by Bill Scott | Feb 16, 2018
Fans usually don’t storm the court at Wisconsin. The Badgers usually win at a healthy clip and such an idea would never enter the minds of the fans. But this hasn’t been your normal season in Madison. The Badgers were thinned by graduation and injuries...
by Bill Scott | Oct 24, 2017
Khris Middleton has struggled from three-point range so far this season, but he hit a clutch three with 43-seconds to play last night, helping the Milwaukee Bucks knock off the Charlotte Hornets 103-94 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Middleton finished with 20...
by Bill Scott | Oct 20, 2017
For the second straight season, Wisconsin big man Ethan Happ was among 20 members named to the watch list for the 2018 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. He was named to the final five candidates for last year’s award. The Milan, Illinois, native...
by Bill Scott | Mar 29, 2017
Tony Snell scored a career-high 26 points and the Milwaukee Bucks shot 72% from the field in the first half, pulling out a 118-108 win over the Hornets in Charlotte on Tuesday night. It’s the 12th win in the last 15 games for the Bucks (38-36), who remain tied...
by Bill Scott | Dec 5, 2016
Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes was named the Big Ten’s Player of the Week. It’s the first career conference player of the week honor for Hayes, who averaged 18.5 points, 8.0 assists and 6.5 rebounds a game in wins over number-22 Syracuse and Oklahoma last...
by Bill Scott | Jun 29, 2016
The Charlotte Hornets said former Badger big man Frank Kaminsky will undergo a minor procedure on Wednesday to fix a small pocket of air between his lung and chest wall. The recovery time is six weeks and will keep Kaminsky out of the Orlando Pro Summer League. The...
by Bill Scott | Apr 10, 2015
Wisconsin senior center Frank Kaminsky was named the winner of the Wooden Award today (Friday) in Los Angeles. Kaminsky scored 21 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in Wisconsin’s championship game loss to Duke (68-63) last week. He finished the season...
by Bill Scott | Apr 10, 2015
Wisconsin Badger junior forward Sam Dekker announced today (Friday) that he will pass up his final season of eligibility at UW and enter the 2015 NBA Draft. “These past three years have been the best, most memorable years of my life,” Dekker said. ...
by Bill Scott | Apr 7, 2015
The most memorable season in Wisconsin basketball history fell one win short. The Badgers led by 9 with just over 13-minutes to play against Duke, but the Blue Devils went on a 10-0 run and closed out a 68-63 victory over the Badgers to win their 5th National...
by Bill Scott | Apr 6, 2015
The Wisconsin Badgers and Duke Blue Devils are both different teams from the two that squared off on Dec. 3 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Both teams have improved considerably since Duke knocked off Wisconsin 80-70 at the Kohl Center. For the Badgers, Sam Dekker was...
by Bill Scott | Apr 5, 2015
After losing in last years NCAA National semifinals, the Wisconsin Badgers we’re looking for two things this year. They wanted to play for and win a National Championship and hoped to have a chance to return the favor to the Wildcats along the way. One of the...
by Bill Scott | Apr 3, 2015
Wisconsin Badger center Frank Kaminsky was handed his second significant award today after being named The Associated Press college basketball Player of the Year. Kaminsky won the Oscar Robertson Trophy earlier, given to the College Basketball Player of the Year....
by Bill Scott | Mar 30, 2015
Wisconsin Badger senior Frank Kaminsky followed up his pre-season All-America status by being named first team All-America by the Associated Press today (Monday). Kaminsky was the only one of five All-Americans to earn unanimous selection. The Lisle, Illinois, native...
by Bill Scott | Mar 30, 2015
Duke and Michigan State both punched their ticket into the NCAA Final Four semifinals this Saturday after winning their regional title games on Sunday. The Blue Devils knocked off Gonzaga 66-52 to advance to the Final Four for the 16th time and 12th under coach Mike...
by Bill Scott | Mar 27, 2015
It required a second half rally, contributions from a two unexpected bench players, and a career night for a rising star to push the Wisconsin Badgers past North Carolina, 79-72, and into the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8 for a second consecutive year. Junior Sam...
by Bill Scott | Mar 23, 2015
The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers are moving on to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the seventh time under Bo Ryan after beating eighth-seeded Oregon 72-65 in a West Region 3rd Round game in Omaha, Neb. Wisconsin’s frontline of Sam Dekker (17), Frank...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2015
The 3rd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers moved into the round of 32 by cruising to a 86-72 win over Coastal Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday night. Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes combined to scored 38 points on 15 of...
by Bill Scott | Mar 16, 2015
Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky was named to the 2014-15 U.S. Basketball Writers Association Men’s All-America First Team today. Kaminsky is joined by fellow senior Jerian Grant of Notre Dame, along with Willie Cauley-Stein of Kentucky, Jahlil Okafor of Duke...
by Bill Scott | Mar 16, 2015
When it looked like it just wasn’t going to be Wisconsin’s day, the Badgers came from 11-points down in the second half to force overtime. From there, the Badgers outscored Michigan State 11-0 to pull out a 80-69 win over the Spartans in the Big Ten...
by Bill Scott | Mar 13, 2015
The 6th ranked Wisconsin Badgers are already in the NCAA Tournament, while the Michigan Wolverines only real chance to get in would have likely been to win the Big Ten Tournament title. The start of today’s quarterfinal game looked like that. Michigan played...
