From the bottom of Bascom Hill, it’s easy to have positive thoughts about the upcoming sprint to the top of the University of Wisconsin campus centerpiece.
“You’re looking at it as, ‘This might not be that bad,'” Badgers hockey goaltender Shane Connelly said. “But there’s a little hump over there and you think that’s the top. That’s not the top. You’re not even halfway there.”
….Badgers center Aaron Bendickson remembers curious onlookers giving the players you’ve-got-to-be-nuts looks.