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Nigel Hayes became a star while at UW, dazzling on the court while being outspoken about issues in the Madison community. 
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Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig extend season, college careers with crunch-time performances

By Ben Pickman | Mar. 17, 2017

BUFFALO — Like elite runners in a 4-man relay race, the No. 8 seed Wisconsin Badgers (26-9) know the importance of a good handoff. Senior guard Bronson Koenig might have carried UW’s baton for most of its 84-74 victory over Virginia Tech (22-11) Thursday night, but when the Badgers needed a play most, Koenig passed the baton off to senior forward Nigel Hayes and let Hayes take Wisconsin to the finish line. Leading by only one point with 2:25 to play, Hayes received a pass from sophomore swingman Khalil Iverson on the left block.

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Drive for five: Wisconsin Badgers must stay out of penalty box, stay true to themselves to advance to title game

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Mar. 16, 2017

In each of the last three years, Wisconsin has advanced to the Frozen Four, needing just two wins in three days to capture a national title. And in each of those three years the Badgers have lost to archrival Minnesota. It’s a history that’s inescapable for Wisconsin (32-2-4 overall), even as they prepare to face a new semifinal opponent, the Boston College Eagles (28-5-5). It’s also a history that the team has embraced in their preparations for this year. “We're running stadiums in the summertime and our strength coach is yelling about doing one more just to make it past the semifinal game,” senior defenseman Jenny Ryan said.

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Changing the playbook: Coaches must bear burden of sexual assault prevention education, advocates say

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Mar. 15, 2017

The Minnesota football case was a microcosm of many of the issues surrounding athletics and sexual violence. Most profoundly evident in both the disturbing reports of the incident and in the boycott itself was the potential danger of that close-knit, familial bond among teammates. Jessica Luther, author of “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape,” says that when that team mentality goes unsupervised, it can have horrifying consequences.

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Examining the NCAA Tournament teams' chances in a football bracket

By Andrew Tucker | Mar. 14, 2017

With some calling to expand college football’s four-team playoff, I say why not go whole hog and play an exact replica of this year’s March Madness bracket on the gridiron. I’ll be deciding these games by examining the 2016 resumes of the teams in the tournament, and close calls are my personal opinion. With none of the four College Football Playoff teams in this tournament field, it’s wide open for the taking.

If Wisconsin wants to make a deep tournament run, they will have to take down college basketball Goliaths along the way. 
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One more shining moment? Wisconsin Badgers' seniors take final shot at March Madness run

By Ben Pickman | Mar. 13, 2017

Vitto Brown almost never wears his two Final Four rings. He knows where they are—in a mural of his athletic achievements at his house in Bowling Green, Ohio—but the rings, for now, are just museum relics on display for visitors of the Brown house to marvel at. Over the past two years, Brown—who still uses his 2014 Final Four backpack—has come to fully appreciate UW’s 2014 and 2015 deep tournament runs.

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NCAA Tournament preview: Revisiting the Badgers' brightest moments from a rollercoaster season of ups and downs

By David Gwidt | Mar. 13, 2017

Happ goes off at the Garden: Under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, redshirt sophomore Ethan Happ walked onto one of the most hallowed floors in all of basketball and took center stage, delivering his best performance of the season. In Wisconsin’s 61-54 overtime victory over Rutgers, Happ carried the load on both ends, torching the Scarlet Knights for a career-high 32 points while also anchoring the defense with two blocks. On a night when scoring woes nearly cost Wisconsin the game, it was up to Happ to keep his team alive.

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