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BASKETBALL

Number Crunchers: How UW can take down Kentucky

By Jack Baer and Thomas Valtin-Erwin | Apr. 3, 2015

For better or worse, this Kentucky team is going to be remembered for a long time.

BASKETBALL

Meet the Juggernaut: A cheat sheet for the Kentucky roster

By Jack Baer | Mar. 31, 2015

Before we get into the nitty-gritty of the Kentucky roster, it’s worth noting just how deep head coach John Calipari enjoys going into his treasure trove of five-star recruits. If you were to make a list of every player in Saturday’s game and order them by the percentage of minutes played for their team, the Top 5 would be entirely Wisconsin players and spots 6 through 13 would be entirely Kentucky. Wisconsin’s most used lineup is on the court 48.3 percent of the time; Kentucky’s is used just 13.1 percent.

BASKETBALL

Back to the Final Four: Badgers beat Arizona once again

By Jack Baer | Mar. 28, 2015

LOS ANGELES—The teams were the same, the round was the same, the region was the same, the next opponent turned out to be the same. Sam Dekker was different.

BASKETBALL

Badgers survive and advance in thrilling win over Tar Heels

By Jack Baer | Mar. 26, 2015

LOS ANGELES— No one ever said making the Elite Eight was easy. Well, except maybe Kentucky.

COLUMNS

NIT excitement proves shorter shot clock helps college basketball

By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Jack Baer | Mar. 26, 2015

The amount of time it takes to read this sentence out loud could save college basketball.

SPORTS

UW goes on the hunt this weekend against Wildcats

By Molly Reppen and Jacob Hams | Mar. 26, 2015

After being swept by Purdue last weekend, Wisconsin (0-3 Big Ten, 13-16 overall) looks to bounce back this weekend against Northwestern (3-0, 15-11).

BASKETBALL

Badgers eye return trip to Final Four

By Jack Baer | Mar. 25, 2015

Stop if you’ve heard this before: There’s a good chance senior guard Traevon Jackson will play next game. However, this could finally be his return.

FOOTBALL

New faces kick off the Paul Chryst Era

By Jake Powers | Mar. 25, 2015

After an offseason punctuated by coaching changes, a scramble to repair a recruiting class in peril and the departure of perhaps the best running back in program history, the Badgers can now focus on what’s important: playing football.

COLUMNS

NBA playoffs crowns a more deserving champ than March Madness

By Grey Satterfield | Mar. 25, 2015

March Madness is in full swing, but I’m not talking about the NCAA tournament, I’m talking about the race for the NBA playoffs.

BASKETBALL

Gearing up for a Sweet second weekend

By Molly Reppen and The Daily Cardinal sports staff | Mar. 23, 2015

MIDWEST

SPORTS

Badgers swept by Purdue in Big Ten opener

By Ben Schultz and Ashley Maag | Mar. 23, 2015

The Badgers (0-3 Big Ten, 13-16 overall) had a rough start to their opening Big Ten play as they were swept by the Purdue Boilermakers (3-0, 22-9) in all three games of their weekend series. Wisconsin struggled to hit the ball, recording only five total hits in series compared to the 21 from Purdue.

BASKETBALL

UW plucks Ducks, advances to the Sweet 16

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 22, 2015

OMAHA, Neb.—Locked in an intense NCAA Tournament battle with the Oregon Ducks for a second consecutive year, the Wisconsin Badgers desperately needed someone to deliver a huge second-half performance to keep their dreams of a national title alive.

BASKETBALL

Rematch with Oregon lacking in familiar faces

By Jack Baer | Mar. 21, 2015

In case you haven’t heard, the No. 1-seeded Badgers (32-3 overall) are playing No. 8-seed Oregon in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32 for the second year in a row. The Badgers return almost the same team. The Ducks? Not so much.

BASKETBALL

Badgers go postal on Coastal Carolina

By Zach Rastall and Kelly Kallien | Mar. 20, 2015

OMAHA, Neb.—The Wisconsin Badgers’ performance Friday night wasn’t their best or most exciting of the season, but it was still more than enough to send them into the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS

Wisconsin iced out in Frozen Four with loss to Minnesota

By Lorin Cox | Mar. 20, 2015

It is fitting that the last two rounds of the NCAA tournament are called the Frozen Four. As the Badgers fell to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Wisconsin had a frozen four of their own - their senior forwards. Brittany Ammerman, Blayre Turnbull, Karley Sylvester and Katy Josephs each put shots on the net, but none of them could put points on the board in their team’s 1-3 loss.

BASKETBALL

Final Four return trip starts Friday against Coastal Carolina

By Zach Rastall | Mar. 20, 2015

The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers’ quest for a national title begins this weekend in Omaha, Neb., where they’ll likely still be without the services of senior guard Traevon Jackson.

HOCKEY

Season ends with whimper in 5-1 loss to Michigan

By Andrew Tucker | Mar. 19, 2015

DETROIT—Wisconsin’s season ended Thursday night much the way it went all year: being outplayed and outscored. The Badgers (2-15-3 Big Ten, 4-26-5 overall) lost 5-1 to Michigan (13-8-0, 21-14-0) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

SOFTBALL

Wisconsin kicks off Big Ten play against pitching-heavy Purdue

By Jacob Hams | Mar. 18, 2015

Wisconsin (13-13 overall) will look to carry the momentum from last weekend’s strong four-win performance into Big Ten play. The Badgers begin their conference season in a three-game series at Purdue (19-9) this weekend.

COLUMNS

Chris Borland retiring for the right reasons, and that should worry the NFL

By Lorin Cox | Mar. 18, 2015

Brian Urlacher, Patrick Willis and Ray Lewis. When you think of the great middle linebackers of our era, those three come to mind. They were game-changing players who are headed to the hall of fame.

FOOTBALL

Former Badger LB Borland retires due to head injury concerns

By Jake Powers | Mar. 16, 2015

Former Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland told “Outside the Lines” Monday that he is retiring from the NFL after just one season with the San Francisco 49ers, citing unease about the potential long-term health effects of brain trauma as the reason for his departure.Borland, who was primed to start at inside linebacker for the 49ers after a strong rookie campaign and the retirement of veteran linebacker Patrick Willis last week, told “Outside the Lines” that he’s currently in good health. His primary concerns centered on living a normal life after football, without being hampered by neurological diseases that have struck former NFL players."I'm concerned that if you wait till you have symptoms, it's too late ... There are a lot of unknowns. I can't claim that X will happen. I just want to live a long healthy life, and I don't want to have any neurological diseases or die younger than I would otherwise,” Borland told “Outside the Lines.”The 24-year-old Borland’s announcement comes as a shock to both 49er and Badger fans alike, but the implications for the NFL’s handling of brain-related injuries could be enormous.The NFL recently scuffled in its plan to reach a class action settlement with former players who have filed suit with the league seeking compensation for neurological diseases that have developed as a result of playing football. Borland’s decision could be one more step in young players deciding to never have to be on the bad end of that negotiating table.