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Gearing up for a Sweet second weekend

By Molly Reppen and The Daily Cardinal sports staff | Mar. 23, 2015

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UW plucks Ducks, advances to the Sweet 16

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 22, 2015

OMAHA, Neb.—Locked in an intense NCAA Tournament battle with the Oregon Ducks for a second consecutive year, the Wisconsin Badgers desperately needed someone to deliver a huge second-half performance to keep their dreams of a national title alive.

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Rematch with Oregon lacking in familiar faces

By Jack Baer | Mar. 21, 2015

In case you haven’t heard, the No. 1-seeded Badgers (32-3 overall) are playing No. 8-seed Oregon in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32 for the second year in a row. The Badgers return almost the same team. The Ducks? Not so much.

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Badgers go postal on Coastal Carolina

By Zach Rastall and Kelly Kallien | Mar. 20, 2015

OMAHA, Neb.—The Wisconsin Badgers’ performance Friday night wasn’t their best or most exciting of the season, but it was still more than enough to send them into the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament.

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Final Four return trip starts Friday against Coastal Carolina

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 20, 2015

The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers’ quest for a national title begins this weekend in Omaha, Neb., where they’ll likely still be without the services of senior guard Traevon Jackson.

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Cardinal classic: The basketing of balls

By Matt Hunziker | Mar. 19, 2015

This column originally ran March 26, 2009.

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So far, UW has lived up to lofty preseason expectations

By Jim Dayton | Mar. 16, 2015

The Badgers entered the 2014-’15 season with the highest expectations in program history. A team fresh off a Final Four appearance that lost only one major contributor will create that hype.

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Breaking down all four NCAA regions

By The Daily Cardinal sports staff | Mar. 16, 2015

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Let's go dancing: Wisconsin nabs No. 1 seed

By Jack Baer and Clay Thomas | Mar. 16, 2015

CHICAGO—With their thrilling Big Ten Tournament Championship, No. 6 Wisconsin earned its first NCAA Tournament 1-seed in program history, and enters a region that’s going to carry a whole lot of deja vu.

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The statistics behind Cinderella teams

By Molly Reppen and Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Mar. 16, 2015

March Madness is the best playoff system of any sport at any level, and it isn’t even close. The combination of a huge number of teams and the single-game elimination system makes it unpredictable every year. So unpredictable, in fact, we haven’t seen two No. 1 seeds make the championship since 2008, the only year where all four No. 1s made the Final Four. And there haven’t been multiple 1-seeds in the Final Four since 2009, when Connecticut and North Carolina were the only two.

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Badgers take down Spartans in overtime, win Big Ten Championship

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 15, 2015

Wisconsin’s Big Ten Championship win gave all watchers a preview of what college basketball in March is going to bring.

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Badgers match up against Michigan State in tournament final

By Zach Rastall and Jesse Kiley | Mar. 14, 2015

After putting together arguably its best half of the season to cruise past Purdue, the stage is all set for Wisconsin.

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Badgers burn Purdue, move on to Big Ten title game

By Jack Baer | Mar. 14, 2015

The situation was worrisome at halftime. Purdue led 35-30 and had held off an impressive UW push to tie the game going into the locker room. The Boilermakers’ star center A.J. Hammons was dominating on both sides of the floor, scoring 10 points and holding Big Ten Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky to just four points. Purdue had played an excellent half of basketball and it was definitely possible they could keep it up and shock the nation.

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Badgers hold off Michigan in Big Ten quarterfinals

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 13, 2015

CHICAGO–While shooting around before the game, Duje Dukan received a warm welcome from a group of United Center security guards. That moment was just the beginning of what ended up being a special homecoming for the redshirt senior forward, who grew up in the Chicago area.

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Badgers begin Big Ten tourney with Selection Sunday on horizon

By Jack Baer | Mar. 12, 2015

Working to become the top dog in the Big Ten is a tiring task, but it carries a reward UW will be grateful to have as it embarks upon the next step of becoming one of this program’s great teams.

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Sizing up threats to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament

By Jack Baer | Mar. 10, 2015

Spoiler alert, the Badgers are the odds-on favorite to win their first Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament since 2008. Here are how the rest of the tournament’s top seeds stack up against UW.

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Devoting a life to Badger basketball

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 10, 2015

When you think of Wisconsin athletics, several things immediately come to mind.

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Kaminsky, Badgers earn Big Ten honors

By Jack Baer | Mar. 9, 2015

After quite possibly the most successful regular season in program history, the Badgers were appropriately rewarded by the rest of their conference in the Big Ten basketball honors.

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Badgers incinerate Ohio State to end record regular season

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 8, 2015

With the Big Ten tournament looming and a chance at a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament still in play, the sixth-ranked Wisconsin Badgers wanted to make a statement in the final game of the regular season.

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Badgers clinch outright Big Ten title

By Jack Baer | Mar. 5, 2015

They say it gets lonely at the top, which means the Badgers are about to enjoy some solitude thanks to a strong, clinching win in their rival’s own house.