That 42-player camp, running April 30 to May 4 near Tampa, Florida, will determine the women’s national team that will prepare for the 2018 Olympics.
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Badgers football: NCAA passes impactful recruiting legislation, prepares college football for early signing period
The NCAA Division-I Council passed impactful legislation Friday that will drastically change the landscape of college football recruiting, including opening the door for the Collegiate Commissioners Association to implement a 72-hour, mid-December early signing period this year.
Men’s basketball: Badgers face uncertainty after losing four star seniors
UW must replace four seniors who accounted for 110 wins, third-most for a senior class in Badgers history.
Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation event honors Barry Alvarez
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez received the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence during a packed event recently at The Pfister Hotel.
For Flames to stand a chance, goalie matchup is key
Noted: Elliott played four years for Eaves at the University of Wisconsin before embarking on a professional career in which he has emerged as the great hope for the Flames in this first-round series.
UW vollleyball star Lauren Carlini wins Sullivan Award
Lauren Carlini, the only four-time All-American in University of Wisconsin volleyball history, was named the 2017 AAU James E. Sullivan Award winner on Tuesday night at the New York Athletic Club.
Badgers volleyball: Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini wins Sullivan award
Carlini, the four-time All-American setter for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team, was named the recipient Tuesday of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented to the top amateur athlete in the nation annually since 1930.
What to watch for in Badger sports as summer approaches
Football and beer-infused softball games headline the top five remaining UW sporting events this year.
Badgers men’s hockey: Aidan Cavallini earns national Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award
Cavallini was named the winner of the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, which recognizes “a fearless leader and beloved fan favorite who always places his team first.”
Badgers football: Former running back Montee Ball talks about long alcohol abuse
Former University of Wisconsin running back Montee Ball opened up to Sporting News about his alcohol and domestic violence issues that began at the school and continued through his abbreviated NFL career.
Big Read: Jake Gardiner proves the risk is worth the reward
Jake Gardiner is a burner and a gambler — a Leafs fan’s dream and, sometimes, nightmare — and a total one-of-a-kind on the blue line.
Watch NFL Star J.J. Watt Surprise His Retiring Fourth Grade Teacher With Cake and New Sneakers
Houston Texans superstar J.J. Watt is known for doing things in grand fashion, so when he heard his beloved fourth grade teacher was retiring after 41 years, he wanted to surprise her with cake and gifts.
Montee Ball’s comeback from rock bottom has nothing to do with football
Montee Ball is returning to the place where he found football stardom. It’s also where the drinking that destroyed his personal and professional life began.
Badgers football: Father of wide receiver Quintez Cephus reportedly dies day after being shot
Andre Taylor, the father of University of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus, died Tuesday afternoon, the day after being shot in the head, according to multiple reports.
College boxing gets off the canvas
Sport returns after UW-Madison boxer’s death.
Father of UW’s Quintez Cephus shot
Andre Taylor, the father of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus, was shot Monday in Macon, Ga., and is reportedly in critical condition.
Paris starts new job; Gard looks for replacement
Working on little sleep, Lamont Paris was in the midst of a mental juggling act Monday as he prepared to fly to Tennessee to start his new job.
Badgers men’s basketball: Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig to receive 2017 USBWA Most Courageous Award
University of Wisconsin senior guard Bronson Koenig will receive the 2017 United States Basketball Writers Association’s Most Courageous Award during a luncheon at the NCAA Final Four this year.
Father of Wisconsin Badgers football player shot in Georgia
The father of former Stratford Academy and current University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus was shot and critically wounded Monday at a street corner in Macon’s Unionville neighborhood, authorities said.
Badgers men’s basketball: Bo Ryan again falls short of Naismith Hall of Fame
The 2017 class was announced Saturday morning and it didn’t include the former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach. Ryan was a finalist for the third consecutive year.
Badgers men’s basketball: Wisconsin assistant Lamont Paris hired as coach at Chattanooga
Paris, 43, had been an assistant at UW since 2010. Since Paris arrived, UW has gone 189-66 (.741) with six trips to the Sweet 16 in seven seasons, including two Final Four appearances.
Mocs pick Lamont Paris: Former Wisconsin assistant now in charge
It was a quick yet thorough process. But University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director David Blackburn ended his latest search for a new men’s basketball coach by getting his guy again. Lamont Paris, most recently the associate head coach at the University of Wisconsin is the new coach.
