Officially, the WNIT will be the final part of the 2010-11 season for the University of Wisconsin women?s basketball team. But in many ways the postseason, which begins with Wednesday night?s game against Butler at the Kohl Center, represents a head start on the 2011-12 season.
It is a season that promises many transitions as the Badgers adjust to life without their senior class, which has been the heart of the program for three years. And no one figures to play a bigger role going forward than 6-foot sophomore guard Taylor Wurtz.