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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…]

Badgers to host Syracuse in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

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Kohl Center Court Photo by: Jeff Miller

Kohl Center Court
Photo by: Jeff Miller

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team learned Tuesday that it will host Syracuse at the Kohl Center as part of the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.  The Badgers will face the Orange on November 29 in Madison.

The matchup marks the first-ever meeting in Madison between Wisconsin and Syracuse.  It goes down as just the fifth all-time matchup between the two teams.

The Badgers beat Syracuse in last years ACC/Big Ten Challenge, 66-58 in overtime at the Carrier Dome.

The Badgers will host a pair of 2016 Final Four teams in 2016-17 as Oklahoma will also visit the Kohl Center next season.

Wisconsin and Syracuse are tied 2-2 in their all-time series.

The Big Ten is unbeaten in the last seven Challenges, having won five and tied two.  The ACC won the first ten challenges and own a 10-5-2 record since the inception of the series in 1999.

WIAA Boys basketball tournament underway

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WIAA logoThe WIAA Boys State Basketball Tournament is underway at the Kohl Center in Madison.

In division 3 semifinal play on Thursday afternoon, Waupun and Xavier both captured victories and will meet in Saturday’s championship game.  Waupun knocked off Prairie du Chien 55-43, while Appleton Xavier knocked off Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 82-75.

In division 4 action, Whitefish Bay Dominican knocked off La Crosse Aquinas 54-46 while Cameron knocked off Amherst 44-41.  Dominican and Cameron will meet for the d-4 title on Saturday.

Day Two Lineup Today

Division 5 semifinals – 9:05 a.m.

Barneveld (23-4) vs. Catholic Central (18-9)
McDonell Central (25-2) vs. Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran (13-14) [Read more…]

Bucks announce 2015 preseason schedule

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Milwaukee Bucks logo 11The Milwaukee Bucks will play  three Wisconsin-based home games during the 2015 preseason, including two at the BMO Harris Bradley Center and one at the Kohl Center in Madison.

The Bucks will open their home preseason slate against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 10 in the 39th MACC Fund game.  The Bucks will also host the Washington Wizards at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Saturday, Oct. 17.

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Milwaukee will host the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Kohl Center in Madison, marking the first game in the state’s capital since a preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks, also at the Kohl Center, on Oct. 19, 1999.

The Bucks will play road games on Oct. 6 at Chicago, Oct. 13 at Cleveland and Oct. 23 at Minnesota.

Badger men’s basketball attendance ranks fifth nationally

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Wisconsin men’s basketball  home attendance ranked first in the Big Ten this season and fifth in the nation this past season.  The capacity average of 17,279 at the Kohl Center helped the Badgers reach their largest attendance total since the 2011-12 season.

Wisconsin’s streak of top seven finishes has reached 15-years nationally.  This past season, Wisconsin trailed only Syracuse, Kentucky, Louisville and North Carolina.  Kentucky was the only school to play in front of more people at 845,594.

Wisconsin has ranked among the top two in the Big Ten for 13 consecutive seasons and has now led the conference 10 times since 2003.