Category: Athletics

The Badgers are Boston-bound after beating Vanderbilt 60-57 in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? One sequence Saturday night at The Pit summed up why the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team is still standing after one weekend of the NCAA tournament.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? For Jordan Taylor, the NCAA men?s basketball tournament is reminiscent of the start of the regular season. A relief.

Top athletic officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were shocked when allegations of sexual impropriety surfaced against a then-assistant athletic director, according to an investigative report released Friday.

A new 25 page report says top UW-Madison athletic officials were shocked when allegations of sexual impropriety surfaced against then-assistant athletic director John Chadima.

Noted: There and elsewhere in the University of Wisconsin system, dedication rights for a department lounge require a $10,000 donation; a building?s rights can cost as much as $10 million. When alumni approached Eau Claire about dedicating the floor of Zorn Arena to the former coach Ken Anderson, the donation was set at $100,000, the same level as a classroom.

An attorney for former UW senior athletics administrator John Chadima claimed a review of accusations against Chadima by two men failed to confirm sexual or workplace misdeeds. “As we always expected, after an exhaustive investigation the interim chancellor?s committee concluded there were not ‘any other allegations of sexual impropriety or abuse of authority by John Chadima,?” said Chadima?s attorney, Charles Giesen.

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin officials are expected to release a report on Friday that looked into allegations of improper conduct leveled against a former Athletic Department official. Three people have come forward to accuse John Chadima, UW-Madison?s former senior associate athletic director, of misconduct.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? Right there on ESPN for the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team to see Thursday morning was analyst Doug Gottlieb predicting an early exit from the NCAA tournament for the Badgers. Besides the fact that UW rarely loses its opening game under coach Bo Ryan, there was one other major factor that Gottlieb ? and anybody else who thought Montana would pull off the upset ? failed to consider. Jordan Taylor.

As the Badgers advanced in the NCAA basketball tournament Thursday, UW-Madison won a social media ?tournament? that pits schools against each other in a competition similar to March Madness.

A statement by John Chadima?s attorney claims that there are not “any other allegations of sexual impropriety or abuse of authority” in a report on a second investigation into the former senior UW athletic official.

DULUTH, Minn. ? Knowledge is power and, at the moment, it?s a force exclusive to members of the University of Wisconsin women?s hockey team. When the NCAA Frozen Four begins its run here today at Amsoil Arena, top-ranked UW will have 13 players who have played in one national championship game and four who have been on that stage twice.

Not long ago Gwen Jorgensen was more focused on climbing the corporate ladder than scaling an Olympic podium.

University of Wisconsin athletes receive perks from Rose Bowl tournament officials for coming, but perhaps less commonly-known is a perk athletes can receive when leaving Pasadena: the ability to fly virtually anywhere for free.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? Few people remember, but Freddie Owens was recruited by former University of Wisconsin men?s basketball coach Dick Bennett to be the Badgers? defensive stopper. ?They were grooming me to be the next Mike Kelley,” said Owens, now an assistant coach at Montana, which faces the Badgers in a second-round NCAA tournament game Thursday.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? Early in his career with the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball program, Jordan Taylor learned a lot just by observing during practice and games. He knew he?d eventually be the starting point guard for the Badgers. Taylor wanted to be prepared once he got to that point, so he paid close attention to the interaction between UW coach Bo Ryan and starting point guard Trevon Hughes.

There is no doubt where Reb Bishop?s loyalties will lie come Thursday. “On Wisconsin,” he says, as soon as he picks up the phone in San Diego, where he is vacationing with his wife, Nancy. “I?ll be wearing Bucky Badger red, without question.”

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which received a number 4 seed in the tournament this year, spent significantly less on its basketball program: $6.4 million in 2010-2011. That?s still enough to rank the Badgers as the 18th-highest spender of the 68 tourney teams this year.

Both the men?s and women?s wheelchair basketball teams at UW-Whitewater won national championships Saturday.

Since it opened more than 20 years ago, University Ridge has enjoyed a reputation as one of the country?s best collegiate golf courses. Unfortunately, its greens have never matched that reputation. That?s about to change.

Patrick Fiedler, a former Dane County judge, has delivered his second report to University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward about two additional allegations of misconduct against former UW senior associate athletic director John Chadima.

Thanks to a spectacular play by teammate Carolyne Prevost, University of Wisconsin senior forward Hilary Knight was able to help secure a season-long goal for the Badgers with a game-winning goal in the NCAA women?s hockey quarterfinals.

Bret Bielema?s learning curve on the job has been famously steep, and public, but he?s about to discover how easy it?s all been. Being the University of Wisconsin football coach, walking in the footsteps of a Hall of Famer, trying to please millions of know-it-alls is second-grade math compared to the role he?s about to take on. When Bielema marries Jen Hielsberg on Saturday in Madison, he will officially begin the process of true enlightenment.

