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Monday, February 02, 2026

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Luke Kunin
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Badgers split weekend Border Battle

Wisconsin earned its third Big Ten win Friday against No. 19 Minnesota, but could not match that effort in the Saturday game and fell to the Gophers (14-6-0 Big Ten, 19-16-0 overall). In a similar fashion to their win over Penn State the previous weekend, the Badgers (3-13-4, 8-18-8) took a two-goal lead late into the third period and nearly allowed the Gophers to come back.


March Madness Celebration
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Let's Dance: A comprehensive NCAA Tournament preview

The greatest three-week stretch in all of sports is here, and The Daily Cardinal has you covered for all your March Madness needs. We have a bracket, an NCAA Tournament calculator to help fill out said bracket, a roundtable discussion of Wisconsin tournament odds, a Pittsburgh preview, an overview of each region, a preview for every No. 1 seed and much, much more.


NCAA Tournament Bracket
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NCAA Tournament Preview: The madness of March

The NCAA Tournament can get pretty wacky, pretty quickly. Here's a quick overview of some of the oddities surrounding this year's edition of March Madness.  The University of North Carolina system has three different schools in the tournament—No. 1 North Carolina, No. 15 UNC-Asheville and No. 13 UNC-Wilmington.


Indiana
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NCAA Tournament Preview: Taking a look at the Big Ten's chances

The dust has settled and the bracket is out (officially this time, none of that leaked nonsense), and the Big Ten has seven teams in the tourney spanning three of the four brackets. The Big Ten Tournament champion Michigan State Spartans were the Big Ten’s highest seed, but were robbed of a No. 1 seed and will settle for the Midwest Region’s No. 2 seed.


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NCAA Tournament Preview: South Region overview

Player to watch: Melo Trimble, Maryland The Terrapin point guard’s sophomore slump has been inexplicable and extremely frustrating for Maryland fans, but Trimble is still the kind of player who can catch fire and lead his team on a deep tournament run.


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NCAA Tournament Preview: No. 1 seed Virginia

Falling to Michigan State in the round of 32 a year ago, the University of Virginia Cavaliers (13-5 ACC, 26-7 overall) enter the 2016 NCAA Tournament with a sour taste in their mouths, looking to avenge their early exit in 2015 with a deep postseason run this time around. The key to Virginia's tournament success rests on the shoulders of first-team All-American Malcolm Brogdon.


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NCAA Tournament Preview: No. 1 seed Kansas

After capturing their 12th consecutive conference championship with a victory over West Virginia in the Big 12 title game, the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks (15-3 Big 12, 30-4 overall) enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 overall seed.


Annie Pankowski
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Badgers roll past Mercyhurst to advance to Frozen Four

The season continues on for the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers (35-3-1) as they punched their ticket to a third consecutive Frozen Four appearance, defeating Mercyhurst (19-11-5) in the NCAA quarterfinals 6-0. The victory came in front of a sold-out and boisterous crowd at LaBahn Arena, an atmosphere that has become a staple at home this season.


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