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Starved for sports, ESPN sim. has Badgers winning National Championship

March 19, 2020 Rick Solem

It’s official, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has been declared National Champions. OK, it’s not quite official, since the NCAA tournament was cancelled and such, but the next best thing to actually playing and winning the tournament would be ESPN declaring you the champs, right? That’s what happened Wednesday, using “Joe Lunardi’s final […]

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Russell Wilson, Ciara Donating 1 Million Meals

March 18, 2020 Associated Press

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and pop star wife Ciara have announced they are donating 1 million meals through Seattle’s Food Lifeline to help provide meals for those in need during the coronavirus outbreak in the region. “Everything we do together makes a difference,” Ciara said in a video posted to her Twitter account. “And […]

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Chryst stays patient as Badgers prepare for spring practice

March 10, 2020 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin will head into spring practice with plenty of questions after losing much of the star power from a team that reached the Rose Bowl last season. “I’m anxious to see kind of who kind of emerges as genuine leaders of this team,” coach Paul Chryst said Monday. Yet he also […]

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Wisconsin’s Gard named Big Ten coach of year, Iowa’s Garza POY

March 9, 2020 Associated Press

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Iowa center Luka Garza is the Big Ten Player of the Year after emerging as one of the nation’s best players this season, while Wisconsin’s Greg Gard took Coach of the Year honors in voting announced Monday. Garza leads the Big Ten in scoring and ranks fifth in the nation at […]

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Badgers root to share Big 10 title to get No. 1 seed, will play Friday against either Michigan or Rutgers

March 9, 2020 Rick Solem

It meant a three-way share of the regular season title, but the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team went into Sunday rooting for Maryland and Michigan State. Wins by both gave the 24th-ranked Badgers a share the Big Ten regular-season conference title, but also gave Wisconsin the No. 1 seed in the Big 10 tournament, […]

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No. 24 Badgers clinch share of Big 10 title, beat Indiana

March 7, 2020 Associated Press

Top Stories Video Search No. 24 Badgers clinch share of Big 10 title, beat Indiana By MICHAEL MAROT an hour ago BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Brad Davison and a bunch of Wisconsin players jumped around as the buzzer sounded Saturday, celebrating the end of a five-year Big Ten title drought. They just wished assistant coach […]

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WILD WEEKEND: Bucks-Lakers tonight, Badgers play for Big 10 title Saturday

March 6, 2020 Rick Solem

The biggest basketball games of the season happen over the next two days for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Wisconsin Badgers. First, tonight, on WKTY, the Bucks travel to LeBron James and the LA Lakers in a showdown of the teams with the best records in the league. When they met back on Dec. 19, […]

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No. 24 Wisconsin beats Northwestern 63-48, moves into 1st

March 5, 2020 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No. 24 Wisconsin will have a shot to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title. The Badgers just need to tighten up a few things to improve their chances. Nate Reuvers scored 11 points and Wisconsin struggled through a 63-48 victory over Northwestern on Wednesday night, moving into […]

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With Maryland loss, door is open for Badgers — and others — to win Big Ten title

March 4, 2020 Rick Solem

Maryland just left the door open for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team. Well, the door’s open for the Badgers, Michigan State and Illinois all to end up on top of the Big Ten Conference standings when everything is said and done. The ninth-ranked Terps lost 78-67 to Rutgers on Tuesday to really hurt […]

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Wild weekend pulls Badgers, others, within game of Maryland for Big Ten title

March 1, 2020 Rick Solem

The log jam atop the Big Ten Conference in men’s basketball got a lot more interesting over the weekend. Saturday, No. 24 Michigan State upset ninth-ranked Maryland, and pulled within a game of the conference lead. Sunday, Wisconsin won its sixth in a row, coming back from four down with less than 2 minutes remaining, […]