Now that the Badger basketball team has concluded it’s Big(11)Ten season, I have started to consider their future.
Not their future in the NCAA tournament. If you’ve watched the team this season, then you should already have a... read more »
March 15, 2009 7:34 am / 5 comments
As the college basketball regular season draws to a conclusion, Division I teams in Wisconsin both absorbed and delivered some hits to their post-season chances over the course of the last few days.
8th ranked Marquette first lost it’s... read more »
March 1, 2009 4:43 pm / 3 comments
I have played, coached and followed basketball for 40 years. In those four decades, I have never encountered a team that finishes worse than the 2009 edition of the Wisconsin Badgers.
I mean that in two ways: Both near the basket and, as a... read more »
February 22, 2009 4:19 pm / 1 comment
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team faces a big test on Sunday in traveling to East Lansing to face Big(11)Ten leader Michigan State. The game should be a good measure of how far the Badgers have come since digging themselves... read more »
February 21, 2009 9:05 am / no comments
The Wisconsin Badger basketball team came up with a big win Saturday night against the Ohio St. Buckeyes, 55-50. It was a game that Big(11)Ten detractors like North Carolina coach Roy Williams would suggest set basketball back 50 years, but... read more »
February 14, 2009 10:54 pm / 3 comments
The Wisconsin Badgers basketball team continued it’s resurgence Wednesday night with resounding 69-52 win over the visiting Iowa Hawkeyes. In doing so, the Badgers won their 3rd consecutive game since the 6 game losing streak that threatened... read more »
February 12, 2009 7:25 pm / 1 comment
The Wisconsin Badgers won their second consecutive game (and first road game in the last five) with a win at Penn St. on Sunday afternoon. I’m not yet ready to proclaim that the Badgers are “back” for they seem to match up... read more »
February 8, 2009 4:29 pm / 1 comment
Since I have done more than my share of Badger-bashing in this forum, I thought it was only fair that I acknowledge the Badgers decision over Illinois last night at the Kohl Center. (As I write this, I’m watching the Badger hockey team... read more »
February 6, 2009 8:01 pm / 2 comments
Don’t look now but the best public Division I basketball team in the state of Wisconsin may no longer reside in Madison. (Before I go any farther, I would like to emphasize that the point of this post is not to bash the Badgers yet... read more »
February 3, 2009 5:59 pm / 5 comments
Saturday afternoon, I had the pleasure of watching the UW-Green Bay women’s basketball team dismantle visiting Valparaiso 76-45 at the Kress Events Center on campus. UWGB has long had a dominant mid-major women’s program, winning... read more »
February 1, 2009 6:23 am / 8 comments