by Bill Scott | Nov 24, 2020
The 14th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team was outshot 52-20 but they made those 20 shots count, knocking off the Penn State Nittany Lions 6-3 in their Big Ten series opener at LaBahn Arena on Monday night. Freshman Sam Stange notched his first two collegiate...
by Bill Scott | Nov 22, 2020
Redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz committed three first half turnovers and four overall as the Wisconsin Badgers (2-1) fell to the Northwestern Wildcats (5-0) (17-7 in Evanston, Illinois on Saturday. The Badgers, who played without injured wide receivers...
by Bill Scott | Nov 21, 2020
The 14th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team was looking to earn a split with 6th ranked Michigan on Friday night, but fell 2-1 in 3-on-3 overtime at LaBahn Arena. The game was scoreless after one period before Wisconsin (2-2-0, 2-2-0-0-1-0 Big Ten) junior Roman...
by Bill Scott | Nov 20, 2020
The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers (2-1-0, 2-1-0-0 Big Ten) suffered their first loss of the season, 5-2 in their home opener against the 6th ranked Michigan Wolverines (3-0-0, 1-0-0-0 Big Ten) at LaBahn Arena on Thursday night. Senior Josh Ess opened the scoring for...
by Bill Scott | Nov 16, 2020
The Wisconsin Badgers, coming off a 49-11 win over the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor on Saturday night, moved up in both Top 25 Polls on Sunday. The Badgers climbed two spots to number-12 in the Amway Coaches Poll. They’re third among four Big Ten Conference...
by Bill Scott | Nov 15, 2020
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team pulled off their first Big Ten weekend sweep since February of 2017, knocking off Notre Dame 5-3 on Saturday night in South Bend, Indiana. Senior Ty Pelton-Byce finished sophomore Cole Caufield’s rebound to put the Badgers...
by Bill Scott | Nov 15, 2020
The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers took advantage of a couple of Michigan turnovers early and went on to a convincing 49-11 win over the Wolverines on Saturday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Safety Scott Nelson and linebacker Leo Chenal intercepted Joe Milton in the...
by Bill Scott | Nov 14, 2020
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (1-0-0, 1-0-0-0 Big Ten), playing in its first game in 250 days to the coronavirus pandemic, knocked off Notre Dame (0-1-0, 0-1-0-0 Big Ten) 2-0 in their season opener on Friday night in South Bend. Senior Linus Weissbach scored...
by Bill Scott | Nov 13, 2020
The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team will enter the 2020-21 college basketball season as a top 10 team. Greg Gard’s Badgers came in at number-seven in the A.P. Top 25 on Monday. Thursday, the Badgers came in at number-seven again in the USA Today...
by Bill Scott | Nov 13, 2020
Wisconsin quarterback Jack Coan is no longer wearing a protective boot on his broken right foot and is making progress after undergoing surgery on Oct. 7. “Hopefully sooner than later we can get it to where he can start doing some field work,” said...
by Bill Scott | Nov 9, 2020
Wisconsin senior forward Nate Reuvers was named to the 2020-21 Preseason All-Big Ten Team on Monday. Reuvers is the only Badger to make the 10-person first team, voted on by a panel of conference media members. Reuvers started all 31 games for the Badgers last...
by Bill Scott | Nov 9, 2020
The Wisconsin football team is inching closer to a return to Big Ten action against the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor on Saturday. The Badgers began their regular game week preparations Monday morning. The team will practice each day this week and continue to...
by Bill Scott | Nov 9, 2020
Minnesota was tabbed the favorite to win the 2020-21 Big Ten regular season hockey title in a poll of the league’s coaches. Michigan was selected second h the poll, Notre Dame and Ohio State tied for 3rd. Wisconsin is picked to finish fifth, while Michigan...
by Bill Scott | Nov 6, 2020
Wisconsin senior forward Micah Potter has been named a candidate for the 2021 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award on Friday. Potter is one of 20 watch list candidates, and one of five from the Big Ten, for the nation’s best center. The Mentor, Ohio...
by Bill Scott | Nov 6, 2020
The Big Ten Conference released the first portion of the 2020-21 men’s hockey schedule on Thursday and Wisconsin will open play on Friday, Nov. 13 at Notre Dame in the first of a two-game series in South Bend, Indiana. The Badgers are slated to play 12 games...
by Bill Scott | Nov 3, 2020
The University of Wisconsin announced that Saturday’s home game against Purdue has been cancelled and team-related activities remain paused indefinitely. “I share in the disappointment of our student-athletes and staff,” athletic director Barry...
by Bill Scott | Nov 3, 2020
Wisconsin senior guard D’Mitrik Trice has been named a candidate for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Trice is one of 20 watch list candidates, and one of three from the Big Ten, for the...
by Bill Scott | Nov 3, 2020
After last Saturday’s game against Nebraska was cancelled, the Wisconsin Badgers have had their focus on getting healthy and getting the spread of the coronavirus under control. Today (Tuesday), the Badgers will find out of this week’s game against Purdue...
by Bill Scott | Oct 29, 2020
The Wisconsin football program has confirmed more positive PCR tests for COVID-19. The Wisconsin Athletic Department released the additional numbers Thursday afternoon. One positive result was received late Wednesday, while two others were confirmed on Thursday...
by Bill Scott | Oct 27, 2020
Wisconsin Badger redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz will miss the next three games after a second COVID-19 positive test was confirmed. The news was first reported by CBS Sports. Mertz made his starting debut last Friday night against Illinois and...