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UW fell 83-58 to Ohio State to open Big Ten play.

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Wisconsin suffers worst home loss in Kohl Center history against Ohio State

By Jack Kelly | Dec. 2, 2017

The Wisconsin men's basketball team's (3-5 overall, 0-1 Big Ten) early season struggles continued on Saturday, as they were blown out XX-XX at home by Ohio State (5-4 overall, 1-0 Big Ten). The Badgers trailed 49-26 at the break, shooting just 30 percent from the floor — their worst shooting performance in any first half this season.

Ohio State dominated Wisconsin in UW's conference opener.

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Wisconsin loses conference opener to Ohio State in historic fashion

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Dec. 2, 2017

For Wisconsin (0-1 Big Ten, 3-5 overall), the start of conference play was an opportunity to prove what coaches and players have been saying the last several weeks: that its brutal opening stretch would make it a better team in the long run.

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Wisconsin finishes strong, takes back and forth contest against La Salle

By Michael Parsky | Dec. 2, 2017

With 3:22 left in the third quarter, the Wisconsin Badger’s saw its nineteen-point first half lead diminished to just one.

Sofia Shaver scored against Minnesota-Duluth early in the first to give UW a 2-0 lead.

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No power play goals, no problem: Wisconsin earns 3-1 win over the Bulldogs despite no special teams goals

By Suzie Kazar | Dec. 2, 2017

The Wisconsin Badgers (10-0-0 WCHA, 19-1-0 overall) defeated the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (5-7-0 WCHA, 9-10-0) by a score of 3-1 on Saturday afternoon, earning their 19th win of the season.

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Badgers look to continue winning ways against La Salle

By Michael Parsky | Dec. 1, 2017

Finally, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team returns home. After spending the latter part of Thanksgiving week out in Washington, D.C.

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Roque leads Badgers in blowout win over Minnesota Duluth

By Nathan Denzin | Dec. 1, 2017

No. 1 Wisconsin (18-1-0) handled Minnesota Duluth (9-9-0) with ease Friday afternoon, beating up on the Bulldogs, winning 5-1.

Brevin Pritzl scored a team-high 19 points, helping UW's bench outscore OSU's bench 30-16.

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Wisconsin’s backcourt improving after early growing pains

By Ben Pickman | Dec. 1, 2017

Prior to this season during redshirt junior forward Ethan Happ’s Wisconsin career, when UW was in a late shot clock situation, Happ and the Badgers frequently relied on an experienced player to generate a quality offense shot. “There were defiantly times when Bronson [Koenig] just saved us,” Happ said.

Kelli Bates and the Badgers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after two postseason road sweeps.

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Road warriors: Wisconsin embracing underdog mentality in preparation for NCAA tournament match with Marquette

By David Gwidt | Nov. 30, 2017

After advancing to the postseason 13 times over the course of his career, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield has become quite adept at preparing his team to play in December.

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Even after recent struggles, Wisconsin not feeling pressure in preparation for Minnesota

By Ethan Levy | Nov. 30, 2017

With recent surprise losses to 1-12-1 St. Lawrence, a Michigan State team that is 1-4-1 in the Big Ten and 5-5-2 Mercyhurst, the Badgers have dropped from No. 5 in the nation to No. 14, and easily could be feeling the pressure of an upcoming weekend trip to No. 7 Minnesota (3-4-1 Big Ten, 9-6-1 overall). But, despite its recent losses — dropping from a championship contender to a fringe tournament team and traveling to a challenging atmosphere to play a difficult opponent — Wisconsin (3-2-1-0, 9-6-2-0) is not letting the pressure get to them.

Abby Roque and the Badgers face Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. UW lost to the Gophers 3-1 last week in the WCHA Tournament championship.

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Wisconsin returns home looking for sweep against Minnesota Duluth

By Christopher Wozniak | Nov. 30, 2017

The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers (17-1-0) are back at LaBahn Arena for the first time in nearly a month this weekend to face Minnesota Duluth (9-8-0) in a two game series.

