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Badger Hockey is playing itself out of contention
With two full weekends to play before the conference tournament, the Badgers had one task in front of them: get a couple points from the faltering Gophers in order to improve upon or maintain their twelfth-place ranking in the PairWise Rankings.Sadly, the Gophers found their offense again this weeken...
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April 21, 2008
Badgers will meet the Spartans tomorrow
The Big Ten Tournament -- which is apparently the worst ever -- rolls on, and the Badgers will get their chance to put together the State of Michigan Sweep tomorrow when they take on Michigan State. The tip is at 12:40 pm (Central time) and the game will be aired on CBS, not the Big Ten Network. I ...
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April 20, 2008
Wisconsin will face Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament
Early this afternoon, the Michigan Wolverines outsmacked Iowa in the opening game of the Big Ten Tournament, coming away with a glorious 55-47 victory. And by glorious I clearly mean stupefyingly dull; 12 minutes with a field goal? COMBINED?! Wow. Maize 'N' Brew talks about the Wolverines running t...
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March 29, 2008
Badgers overcome Spartans, officiating
49 fouls. 56 free throws. Four Spartans fouling out. Three fouls called on three-point attempts (two of which actually sunk, leading to four-point plays). This is what the Big Ten puts forth when the entire nation is watching? Seriously? Ed Hightower and his gang of whistle-blowing goons ought to...
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March 29, 2008
Post-season awards and tournament projections
When the two groups conflict, choose the media over the coaches. It holds true in polling, unfortunately -- the Badgers are #6 in the eyes of the coaches (or whoever's actually submitting ballots on their behalf) and #8 in the AP. Those single-digit numbers have been deemed "glorious" by most.Wisco...
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March 25, 2008
A bit of Ikegwuonu clarification
Yesterday's post about Jack Ikegwuonu's non-statements to the media was pretty widely linked. Before I move on to addressing the fact that OMG OMG ONLY THREE WEEKS TILL FOOTBALL I feel like I ought to talk about a couple of things.First and foremost, Andy Baggot had a good column in the Wisconsin St...
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March 18, 2008
Brett Favre: a career in video games
Of all the encomiums to our venerable former quarterback, this one might just be the most offbeat. (via Football Outsiders)
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March 17, 2008
Rising to the top on Senior Night
The team. This year, it's all about the team.Don't get me wrong -- last year was about the team, too. But this year there aren't any superstars to promote. This year there wasn't another clear favorite in the conference; there was no Oden/Conley connection, there was no 37-1 Illinois team, there w...
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March 17, 2008
Outright championship is official: Wisconsin 65, Northwestern 52
The Badgers had no problems whatsoever with the Wildcats as they secured a double-digit victory in front of what essentially amounted to a home crowd in Evanston (Matt LePay said that 80% of the crowd was wearing red and emphasized that this was a pretty conservative estimate). Bring on the Big Ten ...
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March 16, 2008
Penn State at Wisconsin -- 8 pm, Big Ten Network
There's not much good to say about Penn State basketball these days: they don't win much, and their only win of note this year came at home against Michigan State, a team that's known to become Mr. Hyde when it leaves East Lansing (that is, if Mr. Hyde was 5'2", 97 pounds). Penn State has lost to Mi...
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March 16, 2008
Thank you, Spartans: Big Ten now a two-horse race
Michigan State put up 59 points in the first half against Indiana and never looked back, reaching triple digits in a home win over the Hoosiers.So now it all comes down to Wisconsin and Purdue. Penn State visits the Badgers on Wednesday, then the Badgers close out the season on the road at Northwest...
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March 16, 2008
2008 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket is set
Michigan almost kept things interesting this afternoon, but midway through the second half Purdue pulled away and wound up beating the Wolverines, securing the #2 seed in the conference tourney as a result. Michigan will play #8 seed Iowa at 11 am on Thursday to tip this thing off, and the Badgers w...