Badgers women’s soccer: Former Wisconsin standout Meghan Flannery killed in Missouri car crash
Former University of Wisconsin women’s soccer player Meghan Flannery was killed in a car crash early Wednesday near St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Badgers women’s hockey: WCHA schedule impact unclear after North Dakota drops program
The University of Wisconsin and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association were absorbing the news Wednesday that North Dakota is dropping its women’s hockey program.
Badgers football: Applicants for Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator position included Bob Bostad, Greg Hudson
Bob Bostad applied for the Badgers’ defensive coordinator position before joining Paul Chryst’s staff as inside linebackers coach, according to a list of applicants obtained by the State Journal through an open records request.
Badgers men’s basketball: Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ named AP Third-Team All-American
University of Wisconsin sophomore forward Ethan Happ was named an Associated Press Third-Team All-American on Tuesday. Happ becomes the sixth UW player to be named to the AP’s All-America team since the award was first given out in 1948.
Nigel Hayes’s mother writes heartfelt letter thanking Wisconsin basketball fans
It’s pretty common for players who just finished their collegiate careers to pen a note on social media thanking fans, the university, their teammates, etc. (see: Vince Biegel, T.J. Watt, Ryan Ramczyk, and Zak Showalter).
NCAA Tournament 2017: Wisconsin makes case as best basketball and football power
NEW YORK — In the past two decades, through unconventional approach, Wisconsin has elevated itself to college sports royalty.
Bucky Badger photobombs the Today Show
Bucky Badger is spreading UW goodwill all over the Big Apple. The University of Wisconsin mascot and a bunch of other Badgers fans were on the Today Show Thursday morning, photobombing the hosts during the live broadcast on the plaza.
Walker declares Badger Red Day, places wager with Florida governor
Remember to wear red Friday. Governor Scott Walker declared Mar. 24 “Badger Red Day” throughout Wisconsin ahead of the UW-Madison men’s basketball Sweet 16 game against the University of Florida Gators.
Mike Leckrone, legendary band conductor, back after open-heart surgery
Observant Badgers fans may be wondering why legendary UW band director Mike Leckrone has been missing from the NCAA tournament basketball games.
Badgers volleyball: Lauren Carlini gears up for professional career, U.S. national team
Carlini, who completed her storied University of Wisconsin volleyball career in December, still is a regular around the UW Field House. Three days a week she arrives at 6:15 a.m. for workouts with her former teammates.
Badger men’s basketball: Wisconsin sells out Sweet 16 ticket allotment
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has once again sold out its share of tickets to see the Badgers play in the Sweet 16.
Chicago’s Howard Moore Loves Being Part Of Bracket-Busting Badgers
CHICAGO — Howard Moore loves busting brackets.The Taft graduate and former UIC head coach is an assistant coach at Wisconsin, which shocked No. 1 seed and defending national champion Villanova in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The eighth-seeded Badgers face fourth-seeded Florida in a Sweet 16 matchup Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Koenig: Getting to a Final Four would improve team’s legacy
Wisconsin point guard Bronson Koenig said his team is thinking a lot about the legacy they want to leave these days.
Top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers upset by No. 2 Clarkson in National Championship Game
It wasn’t supposed to end this way for the Wisconsin women’s hockey team. The nation’s top-ranked team—statistically and in the polls all season—which also had the best player in women’s hockey fell short of a national championship Sunday afternoon as No. 2 Clarkson defeated the top-seeded Badgers 3-0.
Wisconsin sent ruthless tweet after upset
This is brutal. The official University of Wisconsin-Madison Twitter account brought Villanova’s famous “crying piccolo girl” back after the Badgers upset the Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday. And the tweet was one word: “SWEET.”
Wisconsin men’s hockey season comes to a close at Big Ten Tournament
The 2016-17 Wisconsin men’s hockey team was within one goal of a Big Ten tournament title and an NCAA bid, but despite outshooting Penn State 52-35 over more than four periods of play, the Badgers fell, 2-1, to the Nittany Lions on Saturday at Joe Louis Arena.
Badgers women’s hockey: Frozen Four pain continues as Clarkson defeats Wisconsin for national title
For the fourth straight season, the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s run at a national championship ended in Frozen Four heartbreak.
Tom Oates: March Gladness in full swing for Wisconsin men’s basketball team
The Masters of March are off on yet another mad dash through the NCAA men’s basketball tournament brackets.
Badgers women’s hockey: Ann-Renee Desbiens is fifth Wisconsin player to win Patty Kazmaier Award
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has all of the trophies it could have claimed to this point .A prominent individual entry joined the team awards Saturday, when senior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens became the fifth Badgers player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award as Division I women’s hockey’s top player.
