And guess who didn't get tickets? Yeah, that's right ... the guy who's been buying them on an annual basis.I'm going to be a fan of Badger athletics for life, of course. But it's unlikely now that I'm going to become a donor to the athletic department...
Hats off to Lake the Posts once again. This week: a potpourri of predictions. Regard:Coach of the Year: In an utterly uncompetitive conference, Jim Tressel emerges as the only choice to pick up this award...
Big Ten fans in a couple small pockets of Wisconsin can crack a Schlitz: they'll be getting the Big Ten Network on cable TV in 2008...
Here's your Big Ten Bloggers Preseason All-Conference Team: First Team All Big Ten Offense QB - Curtis Painter, Purdue RB - Beanie Wells, Ohio State RB - Javon Ringer, Michigan State ...
It's a Northwestern football fan's favorite time of year—the preseason, when they haven't yet been torched by Duke and spirits aren't quite at Carrie Nation-era lows in Evanston (har!)...
The preseason college rags are hitting the shelves at the local stores, and with the Stanley Cup Finals over, another middling effort by the Brewers, and the unwatchable NBA doing what it does ...
Two former Badgers were part of the latest class to be immortalized by having their names engraved on the coolest trophy in all of sports: the Stanley Cup...
The methodical first-round victory over Cal State-Fullerton was an unremarkable feat. The second-round scorching of Michael Beasley and Kansas State raised the hopes and expectations of Badger fans...
#3 Wisconsin vs. #14 California State-Fullerton: the Badgers will tip off against the Titans of Cal State-Fullerton at about 8:40 pm (Central) on Thursday night...
Not because it's a No. 3 seed—that's fine.University of Wisconsin had a shot at a No. 2 last year and that went horribly, maybe the change of scenery at No. 3 will be helpful...
49 fouls. 56 free throws. Four Spartans fouling out. Three fouls called on three-point attempts (two of which actually sunk, leading to four-point plays)...
Home ice would've been nice. The Badgers went on the road and were shut out by St. Cloud State tonight, 3-0. This marked the first postseason shutout for the Badgers since 1997...
The Big Ten Tournament -- which is apparently the worst ever -- rolls on, and the Badgers will get their chance to put together the State of Michigan Sweep tomorrow when they take on Michigan State...
The gameplan for defeating the 2008 Michigan Wolverines is uncomplicated: stop Manny Harris. Michael Flowers did just that, and the end result was defensive dominance: Michigan shot 20% from ...
Early this afternoon, the Michigan Wolverines outsmacked Iowa in the opening game of the Big Ten Tournament, coming away with a glorious 55-47 victory. And by glorious I clearly mean stupefyingly dull; 12 minutes with a field goal? COMBINED?! Wow...
Nerdy graphs: KJ at the excellent Spartans Weblog revels in his nerdery, and why not? After all, it can produce super informative third-order polynomial plots!:The idea is to smooth out individual ...
When the two groups conflict, choose the media over the coaches. It holds true in polling, unfortunately—the Badgers are No. 6 in the eyes of the coaches (or whoever's actually submitting ballots on their behalf) and No...
Thanks to intrepid reader Brent for bringing this up: there is no UW allotment for tickets for this weekend's WCHA playoff series at St. Cloud State. However, all seats at their rink are $12 reserved. You can get <a href="http://www.stcloudstate.edu/
A report from Badger Tracker on the latest seedings for this weekend's WCHA tournament.
Badger Tracker reports on Wisconsin's conference-clinching win.
The final weekend of WCHA play is a bye week for the Badgers, which means their point total in the conference stays at 27. Tonight they were probably sitting at home, feverishly clicking refresh at USCHO...
Evidently Chicago-area high schooler Diamond Taylor liked the idea of being a Big Ten champ, since today he verbally committed to becoming the second member of the Badgers' 2009 recruiting class...
The team. This year, it's all about the team.Don't get me wrong—last year was about the team, too. But this year there aren't any superstars to promote...
There's not much good to say about Penn State basketball these days: they don't win much, and their only win of note this year came at home against Michigan State, a team that's known to become Mr...
Wisconsin meets Michigan State for their only meeting of the year on Thursday. The game tips off at 8 pm Central at the Kohl Center and will be broadcast on ESPN2, not the Big Ten Network, so you can actually, y'know, watch it...
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