The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team saw mixed results in their home series against St. Cloud State, winning 5-2 on Saturday and tying 2-2 on Sunday at LaBahn Arena.
Expectations were low for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team heading into the 2024-25 season.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team (11-12-3) began their five-series run of Big Ten matchups this past weekend against Michigan (record), winning the first game and tying the second at the Kohl Center.
More often than not, it’s the referees, the people on the field dressed like zebras, who make game-altering calls in sports. Their in-game decisions can have shockwave effects on the outcome of a game, but they don’t have to talk to the media about them, like players and coaches do.
For the No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team (16-4), Sunday was one of those days where everything clicked. Playing with an edge, the Badgers got on top of the Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-8) early, played consistently sound defense and let the threes fly, dominating Nebraska for most of the 40-minute game that ended in an 83-55 victory.
The No. 18 Wisconsin men’s basketball team is 5-3 in the Big Ten Conference after a win and a loss against USC and UCLA this past weekend. After their 70-68 win over Ohio State on Jan.14, head coach Greg Guard earned his 200th victory, and Wisconsin still shows no signs of slowing down.
Unable to mount a late-game comeback, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team saw their seven-game winning streak come to a screeching halt as they fell to the UCLA Bruins 85-83 Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
Coming off of a 6-3 win on Jan. 17 and a win in the shootout that Saturday against Long Island University, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team is hoping to make a statement this week on home ice against a Big Ten rival.
A three-star recruit from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, John Blackwell ranked as the 29th-best combo guard in the nation and the third-best prospect in the state of Michigan coming out of Brother Rice High School.
The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team swept the St. Thomas Tommies in dominant fashion this past weekend, winning 6-1 on Saturday and 11-1 on Sunday. Junior forward Laila Edwards scored five goals over the weekend, logging the Badgers’ first hat trick of the season.
The No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team have already surpassed preseason expectations with a 15-4 record. While several returning players have flourished in bigger roles, the driving factor of the Badgers’ success this season is University of Missouri transfer guard John Tonje.
With the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff crowning Ohio State as National Champions, a vast majority of NCAA teams have quickly shifted their focus to the transfer portal, seeking game-changing additions to their programs.
The Wisconsin Badgers (15-3) continued to play consistently sound basketball on Saturday, solidly defeating the USC Trojans (11-7) 84-69 in Los Angeles. More than halfway through the season, the Badgers seem to be firing on all cylinders.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team took a 17-point lead into halftime, but it took all 40 minutes of the game on Jan. 14 to fend off the pesky Ohio State Buckeyes at the Kohl Center 70-68 to win their sixth straight game and improve to 14-3 on the season and 4-2 in the Big Ten Conference.
Although men and women’s hockey had differing starts to the season, the end goal is the same: make a strong playoff push. Rankings don’t mean much of anything if you can get past the first round of the Big Ten or WCHA playoffs, but both teams are looking for wins to close out the season that is ending in just over a month.
Behind a balanced scoring attack and diligent second-half defense, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team overcame a slow start to handily defeat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 80-59 on Jan. 10.
The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey team (14-1-1) suited up to face No. 2 Ohio State (8-5-3) at Chicago’s Wrigley Field as a part of the first-ever Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team (9-12-1) fell to the Michigan State Spartans (17-2-1) in overtime on Saturday night at the Frozen Confines. The Badgers were one of four men's hockey teams that traveled to Chicago for a chance to play in the Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series.
With only one game in the previous 18 days, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team could’ve been forgiven if it came out of its midseason hibernation sloppy. But instead of starting the rest of conference play with a lull, Wisconsin did just the opposite. The Badgers scored a Kohl Center record 116 points, hit a program record 21 three-pointers and thoroughly throttled the Iowa Hawkeyes 116-85.
A few weeks ago, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team learned firsthand the damage that dual seven-footers can do to a team.
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