Twitter’s mourning the millions of brackets lost with Wisconsin’s upset March Madness win
There’s been a great disturbance in the force-of-brackets. As if millions were suddenly thrown in the trash. Chances are: Your bracket’s probably worthless, or at least one-fourth worthless, now that the Wisconsin Badgers took down defending champion Villanova in the second round of the tournament.
Badgers men’s basketball: Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig have experienced plenty of highs and lows in NCAA tournament
Hayes has been on the floor for 113 wins at UW, which trails only Josh Gasser (118) and Frank Kaminsky (114). Koenig is at 112; four days after making his debut against St. John’s, he never left the bench in the Badgers’ 59-53 home win over Florida.
Badgers women’s hockey: ‘Very professional’ approach helps Sydney McKibbon lead Wisconsin
The expectations started early, with the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team picked to win the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and given the No. 1 national ranking in preseason polls.
Badgers women’s hockey: Four Wisconsin players named All-Americans
Goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens was named a first-team All-American for the second straight year on Thursday, and three of her University of Wisconsin women’s hockey teammates earned spots on the second team.
Badgers volleyball: Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini named a finalist for Sullivan Award
Lauren Carlini has been named a finalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented annually to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States.
Badgers football: Bob Bostad to earn $300,000 annually as Wisconsin’s inside linebackers coach
Bob Bostad will earn $300,000 to coach the University of Wisconsin’s inside linebackers this season, according to documents released to the State Journal via an open records request.
UW seniors ready for one last NCAA run
Zak Showalter has experienced the zenith and nadir of the NCAA Tournament.
Greg Gard’s guys: A closer look at the 10 players in Wisconsin’s NCAA tournament rotation
One thing that hasn’t changed much over the past two seasons is the starting lineup for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.
In wake of cousins’ deaths, Khalil Iverson tries to focus on basketball
Wisconsin sophomore guard Khalil Iverson sensed trouble as he walked off the Verizon Center floor Friday night in Washington, D.C.
Badgers men’s basketball: Wisconsin’s Khalil Iverson tries to focus amid family tragedy
The sophomore swingman for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team thought something was odd when he saw his brother waiting for him on his way to the locker room. The look on Kevin Iverson Jr.’s face made his younger brother realize something terrible had happened. Khalil Iverson soon learned two of his cousins had been shot to death on the north side of Columbus, Ohio.
Walker picks, wait for it, Wisconsin to win it all in NCAA
Walker is picking the University of Wisconsin Badgers to win it all, even though the Badgers enter the tournament as a No. 8 seed in the East Region.
Badgers men’s basketball: Lamont Paris reflects on mother’s life a year after her death
There are memories everywhere, every day, even when Lamont Paris is locked in on his responsibilities with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program.
Badgers men’s hockey: Tony Granato named Big Ten coach of the year
Granato was named the Big Ten Conference’s coach of the year on Monday after leading the Badgers to a second-place finish in his first season.
Badgers roll out the red carpet for some super fans
The University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s basketball team has been crushing it lately and we’re not even talking about on the court. Recently the Badgers have been taking time out of their very busy schedules – what month is it again? – to make the dreams of some very special fans come true.
Badgers get No. 8 seed in NCAA Tournament, will face No. 9 Virginia Tech
After losing the Big Ten Championship game title to Michigan, the Badgers get the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Wisconsin will face No. 9 Virginia Tech on Thursday in the Buffalo, NY regional matchup.
Wisconsin slated as an 8th seed in the East Region
he Wisconsin Badgers have been slated as an 8th seed in the East Region. The Badgers will face Virginia Tech on Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y. The seed is much lower than previous projections for Wisconsin after UW finished second in the regular season and Big Ten conference tournament. If the Badgers beat Virginian Tech, they will have to go up against top overall seed and defending champion Villanova. Duke is the 2nd seed and Baylor is the 3rd seed in the region.
Men’s basketball: Free throw woes an added problem come tournament time
Free throw shooting has been anything but free for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team this season.
Wisconsin Badgers react to NCAA Tournament selection show
Less than an hour after losing to Michigan in the Big Ten Championship game, No. 24 Wisconsin (12-6 Big Ten, 25-9 overall) learned it would be playing Virginia Tech (10-8 ACC, 22-10 overall) in Buffalo on Thursday.
One more shining moment? Wisconsin Badgers’ seniors take final shot at March Madness run
Vitto Brown almost never wears his two Final Four rings. He knows where they are—in a mural of his athletic achievements at his house in Bowling Green, Ohio—but the rings, for now, are just museum relics on display for visitors of the Brown house to marvel at.