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Badgers knock off Kentucky, will play for NCAA Championship (AUDIO)

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

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 two was accomplished on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, when the Badgers came from behind in the final minutes to beat Kentucky 71-64, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season.  They now look to take on goal #2 when they play for the National title on Monday night (8:18 p.m.) against Duke.

Wisconsin (36-3) advanced to the title game for the first time under coach Bo Ryan.  They’ll try to avenge a loss to Duke (34-4) earlier this season.  The Blue Devils knocked off Michigan State 81-61 in the first semifinal last night. [Read more…]

Kaminsky is college basketball Player of the Year (Update)

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

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.

Kaminsky is the first Wisconsin player to win the AP award, which started back in 1961.  He received 58 votes from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25.  Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor received five votes and Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein and Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant each had one vote. [Read more…]

Kaminsky is consensus All-American

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

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 joins Alando Tucker (2007) as the only AP first-team All-Americans at Wisconsin.

Combined with first-team nods by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, United States Basketball Writers Association and Sporting News, the AP honor makes Kaminsky a consensus first-team All-American.  Wisconsin has had 18 individuals earn a total of 21 consensus first-team All-America honors.

Along the way, Kaminsky also won 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year honors.  He is averaging 22.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 51.7 percent field goal shooting and 62.5% 3-point shooting through four NCAA tournament games this year.

NCAA Final Four field is set

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

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 Krzyzewski, matching the all-time record of UCLA’s John Wooden.

Duke (33-4) will face Michigan State in Saturday’s semifinal.  The Spartans knocked off Louisville 76-70 in overtime, advancing to the Final Four for the ninth time, with seven of those nine under Tom Izzo. [Read more…]

Badgers rally to beat UNC, advance to Elite 8 for second straight year

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

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 Dekker scored a career-best 23 points (10-for-15) to go along with ten rebounds, while Zak Showalter and Traevon Jackson combined for ten points off the bench in the Badgers third Sweet 16 win under coach Bo Ryan. Jackson was playing in his first game after missing 19 games with a broken foot. The senior hit his first shot of the game, a three-pointer from the corner in the first half.

The top seed in the West Region fell behind early and trailed by as much as seven in the second half against the fourth-seeded Tar Heels, but a 19-7 run put the Badgers in front for good. The run included a three-pointer by Frank Kaminsky and four consecutive points from Showalter. [Read more…]

Badgers withstand Oregon run to advance to Sweet 16

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

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 Kaminsky (16), and Nigel Hayes (14) combined for 47 points; however, the real surprise was redshirt sophomore Zak Showalter scoring five points and grabbing a career-high five rebounds off the bench.

The Badgers built an 11-point first half lead, which dwindled down to three by halftime. Oregon’s pursuit continued in the second half as the Ducks eventually tied the game at 52 with just under six minutes remaining. Wisconsin answered with a quick 6-0, and finished the game by outscoring the Ducks 20-13. [Read more…]

Badgers cruise to opening round NCAA win

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Nigel Hayes

Nigel Hayes

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 25 shooting to help the Badgers build a 15-point lead at halftime (47-32).  The trio finished with 62 points on 24 of 41 shooting.

Kaminsky led the way with 27 points and 12 rebounds, while Sam Dekker came out of his 3-point shooting slump, hitting 4 of 8 from distance to finish with 20 points for the game.  Nigel Hayes added 15 points and eight rebounds with seven of the eight boards on the offensive end. [Read more…]

Kaminsky recognized as USBWA first-team All-American

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Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky

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 and D’Angelo Russell of Ohio State.

Kaminsky is the just the third Badger to garner USBWA All-America honors, joining Alando Tucker (1st team) in 2007 and Devin Harris (2nd team) in 2007.

Kaminsky led the Badgers in points (18.2), rebounds (8.0), assists (90), blocks (52) and steals (30).  The Lisle, Illinois native is shooting a team-best 55.3 percent this season and ranks third on the team for 3-point shooting at 39.5%.  He has scored in double figures in 27 straight games and 32 out of 33 games played this season.

Badgers beat Michigan State in OT thriller, grab #1 seed

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Nigel Hayes

Nigel Hayes

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 Tournament championship game.

The win helped guanantee a number-1 seed for the Badgers.  They’ll open the NCAA Tournament Friday night in Omaha, Nebraska against the 16-seed in the west, Coastal Carolina (8:20 p.m.).  Coastal Carolina is the champion of the Big South Conference.

The Big Ten Tournament title is the first for the Badgers (31-1) since 2008 and third overall.  The win also tied the program record for victories with 31. [Read more…]

Badgers hold off Michigan in Big Ten quarterfinals (AUDIO)

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Sam Dekker

Sam Dekker

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 harder early, playing with a real sense of urgency, while the Badgers looked as if their wakeup call came a few minutes late this morning.

There haven’t been many down moments for the Badgers this season, and when things didn’t go their way early, there’s been no panic.  Such was the case again today, as the Badgers woke up, chipped away and took a 5-point lead into the locker room at halftime.  Wisconsin went on to win, 71-60 at the United Center and will face either Penn State or Purdue in Saturday’s semifinals. [Read more…]