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Given previous success, Badgers are villains against RIT in Frozen Four

By Nico Savidge | Apr. 6, 2010

It's the perfect Cinderella story: the small hockey program comes to the NCAA hockey tournament as an unheralded underdog from a weak conference, playing in a bracket that features the powerhouse many experts picked to win the national title. Despite those doubters and long odds, however, the team rallies to not only defeat that heavily-favored squad, but earns itself a trip to the Frozen Four. Just like that, the little school that could is two wins away from a national title.

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Badgers on their way to Frozen Four in Detroit

By Ben Breiner | Apr. 5, 2010

ST. PAUL, Minn.—It didn't seem to matter whether they started fast or struggled at the start. Both times they took the ice, the games came down to tense, close final periods as playoff hockey often does. And at the end of the weekend, after dealing with a familiar foe and a team just lucky to be there, they finally reached a goal that was both aimed for at season's start and in some ways expected.

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Special teams drive UW past Vermont and SCS

By Nico Savidge | Apr. 5, 2010

ST. PAUL, Minn.—In one game at the NCAA West Regional it was the power play, the next it was the penalty kill, but one of the key factors that punched Wisconsin's ticket to the Frozen Four was the Badgers' strength on special teams.

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UW wins two of three over break

By Emma Condon | Apr. 5, 2010

The Wisconsin men's tennis team recorded its first two Big Ten wins this season with victories over No. 40 Indiana and Michigan State but stumbled in a tight 4-3 battle against Michigan.

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State unemployment rate jumps to 9.7 percent in February

By The Daily Cardinal | Apr. 5, 2010

Overall non-seasonally adjusted unemployment increased to 9.7 percent in February, up from January's rate of 9.6 percent.

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Regular season success no cure for postseason disappointments

By Scott Kellogg | Mar. 24, 2010

After watching my final Wisconsin basketball game as a student Sunday, I cannot help but feel a sour taste in my mouth. This bitter flavor is not just a product of Cornell blowing by the Badgers in the NCAA Tournament; it stems from season after season of Wisconsin coming up short in the postseason far more often than it should.

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APRIL FOOLS': Ryan's ""Terminator"" knees give him unfair advantage, coaches say

By Miles Dyson | Mar. 24, 2010

The NCAA may soon be coming down on Bo Ryan, and judging by the talent he has brought in of late, it probably won't be for illicit recruiting.

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Fans put too much stock in March Madness losses

By Ben Breiner | Mar. 24, 2010

In the minds of anyone who watches college basketball, NCAA Tournament losses stand apart.

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APRIL FOOLS': Hockey players nabbed on 'To Catch a Predator'

By Poops McGee | Mar. 24, 2010

Three Wisconsin men's hockey players were mistakenly arrested during a taping of the NBC program ""Dateline"" when their trashy playoff mustaches attracted the attention of police officers on the lookout for pedophiles.

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APRIL FOOLS': UW's biggest problem: Press boxes are cold!

By John Pounder: Pound for Pound | Mar. 24, 2010

This column is part three in John Pounder's at-least-12-part series on press box temperatures, which will run from now until he sheds his mangina.

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Catamounts first test as Badgers start NCAAs

By Parker Gabriel | Mar. 24, 2010

Through the regular season and WCHA Tournament, Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves and his players often referenced ""intermediate goals,"" from hosting a first round playoff series to finishing in the top three of the WCHA to earning an extra day off in the Final Five. Now, with the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament looming, those intermediate goals have been replaced with immediate ones that the team must accomplish to fulfill the ultimate goal of bringing a national championship home to Madison.

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West Regional kicks off chase for title

By Ben Breiner | Mar. 24, 2010

For the Wisconsin men's hockey team, the road to the Frozen Four starts here. The Badgers will begin the NCAA tournament against Vermont Friday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minn., knowing that they are four wins away from claiming their seventh national title.

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Illinois squeaks by Wisconsin in opener

By Molly Reppen and Emma Condon | Mar. 23, 2010

The Wisconsin men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the conference season in Sunday's opener at the hands of No. 11 Illinois in a heart-wrenching 4-3 decision.

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Badgers earn No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament

By Parker Gabriel | Mar. 23, 2010

Rivalry aside, the Twin Cities might be starting to feel a lot like home for the Wisconsin men's hockey team. The Badgers learned Sunday that they would be the top seed in the West Regional, hosted at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. This marks the third time in the last four weekends that the Badgers will play in the metropolitan area, and the second straight at the Xcel.

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UW shut down by one goalie before overmatching the next

By Nico Savidge | Mar. 22, 2010

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wisconsin men's hockey team faced two very different goaltenders at the WCHA Final Five.

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Badgers take third place in Final Five

By Parker Gabriel | Mar. 22, 2010

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With four of the top six teams in the country taking the ice at the Xcel Energy Center after becoming familiar with each other throughout the regular season, execution and energy stood as the main determinants.

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Badgers bounced by Vermont in first round of NCAAs

By Mark Bennett and Clay Thomas | Mar. 22, 2010

The Wisconsin women's basketball team, appearing in its first NCAA tournament game since 2002, had a strong amount of momentum heading into Sunday's first round matchup against Vermont. However, the Badgers ran into a Catamount team with veteran leadership, strong poise, and stellar shooting, and fell to Vermont, 64-55.

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Cornell's hot shooting blows away UW

By Scott Kellogg | Mar. 22, 2010

They say defense wins championships, but having a good offense doesn't hurt either.

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Badgers face Vermont in first NCAA contest in eight years

By Mark Bennett | Mar. 19, 2010

The Wisconsin women's basketball team, receiving its first NCAA tournament bid since 2002 and just seventh overall, were handsomely rewarded for their strong efforts all season with a seventh seed. The Badgers take on the No. 10 seed Vermont Catamounts Sunday at noon in South Bend, Ind.

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UW won't beat UK to get to Elite Eight

By Jack Doyle | Mar. 19, 2010

March Madness is finally upon us and I couldn't be more excited. The Badgers have a No. 4 seed, there are no clear-cut favorites besides Kansas and there are a plethora of upsets waiting to happen—it's going to be a fantastic tournament. That being said I'm still a little disappointed with the chance of any Big Ten team making a deep run. What follows is my attempt to be a Joe Lunardi-wannabe in analyzing the Big Ten's Big Dance possibilities.