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AP sources: NCAA dumps requirement that transfers sit a year

April 15, 2021 Associated Press

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Starting next season, major college football and basketball players will be permitted to transfer one time before graduating without being required to sit out a year of competition. The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to changed the long-standing rule that has often deterred players in high-profile sports from switching schools, two people with knowledge […]

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Coaches: Venue, coverage diminish NCAA volleyball tournament

April 8, 2021 Associated Press

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Coaches of two of the top teams in the NCAA Division I volleyball tournament complained Thursday about the setup for the event next week, with Wisconsin’s Kelly Sheffield saying it could continue shining an unfavorable light on the treatment of female athletes by college sports’ governing body. The NCAA, as it […]

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Wisconsin hopes to hire new AD ‘within a few months’

April 8, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of the search committee to pick a successor to retiring Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said the school hopes to make a hire “within a few months.” Peter Miller, the chair of Wisconsin’s athletic board, wouldn’t get more specific than that. Alvarez announced his retirement Tuesday and said it […]

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Barry Alvarez, AD who reshaped Wisconsin sports, to retire

April 6, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As he announced his retirement, longtime Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez summed up his career by referencing the advice he often gives students. “Find something that you love to do, do it well enough that someone will pay you to do it, and you’ll never work a day in your life,” […]

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Notre Dame’s two-headed spring QB race features Pyne and former Badger Coan

April 6, 2021 Associated Press

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — There is competition once again in Notre Dame’s quarterback room this spring and that’s exactly how coach Brian Kelly and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees want it. Jack Coan, a fifth-year graduate transfer from Wisconsin, and returning sophomore Drew Pyne have been splitting the first-team reps through the first four spring […]

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Leonhard says he has ‘unfinished business’ at Wisconsin

March 31, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard says he has unfinished business at his alma mater and wouldn’t have felt right leaving after a pandemic-shortened season, even for an opportunity as tempting as his home state’s NFL team. Leonhard was a prime candidate for the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator position and had […]

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Big Ten is big flop, getting shut out of Final Four

March 31, 2021 Associated Press

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Big Ten spent most of this season talking about being the nation’s best basketball conference. It pointed to a league-record nine teams ranked one week in December and how its teams comprised nearly half of the top 10 many more weeks. It sent a conference-record nine teams into NCAA Tournament play, […]

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Wisconsin hires Marisa Moseley as women’s basketball coach

March 28, 2021 Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin hired Boston University’s Marisa Moseley as women’s basketball coach as the Badgers attempt to rejuvenate a program that hasn’t produced a winning season in a decade. Moseley was 45-29 at Boston University after working as an assistant on UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s staff during five of the Huskies’ national championship […]

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After month off due to COVID, No. 1 Badgers take down fourth-ranked Minnesota

March 22, 2021 Rick Solem

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After exactly a month off due to COVID-19, the top-ranked University of Wisconsin volleyball team didn’t miss a step in its return Sunday. The Badgers remained undefeated with a 3-1 (25-14, 22-25, 25-15, 25-23) win over fourth-ranked Minnesota. Despite the month hiatus, the Badgers retained the No. 1 ranking. Dana Rettke had 17 kills and […]

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Watts scores in OT, Wisconsin wins women’s Frozen Four hockey title

March 21, 2021 Associated Press

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ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Daryl Watts scored a remarkable goal 3:16 into overtime, giving Wisconsin a record-tying sixth national title with a 2-1 victory over Northeastern in the women’s Frozen Four championship game Saturday night. Watts had the puck behind the Northwestern net when Husky defenseman Megan Carter turned her back. Watts, the leading scorer […]

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