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was beaming Sunday night.Most important, he enjoyed seeing UW (24-9) receive a favorable seeding in the NCAA men?s basketball tournament, No. 4 in the East.

In what has become a tradition, University of Wisconsin men?s basketball coach Bo Ryan sat in the Kohl Center media room Sunday evening and talked about another trip to the NCAA tournament for the Badgers. There were times this season when a 14th consecutive invitation, tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the country, was far from a sure thing.

DENVER — Faced with the ultimate, absolute, do-or-die scenario, members of the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team took their last competitive breaths Sunday night. The Badgers saw their season come to a bitter end with a 3-2 overtime loss to Denver in the decisive game of a best-of-three Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series at Magness Arena.

Justin Schultz, the standout junior defenseman for the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team, continued an impressive tradition Thursday. He was named defensive player of the year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the second consecutive season, an honor determined by vote of the 12 league coaches.

Back in her Stanford days, both as a player and an assistant coach, the goals were always clear-cut to Bobbie Kelsey ? get to the Final Four and win a national championship. Lofty goals, but not unreasonable considering the Cardinal made it to the Final Four in seven of her nine seasons there and won one NCAA title. Now in her role as University of Wisconsin women?s basketball coach, setting goals is a little more complicated.

The one thing former University of Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson can?t change about himself prior to the NFL draft is his height. Or can he? Wilson measured at 5-foot-11 at UW?s pro timing day on Wednesday, or 3/8 of an inch taller than he measured at the combine and Senior Bowl. Maybe it was his longer hair style, but it was an indication of how well things went for Wilson in front of a large contingent of NFL coaches and personnel executives.

Those on the outside looking in at the University of Wisconsin women?s hockey team seem to share a wary expression at the moment.

University of Wisconsin junior quarterback Jon Budmayr has suffered yet another setback to his throwing elbow and as a result will miss all of spring practices. That could place an even greater importance on the Badgers trying to land Maryland transfer quarterback Danny O?Brien.

When University of Wisconsin men?s basketball coach Bo Ryan was asked about Jordan Taylor recently, he encouraged people to look beyond the numbers when measuring the point guard?s senior season. Ryan?s coaching colleagues in the Big Ten Conference thought enough of Taylor to name him first-team All-Big Ten. But it wasn?t a clean sweep for Taylor, who was named to the media?s second team.

University of Wisconsin sophomore wrestler Cole Tobin wrapped up the Big Ten Conference championships with an eighth-place finish and NCAA championship berth Sunday at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.

Waukesha native Gwen Jorgensen started her Olympic season with a sixth place finish Saturday in the Clermont ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup.

Two years ago, the race served as Jorgensen?s first triathlon and the launching point for her success in the multi-discipline sport. A standout swimmer and runner at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Jorgensen found instant success in triathlon and earned a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team.

MINNEAPOLIS ? When Derek Lee trudged out of practice Wednesday afternoon and climbed aboard a waiting bus, the junior center for the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team took with him a somewhat cruel reality. Lee is still feeling the effects of a concussion suffered Jan. 28, which means he won?t play for UW Friday and Saturday nights when it faces Minnesota in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association series at Mariucci Arena. It also means the Badgers will go an entire regular season without having their full complement of players due to injury, illness or recuperation.

By all accounts, Russell Wilson had a strong showing at the NFL draft combine. The former University of Wisconsin quarterback impressed scouts on the field and off. He ran fast, threw accurately and showed NFL-caliber arm strength. He put his personality, dedication and football intelligence on display. When it was over, though, Wilson hadn?t really changed his NFL profile. Scouts see him today much the same way they did after his one spectacular season at UW. Their widely held view? He?s got everything you want in a starting NFL quarterback except height.

Taylor Wurtz has expanded her game through her junior year with University of Wisconsin women?s basketball team. The full range of her game was on display Sunday when she went over, around and through the Illinois defense to score 21 points and grab 12 rebounds to help lead the Badgers to a 72-60 victory.

Former Wisconsin defensive tackle Tim Krumrie is among 76 players selected for consideration for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.

In a move that was expected, tight end prospect Scott Orndoff has decommitted from the University of Wisconsin football program, according to a report by Wisconsin247Sports.com. Orndoff, who was the first Class of 2013 player to pledge to the Badgers, had been publicly hedging on his oral commitment following an offseason shake-up in which six assistant coaches departed UW.

Bobbie Kelsey has a bone to pick with her fellow Big Ten Conference women?s basketball coaches. The first-year University of Wisconsin coach said she was somewhere between befuddled and irritated when she saw that her star guard Taylor Wurtz had only received honorable mention from the coaches when the All-Big Ten honors were announced Monday night.

Dispute over whether free alcohol was part of past UW Athletic department bowling parties punctuated the department?s challenge as alcohol policies are reviewed in the wake of a Rose Bowl week controversy.