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Men’s Basketball
There’s really no way to cut it, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s (4-3 Big Ten, 17-3 overall) last meeting with Northwestern (3-5, 10-11) was a total beatdown.
Record of the Year
In the same state where their defense began to stumble, the Badgers were able to regain their footing and continue a very promising season.
Beating an in-state rival and staying undefeated would normally be a season highlight. But as an impressive season continues, it’s beginning to feel all the more normal for the Badgers.
Under head coach Bo Ryan, less is more. Written off year after year, the Badgers have never finished lower than fourth in the Big Ten under his leadership. This season looks promising yet again as 2013’s highly touted recruiting class joins a veteran group. The Daily Cardinal has you covered, outlining everything you need to know before Wisconsin opens preseason play tonight against UW-Platteville at home.
As great as the NCAA Tournament is, March Madness comes packed with a brutal reality: one misstep and its all over. With one half of poor shooting, Wisconsin found that out the hard way, falling to 12th-seeded Ole Miss to bring a quick end to a postseason run many thought had a chance to go the distance.
While the weather outside is delightful, the Wisconsin men’s tennis team’s (1-4 Big Ten 10-7 overall) recent performances have been frightful—like Ryan Evans’ free throws frightful. On the tail end of dropping five straight matches—none of which have really been close—and subsequently dropping out of the rankings, the Badgers travel to Columbus Friday to try to pull off a shocker against No. 5 Ohio State (5-0, 20-2). Even though the Badgers have been able to pull off several upsets against Ohio State in other sports, this one appears to be a longshot. The Buckeyes have five nationally ranked singles players, led by No. 4 Peter Kobelt, which does not bode well for the struggling Badgers’ singles squad, as they have combined to earn only one win in a singles match in their last thirty. Even the Badgers’ solid doubles lineup will have a tough time earning the point as Ohio State boasts three nationally ranked doubles pairs. However, in the past, travelling to Columbus has not scared the Badgers too much, as they 14-15 overall at Ohio State, a very respectable record considering Ohio State has not lost a home meet in 10 years. Yes, you read that right, Ohio State has not lost a home meet since April 5, 2003, going for their 164th straight win at home Friday. While defeating Ohio State will require nothing short of a perfect performance, the Badgers have a meet on Sunday that might not necessitate that kind of effort. The Big Ten boasts many strong teams this year, with nine of the twelve teams ranked. However, the Badgers get to face one of those unranked teams Sunday against Penn State (1-4, 7-11) in University Park. The Badgers will not overlook this match, as they will need to make sure they defeat the weaker teams in the conference, especially at University Park, where the Badgers have had success, owning an overall 6-4 record there against the Nittany Lions. Penn St. will also be looking to strengthen their conference record, after just recording their first conference win last week over Iowa. Fully entrenched in conference play, the Badgers will look to make a huge statement to the rest of the Big Ten this weekend as they attempt to even their conference record back to .500.
After crushing first-round losses in both the men’s hockey and men’s basketball NCAA tournaments, Badger fans were left wondering what had happened. Was it just a bad night? Were the teams unprepared?
CHICAGO- Storybook endings are nice but in the world of sports, they rarely come to fruition. After three games against top-10 competition this weekend in Chicago, the slipper finally fell off of Cinderella’s foot as No. 22 Wisconsin (12-6 Big Ten, 23-11 overall) went without a field goal over the final 7:03 that turned a 41-39 lead into a 50-43 loss at the hands of No. 10 Ohio State (13-5, 26-7).
CHICAGO—Wisconsin had beaten Indiana 11 straight times entering Saturday’s Big Ten tournament semifinal game. It’s difficult to beat any team that many games in a row, especially when the opponents are perhaps too familiar with one another from playing in the same conference.
CHICAGO—Normally when a team makes just four of its first 28 shots against the No. 6 team in the country, it is going to finish on the losing end. But if there is one thing we have learned about the 2012-’13 edition of Wisconsin men’s basketball, it is that they are anything but normal. Despite scoring just 17 points in the first half, the Ke$ha-loving Badgers (22-10 overall) found a second gear after halftime and put up 51 points over the final 20 minutes en route to a 68-59 victory over the Wolverines to advance to the Big Ten tournament semi-final round.
Five Badgers will suit up for their final game at the Kohl Center Sunday when Purdue (6-9 Big Ten, 13-15 overall) visits Wisconsin (11-4, 20-8) in the midst of UW’s push to capture a share of the regular season conference championship.
Wisconsin freshman forward Sam Dekker has slowly worked his way into the conversation for Big Ten freshman of the year with four straight games in double figures. But after a career-high 19 points Tuesday against Nebraska, Dekker not only has himself squarely in the driver’s seat for that honor, but may just be positioned for sixth man of the year as well. Checking in just six minutes into the game with the score tied at 8, Dekker helped the Badgers explode on a 24-2 run that erased what had been a 12-11 Nebraska lead and replaced it with a 35-14 UW advantage.
Women's Basketball
Any concerns No. 20 Wisconsin (9-4 Big Ten, 18-8 overall) would come out flat with No. 13 Ohio State (8-5, 18-7) in town, went out the door within a few minutes of play Sunday at the Kohl Center. With the two sides knotted up at 6 in the early stages, Wisconsin held the Buckeyes without a field goal (0-of-14) for nearly nine minutes while scoring 18 unanswered points to put things out of reach for OSU. The visitors wouldn’t pull any closer than 13 the rest of the way, dropping a 71-49 contest—their third loss in the last four games.
In over 100 years of basketball at Wisconsin, the Badgers had never played in three consecutive overtime games.
Ben Brust grew up playing basketball in the driveway with his older brothers, and the only time he could get off a clear look was from the “square of relief” in the back of the driveway.
It had been nearly two full years since the Wisconsin men’s basketball team had beaten Iowa and with six minutes left still facing a nine-point deficit, it looked as if the Badgers were going to add yet another year to the drought.
Despite notching a 24-point victory in their last meeting with Illinois, the Badgers were anything but comfortable heading to Champaign to face a desperate Illini team. But on the strength of breakout performances from Illinois natives junior Ben Brust and sophomore Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin was able to get back into the win column with a 74-68 victory.