The scoreboard tells you who won, but it won’t tell you who left their home, their family and their entire world behind to represent the Wisconsin Badgers.
As the festivities of the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Capitol Square came to a close in 2007, brothers Jason and John Kenney gathered on the lawn with their hurls in hand, skillfully hitting a sliotar back and forth off the wide end of the stick.
The Wisconsin Badgers softball team swept the Iowa Hawkeyes in its home opener at the Goodman Diamond on Friday and Saturday.
The Wisconsin Badgers women’s rowing team kicked off their spring season on March 15 and 16 at the Cardinal Invitational in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, racing against a competitive field on Melton Hill Lake. Facing national powerhouses and challenging weather conditions, the Badgers tested their pre-season condition in their first races since returning from a January training trip to Florida.
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (13-21-3) fell from a No. 8 pre-season ranking, barely made their way back up to the top 20 then dropped back down at the end of the season. They also had a rough start to the season, going 3-for-10 in the first 10 games.
Top-ranked Wisconsin went into the NCAA Frozen Four in Minnesota’s Ridder Arena this weekend with lofty expectations, seeking their 8th national championship. For many, it was championship or bust. The Badgers had to come from behind in both games, but emerged as national champions.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team overcame the odds all season. But on Saturday evening in Denver, Wisconsin’s unexpected team of sudden destiny ran out of magic.
MINNEAPOLIS — With just three minutes into overtime, a deflected puck off of Ohio State’s Amanda Thiele landed right in front of Kirsten Simms. Without hesitating, the Badger forward nailed the puck into the back of the net.
The Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team is set to take on familiar foe and defending national champion the Ohio State Buckeyes at 3 p.m. in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon.
The Wisconsin Badgers (6-6, 0-4 Big Ten) men’s tennis team came out strong against the No. 17 Michigan Wolverines (9-7, 3-1 Big Ten) on Sunday, claiming the doubles point and building early momentum. But despite leading 3-1 at one stage, the Badgers were unable to hold off the Wolverines’ late surge, falling 4-3 in a closely contested match.
Following their 85-66 first-round win over Montana, No. 3 seed Wisconsin will take on No. 6 seed BYU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. BYU easily dispatched the region’s No. 11 seed VCU and had as much as a 20-point lead in their 80-71 win.
With an 85-66 victory over the 14-seeded Montana Grizzlies Thursday afternoon in Denver, Colorado, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is moving on to the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team drew the No. 3 seed in the East Region of the NCAA March Madness Tournament and will face off against No. 14 seed Montana on March 20.
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will take on the Montana Grizzlies in Denver in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday. Wisconsin is the No. 3 seed in the East Regional, while Montana is the region’s No. 14 seed after winning the Big Sky Tournament on Saturday.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team came just short of a Big Ten title for the second consecutive season, falling to Michigan in a 53-59 defensive showdown. It was a heartbreaker for the Badgers, as Michigan swept them on the season.
The Wisconsin Badgers softball team scored 29 runs against the Illinois Fighting Illini in a three-game away series Friday and Saturday, coming back in the later game on Saturday.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s tennis team (6-5, 0-3 Big Ten) hosted the Michigan State Spartans at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison Friday and were met with a not-so-warm welcome home after their strenuous road trip, falling short by just one point in a 4-3 loss to their next-door rivals.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team's action-packed Big Ten Tournament run came to a screeching end Sunday afternoon in the championship game. Wisconsin led for much of the game but couldn’t fend off a late Michigan Wolverine run, falling late, 59-53.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team played their last game at LaBahn Arena this season, defeating the Clarkson University Golden Knights 4-1 with a trip to Minneapolis and a return to the NCAA Frozen Four on the line.
Earlier this season, Wisconsin fell to UCLA in an 83-85 loss. The Badgers got revenge against the Bruins on Friday, steamrolling past them in an 86-70 rout and advancing to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament for the second consecutive season.
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