From tournament runs to top five upsets, Wisconsin's best sports moments of the year
By Daily Cardinal Staff | Apr. 26, 2018Football Within the span of just over three minutes versus Michigan, touchdowns from wide receivers A.J.
Football Within the span of just over three minutes versus Michigan, touchdowns from wide receivers A.J.
Men's Basketball: Hayes delivers dagger into Nova's repeat bid With 20.3 seconds remaining and the No. 8 seed Badgers tied 62-62 against the No. 1 overall seed Villanova Wildcats, Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard called a timeout, looking to draw up the most important set piece of the Badgers’ season.
By several different measures, this was arguably the greatest semester in Wisconsin athletic history. The football team went from unranked all the way up to No. 8 in the country, providing plenty of heart-stopping moments along the way and coming up just shy of a Big Ten title and a College Football Playoff berth. The volleyball team earned its first ever No. 1 ranking before falling in heart-breaking fashion in the Elite Eight.
Penn State Come early April, Penn State fans may be calling Happy Valley, Hockey Valley. The Nittany Lions are unbeaten in their last 13 games and have only suffered one loss in their 15 games on the ice this season. Penn State’s success is, in large part, due to sophomore forward Andrew Sturtz.
Ohio State Buckeyes Coming off of a loss to Indiana on Nov. 5, their third in four games, Ohio State’s chances of making a third-consecutive Sweet 16 appeared slim.
The French House, a francophone cultural center and private residence hall located just off campus, brought members of the public together Monday in support of lives lost during recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
The city’s Plan Commission unanimously approved a conversion of an auto repair shop to a new restaurant-brewpub, laying the groundwork for expanded opportunity for the Regent Street neighborhood. The Regent Street Brewpub, pegged for the 1300 block of Regent Street, will have a 58-person outdoor seating area, though the city’s current zoning code will not allow for alcohol in the outdoor dining area on football Saturdays. The restaurant also includes a reception hall for special events during football Saturdays, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association high school football tournament and the Crazylegs Classic race.