The Badgers’ 20-season bowl game streak will continue against Arizona State in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at Allegiant Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN.
UW’s freshmen and sophomores never had experienced a normal atmosphere at home or away because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some venues had limited capacity last season and some fans were allowed to attend the NCAA tournament at neutral sites.
This fall, Henningsen is one of 13 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, known in college football circles as the academic Heisman Trophy. The award annually recognizes the best in the country for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
After defending their national title last season, the women’s hockey team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has continued its run of dominance — outscoring opponents by a total of 66 goals so far this year.
Wisconsin’s players and coaches will learn their bowl destination and opponent sometime Sunday.
The College Football Playoff matchups and other bowl games are set to be revealed on ESPN from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sydney Hilley of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team was named the Big Ten Conference Setter of the Year for the third consecutive year in a vote of the league coaches, the conference announced Wednesday.
The Badgers will join seven other teams at the 2022 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis, the tournament announced Friday. It previously was reported in May that Wisconsin would be part of the field, but UW didn’t announce it until Tuesday.
The award is given by the conference to former student-athletes who have achieved success in leadership after their playing careers. Richter is the first UW alum to be given the award, which began in 2011.
“UW” will be across the chest of a University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s uniform for the first time in school history.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is once again giving the players creative license to create their own uniforms. The program announced its newest “By the Players” edition uniforms on social media Monday morning.
The No. 5 Badgers put on a dominating exhibition in sweeping Indiana 25-14, 25-9, 25-15 to wrap up the outright Big Ten Conference championship for the third consecutive season.
The Badgers (25-3) received a No. 4 overall seed on Sunday when the tournament bracket was revealed and will play Colgate (18-9) in the first round at 7 p.m. Friday. The other first-round matchup at the Field House on Friday will pit Texas Tech (17-12) against Florida Gulf Coast (26-5) at 4:30 p.m.
The NFL announced a partnership last week with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and three other research universities to study head impacts during football games and practices using mouthguards fitted with sensors.
Johnson was celebrated as an American hockey icon when he died 30 years ago Friday, less than three months after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at age 60. He opened doors for more U.S. players and coaches in the NHL ahead of the wave of hockey growth that took the league south and west in the country.
Chenal is the No. 18 Badgers’ leading tackler with 92 total tackles, and his 10.1 tackles per game ranks ninth in the FBS. He missed the first two games of the season after contracting COVID-19. Chenal has 15½ tackles for loss, with his 1.6 per game average ranking third in the FBS. He’s recorded 6½ sacks, four quarterback hits and two forced fumbles.
Tens of thousands of seats were empty during the University of Wisconsin’s football game against Northwestern last week at Camp Randall Stadium.
In introducing him at a June 2 event at the Kohl Center, Blank said she was convinced that McIntosh was the person to lead the athletic department for the next 10 to 20 years through changes to the college athletics landscape.
The University of Wisconsin fired men’s soccer coach John Trask on Friday after the Badgers failed to post a winning record for the third consecutive season. Trask is in the final year of a three-year contract after it wasn’t extended by the Badgers in the last two seasons.
AUniversity of Wisconsin football player’s citation last month for operating under the influence didn’t automatically trigger a suspension under the athletic department’s policies.
College basketball fans across Wisconsin are celebrating the start of a new season Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison men and Marquette University women reached the NCAA tournaments last year. Meanwhile, their counterparts saw coaching changes. Marisa Moseley and Wisconsin native Shaka Smart will make their debuts this week.
There are inspirational messages scattered throughout Marisa Moseley’s office at the Kohl Center, reminding her to “be happy” and “be present” and that “anything is possible” and “the best is yet to come.” Another eye-catcher in the room provides motivation for the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach without the use of words. Hanging on her wall is a landscape portrait, measuring 7 by 2 feet, of a packed Kohl Center from a game nearly two decades ago.
