One of the finest players in Wisconsin history left the Kohl Center floor for the last time Thursday as cheers cascaded down from a thankful crowd. Blowing valedictory kisses to the crowd, he walked down the bench, giving a hug to each player as his team put the finishing touches on a satisfying victory.
It wasn’t the prettiest send-off, but it’ll certainly do.
To win a single event at the NCAA national championships is a tough task for any athlete up against most of the world’s top college-age competition.
Ethan Happ has seen quite a bit at Wisconsin.
Before the Bo Ryan era, the 16 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, the establishment of Wisconsin as a basketball institution — Stu Jackson threw a whistle.
Wisconsin (9-10-5 Big Ten, 13-16-5 overall) took on Michigan (9-10-5 Big Ten, 13-14-7 overall) in the last night of regular-season college hockey across the country tonight, and won in dramatic fashion 4-3 in overtime.
Annie Pankowski and the Badgers put up plenty of threes this weekend.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: It was a tale of two halves for the Badgers.
Trailing at the half to a team in the bottom half of the Big Ten standings yet again, Wisconsin got another reminder Saturday morning that no game in the conference can be taken for granted.
When senior center Seamus Malone went off for a hooking with two minutes and 28 seconds left in overtime, Wisconsin’s chances of making it to the end of the period looked slim.
A week after being stymied by an elite WCHA goaltender, Wisconsin made sure it wouldn’t happen again.
Four weeks ago, Wisconsin’s women’s hockey team travelled to Bemidji, Minnesota sporting a 16-game unbeaten streak against the Beavers — and promptly dropped the series opener 2-1.
Senior forward Annie Pankowski was named one of three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for the best player in Division 1 women’s college hockey Thursday.
Coming off a blowout loss to Rutgers on Monday, the Wisconsin Badgers (4-12 Big Ten, 13-15 overall) seek revenge for a two point loss against Ohio State (9-7 Big Ten, 13-12 overall) and look to send their seniors out with a win.
After graduating five seniors from a team that produced a respectable 29-23 record in 2018, Wisconsin softball head coach Yvette Healy came into the season with an optimism that suggested more was yet to come from the Badgers.
Wisconsin’s winningest quarterback in school history wants out.
The quarterback has left the building. Senior signal-caller Alex Hornibrook has elected to leave the program and seek a transfer, according to an announcement from head coach Paul Chryst Wednesday afternoon.
After a short run of conference success, Wisconsin (4-12 Big Ten, 13-15 overall) fell in an underwhelming 73-53 road loss to Rutgers (11-5 Big Ten, 19-8 overall) Monday night.
For Wisconsin’s men’s basketball team (11-6 Big Ten, 19-9 overall), Tuesday’s game was a must-win in the race for a top-four conference finish. Against a hungry Indiana Hoosiers team (5-12 Big Ten, 14-14 overall) that had won only one game since January, the No. 19 Badgers fell short, 75-73 in double overtime.
No. 1 Wisconsin’s hopes of becoming the first team in WCHA history to win four consecutive regular season titles were dashed on the season’s final day, as the Badgers (18-4-2 WCHA 28-4-2 overall) were only able to manage a tie against No. 10 Ohio State (12-10-2, 18-12-2).
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