After a 31-0 win over Minnesota, Wisconsin hopes to replicate its success against Ohio State.

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Badgers blocking out exterior noise as they prepare for battle with Ohio State

By Jake Nisse | Nov. 30, 2017

While the Badgers (9-0 Big Ten, 12-0 overall) moved into the No. 4 spot of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, there are still differing feelings regarding the team at both the local and national levels. There’s the committee who begrudgingly moved the undefeated team up at last, and the analysts who are certain of the Badgers’ place in the playoff with a victory versus Ohio State (8-1, 10-2) in the Big Ten Championship Game. The collective feeling possessed by UW’s, however, is none too concerned with the various playoff permutations being touted or the efforts to nitpick Wisconsin’s favorable schedule. The Badgers are just excited to be back in Indianapolis.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Novinski playing key role for Badger swim

By Kelly Ward | Nov. 30, 2017

On Oct. 19, an 18-year-old freshman at Wisconsin, who spent the majority of high school training alone, put the entire NCAA swimming and diving community on notice when he beat 2016 Olympian Jay Litherland in the 100-yard backstroke at a dual meet. That swimmer’s name is Matt Novinski, and he’s hoping his performance in the pool won’t let opponents forget it.

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UW's Shaw gives back to Texas after Harvey

By Peyton Kadlecek | Nov. 30, 2017

Coming from Mont Belvieu, Texas, Kendall Shaw had lived through two hurricanes prior to recent devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey.

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Badgers looking to build off weekend success in road matchup with Pittsburgh

By Peyton Kadlecek | Nov. 29, 2017

Following an intense overtime victory of 73-71 against Vanderbilt in the third and final game of the Paradise Jam holiday tournament, the Badgers, now 3-3 and off to their best start to the year since the 2012-’13 season, hope to settle down after a busy few days of consecutive games as they prepare to face Pittsburgh (5-1) Wednesday night.

Brad Davison and the Badgers are looking to build off their most recent victory against Iowa Tuesday night.

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Wisconsin lacks identity, scores lowest point total in over six years in loss to Virginia

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Nov. 27, 2017

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — In practice Sunday night, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team made it rain.

Ethan Happ was the most efficient Badger against Virginia, but he only took nine shots and struggled rebounding.

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Wisconsin struggles offensively at Virginia, Badgers lose fourth consecutive against ranked opponent

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Nov. 27, 2017

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — After three straight close losses to ranked opponents, Wisconsin (3-4) badly needed a signature win.

Trent Frederic has not been as dominant as many predicted thus far in his sophomore season. If Frederic can respond and pick up some offensive momentum, the Badgers will likely earn a sweep this weekend against Michigan State.

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Wisconsin flat in opener, only manages split against weak Mercyhurst

By Ethan Levy | Nov. 27, 2017

Another weekend, another underwhelming result. After seemingly building some momentum against Michigan, No. 14 Wisconsin (3-2-1-0 Big Ten, 9-6-2-0 overall) split a weekend series against a weak Mercyhurst (2-2-2-0 Atlantic Hockey, 5-5-2-0) opponent that an aspiring tournament and championship team should likely sweep.

COLUMNS

Wisconsin earns a chance to erase memory of "59-0"

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Nov. 27, 2017

The recent history of Wisconsin sports can be easily summed up in a few numbers. Simply uttering the phrases “408” or “38-1” is enough to elicit visceral responses from Badgers fans anywhere.

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After faltering in recent tests, UW looks to earn a signature non-conference win against Virginia

By Ben Pickman | Nov. 27, 2017

Against the three ranked opponents that Wisconsin has faced this season, the Badgers (3-3) have routinely come up short when the game hung in the balance.

Wisconsin's defense was a key reason for its undefeated regular season.

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Badgers found recipe for success in undefeated regular season

By Lorin Cox | Nov. 26, 2017

Minneapolis — The No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers (9-0 Big Ten, 12-0 overall) don’t have a secret recipe for an undefeated season.