Illikainen leaving Wisconsin basketball

  Wisconsin senior forward Alex Illikainen has left the Wisconsin men’s basketball program, but will remain enrolled at the school. Illikainen didn’t play in the Badgers’ 85-63 season-opening home victory over Coppin State last week.  Twelve...

Happ leads Badgers over Penn State

Freshman Ethan Happ recorded his seventh double-double of the season, finishing with 20 points and eleven rebounds to help the Wisconsin Badgers knock off the Penn State Nittany Lions 66-60 in Big Ten action in State College, Pennsylvania on Thursday night. The...

Badgers fall in Big Ten opener

The Wisconsin Badgers gave 14th ranked Purdue a good battle but in the end, it was the Boilermakers who prevailed, winning the Big Ten opener 61-55 over the Badgers at the Kohl Center on Tuesday night. The game was tied at 24 at halftime and a 7-point run put the...