Men's Basketball

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No. 9 Badgers kick off Big Ten Schedule against Cornhuskers

By Joe Rickles | Dec. 22, 2020

The Huskers will try to "shuck" the Badgers on Tuesday night. Get it?

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Wisconsin lights it up from behind the arc, dominates Louisville 85-48

By Nathan Denzin | Dec. 19, 2020

What looked on paper to be the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers biggest challenge of the season against No. 23 Louisville Cardinals ended up being a blowout from buzzer to buzzer — ending 85-48 for the Badgers.

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Badgers square up against first ranked opponent this season in No. 23 Louisville

By Joe Rickles | Dec. 19, 2020

The No. 12 Badgers take on a team that looks like their polar opposite in No. 23 Louisville.

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Badgers able to grind out win against tournament hopeful Loyola

By Nathan Denzin | Dec. 15, 2020

Davison led Wisconsin in scoring for a second straight game with 17, Trice matches with 17 of his own.

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12th-ranked Badgers 'looking into a mirror' against Loyola-Chicago

By Joe Rickles | Dec. 15, 2020

The 4-1 Badgers take on Porter Moser and his Loyola-Chicago Ramblers of 2018 Final Four fame.

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Badgers take down Rhode Island, Davison scores 23 as Reuvers becomes the Badgers all-time block leader

By Nathan Denzin | Dec. 9, 2020

It wasn’t very pretty late in the game, but the No. 13 Wisconsin Badgers (4-1) were able to hold on to their 17 point first half lead against the Rhode Island Rams (3-3) Wednesday afternoon to win 73-62.

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Wisconsin takes on second in-state rival in a row against Marquette

By Nathan Denzin | Dec. 4, 2020

The No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers (3-0) will face off against in-state rival Marquette (2-1) Friday evening in the 127th matchup between the two programs.

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Wahl records his first career double-double, Badgers roll for second straight game against UW Green Bay

By Nathan Denzin | Dec. 1, 2020

Wahl was a spark plug off the bench for Wisconsin, who needed a kick-start after a sluggish start to the first half.

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Badgers roll in season opener, take care of business against Eastern Illinois

By Nathan Denzin | Nov. 27, 2020

The No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers (1-0) took care of business against the Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-1) Wednesday night, winning 77-67 in the Badgers first game against a real opponent in nearly nine months.

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COLUMNS

COLUMN: Wisconsin basketball has serious Team of Destiny vibes

By Nathan Denzin | Mar. 10, 2020

It’s extremely difficult to explain exactly why, but this Badger team feels like a Team of Destiny. 

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Badgers take care of Northwestern, move into a tie for first in the Big Ten

By Peyton Kadlecek | Mar. 5, 2020

Leading from start to finish, the No. 24 Wisconsin Badgers (13-6 Big Ten, 20-10 overall) earned its seventh straight victory after defeating the Northwestern Wildcats (2-17 Big Ten, 7-22 overall) 63-48.  

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Badgers pick up fourth win in a row against Rutgers

By Peyton Kadlecek | Feb. 23, 2020

Continuing in its success, Wisconsin (10-6 Big Ten, 17-10 overall) secured its fourth-straight win with a 79-71 victory over Rutgers (9-8 Big Ten, 18-10 overall) and improved to 13-1 at home this season.  

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Wisconsin enters a must win game against Ohio State Sunday

By Bremen Keasey | Feb. 8, 2020

The Wisconsin Badgers (6-6 Big Ten, 13-10 overall) finds itself in a position where they must respond with a home win, after a week with off-court turmoil and a tough road loss. 

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Erik Helland, strength and conditioning coach for UW's men's basketball team, resigns amidst school investigation

By Jared Schwartz | Feb. 6, 2020

Erik Helland, the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, resigned Thursday morning after UW officials became aware of a “racial epithet” he used in the presence of student-athletes. 

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COLUMNS

Column: The loss of Kobe King may hurt, but the Badgers are far from being "over"

By Nathan Denzin | Jan. 31, 2020

It has been quite the week for Badger basketball. 

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Badgers choke down the stretch, drop first game against Saint Mary's

By Bremen Keasey | Nov. 5, 2019

Jordan Ford may have stole the show for the Saint Mary’s Gaels (1-0) with a game-high 26 points, but Malik Fitts put the final dagger in the Wisconsin Badgers (0-1) Tuesday night.  

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With his final game approaching, Ethan Happ prepares to leave Wisconsin as an all-time great

By Jake Nisse | Mar. 7, 2019

 Ethan Happ has seen quite a bit at Wisconsin. 

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Happ grabs milestone rebound as Badgers roll over Grambling State 84-53

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Dec. 22, 2018

Oftentimes, the singularity of a veteran player’s greatness can be easily forgotten — it can take major milestones to jolt fans from their complacency and recognize a remarkable career. 

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Despite Happ's heroics, Wisconsin's mistakes lead to overtime loss against Marquette

By Jake Nisse | Dec. 8, 2018

MILWAUKEE — Sitting at the podium on Saturday night, senior center Ethan Happ couldn’t care less about his historic performance. “It doesn’t matter about individual stuff, stats, whatever it may be,” he said after posting a career-high 34 points in a 74-69 overtime loss at Marquette.

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Wisconsin falls to in-state rival Marquette 74-69 in overtime

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Dec. 8, 2018

Every season it seems, Wisconsin suffers several self-inflicted losses. Missing free throws, failing to convert open looks and committing needless turnovers tend to be the primary culprits.