There’s really no way to cut it, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s (4-3 Big Ten, 17-3 overall) last meeting with Northwestern (3-5, 10-11) was a total beatdown.
Stanislas Wawrinka’s run through this year’s Australian Open was impressive and included a dramatic, five-set win over defending champion Novak Djokovic. Wawrinka fought through heat, and a stacked slate of opponents in order to win the tournament. His final win even came against world No. 1, Rafael Nadal.
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Heading into their bye week, the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers wanted to be riding a wave of momentum.
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“We’re obviously disappointed in our play today,” Wisconsin women’s basketball head coach Bobbie Kelsey said of the team’s 60-44 loss to Michigan Sunday afternoon at the Kohl Center. “Overall, I thought the kids played hard but it just wasn’t enough.”
The nature of this past weekend’s series between Wisconsin and Ohio State mimicked that of a long-standing rivalry, not one that met on the ice for the first time ever.
In the same state where their defense began to stumble, the Badgers were able to regain their footing and continue a very promising season.
Four head coaches of fall sports at UW had their contract extensions approved by the UW Athletic Board Friday afternoon.
Despite leading the Minnesota Golden Gophers (2-4 Big Ten, 13-7 overall) for the first 27 minutes of the game, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team (2-4, 9-9) could not hold on to the lead long enough to claim a win, settling for a 64-53 loss at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Thursday night.
Last weekend’s NFC championship game not only gave us a dramatic exchange between two of the conference’s best squads, but Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman’s deranged, WWE style, post game interview (Scream off).
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Women’s Hockey vs. Minnesota, Feb. 14-15
With the 16th overall pick in the 2014 Major League Soccer Super Draft, the Houston Dynamo selected former Wisconsin central defender AJ Cochran.
It was a night of inversions: an undefeated team falling, a 10-point lead immediately erased by a 12-point run, fans of a perennial college basketball powerhouse storming the court. Indiana, an opponent that Wisconsin hadn’t lost to since sophomore forward Sam Dekker’s middle school years, finally turned the tide.
Lets be clear: I do not like Alex Rodriguez. I think he is one the most idiotic fusions of oblivity and narcissism we will see in sports for decades.
It’s been a couple days since the dust from the Capital One Bowl settled, and it’s never too early for a little reflection.
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When the Badgers took the court in Seattle to play with a national title on the line, they seemed like the team of destiny, having just rolled past No. 1-seeded Texas. However, No. 2-seeded Penn State (19-1 Big Ten, 34-2 overall) was once again too much for the Badgers (12-8, 28-10) to handle, taking the title, 3-1.
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