UW-Stevens Point junior transfer Ryan Ramczyk didn’t waste any time during his year off. The Stevens Point native was forced to sit out last season due to transfer eligibility rules.
On Saturday, Ramczyk practiced with the 1st team offensive line.
Two former Wisconsin star running backs are in trouble with the law again.
Paul Chryst’s 2016 coaching staff will be paid $258,600 more than the ’15 staff was, according to contract information from Wisconsin.
Paul Chryst continues to bring familiar faces back to the Wisconsin football program
University of Wisconsin outside linebackers coach Tim Tibesar was given the biggest bump in salary among Badgers football assistants this offseason, according to numbers provided by UW. Tibesar is now pegged to make an annual salary of $340,000 — an increase of $90,000 from his original compensation package signed last year.
Former Wisconsin Badgers running back Brent Moss has been charged with possession of cocaine (second and subsequent offense) and resisting an officer.
Former Denver Broncos running back Montee Ball was reportedly arrested for a felony bail jumping violation in Whitewater, Wisconsin, on Saturday night WKOW-TV reports.
With a pair of All-America accolades, a Big Ten Conference Swimmer of the Year honor and three school records under his belt this season, UW junior Matt Hutchins secured a spot on the New Zealand national team on Thursday.
While the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team will not be participating in this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Badgers will still have a presence at the annual season-ending tournament. UW is the host school for the 2016 Frozen Four, which takes place in Tampa, Florida.
We’ve been through this before.Not often, mind you, but the University of Wisconsin has had non-seniors test the NBA draft waters over the years. It even had a few — Wes Matthews, Cory Blackwell, Rashard Griffith, Devin Harris and Sam Dekker — leave to pursue their NBA dreams before their eligibility ran out.
Former UW Badgers basketball coach Bo Ryan is going back to the school where he made his name as a head coach.
Ryan will speak as a distinguished lecturer at UW-Platteville on Tuesday, April 19 at 9:30 a.m. on the basketball court on campus named after him.
Noted: That would lead her to UW-Madison, where she compiled the second best scoring average for her career (77.13) and led the Badgers in scoring average her last three seasons.
Joe Krabbenhoft is 29, only 36 months removed from working as video coordinator for the Wisconsin men’s basketball program in 2012-’13, and has just three seasons as an assistant on his coaching résumé.
Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard announced on Monday the addition of former Badger standout Joe Krabbenhoft to his staff as an assistant coach.
Wisconsin head men’s basketball coach Greg Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, as announced on Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard has received a major national coaching award, just four months after taking over the men’s basketball program. Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, which was announced Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard is welcoming a popular former Badger to join his coaching staff next year. UWBadgers.com is reporting that former Badger star Joe Krabbenhoft has agreed to join Gard’s staff as an assistant coach next year.
Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, CollegeInsider.com announced on Monday.
Bo Ryan will have to wait until next year — again.
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard wasted little time in filling the lone vacancy on his coaching staff.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 was announced Monday in Houston, and the group did not include Bo Ryan.
In a career move he called a “dream come true,” Krabbenhoft will join the UW staff as an assistant coach. Badgers coach Greg Gard announced the addition of Krabbenhoft, who played at UW from 2005-09, in a news release Monday morning.
Even before former defensive backs coach Daronte Jones left for a job with the Miami Dolphins, Leonhard had expressed a desire to coach the Badgers in some shape or form. So when Jones vacated the position in February, hiring Leonhard was a no-brainer.
Another top in-state prospect has agreed to join the Wisconsin football program.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Port Washington offensive lineman Tyler Beach committed to becoming a Badger Sunday, three days after visiting campus.
The Badgers had an opportunity to practice at the Don Hutson Center with 13 championship banners watching over them Saturday — 154 days before they face LSU on Sept. 3 at Lambeau Field to open the 2016 season.
Madison Memorial football star Jake Ferguson has given a verbal commitment to play football at the University of Wisconsin
New Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is set to be paid $1.45 million over the next two seasons.
The challenge facing Jonathan Tsipis is onerous but one he embraces.
The No. 1 priority for Gard is filling out his staff. Gary Close informed Gard earlier this week that he was resigning after 13 seasons as an assistant at UW.
University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is set to earn $1.45 million over the next two years, according to his compensation package that UW released to the State Journal on Thursday via an open records request.
Jonathan Tsipis hit the ground running in his new job as head coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team.
Alvarez and the athletic department pulled off an ambitious coup in hockey circles, plucking Tony Granato from an NHL assistant coaching job to be the team’s new head coach and getting two coaching veterans to serve alongside him.
