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La Crosse’s King takes the shot with game on line in final seconds for Badgers

December 7, 2017 Rick Solem

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PHILADELPHIA — It was another tough night for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team. In a 59-55 loss to Temple, the Badgers didn’t score over the final 3 minutes, 27 seconds. Down the stretch, as Wisconsin (4-6) was fouling to stay in it, they just happened to put the guy on the line that […]

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La Crosse’s King helps Badgers hold off Penn St.

December 5, 2017 Rick Solem

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The last 48 hours weren’t easy for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, which had all day Sunday, plus a long flight into Happy Valley on Monday, to stew over their worst home loss in nearly a decade. Penn State nearly extended that misery, but a potential go-ahead 3-pointer by […]

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Should Alabama have gotten the nod over Ohio St.?

December 4, 2017 Rick Solem

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Back in January 2012, the day after Alabama beat LSU in the BCS championship game, the commissioners of the FBS conferences gathered in New Orleans to discuss the future of the college football postseason. There had already been movement toward tearing up the unpopular Bowl Championship Series, but the all-Southeastern Conference championship game was the […]

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Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma, Wisconsin are playoff top 4

November 29, 2017 Rick Solem

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Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma and Wisconsin will enter championship weekend positioned to earn a playoff spot with just one more victory. But a potential Alabama-Ohio State controversy looms. Clemson moved up to No. 1 in the final College Football Playoff rankings before the semifinals are set by the selection committee on Sunday. Alabama fell from No. […]

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Badgers fall to 3-4, after dismal shooting against No. 18 Virginia

November 28, 2017 Rick Solem

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Another ranked opponent took down the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team Monday. No. 18 Virginia got 17 points from Kyle Guy in a 49-37 win at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. La Crosse native Kobe King played 21 minutes off the bench, going 1-for-3 from the field. He had two points, a […]

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Wisconsin can stop schedule skepticism by beating Ohio State

November 27, 2017 Rick Solem

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Wisconsin has been to the Big Ten championship game four times before over the first six editions of the event. Never have the Badgers been in a position like this when they arrive in Indianapolis. If they beat Ohio State, well, that strength-of-schedule skepticism will be reduced to a dull roar. The Badgers would be […]

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La Crosse’s King scores eight as Badgers blowout UW-Milwaukee

November 25, 2017 Rick Solem

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La Crosse native Kobe King is slowly progressing with the Wisconsin Badgers. The freshman scored eight points in a career-high 20 minutes, as Wisconsin blew out UW-Milwaukee 71-49 on Friday at the Kohl Center. Now, it may seem like King simply played because of a blowout, but the Central High School graduate scored a career-high […]

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Hornibrook keeps poise in QB spotlight for No. 5 Wisconsin

November 25, 2017 Rick Solem

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MADISON, Wis. — As the middle child in his family, Alex Hornibrook grew up with a lot of commotion in the house. It was great practice for blocking out the noise that comes with being the quarterback for an undefeated team with playoff aspirations. Through the highs and lows of the season — all the […]

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