avenge a loss in the 2003 National Championship game as two Heisman hopefuls square off in Columbus, Ohio this weekend. Meanwhile, Florida State and Notre Dame's new play callers will receive their first big tests from Oklahoma and Michigan, respectively. With reigning national champs Alabama looking strong last week, they attempt to silence doubters yet again as an inexperienced Penn State team challenge the Crimson Tide.