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Cichy seamlessly steps into starting LB role

Wild Week 11 shakes up playoff outlook

Chaos ruled Week 11 of college football, as eight ranked teams lost and nine more won by 10 points or fewer. It was an especially rough week for teams with Tigers as mascots: Both Memphis and No. 17 LSU lost to lower-ranked teams, while No. 1 Clemson survived a scare from 3-7 Syracuse, which it fended off by just 10 points.

Dominant defense continues, but offensive efficiency lags

In 2012, the Badgers’ defense was 15th in the nation in yards per game. In 2013 it was seventh and in 2014, the Badgers finished the year ranked fourth overall. This season, the Badgers defensive continues to prove nearly impenetrable. 

A closer look at Big Ten Championship game scenarios

UW wins five-set thriller over Illinois

It took five sets, but the Badgers’ hot streak continued Wednesday night.

UW hopes to stifle Wildcat rushing attack

Badgers out to prove themselves at Madison Square Garden

Badgers fall to Drake

Coming into the 2015-’16 season, Drake University (2-0) was projected to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference. Not only did they return four starters, but they have the preseason conference player of the year, sophomore forward Lizzy Wendell, who averaged 21.8 points per game last season. Unfortunately for the Badgers (1-1), Drake’s experience and star power proved too much for UW to handle, as they lost for the first time this season, 89-70, Wednesday night.

No. 1 Wisconsin returns home to face Lindenwood

Balanced performance downs North Dakota

UW’s win streak on the line in Champaign

No. 10 Wisconsin (12-4 Big Ten, 20-6 overall) will be looking to extend its win streak to nine games Wednesday when it hits the road to face No. 18 Illinois (9-7, 18-9).

Drake poses early test for confident Badgers

Wisconsin’s Covington quietly savors win after brother’s late-game heroics

Last Friday, when Western Illinois’ Garret Covington hit the game-winning free throws in the Leathernecks’ 69-67 win over the Badgers, every Wisconsin player, coach, fan and employee in and around the Kohl Center was stunned as well as heartbroken by what they had just witnessed. A team projected by Summit League coaches to finish last in its conference had just knocked off a team that had been to two consecutive Final Fours. 

NCAA rules Andy Van Vliet ineligible for the 2015-'16 season

Badgers look to learn from opening weekend

A salute to athletes who use their platform to inspire

Aaron Rodgers’ performance on the podium postgame this past Sunday was much better than his performance on the field. For those who don’t know what I am talking about, I am specifically mentioning Rodgers’ comment denouncing an anti-Islamic slur yelled during a moment of silence to honor the victims of the attacks in France before Green Bay took the field. In a time where the lives of athletes are often dissected and ridiculed due to many negative off-field incidents, it is important to recognize and acknowledge the positive actions of many athletes in the face of tragedies and bigotry.

Wisconsin coaches reflect on last weekend, look ahead

Wisconsin recovers after stunning defeat

Shutout streak ends, but Badgers remain undefeated

For the first time since Oct. 3, No. 1 Wisconsin (10-0-0 WCHA, 12-0-0 overall) allowed a goal, finally bringing an end to its incredible, NCAA-record shutout streak.

Wisconsin holds off Louisiana Tech in season opener

Playing just one day after the men’s basketball team suffered a stunning loss at the hands of Western Illinois, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team got off to a slow start in its regular-season opener against Louisiana Tech, the second-winning program in the history of NCAA Division I women’s basketball.