Former University of Wisconsin standout Hilary Knight scored two goals while current UW sophomore Annie Pankowski had a goal and an assist in the United States Women’s National Team’s 8-0 win over Russia in its final round-robin game of the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship.
Longtime assistant coach Gary Close announced his resignation from the Wisconsin Men’s Basketball staff on Wednesday to pursue other professional opportunities.
MADISON, Wis. – Since 1966, just four men have spent a season behind the bench as the leader of the Wisconsin men’s hockey program. Starting in 2016, Tony Granato will be the fifth.
(Video) News 3 Sports Director Jay Wilson talks about Tony Granato being named the new head coach of Wisconsin’s men’s hockey team.
Another new face will officially join Wisconsin athletics Thursday. The new Badger women’s basketball coach, Johnathan Tsipis, will be introduced Thursday at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion at 1 p.m.
University of Wisconsin senior Kelsey Card was named the co-Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Noted: Levy played at UW from 2005-08 and was drafted in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Lions.
The University of Wisconsin will officially announce Jonathan Tsipis as its new women’s basketball head coach on Thursday.
Tsipis comes to UW after four years as the head coach at George Washington.
The loss of All-Big Ten Conference wide receiver Alex Erickson is one the University of Wisconsin football team might be able to overcome.
When Barry Alvarez began his search for the successor to Mike Eaves as University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach, his short list consisted of three names.
Wednesday afternoon one name not on that list, Tony Granato, was officially introduced as the fifth head coach in the program’s modern history.
A recurring theme during the introductory news conference for University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Tony Granato and his staff Wednesday was their determination to bring in elite level recruits in the coming years.
The No. 1 priority for Gard is filling out his staff. Gary Close informed Gard earlier this week that he was resigning after 13 seasons as an assistant at UW.
Throughout his career as University of Wisconsin athletic director, Barry Alvarez has occasionally had to address the perception of short shrift for Wisconsin’s men’s hockey program from the department.
On Wednesday, his best answer to those critics may have been the three men sitting to his right on a stage set up on the Kohl Center’s sheet of ice.
Tony Granato, Don Granato and Mark Osiecki all enjoyed jobs that were stable and fulfilling.
Following a standout season that culminated in a pair of top-10 finishes at the NCAA championships, Wisconsin junior Matt Hutchins was selected as 2016 Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Year, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Hutchins is the first male Big Ten Swimmer of the Year in Wisconsin program history. He is the first Badger to win the award on either the men’s or women’s side since Maggie Meyer in 2011.
Tony Granato will be introduced as the new Wisconsin Badgers head men’s hockey coach at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin assistant coach Gary Close, who recently completed his 13th season on the men’s basketball staff, has resigned.
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball assistant coach Gary Close is leaving the program, according to a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The new University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coaching staff and women’s basketball coach will be formally introduced in press conferences Wednesday and Thursday.
One All-America accolade already secured, junior Matt Hutchins of the Wisconsin men’s swimming team secured his second All-America honor of the week on Saturday night with a third-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle at the 2016 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.
Melanie Cross of the Wisconsin softball team earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after helping the Badgers to a 4-1 week on the road, as announced by the league on Monday.
The State Journal is reporting that Jonathan Tsipis is expected to be named the next head coach of the Wisconsin women’s basketball program. The UW Board of Regents have scheduled a meeting for 5pm Tuesday to discuss the contracts for a new women’s basketball coach, along with a coach for the men’s hockey program.
Two new head coaches are expected to be officially introduced to the University of Wisconsin athletics department this week.
The UW Badgers football team will hold a spring practice session in Green Bay this weekend. The team will be in Green Bay on Saturday. Head coach Paul Chryst said spring practice is a time when coaches and players can work on self-improvement.
The Executive Committee of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents will hold a teleconference Tuesday to approve contracts for new coaches to lead the UW men’s hockey and women’s basketball programs.
The University of Wisconsin will name Tony Granato as the next men’s hockey head coach, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The only guaranteed departure from a team that went 22-13 and advanced to the Sweet 16 — UW’s fifth trip to the second weekend of the tournament in the past six seasons — is former walk-on Jordan Smith. The fifth-year senior guard finished with four points and two rebounds in nine games, meaning the Badgers could return 99.8 percent of their scoring and rebounding in 2016-17.
If everything had followed the script, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program would be in a state of upheaval right now … Instead, the heavy lifting has been done. After a year of extreme transition involving coaches and players, the program is largely intact and the future looks comfortably familiar, which is to say it looks very bright.
