Minneapolis, MN – The Minnesota Gophers controlled the game from the start in a 70-52 win over the Wisconsin Badgers. Minnesota’s guard Payton Willis led the Gophers in scoring with a game high 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting. The 6-4 guard from Arkansas drove repeatedly into the lane to get his points. When the Badgers […]
Oregon and UC-Irvine Advance to NCAA Tournament Second Round
San Jose, CA – No. 12-seed Oregon used a 47-point second half to propel them from a halftime tie and run away from No. 5-seed Wisconsin 72-54 in first round NCAA Tournament action at the SAP Center in San Jose. Payton Pritchard led the Ducks in scoring with 19 points while Louis King added 17 […]
Marquette Wins State Rivalry Over Wisconsin in OT
Milwaukee, WI – Marquette big Ed Morrow does not start. He rarely plays half the minutes of a game. And he entered Marquette’s game against rival Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee averaging five points per game, sixth best on the Golden Eagles. But with 35 seconds left in the second half and the score […]
Happ Leads Wisconsin to Close Win Over Rutgers
Madison, WI – Wisconsin center Ethan Happ is the definition of a one-level scorer who does nearly all of his work deep in the paint. That’s nothing opposing defenses do not know. But it’s also something opposing defenses can rarely stop, and that was the case on Monday night when Happ scored 20 points in […]
Happ Scores 23 in Wisconsin Loss at Temple
Philadelphia, PA – Preseason All-American Ethan Happ gave Temple all it could handle in Wisconsin’s 59-55 defeat in North Philadelphia. The 6-10 junior forward finished with 23 points and six rebounds, displaying his craftiness and nose for the ball around the rim. Had it not been for Fran Dunphy’s late game decision to go small […]
Wisconsin Uses Depth to Roll Over Yale
Madison, WI – One of the concerns the Wisconsin basketball team will need to address this season is what players are going to step up to help preseason All-American center Ethan Happ now that former teammates Bronson Koenig and Nigel Hayes have graduated and taken their games to the G-League. Might those players be 6-5 […]
Wisconsin and Michigan Head To Big Ten Tournament Title Game
Washington, D.C. – It will be Michigan against Wisconsin for the Big Ten Tournament title. In the first game, Derrick Walton Jr. won the battle of the point guards against Nate Mason. Walton led Michigan with 29 points as the Wolverines defeated the Golden Gophers 84-77. Mason chipped in 23 points in the loss. Michigan […]
Big Ten Tournament: Wisconsin, Northwestern Advance
Washington, D.C. – Wisconsin handled business against Indiana finishing them off in the second half in a 70-60 win. Northwestern defeated Maryland in basically a home game for the Terps, 72-64. Both squads are playing well at the moment and it should provide quite a semifinal matchup on Saturday. Wisconsin was clicking on all cylinders […]
Wisconsin Erupts in 2nd Half to Top Marquette
Milwaukee, WI – Trailing Marquette by five points at halftime, Wisconsin erupted for 58 second-half points and cruised to a 93-84 victory over the Golden Eagles in the schools’ annual intrastate game on Saturday afternoon at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. The Badgers got a big second-half lift from starting center Ethan Happ, who sat […]