The end of last season was a disappointment for the Wisconsin men's hockey team (4-5-1 WCHA, 5-6-1 overall) as it stumbled down the stretch, before it was eliminated in the first round of the WCHA layoffs by Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
One trait evident in all championship teams is their ability to find motivation for a game regardless of the competition.
The No. 13 Badgers (2-0) will host the Wofford Terriers (1-1) Saturday night at the Kohl Center.
In search of its first home victory of the season, the Wisconsin women's basketball team welcomes Washington State to the Kohl Center Friday. The Badgers are coming off of a difficult 54-52 road loss at the hands of in-state rival Marquette Tuesday. Wisconsin (1-2) had a 49-46 lead with 2:37 to play, but the Golden Eagles scored eight of the last 11 points in the game to secure the victory.
After a resounding 54 point victory against Kennesaw State Saturday—in which the Wisconsin men’s basketball team shot 15-25 from behind the arc and moved up one spot to No. 14 in the AP Poll—the Badgers looked to pick up its second regular season win against the Colgate Raiders of the Patriot League Wednesday.
Each year brings new promise for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team, and Badger freshmen certainly play a role in fulfilling that promise. While there may not be any big name recruits this season, the incoming class certainly has a lot to offer.
Wisconsin men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves announced the signing of three players to National Letters of Intent in the early signing period on Wednesday. The signees were forwards Nicolas Kerdiles and Morgan Zulinick and defenseman Kevin Schulze.
There was plenty to talk about following Wisconsin's 85-31 season-opening win over Kennesaw State. From the record-tying first half in which the Badgers only gave up eight points to the 54-point margin of victory, their largest since 2006, the season opener was certainly a wake up call to a UW fanbase heading into yet another season not knowing what to expect.
The Badgers (1-2) led against in-state rival Marquette (2-0) 47-43 with just 4:25 left in the contest, but were outscored 11-5 for the remainder of the game and fell 54-52 at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee.
After watching the first month and a half of the season, I really can't figure out what to make of this season's Wisconsin men's hockey team.
The Wisconsin football team (4-2 Big Ten, 8-2 overall) has been running on all cylinders after throttling Minnesota 42-13 to retain possession of Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the eighth-straight year and is looking to carry that momentum into Saturday’s game against Illinois (2-4, 6-4).
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team gets yet another chance in less than a week to take down an in-state rival Tuesday, as the Badgers head to Milwaukee yet again to square off against Marquette.
The No. 15 Wisconsin men's basketball team (1-0) took on the Kennesaw State Fighting Owls (0-1) Saturday in the first ever meeting between the two teams. After handling UW-Stevens Point in its one and only exhibition game 80-54, Wisconsin continued its winning ways in its first regular season tussle of the year.
Anytime Wisconsin and Minnesota get together it is going to be a spirited affair, but when the Gophers come in to the series ranked No. 1 in the country, it is bound to carry a little extra weight.
Led by 17 points and 14 rebounds from junior guard Taylor Wurtz, the Wisconsin women's basketball team (1-1) started the regular season on the right foot with a 68-51 road victory over the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (0-1) on Friday night. Wisconsin's home debut on Sunday against an experienced Oral Roberts (2-0) team went less smoothly, as the Golden Eagles defeated the Badgers 80-63 at the Kohl Center.
The University of Wisconsin men's soccer team had an abrupt and disappointing end to their season on Friday. The Badgers went into their second round match with the last-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions, a team off an upset of the second seeded Ohio State Buckeyes, with a chance to move on to the finals of the Big Ten Conference tournament. But on Friday in Ann Arbor (the University of Michigan played host to the tournament), the Badgers went down 1-0 to the Nittany Lions and now must await the judgement of the NCAA to see if they will, by some small chance, get a bid for the NCAA tournament.
This weekend’s battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe will make the 121st meeting between Wisconsin (3-2 Big Ten, 7-2 overall) and Minnesota (1-4. 2-7), the first coming all the way back in 1890.
Five weeks into the 2011-12 season, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (3-4-1 WCHA, 4-5-1 overall) is still trying to figure out what type of club it is. The Badgers have shown resiliency in several late-game comebacks, but they have also shown their youth in games like last week’s 7-2 loss to St. Cloud State. However, success this weekend over the No. 1 Minnesota Gophers could help define this young team.
Though Wisconsin men’s basketball lost three starters from last year’s Sweet 16 team, the expectations are high in Madison as the Badgers into Saturday’s regular season opener against Kennesaw State.
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