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Wisconsin stunned by Nebraska at Big Ten Tournament

By Jake Powers | Mar. 11, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS — On the eve of Thursday evening’s matchup between Wisconsin and Nebraska at the Big Ten Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Cornhusker head coach Tim Miles made a prediction. “It’s Greg Gard’s first day on the job officially, so I’m sure he will be nervous, and hopefully we can take advantage of that,” Miles said at his postgame press conference after beating Rutgers 89-72 in the first round of the conference tournament.

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Battle-tested Badgers ready for Nebraska, Big Ten Tournament

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 10, 2016

To capture a second consecutive Big Ten Tournament title, Wisconsin will have to win four games in four days.

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Brust finds new life around basketball

By Ethan Levy | Mar. 10, 2016

After numerous years of youth basketball, four years at the high school level, four years of college ball and one year of professional basketball, the game starts to become the only job you know.

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Wisconsin Football Pro Day 2016: Badgers aim to display versatility, improvement

By Lorin Cox | Mar. 10, 2016

When NFL hopefuls are competing and trying to make themselves more appealing to pro scouts, coaches and executives, they have to find every way possible to contribute on the field and offer value to a team. At the Wisconsin Pro Day Wednesday at the McClain Center, many of the Badgers headed for the draft did just that.

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Big Ten Tournament preview: Breaking down the top-five seeds

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Mar. 9, 2016

With the Big Ten Tournament starting Wednesday, The Daily Cardinal takes a look at the powers of the conference who will likely make some noise this week.

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Wisconsin Football Pro Day 2016: Official Results

By Lorin Cox | Mar. 9, 2016

Below are official results from Wisconsin football's 2016 Pro Day. NFL personnel from 26 teams were in attendance Wednesday at the McClain Center.

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Greg Gard formally introduced as head coach

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 8, 2016

Greg Gard waited nearly three decades for this moment, so there wasn’t much harm in holding off for a few minutes longer. After arriving a few minutes late — the UW band ended up playing “On, Wisconsin!” five times while waiting — Gard finally made his way to the podium, where he was formally introduced as the 16th head coach in the history of Wisconsin men’s basketball Tuesday afternoon. “Well, it took me 26 years to get here, so I figured why not just drag it on a little longer,” Gard joked about his late arrival, which he attributed to a slow elevator ride. But once he was there, he went down his long laundry list of people to thank for helping him along the way.

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Column: Lovie Smith hire helps bring coaching balance to Big Ten

By Jake Powers | Mar. 8, 2016

At the beginning of Kirk Ferentz’s head coaching tenure at Iowa, people were stocking their bomb shelters with Chef Boyardee ravioli to avoid the inevitable catastrophe Y2K would surely wreak on all of humanity.

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UW coaches prepare for final weeks of season

By Ben Leadholm | Mar. 8, 2016

Women’s Hockey No. 2 Wisconsin (24-3-1 WCHA, 34-3-1 overall) clinched back-to-back WCHA Final Face-Off titles, defeating No. 18 Minnesota-Duluth (10-17-1, 15-21-1) 5-0 and No. 3 Minnesota (24-3-1, 32-4-1) 1-0 in Minneapolis, Minn.

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Timeline: Greg Gard gets his chance

By The Daily Cardinal sports staff | Mar. 8, 2016

Editor's Note: Longtime Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan stepped down Dec. 15 after the Badgers beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi Dec.

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Greg Gard named Wisconsin's permanent head coach

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 7, 2016

Back in mid-December when Bo Ryan stepped down and Greg Gard was named Wisconsin’s interim head coach, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez expressed his intention to hold a nationwide search for a permanent head coach once the season ended. Ultimately, that wasn’t necessary, as he never had to look outside of Madison to find Ryan’s long-term successor. Gard was officially named UW’s permanent head coach Monday night after the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved his contract.

After outscoring its opponents 16-0, UW claimed its second-straight WCHA tournament championship.

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‘We walk out of this building the WCHA champs’

By Jessi Schoville | Mar. 6, 2016

MINNEAPOLIS — “We walk out of this building the WCHA champs,” said head coach Mark Johnson. The Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team (33-3-1), led by stellar defense and unworldly goaltending, took down the Minnesota Golden Gophers (32-4-1) Sunday afternoon in the WCHA Final Face-Off by a score of 1-0. “We didn’t score and when you don’t score it makes it really difficult to win and credit them for that,” Minnesota head coach Brad Frost said postgame.

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Badgers fall on the road to No. 15 Purdue

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 6, 2016

With their lengthy, deep frontcourt, the Purdue Boilermakers are a force to be reckoned with in the post on any given night.

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Badgers fall to the Beavers, then battle back to blank Fresno State

By Kelly Ward | Mar. 6, 2016

Saturday, the Wisconsin softball team (9-9) played its third and fourth games of the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif., where it faced two ranked opponents.

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Wisconsin, Purdue square off in regular-season finale

By Matt Tragesser | Mar. 6, 2016

With its final regular season game remaining, Wisconsin (12-5 Big Ten, 20-10 overall) has to feel pretty good about the situation they are currently in. After throttling Minnesota Wednesday, the Badgers clinched at least a fourth place finish in the Big Ten for the 15th consecutive year and secured a seventh consecutive season with at least 12 Big Ten conference wins.

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Wisconsin holds off No. 14 Penn State on Senior Night

By Bobby Ehrlich | Mar. 5, 2016

The Badgers (2-12-4-2 Big Ten, 7-17-8 overall) did their best to give away another potential victory, but hung on to defeat the Nittany Lions (10-7-1, 20-10-4) on Senior Night by a score of 4-3.

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Balanced Badgers advance to WCHA championship game

By Jessi Schoville | Mar. 5, 2016

MINNEAPOLIS — No. 3 Wisconsin (24-3-1 WCHA, 32-3-1 overall) continued its postseason dominance versus Minnesota-Duluth (10-17-1 WCHA, 15-20-1 overall) Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.

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University review finds Ryan did not inappropriately use university resources over course of affair

By Jake Powers | Mar. 5, 2016

UW-Madison’s Office of Legal Affairs and the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics has determined former Badger head coach Bo Ryan did not improperly use university resources over the course of a previously disclosed extramarital affair, and his Dec. 15 retirement was not a result of a university investigation into the allegation, per a Saturday news release.

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Cardinal Zone - 3.5

By The Daily Cardinal sports staff | Mar. 5, 2016

In this special edition of the Cardinal Zone podcast, sports editor Zach Rastall caught up with MLB.com Dodgers associate reporter Jack Baer and MLB.com Brewers associate reporter Curt Hogg to preview the 2016 baseball season.

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Wisconsin jumps out to encouraging start, then drops second game in Judi Garman Classic

By Ben Leadholm | Mar. 5, 2016

Wisconsin (8-8 overall) split its two games in day one of the Judi Garman Classic, defeating California State Fullerton 3-2 and falling to No. 14 Arizona State 4-1 in Fullerton, Calif., Friday evening.