UW (8-5-6) will host Butler (15-4-1) in a first-round match at 6 p.m. Friday at McClimon Soccer Complex. Ticket, parking and streaming information will be announced in the coming days.
The partnership stems from UW Associate Athletic Director Mike Jackson speaking with church staff during a Juneteenth performance.
A new look for Camp Randall Stadium is less than a year away. In one month, on Monday, Nov. 22, construction will begin on the CR Future project, a comprehensive renovation of the south end zone of Camp Randall Stadium that will introduce new premium seating and hospitality clubs to one of the best venues in collegiate athletics.
Coming off consecutive below-500 seasons, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team has appointed a new head coach, Marisa Moseley. The instatement of Moseley is poised to give the Badgers a greatly needed, ’fresh’ start, as the head coach brings a great deal of experience to the program.
Matt Henningsen likes to solve puzzles. Whether it’s deducing what his role should be on a play as a defensive lineman on the University of Wisconsin football team or using machine learning algorithms to map brainwaves. Math, science and football are all puzzles for Henningsen, a senior from Menomonee Falls.
Renovations to the south end zone seating at Camp Randall Stadium are scheduled to start in a month, and the University of Wisconsin has put some of the new premium seats on sale to the public.
Noted: During his senior year, he waits for offers from prospective college football programs, including one from the University of Wisconsin. (His father playfully warns him that, if he goes to Wisconsin, he’ll be “surrounded by line dancing and cowboy boots.”)
Then, he gets a call from “Coach Alvarez” — presumably Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin’s football coach and athletic director at the time. As the actor playing Colin gets on the phone, Kaepernick himself interjects: “This moment right here? This is one of the happiest moments of my life.” Then he finds out that Wisconsin isn’t going to make him a signing offer, either.
Alvarez retired as coach after the Capitol One Bowl on Jan. 2, 2006. Current Badgers coach Paul Chryst handled quarterback recruiting for Wisconsin that year. In February 2006, Kaepernick signed an offer with Nevada, the only school to make him one for football.
University of Wisconsin officials had to delay the renovation of the south end zone at Camp Randall Stadium by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work on the $77.6 million CR Future project is scheduled to start immediately following the Badgers’ final home game of the 2021 season, and the new spaces are expected to be ready by next year’s season opener.
Things seem to be going much better so far this school year, said Chris McIntosh, who replaced Barry Alvarez as athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 1.
Fans had to wait a little longer than normal Saturday as they attempted to enter Camp Randall Stadium for the University of Wisconsin’s football game against Army.
UW’s athletic department tweeted two hours before the game that “unforeseen circumstances specific to this game” created a situation in which not all the entry gates were fully staffed and fans were asked to arrive early.
For the first time in history, the Wisconsin Badgers faced the Army Black Knights in football this weekend. After a rocky start to the year, the Badgers won, 20-14. And six games into this season, they seem to be turning the tide.
UW-Madison’s new athletic director, Chris McIntosh, is a former Badgers football star and NFL player, who has been deputy athletic director since 2017. We chat with him about college athletics during the time of COVID and the future of college sports.
One of the many new faces on Greg Gard’s squad is Isaac Lindsey, but the sophomore guard isn’t new to the program. Growing up, the Mineral Point native was a ball boy for Wisconsin and showed off his ball handling skills at halftime during the Badger games. And after transferring from UNLV, it’s come full circle for Lindsey.
Active duty, reserve, and retired military personnel can purchase up to 12 tickets for themselves and their family at a discounted price.
A former Wisconsin Badger star running back and Heisman Trophy finalist, Montee Ball is now also an author, recently releasing the book Nowhere To Run: Discovering Your True Self in the Midst of an Addiction, his own personal story of his life journey being a star football player, his battle with alcoholism and addiction and the ways in which he’s turned his life around. Montee Ball’s story is one of change, humility, and inspiration.
