Badgers win from beyond the arc ; 5 straight Big Ten wins

WISCONSIN 79 OHIO STATE 68 Madison~ The Wisconsin Badgers displayed their best basketball Thursday night against the Ohio State Buckeyes Thursday night at the Kohl Center. After picking up a victory over Illinois on Sunday night. Wisconsin took 27 three point shots during the game and they made 13. Bucky entered the game shooting 32.9 % from beyond the arc. The season high 13 three-pointers overcame a rough night at the free throw line as the Badgers went 10 for 17.

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Badgers getting tougher: squeaks past Indiana 82-79 in OT

WISCONSIN 82     OT INDIANA 79 Madison W.I.~ Don’t get me wrong, these 12-9 Wisconsin Badgers are a long way from the Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker-led team they were a year ago, but improvement is on the rise in Madison. Wisconsin is on a 3-game winning streak, and their most recent victory was an 82-79 overtime victory over the Indiana Hoosiers at the Kohl Center.  After just getting by then #4 ranked Michigan State 76-77, the Badgers beat Penn State

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Spartans are 2-2 to kick off the season

The St. Andrew Spartans first four games resulted in two blowout wins and two losses. To kick off the season the Spartans played the Phoenix Comets, a seventh grade team,led by a kid named Mario. St. Andrew struggled early and it was 10-4 Comets at the end of the first quarter. At the half the Spartans were only trailing by two 12-10. Augustus #25 and L.M #5 scored most of the points in the first half, while Jacob#4 scored a

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Wisconsin’s dream season ends due to Duke

This season was one of the best seasons in the history of Wisconsin basketball, but it ended in the same heartbreaking way of last year. Defeat. The Badgers lost to the Blue Devils of Duke 68-63, in a blow that will be well-remembered long into the off-season. Two days after the Badgers ended Kentucky’s season of perfection, they ended their national title run, losing to Duke. It was the final game at Wisconsin for four players, Frank Kaminsky, Josh Gasser, Duje

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Kaminsky ready for anything as Badgers will play Kentucky

The Wisconsin Badgers and the Kentucky Wildcats will clash Saturday at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis at 6:47.   The last time these two squads met was last year in the Final Four, but Kentucky came out on top.  Kentucky fears Wisconsin’s huge seven-foot center, Frank Kaminsky, who scored 29 points against Arizona.   In last seasons Elite Eight, Kaminsky scored 28 points and 11 rebounds.   Well, Kentucky came up with a plan for Kaminsky last year: they crowded

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Trice and the Spartans advance to the Final Four

Travis Trice and the Michigan State Spartans defeated Louisville, 76-70, to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2010.  Trice said that he wouldn’t cry if they won their elite eight game and made it to the Final Four.  About 10 seconds after the buzzer sounded Trice began to sob with joy.  ” I was actually trying to hold it in,” Trice stated. ” I tried to keep it even kneeled. I’m mad that I even cried

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Dekker, Badgers deny Arizona to make Final Four

Sam Dekker and the Wisconsin Badgers overpowered Arizona to make the Final Four for the second time in as many years.  Dekker sunk five three-pointers and scored his career high 27 points.  Frank Kaminsky scored 29 points, as the Badgers beat Arizona in the Elite Eight for the second year in a row.  Arizona’s Wildcats got within five points in the last two and a half minutes, but Dekker nailed consecutive threes to put the dagger in Arizona.   ” Sam

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Wisconsin rallies to beat the Heels in last minutes

The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers were down by seven points late in the second half, giving all those non-believing fans something to think about.  Indeed, their motto is Make ’em Believe, and after that game college basketball fans will start believing in the Badger squad. The Badgers rallied North Carolina in a game that the Tar Heels could’ve easily taken over and won. ” We don’t need to talk to each other too much,” fifth-year senior Josh Gasser said. ” You’ve just got

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Wisconsin pulls away from Oregon, 72-65

The Wisconsin Badgers clinched their fourth Sweet Sixteen appearance in five years.  If they can win their way throughout the beastly West Region they will prove they have the soul of a champion.  A lot of work will need to be done before they prove though.  They will play North Carolina on Thursday at 6:47.  The Tar Heels beat Arkansas 87-78 Saturday night. But,  North Carolina might be without forward Kennedy Meeks, who suffered a sprained knee. If they defeat

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Cincinnati challenges Kentucky as Villanova exits

The Kentucky Wildcats did beat Cincinnati by 13 points, but nothing came easy for these first-ranked Wildcats.  Kentucky didn’t flinch when Cincinnati came within three points.  In fact, they built a double-digit lead by physically playing better than the Bearcats.  With that victory Kentucky became the first men’s college basketball team to go 36-0 and they are chasing the accomplishment of becoming the first team to go 40-0 since the Indiana Hoosiers in 1976.   Aaron Harrison scored 13 points,

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