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Badgers live to play another day (AUDIO)

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Khalil Iverson

The Wisconsin Badgers made all the right plays down the stretch to knock off the Maryland Terrapins 59-54 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Wisconsin (15-17) moves on to face top-seeded Michigan State (28-3) in the quarterfinals on Friday morning at 11 a.m.

The Spartans won both games against the Badgers during the regular season, 76-61 in East Lansing and 68-63 in Madison last Sunday.

The Badgers out-rebounded Maryland (19-13) 59-54 and hit 20 of 24 free throws (83.3%).  The Terrapins shot 88.9% from the free throw line but got just nine attempts, making eight of them.

Ethan Happ led four Badgers in double figures with 14 points.  He hit 6 of 7 free throws to help the Badgers improve to 15-17 on the season.

Wisconsin shot just 36% from the field for the game and hit just 3 of 18 (16.7%) from three-point range.  But when it counted, the Badgers made the plays. [Read more…]

Wisconsin’s Jordan advances to quarterfinals of 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships

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Isaac Jordan

Isaac Jordan

Wisconsin junior wrestler Isaac Jordan advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal after sweeping his first two opponents in the opening sessions of the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.

Jordan (27-0) collected two major decisions on the day at 165 pounds to clinch his spot in the quarterfinals where he will face Nebraska’s Austin Wilson.

Jordan has a 2-and-oh record against Wilson after pinning him in the 2014-15 season at the 32-second mark and defeating him by a major decision (8-0) in this season’s regular season dual.

The quarterfinals get underway Friday morning.

Big Ten Tournament at Madison Square Garden in 2018

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Big Ten LogoBig Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany announced the men’s basketball tournament will be played at Madison Square Garden in 2018.

League play will start in December during the 2017-18 season, about a week earlier than usual, to accommodate the Garden.  That means there will be a week between the Big Ten championship and the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Sunday.

The Big Ten Tourament will be in Chicago in 2015, Indianapolis in 2016 and Washington in 2017.

Delany also announced the Big Ten will begin an annual basketball-hockey doubleheader at the Garden starting in 2016.