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No fans for Wisconsin home basketball & hockey games

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In an expected announcement, Wisconsin Athletics announced Wednesday that men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s hockey home games will be played this season without fans for an indefinite period of time.

Just like with football games at Camp Randall Stadium, fans will not be allowed into the Kohl Center for basketball or LaBahn Arena for hockey due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  UW had announced earlier in the fall that there would be no season tickets for basketball or hockey this season and season ticket holders have already been refunded or are in the process of being refunded.

The Badger men’s hockey team opens its season at Notre Dame this weekend before returning home to host Michigan on Nov. 19-20 at LaBahn Arena.  The top-ranked UW women’s hockey team begins its season with two series on the road (at Ohio State on Nov. 27-28 and at Minnesota on Dec. 4-5) before making its home debut against Minnesota-Duluth on Dec. 11-12.

The men’s and women’s basketball schedules will be released soon.

 

Badger women’s hockey team looking to fill the bowl again

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The last time the Wisconsin women’s hockey team played at the Kohl Center, they drew 15,359 fans in a 2-0 win over St. Cloud State in 2017.  That turned out to be the largest crowd to watch an NCAA women’s hockey game.

The Badgers will try to equal that record performance when they host the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday, Feb. 16 (2pm) at the Kohl Center.

It’s the final game of the 2019-20 regular season and it’ll be the sixth Fill the Bowl game as the Badgers raise money for local charity.

The Badgers made the Kohl Center their home from 1999 until they moved into LaBahn Arena in 2012.

No beneficiary has yet been announced.  Tickets for the game are expected to go on sale in October.

Badger hockey team opens summer practice

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey program opened it’s summer practice schedule on Monday in preparation for its preseason foreign tour to Canada where it will skate in a pair of exhibition contests against the University of British Columbia.

Wisconsin’s trip will run from Aug. 28 through Sept. 2.

The Badgers will hold a second practice on Wednesday with eight additional workouts prior to departing for the trip.

The Badgers will face British Columbia on Friday, Aug. 30 and Sunday, Sept. 1.

Tony Granato (pictured) starts his fourth on the Badgers bench.  They’ll open the 2019-20 campaign on Friday, Oct. 11 at Boston College.  UW opens its home slate with a Kohl Center series on Oct. 18-19 against two-time defending NCAA champion Minnesota Duluth.

The Badgers welcome the return of six of their top seven scorers and six of their top-nine goal scorers from the 2018-19 season to a program that adds four NHL draft picks, including a pair from the top 15 of the 2019 NHL Draft.  That doesn’t include a third projected first-round draft pick for the 2020 NHL draft.

 

Wisconsin reportedly enters bids to host NCAA Hockey Regionals

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The University of Wisconsin last played host to a NCAA men’s hockey regional at the Kohl Center in 2008.  The fact that the Kohl Center isn’t a neutral site and is closer to an Olympic size rink, than the preferred NHL-size rink has kept them from hosting again.

However, a lack of bids from teams in the West has allowed for Wisconsin to throw their hat in the ring again.

According to a Wisconsin State Journal story, first reported by hockey writer Todd Milewski, UW has entered bids to host regionals in 2021 and 2022.  The host sites for the 2020 and 2021 events are expected to be announced by the NCAA this week.

In 2008, the Kohl Center drew 9,968 and 9,816 fans for the two days of the tournament.  In the 11 years since, only Minnesota (10,974) drew more fans at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, with a trip to the 2012 Frozen Four on the line.

WIAA Boys State Basketball Tournament opens Thursday

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The 103rd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball State Tournament tips off at the Kohl Center in Madison on Thursday and runs through Saturday.

The single elimination tournament features a five division format with four teams qualifying in each of the five divisions.

The 2018 Schedule follows.

Thursday, March 15

Division 3

#1  Valders (23-3) vs. #4 Kettle Moraine Lutheran (22-5)  –  1:35 p.m.
#2  East Troy (21-5) vs. #3 Prescott (24-2)  –  3:15 p.m.

Division 4

#1  Roncalli (21-5) vs. #4 Pardeeville (23-3)  –  6:35 p.m.
#2  Clear Lake (25-0) vs. #3 Marathon (22-4)  –  8:15 p.m. [Read more…]

Hockey Badgers honor their seniors

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It’s senior weekend at the Kohl Center this weekend as the 17th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team faces the rival Minnesota Gophers at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers will recognize their eight seniors before Saturday nights game.  It’s the largest senior class for the Badgers since the 2013-14 squad had nine seniors complete their eligibility.

That list includes Tim Davison, Jason Ford, Kyle Hayton, Cameron Hughes, Cullen Hurley, Jake Linhart, Matt Ustaski and Ryan Wagner.

With four games remaining in the regular season, the Badgers sit alone in third place with 28 points, one better than Michigan and three points ahead of Penn State.  [Read more…]

Wisconsin basketball adds exhibition

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The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will play an additional exhibition game to help raise money for those affected by hurricanes in the United States and the Caribbean.

The Badgers will host Northern Iowa on November 1, at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

Greg Gard’s Badgers will also scrimmage Missouri on Saturday in the Quad Cities and host UW-Stout in an exhibition game on Nov. 5.

Fans in attendance will be asked to donate to Team Rubicon, an organization founded by former Wisconsin football player and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jake Wood.  Team Rubicon unites the skills and experience of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams to disaster areas.

 

Badger men’s basketball student tickets sold out in 12 minutes

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Kohl Center Court:
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Date: 1998

Tickets for the Wisconsin men’s basketball Grateful Red student section went on sale Thursday morning at 7 a.m. CT.  Twelve minutes later, all 2,100 tickets were gone.  The student section at the Kohl Center for Wisconsin basketball has completely sold out for 13 of the last 16 seasons.

Wisconsin led the Big Ten Conference in attendance this past season and ranked 6th nationally.  The Badgers have led the Big Ten in attendance in 11 of the last 15 years.  UW has finished among the nation’s top seven for attendance in each of the last 17 years.

Stevens Point Captures third straight WIAA title

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Stevens Point captured its third straight WIAA Boys Division 1 state basketball championship in convincing fashion, rolling to a 85-56 win over Arrowhead at the Kohl Center on Saturday night.

The Panthers scored the first 13 points of the game and never looked back.  Junior forward Joey Hauser finished with 33 points and 21 rebounds to lead Stevens Point (22-4).

Senior guard Trevell Cunningham had 22 points and six rebounds to lead Arrowhead.

Stevens Point became the eighth school in WIAA history to have won three straight championships.  Whitefish Bay Dominican has five straight titles (2012-16).  Randolph has four straight tournament titles (2002-05).  Stevens Point is joined by Germantown, Beloit, Marathon, Milwaukee Vincent and Racine St. Catherines to have won three in-a-row. [Read more…]

WIAA Boys State basketball tournament opens Thursday

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Following is the schedule for the WIAA Boys State Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison.

Thursday, March 16

Division 3 Semifinals

Prescott (23-3) vs. Lake Mills (24-2)  1:35 p.m.
Xavier (26-0) vs. Ripon (26-0)  3:15 p.m.

Division 4 Semifinals

Cameron (23-3) vs. Darlington (26-0)  6:35 p.m.
Roncalli (13-13) vs. Destiny (23-1)  8:15 p.m. [Read more…]