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According to reports, former Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Lisa Stone
Lisa Stone
has been hired to coach the Saint Louis women’s basketball team.
Stone is expected to be introduced at a news conference later today.
Stone spent eight seasons at Wisconsin before being fired in March of last year. She went 128-119 with the Badgers.
The Wisconsin Badger coaching staff received an oral commitment for the 2013 freshman class from 6’7, 285 lb. offensive tackle Jake Keeler.
Keeler played at Barrington (Ill.) High School, the same school that produced offensive lineman Dan Voltz, who came to Wisconsin last year.
Keeler picked the Badgers over Missouri, Illinois, Purdue, Nebraska, Tennessee and Miami (Fla.).
Voltz played last fall with Keeler at Barrington, then enrolled at Wisconsin in January. Voltz is currently No. 2 on the depth chart at center for the Badgers.
Wisconsin Badger quarterback Russell Wilson may face long odds to make it in
Russell Wilson
the NFL. Quarterbacks under 6-feet don’t have a history of NFL success.
Yet Wilson managed to complete 73% of his passes while throwing for 3,175 yards, 33 touchdowns and just four interceptions. Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson offered this advice on Wilson’s chances.
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One thing Wilson has going for him is his experience. He’s been able to function well in Madison, trying to throw over or through one of the largest offensive lines in all of college football.
The University of Wisconsin has lifted several restrictions originally placed on freshman forward Jarrod Uthoff today. Uthoff is now
Bo Ryan
free to contact any school outside the Big Ten Conference.
Uthoff met today with associate athletic director Justin Doherty and athletic director Barry Alvarez. Doherty and Alvarez then met with UW basketball coach Bo Ryan and decided to lift the restrictions for all schools outside of the Big Ten.
The University provided a synopsis of the transfer and appeal process as it pertained to Uthoff this afternoon. It claimed that the number of schools reported to be restricted (25) had been overstated.
According to UW officials, Uthoff requested permission to contact 16 schools, four of which were denied. Uthoff then appealed three of the four schools that were denied.
If Uthoff wants to transfer to another Big Ten school and receive an athletic scholarship, he can appeal to the chairperson of the UW athletic board.
Bo Ryan told ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike that because he had never spoken in person to Uthoff about the transfer, he wanted to force the appeals process to learn why Uthoff wanted to leave the program.
Men’s ice hockey will become an official Big Ten sport with the 2013-14 academic year, the conference announced today that the Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournaments will be held at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., in 2014 and 2016, and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich., in 2015 and 2017.
The inaugural Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament will be held March 20-22, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center. Tickets are expected to go on sale in the summer of 2013.
The tournament will feature all six teams, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin – in a single elimination format. Thursday’s quarterfinals will feature the No. 3 seed facing the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed battling the No. 5 seed. The top two seeds will open tournament play in the Friday semifinals, with the No. 1 seed against either the No. 4 or 5 seed and the No. 2 seed facing the No. 3 or 6 seed. The championship game will be held on Saturday.
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