Syracuse’s run to the Final Four is one of the stranger NCAA Tournament occurrences in recent memory. With their stunning comeback win over Virginia on Sunday night, the Orange completed their wholly improbable run to Houston.
Wisconsin returned home to Goodman Diamond Wednesday, splitting a doubleheader with South Dakota.
Complete with a few band and spirit squad members, Bucky Badger and an open invitation to the public, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez welcomed head coach Tony Granato and associate head coaches Don Granato and Mark Osiecki back to Wisconsin hockey.
Wisconsin assistant coach Gary Close is leaving after 13 years with the program, according to a report from Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Close joined the team back in the spring of 2003 as a part of then-head coach Bo Ryan’s staff.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s season didn’t end the way they had hoped, but it was still one of the most successful campaigns for the team in recent history.
Matt Hutchins had a junior season for the ages, and now he will be adding yet another accolade to his seemingly never-ending list of honors.
Wisconsin will introduce its new men’s hockey coaching staff and women’s basketball head coach this week, according to a Tuesday UW release. The Badgers are expected to announce Tony Granato as the new men’s hockey head coach Wednesday and Jonathan Tsipis as the women’s basketball head coach Thursday.
Wisconsin has tabbed its next women’s basketball coach and, for the first time in the programs’ 43-year history, the Badgers will be lead next season by a male head coach, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Jonathan Tsipis is expected to named the seventh coach to lead the women’s basketball team later this week.
No matter how good of a season a team might have, a heartbreaking loss to end the season can stick in the minds of players, coaches and fans alike throughout the entire offseason. That will certainly be the case for Wisconsin this year following its disappointing defeat at the hands of Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen.
Wisconsin is expected to hire Tony Granato as its next head coach, according to USCHO.com and ESPN’s John Buccigross.
Matt Hutchins and the Wisconsin men’s swim team had quite the NCAA Championships this past weekend at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In the immediate aftermath of Wisconsin’s heartbreaking loss to Notre Dame, the ire of dejected fans was directly mainly toward the refs, who they felt had cost the Badgers a third straight trip to the Elite Eight. But over the passage of time and when cooler heads prevail, many of these fans will likely ultimately reach the conclusion that the Badgers’ demise was caused by self-inflicted wounds. Wisconsin turned the ball over 17 times against the Fighting Irish Friday night, its most since Greg Gard’s head coaching debut against Green Bay in December, when the Badgers finished the night with 26 turnovers.
PHILADELPHIA — With 1:22 left in the game, redshirt freshman Ethan Happ walked to the bench, his hands glued to his head, his face stunned in disbelief.
Following their dramatic win over Xavier last Sunday, the Wisconsin Badgers have advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend for the fifth time in the last six years and are looking for more. No. 7 seed Wisconsin (20-12) will take on No. 6 seed Notre Dame (21-11) in a Sweet Sixteen matchup Friday night at 6:27 p.m.
Heading into Sunday’s matchup with Xavier, Bronson Koenig was mired in a significant shooting slump. By the end of the night, the junior guard had put forth one of the best performances of his collegiate career and drilled a game-winning 3-pointer to send the Badgers into the Sweet Sixteen. Prior to Sunday night’s game, Koenig had gone 7 of 32 from the field (21.9 percent), including 3 of 17 from 3-point range (17.6 percent). Needless to say, Koenig’s shooting stroke was off, and Wisconsin probably couldn’t afford off nights from both Koenig and junior forward Nigel Hayes if they were to move forward in the NCAA Tournament. Luckily for the Badgers, Koenig was up for the task. The night didn’t start particularly well for Koenig, who started 0 of 4 from the field, including a pair of misses from deep.
Wisconsin will hold one of its practices at the Green Bay Packers’ practice facility this spring, according to a Wednesday release. In preparation for its Sept.
The No. 16 Wisconsin men’s swimming and diving team starts national championship action Wednesday night at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga.
In March 2012, Cannon Clifton and Brett Pinfold, competing on different teams and living on opposite sides of Houston, Texas, were at Texas A&M lining up a couple lanes away from each other to race in the finals of the 100-yard butterfly at a sectional meet.
ST. LOUIS — When Bo Ryan stepped down in mid-December, the Wisconsin Badgers appeared on the fast track to the NIT after a 7-5 start to the season. Three months later, they are headed to their fifth Sweet Sixteen in the last six years thanks to some Bronson Koenig heroics. Koenig buried a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to hand the Badgers () a 66-63 win over No. 2 seed Xavier (28-6), the latest twist in a roller coaster season for Wisconsin. “I’ve seen him make a lot of big shots, but none bigger than that one,” redshirt junior guard Zak Showalter said.
Led by junior Danielle Valley’s All-American designation and seventh-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle, school records fell and personal bests were lowered at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships last week at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Valley, a transfer from the University of Florida, proved to be stellar; her 1650 time of 16:00.43 set a new school record and made her the only Wisconsin woman to get first-team All-American honors.
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