INDIANAPOLIS—Rob Wilson’s Wisconsin career hasn’t exactly been the stuff of legend. While the senior guard came to Madison as a highly touted recruit, his four years in a Badger uniform had not exactly lived up to expectations.
Having finished off the regular season in style with three straight conference victories, Wisconsin men’s basketball now heads down to Indianapolis to begin what it hopes is an extended postseason run. Just a year after being upset in the Big Ten quarterfinals by Penn State, the Badgers (12-6 Big Ten, 23-8 overall) will likely enter Friday’s quarterfinal matchup with Indiana (11-7, 25-7) as a slight underdog.
After wins in four of its last five games, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (11-15-2 WCHA, 16-16-2 overall) is heading into its WCHA playoff series at No. 9 Denver this weekend playing at its best hockey of the season.
The WCHA champion and No. 1 seeded Wisconsin women’s hockey team (23-2-2 WCHA, 31-4-2 overall) will host Mercyhurst (8-1-3 CHA, 23-7-3 overall) in the NCAA quarterfinals this weekend at the Kohl Center.
Head coach Bo Ryan has been in the business of college basketball for a long time. That’s why when a reporter tried to ask if he had any regrets about losing out on a share of the Big Ten regular season title, Ryan didn’t even let him finish the question.
Something great happened at the Daytona 500 a few weeks ago.
Encouraged by its results at the end of the regular season the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (11-15-2 WCHA, 16-16-2 overall) heads into it’s road WCHA playoff series with No. 9 Denver (16-8-4, 21-11-4) with what head coach Mike Eaves calls “legitimate” confidence.
The familiar Wisconsin vs. Minnesota rivalry made its way to Indianapolis for the first round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Thursday. A Minnesota team eager to avenge a home loss to the Badgers in the regular season left no doubt about who would advance to the second round, ending Wisconsin’s season with a 81-49 romp.
The No. 14/15 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (11-6 Big Ten, 22-8 overall) will close out its regular season Sunday at the Kohl Center against the Illinois Fighting Illini (6-10, 17-12).
In its last series of the regular season the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (10-14-2 WCHA, 15-15-2 overall) is looking to continue building on its current momentum as it travels west for a matchup with its bitter border rival No. 4 Minnesota (19-7-0, 23-11-1).
If it weren’t for a trip to Toys ‘R’ Us early in their childhood, Wisconsin women’s hockey senior forward Brooke Ammerman and sophomore forward Brittany Ammerman might never have stepped onto a hockey rink.
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team (5-11 Big Ten, 9-19 overall) hopes that its emotions and momentum following Sunday’s Senior Night win against Illinois carries into the Big Ten Tournament, as the Badgers face off against Minnesota (6-10, 14-16) in the first round.
The No. 14/15 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (10-6 Big Ten, 21-8 overall), fresh off a resume-padding win against Ohio State in Columbus, will now set its sights on longtime rival Minnesota (5-11, 17-12) in the first of two consecutive home games to finish out the regular season.
IOWA CITY, Iowa—Matt Gatens came into Thursday’s game against No. 15 Wisconsin (9-6 Big Ten, 20-8 overall) shooting 40 percent from three-point range, so when his first attempt found the bottom of the net, it did not come as a surprise.
Playing away from Madison has not been kind to the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (8-14-2 WCHA, 13-15-2 overall) this season, but it will try to improve on its dismal road record this weekend as it travels north to face Bemidji State (9-12-3, 15-14-3) hoping to build momentum for the postseason.
Talk to members of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team about the first round of the WCHA playoffs this weekend against Minnesota State, and a similar theme emerges in how they refer to the start of postseason hockey.
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