Powered by stellar showings from Nigel Hayes and Vitto Brown and a stellar night from 3-point range, Wisconsin downed Nebraska 72-61 Wednesday night at the Kohl Center for its sixth straight win. Brown in particular impressed, scoring a career-high 18 points, including 12 in the first half.
After a turbulent 9-9 overall start with a 1-4 conference record, it seemed like Wisconsin’s season was spiraling out of control and its streak of 14 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances would be spoiled.
In this week's episode of the Cardinal Zone Podcast, women's basketball beat writers Ethan Levy and Ben Pickman join sports editors Jake Powers and Zach Rastall to discuss the Badgers' rollercoaster of a season, their recent integration of the 2-3, struggles with ball movement and head coach Bobbie Kelsey's future with the program.
Men's Basketball Wisconsin (6-4 Big Ten, 14-9 overall) continued its hot stretch, pushing its win streak to five games after defeating Ohio State (6-5, 14-10) 79-68 at the Kohl Center last Thursday night.
With only six games remaining in the season, the Badger seniors know how much each game counts now more than ever.
Less than 12 months ago against the Purdue Boilermakers, senior Jacki Gulczynski made what would have been a game-winner, sending the Wisconsin Badgers into the second round of the Big Ten tournament.
With gnarly beards, missing teeth and deep scars, hockey players often look menacing and intimidating.
No. 2 Wisconsin (22-1-1 WCHA, 28-1-1 overall) continued its march toward the postseason this weekend, getting its 10th straight win and successfully downing conference adversary Ohio State (5-18-1 WCHA, 9-20-1 overall) by a combined two-day score of 4-1.
Cannon Clifton was a man with a goal. The junior swimmer from Irving, Texas knew 2008 Olympian Garrett Weber-Gale set the UW Natatorium record for the 100-yard freestyle in 2003 since he’d arrived at UW, and wanted to one day change that name on the board to his.
Led by a season-high 13 3-pointers, Wisconsin (6-4 Big Ten, 14-9 overall) extended its win streak to five by defeating a stingy Ohio State team (6-5, 14-10) 79-68 at the Kohl Center Thursday night. With the Buckeyes locking down on defense in the post, the Badgers took full advantage of the open looks they got beyond the arc within the first minutes of the game.
Pass, shoot and score. Drive, layup and bucket. Shot fake, dish and three. Ohio State (10-1 Big Ten, 18-4 overall), which is currently No. 7 in the nation and tied for No. 1 in the Big Ten, looked nearly robotic against the struggling Badgers (2-9, 6-15) in Columbus, Ohio.
A couple weeks into the season, if you would’ve told me the Wisconsin basketball team would be in the hunt to make the NCAA Tournament, I would’ve thought you were crazy.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey program is a well-established national powerhouse. Led by head coach Mark Johnson of the infamous Miracle team, the Badgers are consistently producing international-level competitors.
Raucous crowds, rivalry games, fans going bananas crazy—what isn’t there to love about college basketball?
The regular season is entering the final stretch for the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers (20-1-1 WCHA, 26-1-1 overall), with only three series left to play before the start of the WCHA playoffs.
After his first full offseason as head coach at Wisconsin, Paul Chryst introduced his 2016 recruiting class Wednesday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers welcomed 31 recruits on National Signing Day, 25 of whom will have scholarships. As expected, and contrary to many other programs, UW’s signing day was drama-free.
Thanks to its recent four-game winning streak, Wisconsin enters February playing for something more than just pride. Now owning wins against Michigan State and Indiana and a conference record that’s above 0.500, the Badgers (5-4 Big Ten, 13-9 overall) suddenly find themselves back in the mix for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Just this week, ESPN’s resident bracketologist, Joe Lunardi, has Wisconsin in his “Next Four Out,” while Shelby Mast of USA Today has UW among his “First Four Out.” Of course, there’s over a month left in the regular season and a lot can change between now and Selection Sunday, but the very thought of the Badgers being in the NCAA Tournament discussion would’ve seemed almost impossible even three weeks ago. Wisconsin still has four road games left on its schedule against teams currently ranked in the top 25 (Maryland, Michigan State, Iowa and Purdue), and a win or two against those teams would be huge résumé boosters. But before the Badgers can worry about that tough slate of contests down the home stretch of their schedule, they still have to take care of business in a pair of must-win home games, which starts against Ohio State (6-4, 14-9) Thursday at 6 p.m.
Last spring when Michala Johnson decided to forgo playing for the New York Liberty of the WNBA, Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey was ecstatic, and for good reason.
In this week's episode of the Cardinal Zone Podcast, Lorin Cox, Matt Tragesser and Tommy Valtin-Erwin join sports editors Jake Powers and Zach Rastall to preview Wisconsin's matchup with Ohio State, national signing day and Super Bowl 50 predictions.
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