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FOOTBALL

Gameday: Five things to watch vs. Minnesota

By Zach Rastall | Nov. 27, 2014

1. Gordon rewriting the record books

BASKETBALL

Men's Basketball: Badgers smoke Blazers in Bahamas beatdown

By Jack Baer and Tomissa Porath | Nov. 26, 2014

Wisconsin (5-0) continued its scorched-earth run to begin the season, downing UAB (2-2) 72-43 in their fifth straight win of 20 points or more to begin the season. This was the Badgers' first game in the loaded Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Rivalries fill slate of big games in Week 14

By Matt Tragesser | Nov. 26, 2014

Week 14 remains one of the most important weeks in the college football season as in-state rivalries and crucial division games are played. This week several teams will look to clinch their division and wrap up their last game of the season.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Friendly rivalry motivates D-Line duo

By Lorin Cox | Nov. 26, 2014

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Camp Randall clash to decide West Division

By Jack Baer | Nov. 25, 2014

A multitude of incentives drive the teams of the Big Ten going into this final weekend of the regular season. The bottom teams play for pride, the middle plays for bowl placement, Minnesota and Wisconsin play for the division and Ohio State plays to gratuitiously humiliate Michigan.

COLUMNS

Heisman Watch: Week 14

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 25, 2014

This is the 11th edition of the Heisman Watch, a weekly feature tracking the candidates for college football’s most prestigious award. For last week’s rankings, click here.

SPORTS

Women's Basketball: Badgers fall to Drake despite strong shooting

By Matt Davis | Nov. 24, 2014

The Badgers dropped their second straight game of the season, losing to Drake 89-77. Even though Drake (1-3) was ahead for most of the game, the Badgers (1-2) only trailed the Bulldogs 43-38 at halftime.

HOCKEY

Men's Hockey: UW still scoreless after Colorado road trip

By Andrew Tucker | Nov. 24, 2014

Wisconsin (0-8-0) is still sputtering to start the season, losing two games in Colorado this weekend. They fell against Colorado College on Friday and to No. 10 Denver Saturday.

SPORTS

Cross Country: Both teams place 10th in NCAA Championships

By Melanie Shibley - The Daily Cardinal and Jacob Hams | Nov. 24, 2014

Both the Badger men and women teams registered a tenth place finish in the NCAA Championships in Terra Haute, Indiana this past Saturday, closing out another successful season for one of Wisconsin’s most successful programs.

SPORTS

Volleyball: Win streak reaches 17 games

By Sam Karp | Nov. 24, 2014

No. 2 Wisconsin (17-1 Big Ten, 27-2 overall) completed its season sweep of No. 20 Ohio State (10-8, 19-11) Friday, sweeping the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio. The win extended the Badgers’ win streak to 17 as Wisconsin improved to 9-2 against ranked opponents this season.

BASKETBALL

Men's Basketball: Kaminsky leads UW over Boise State

By Zach Rastall | Nov. 23, 2014

Behind a stellar performance by senior forward Frank Kaminsky, No. 3 Wisconsin cruised to a 78-54 victory over Boise State Saturday night.

FOOTBALL

Badgers hang on against Iowa, 26-24

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 22, 2014

IOWA CITY, Iowa— In a wildly entertaining game, No. 14 Wisconsin knocked off Iowa, 26-24, to set up a winner-take-all game next week against Minnesota for the Big Ten West title.

SPORTS

Women's Soccer: Landmark Wisconsin season ends in NCAA tournament

By Bobby Ehrlich | Nov. 21, 2014

Wisconsin’s historic season came to an end Friday in Tallahassee as the Badgers fell to Central Florida 3-2.

SPORTS

Women's Basketball: Badgers start hot, cool quickly in loss to Vanderbilt

By Matt Tragesser | Nov. 20, 2014

Though the Badgers started off with an explosive 17-2 run against the Vanderbilt Commodores, they ultimately fell 67-58 in Wednesday's contest at the Kohl Center.

COLUMNS

Column: No, Kentucky would not beat the Sixers

By Jack Baer | Nov. 20, 2014

Like many college basketball fans, I tuned into the Champions Classic, watched Kentucky destroy Kansas 74-40 and came away with one very strong conclusion: Kentucky is college basketball’s Death Star this year. They are literally and figuratively the biggest team in the country and it’s going to take perfect execution from something very specific to take them down (I’m thinking outside shooting from stretch forwards).

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Wisconsin controls its own fate as Big Ten championship draws near

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 20, 2014

Last week’s 59-24 drubbing of Nebraska was Wisconsin’s most impressive victory since, well, the previous meeting between those two teams, a 70-31 Badger beatdown in the 2012 Big Ten title game.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Five things to watch

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Nov. 20, 2014

1. Is Joel Stave the final answer at quarterback?

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Iowa’s balance keeps Hawkeyes in West race

By Brian Weidy | Nov. 20, 2014

Usually as a season progresses, teams become more predictable, falling into patterns of play where, on a week-to-week basis, fans and opponents know what to expect. In the case of the Iowa Hawkeyes, that is far from the truth.

COLUMNS

Heisman Watch: Week 13

By Jim Dayton | Nov. 20, 2014

This is the 10th edition (hooray, double digits!) of the Heisman Watch, a weekly feature tracking the candidates for college football’s most prestigious award. For last week’s rankings, click here.

FOOTBALL

Gameday: Buckeyes, Badgers on collision course for Big Ten title game

By Jack Baer | Nov. 20, 2014

Thanks to Wisconsin’s, to put it politely, bulldozing of Nebraska, we now have a clear pitcure of what the Big Ten championship will look like. Ohio State has the East effectively sewn up and the Badgers continue to control their destiny, but now with some brand new safety cushions.