A former Wisconsin Badger star running back and Heisman Trophy finalist, Montee Ball is now also an author, recently releasing the book Nowhere To Run: Discovering Your True Self in the Midst of an Addiction.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s hockey team is coming home Saturday to LaBahn Arena, where it’ll play in front of local fans for the first time since February 2020.
“I know what people have said, and now that I’m a history professor, I watch people try to revise history and I’m fascinated by it,” said Selig, whose days include teaching a seminar, “Baseball and Society Since World War II,” at the University of Wisconsin, his alma mater.
While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I became very disenchanted with the basketball program, and that led to me experiencing months of depression. During a chance meeting with my academic advisor at UW-Madison, she encouraged me to set my sights more on my strengths
Friday marks 100 days of Chris McIntosh’s tenure as University of Wisconsin athletic director, and it has been as eventful a time as expected given the forecast for change around college athletics.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Director Chris McIntosh and UW Head Football Coach Paul Chryst recently showed their support for the East Side Youth Football Program, helping them replace the football equipment that they lost in a tragic fire. On Sept. 14, they gave the young people a special surprise showing up at practice at Madison East High school to present equipment and speak to the young people.
Nine new members were inducted into 2021 class from a wide range of sports, backgrounds.
After a season where fake was the fad for in-person fan support — by pandemic necessity, not by choice — there have been small steps toward a regular arena environment in the past few days for both the University of Wisconsin hockey teams.
The UW Board of Regents approved the new deal, which pays Chryst $5.25 million this year, in closed session Sept. 1. That was three days before the Badgers opened the season with a home loss to Penn State. UW provided the contract Monday in response to a public records request that was filed the day of the meeting.
Welcome to Barry Alvarez Field at Camp Randall Stadium.
University of Wisconsin officials announced Friday they are naming the field for UW’s former head football coach and athletic director.
The University of Wisconsin is naming its football field at Camp Randall Stadium after former football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez.
Barry Alvarez had his day at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday and as he walked onto the field that will soon bear his name the crowd sent down a thunderous ovation.
University of Wisconsin officials announced Friday they are naming the field for Wisconsin’s former head football coach and athletic director.
The Green Bay Packers, desperate for a young pass rusher, were on the clock with the 29th pick in the NFL Draft. The top remaining rusher in the eyes of most scouts just happened to grow up two hours from Lambeau Field, starred at the University of Wisconsin and came from impeccable bloodlines.
UW last week advertised a job opening for a deputy athletic director, the role McIntosh held before he was promoted in July.
The final report will show that the University of Wisconsin athletic department came out about even financially from the 2020-21 school year that was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team announced Friday that it will hang Michael Finley’s No. 24 in the rafters of Kohl Center this season. UW will officially retire the number during a halftime ceremony this season, a date has not been announced. No. 24 will remain in circulation at UW, however.
Ledecky’s coach at Nation’s Capital when she made the 2012 Games as a 15-year-old was Yuri Suguiyama (now the coach at the University of Wisconsin).
The Chicago chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association had more than 200 tickets for a pregame event and the Badgers football game against Notre Dame at Soldier Field on Saturday. Emphasis on had. Those tickets were claimed in less than 24 hours and a waitlist of a few hundred people started.
University of Wisconsin police spokesman Marc Lovicott said the 18-year-old Crawford was cited on misdemeanor charges of criminal disorderly conduct and disorderly conduct while armed.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the University of Wisconsin Marching Band took the field before Wisconsin’s season opener against Penn State Sept. 4, it marked the band’s first performance at a home football game in nearly two years.
It also was the first time drum major Joshua Richlen of Greendale got to do his thing at Camp Randall Stadium.
As part of the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball exhibition game against UW Whitewater on October 29, Garding Against Cancer is hosting an upcoming fundraiser at Genisa Wine Bar.
At Virginia Tech last Friday, the packed crowd bounced to “Enter Sandman.” At the University of Wisconsin the next day, fans jumped around to “Jump Around.”
