No. 2 Wisconsin will wrap up the first half of its season against Bemidji State this weekend at LaBahn Arena.
Finding a rhythm is the hardest part of early-season basketball. The Badgers, however, were dancing to their own beat Thursday night in a win over Boston College.
Sports are an entertaining spectacle. But there are those dull days when the expected results fall one-by-one into place.
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team (4-2 overall) will try to improve their home court perfection this Thursday against Boston College in the seventh annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
When you think of a matchup between No. 8 Wisconsin (8-0) and Virginia (7-1), the word “slow” might jump immediately to your mind. But “low scoring?” With the way the Badgers are scoring this year, maybe not.
Redshirt senior Chris Borland was already named Big Ten Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year, the award coming on the heels of one of the best defensive careers in Badger history.
Ultimately, sports are about one thing: winning. Despite the countless parallels and analogies that can be drawn from sports, one team wins and one team loses. We play and watch sports to see who is the best.
Men’s Basketball
The No. 13 Wisconsin women’s volleyball team (12-8 Big Ten, 23-9 overall) is going to the big dance for the first time in six years, hosting first- and second-round matches Friday and Saturday night at the UW Field House.
No. 2 Wisconsin (8-2-2 WCHA, 12-2-2 overall) kept their unbeaten streak alive over the weekend, picking up a tie and a win in a road series against Minnesota-Duluth (5-5-3, 7-5-3).
MINNEAPOLIS — Saturday at Mariucci Arena, it all came down to one play.
It wasn't the battle the Badgers were expecting, but it was a battle they got.
Even the uglier wins look better when they take place on the Mexican coastline.
Winter is coming fast in Wisconsin, as is the end of college football's regular season.
Ending one of its most successful seasons to date, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team (4-3-0 Big Ten, 14-5-2 overall) fell 4-0 to No. 3-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-1-3 ACC, 13-1-6) in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
For the first time in over a month, No. 2 Wisconsin was unable to complete a weekend sweep over its opponent, coming away with a tie and a win against conference opponent No. 4 North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D.
The Badgers (11-7 Big Ten, 22-8 overall) traveled to the Great Lakes state for a pair of matches this weekend, coming out with two solid wins against ranked opponents.
The men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished their seasons strongly this weekend at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.
The win or go home mentality is what makes the postseason in any sport so compelling and so thrilling. In collegiate athletics, many senior players have reached their peak and will never play a competitive match again.
Wisconsin women's basketball (3-1 overall) suffered their first loss of the season to the Alabama Crimson Tide, 70-62. This was Alabama's (1-3) first win of the season.
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