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March 16, 2008
Hockey Badgers lose home ice
Just like last night, North Dakota and St. Cloud State skated to a tie on Saturday, giving St. Cloud one point and putting them in a tie for fourth place in the WCHA with Minnesota State. Since MSU-Mankato went 2-0-0 against St. Cloud, the Mavericks will be the #4 seed and St. Cloud will be #5. Tha...
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March 16, 2008
The Big Dance: Crank Dat
It pretty much needs to be up on this site: Bo Ryan does the Soulja Boy. YOUUUUU!!!!!
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March 16, 2008
Bracket tip courtesy of the Big East Tournament
Pick all of these teams to bow out early because they ain't that good. West Virginia squeaks by Providence and they're a lock all of a sudden? Seriously? And the Big Ten is the conference that's "down?"If that conference gets two teams to the Sweet Sixteen it'll be a miracle.
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March 13, 2008
Badger basketball takes on Sparta tomorrow
Wisconsin meets Michigan State for their only meeting of the year on Thursday. The game tips off at 8 pm Central at the Kohl Center and will be broadcast on ESPN2, not the Big Ten Network, so you can actually, y'know, watch it. Speaking of the BTN and MSU, head coach Tom Izzo is a bit nonplussed ab...
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March 12, 2008
Wisconsin Badgers Football 2007 Preview: the Offense
Your starting quarterback: Tyler Donovan. A redshirt senior from Hartland, Donovan has one year to be the guy for the Badgers. A backup to John Stocco, Donovan was called into service at the end of the 2006 season, starting the Badgers' wins against Iowa and Buffalo. He performed admirably, finish...
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March 06, 2008
Preseason bong hits with Kirk Herbstreit
Lighter? Check. Peyote? Check. List-makin' pen? Double check! LET'S DO THIS!Ol' Kirk is handing out the Herbies today; let's run down his list:Travis Beckum is rated as the fourth-best tight end nationwide.Jonathon Casillas finds his way to #5 on the outside linebackers list, subtitled "all over th...
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March 02, 2008
Badger basketball: they could win the Big Ten again
Overall, you have to be impressed with this year's edition of the Badger hoops team: they lost superstar Alando Tucker and sharpshooter Kammron Taylor and have still managed to play their way to a top-ten ranking during the last weekend of February. Currently, they sit atop the Big Ten standings, ti...
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February 28, 2008
Eight days to go ...
The anticipation is building! Just eight more days till kickoff.It's tough to sit still long enough to write anything substantive. Jeff Potrykus has a better look at the depth chart than most and lays out the storylines at many positions particularly well. He also gives a prediction in the form of ...
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February 12, 2008
Wisconsin Badgers 2007 Football Preview: the Defense and Special Teams
The season looms ... time runs short ... not much time for a preview. Sorry.Your starting defensive tackles: Jason Chapman, Mike Newkirk, and Nick Hayden. On the depth chart, Chapman and Hayden are listed as the starters, but these three will rotate in throughout the course of the game. They will ...
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February 01, 2008
Cue Doba: A Washington State-Wisconsin preview
Sometimes you go slummin' and you schedule a team like UNLV or the Citadel. You know it's going to be ugly, the fans know it's going to be ugly, the players on both sides of the field know it's going to be ugly.And other times you go slummin' and you schedule a team that performs like UNLV or the Ci...
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February 01, 2008
Badger forward Kevin Gullikson cited for underage drinking
Lest you think that the football players are the only ones having any fun ...University of Wisconsin men's basketball player Kevin Gullikson received a citation early Saturday morning for underage drinking.According to the UW Police Department, he was picked up at 1:25 a.m. and had an alcohol level o...
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January 27, 2008
Badger football starts the season at #7 in the AP poll
Just like in the Coaches Poll. It's exciting that expectations for this team are so high. After watching the Packers demolish the Seahawks 48-13, it's finally time to acknowledge that we need to fast-forward through the remainder of August and get football season going.I do enjoy the AP's new polic...
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January 25, 2008
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