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Total of five Badgers-Packers land on NFL 2010’s All-Decade Team

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J.J. Watt – Photo Courtesy of Mike Clemens

Two Badgers and three Packers landed spots on the NFL 2010’s All-Decade Team which was released on Monday by the NFL and Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Former Wisconsin Badger greats J.J. Watt and Joe Thomas were named unanimous selections to the 2010’s All-Decade Team.

Watt played in 112 games during the decade, recording 96 sacks and totaling five All-Pro honors.

Thomas played in 119 games, all starts, despite retiring after the 2017 season.  Thomas made six All-Pro teams in his career, five of them in the decade.

Green Bay Packers signal caller Aaron Rodgers is one of two quarterbacks on the team.  He joins Tom Brady with the [Read more…]

Wisconsin hockey loses forward, adds a goaltender via transfers

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Former Wisconsin hockey forward Sean Dhooghe entered the transfer portal last week and will leave the program.  Dhooghe tweeted late last week that he’ll play his final season at Arizona State.

It’s not known at this time if Dhooghe will have to sit out a year under NCAA transfer rules, or if he’ll be allowed to play immediately.  The NCAA is considering allowing athletes to transfer once during their career without penalty, which could go into place for next season.

The Badgers beat Arizona State twice during the 2019-20 season but Dhooghe sat out both games with a knee injury.  He didn’t appear in any of the team’s final eight games, even though he was physically ready to return.

Wisconsin and Arizona State could face off again next season, as part of the field for the inaugural Holiday Face-Off at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum in December.  The pairings for that event haven’t been announced yet. [Read more…]

2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award to be unveiled Friday

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Abby Roque

Wisconsin women’s hockey senior Abby Roque will find out Friday (today) if she’s the sixth Badger to win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as USA Hockey announced it will present the highest individual honor in women’s college hockey in a ceremony live on its Facebook and YouTube pages.

Roque, who was named a first-team All-American earlier this week and was named the USCHO Player of the Year on Thursday, is one of three finalists for the award.

Roque helped lead UW to its eighth WCHA regular-season title and a No. 2 ranking in the country.

The senior center recorded a career-high in goals with 26, points with 58 and matched her best assist mark with 32.  She was stellar in the faceoff circle for UW as her 523 faceoff wins led the country while her .656 faceoff clip ranked second.

Roque rewrote the Badgers’ record books this year as she climbed into the top-10 in school history in points (170, 9th), assists (114, 7th), plus/minus (+136, 7th), power play goals (21, 7th) and game-winning goals (15, 8th).

 

Wisconsin extends deadline to pay for football season tickets

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University of Wisconsin officials are pushing back the deadline for fans to renew their football season tickets for the upcoming 2020 season.

Season ticket invoices and payment was originally due on April 20th.  That deadline has been pushed back to May 11th.

May 11 will also be the priority deadline for single-game ticket requests, including the Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field on Oct. 3.

Earlier this month, the Green Bay Packers pushed back t heir deadline to June 1, from March 31.

Spring football has been pushed  back until at least April 6 and there’s a good chance it’ll be cancelled entirely.  The school’s spring graduation ceremonies, set for May 8 and 9, have already been canceled.

 

Two Badger women land All-American hockey honors

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Wisconsin forward Abby Roque was named first team All-American by the 2019-20 CCM/AHCA on Tuesday.

Badger teammate Daryl Watts received second-team honors.

The AHCA honors are the second for Watts (first team, 2017-18) and the first for Roque.

Roque was a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and the WCHA Offensive and overall Player of the Year, registering 56 points on 26 goals and 32 assists for the Badgers this season.

Watts is in her first season with the Badgers and led the nation in scoring with 74 points on 25 goals and an NCAA-best 39 assists.  her assists per game (1.36) and points per game (2.06) also led the country.  She was the only NCAA player to average more than two points a game.

Frederick announces retirement at age 29

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Former Wisconsin Badger football center, who went on to play in five NFL Pro Bowl games, announced his retirement from the NFL at the age of 29 on Monday.

Frederick retired after saying he “could no longer perform at my highest level”.

Frederick just went to his fifth Pro Bowl after recovering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which is a rare autoimmune disease.  Frederick missed the 2018 season but returned last season and played in the all 16 of the Cowboys games.

Frederick was a first round pick by the Cowboys in the 2013 NFL draft (31st pick overall).  He became the first rookie in franchise history to start every game at center and was named to the NFL’s All-Rookie team.

Frederick signed a six-year contract extension in 2016 worth $56.4 million, making him the highest-paid center in the NFL.

Gard honored by NABC

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Greg Gard

Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Greg Gard was named National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 7 coach of the year on Monday.

Gard led his Badgers to a 21-10 overall record and a three-way tie for the Big Ten regular-season title, the program’s first since 2015.  The Badgers won their final eight games to tie with Michigan State and Maryland and landed the top seed via tiebreakers.

The Badgers did it, despite not having a first-round or second-round all-conference pick, which is the first time that has been accomplished in Big Ten Conference history.

Gard was also already named the Big Ten’s Coach of the Year.

 

Davis, Donarski capture Wisconsin basketball honors

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Wisconsin 2021 basketball recruit Johnny Davis of La Crosse Central high school, was named the 2020 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association.

Davis averaged 27.6 points a game for Central this past season, finishing his career with 2,141 points.

Davis and his twin brother Jordan, are both committed to playing for the Badgers next season.

Meanwhile, La Crosse Aquinas guard Lexi Donarski captured 2020 Miss Basketball.

The Iowa State recruit finished with 2,106 career points and averaged 24.2 points a game last season.

Aquinas captured two state titles in Donarski’s four years with the program, losing just three games in all.

 

Caufield to return to Badgers for sophomore season

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Wisconsin right winger Cole Caufield informed coach Tony Granato that he’s planning to return for a second season with the Badgers.

Caufield led the team in scoring as a freshman.  He was the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NHL draft by the Montreal Canadians.  The Canadians had already recommended that the 19-year-old play another year in college.

The Badgers have already lost a pair of first-round picks to the NHL.  Freshman center Alex Turcotte and sophomore defenseman K’Andre Miller have both signed with their NHL teams following the end of the Badgers season.

Caufield is the first Badgers player to win an outright league scoring title.  He tallied 24 points in 24 Big Ten games.  Caufield finished with 19 goals overall, tied for the most nationally among freshmen.  He finished the season with 36 total points.

 

Wisconsin’s Gard named Big Ten Coach of the Year

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Wisconsin Badger coach Greg Gard was named the 2020 Big Ten Coach of the Year, while juniors Nate Reuvers and D’Mitrik Trice were each named third-team all-big ten honorees.

Gard led the Badgers to a share of the Big Ten title and eight-straight wins to finish regular season play.  He is just the second head coach in UW history to win Big Ten Coach of the Year with Bo Ryan being the other, winning top coaching honors in 2002, ’03, ’13 and ’15.

Wisconsin is the first Big Ten regular season champion in league history to not feature a first-or-second team All-Conference selection, dating back to 1948.  A total of 95 teams have won a Big Ten regular season championship.  Of those 95 teams, 91 featured a first-team All-Big Ten player and three had a second-team All-Big Ten player. [Read more…]