The Badgers dropped in the AP Top 25 poll for the third consecutive week. UW (12-4, 6-3 Big Ten) plays road games against Maryland and Penn State this week.
Before the circumstances of this weird season can help UW, however, UW has to start helping itself.
The Nittany Lions scored three times in the first period for a series split.
No. Name Ht. Year PPG 5 Tyler Wahl (above) 6-9 So. 5.5 2 Aleem Ford 6-8 Sr. 9.4 11 Micah Potter 6-10 Sr. 12.1 0 D'Mitrik Trice 6-0 Sr. 14.8 34 Brad Davison 6-4 Sr. 9.8
The Badgers have won three consecutive games in this series since an 83-58 home loss to the Buckeyes on Dec. 2, 2017. … UW is second nationally in turnover percentage (12.5), trailing only Villanova (11.8). … Micah Potter (above) played two seasons at Ohio State, averaging 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in 59 games (16 starts).
Coach: Chris Holtmann, 77-38 in his fourth season at Ohio State.
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Coach: Greg Gard, 112-60 in his fifth season at UW.
No. Name Ht. Year PPG 35 Nate Reuvers 6-11 Sr. 9.4 2 Aleem Ford 6-8 Sr. 9.9 11 Micah Potter 6-10 Sr. 12.3 0 D'Mitrik Trice 6-0 Sr. 15.0 34 Brad Davison (above) 6-4 Sr. 9.7
The Badgers women's hockey team's stay at No. 2 in the rankings was a short one after it swept No. 1 Minnesota.
UW coach Greg Gard called it a “rock fight,” but that’s exactly what was required for the ninth-ranked Badgers to win at the RAC for the first time since the Scarlet Knights joined the Big Ten in 2014.
Position: Defenseman
Coach: Greg Gard, 111-60 in his fifth season at UW.
No. Name Ht. Year PPG 35 Nate Reuvers 6-11 Sr. 9.8 2 Aleem Ford 6-8 Sr. 9.5 11 Micah Potter (above) 6-10 Sr. 12.5 0 D'Mitrik Trice 6-0 Sr. 15.2 34 Brad Davison 6-4 Sr. 9.4
While the 77-54 loss to No. 7 Michigan didn’t go down as the most-lopsided defeat under coach Greg Gard, it certainly qualifies as one of the most embarrassing performances of that era.
But it and other potentially worrisome strains likely will be found here, scientists say.
Coach: Greg Gard, 111-59 in his fifth season at UW.
No. Name Ht. Year PPG 35 Nate Reuvers (above) 6-11 Sr. 10.3 2 Aleem Ford 6-8 Sr. 9.8 11 Micah Potter 6-10 Sr. 12.5 0 D'Mitrik Trice 6-0 Sr. 14.8 34 Brad Davison 6-4 Sr. 10.0
Kit Saunders Nordeen was a central player in the 1973 push to elevate women's sports from club status at UW, but that was neither the beginning nor the end of her advocacy for women in athletics.
Tom Oates: Badgers can't rest with tough Big Ten tests looming after narrow win over feisty Hoosiers
After a game in which they had to claw back from deficits in regulation and the first overtime to beat the feisty Hoosiers, the Badgers are staring at their toughest week of the season.
No. Name Ht. Year PPG 35 Nate Reuvers 6-11 Sr. 10.1 2 Aleem Ford 6-8 Sr. 10.0 11 Micah Potter (above) 6-10 Sr. 12.7 0 D'Mitrik Trice 6-0 Sr. 14.2 34 Brad Davison 6-4 Sr. 10.0
UW has beaten Indiana at home 17 consecutive times. The Hoosiers’ only win at the Kohl Center was a 69-59 decision on Jan. 25, 1998, the same month the building opened. … D'Mitrik Trice (above) is 9 of 16 from 3-point range over the past three games. … Aleem Ford has reached double figures in points in five consecutive games for the first time in his career.
Badgers goalie Kennedy Blair made 11 of her 21 saves in the third period as she shut out an opponent for the second time in four games this season.
No. Name Ht. Year PPG 35 Nate Reuvers 6-11 Sr. 10.1 2 Aleem Ford 6-8 Sr. 10.0 11 Micah Potter 6-10 Sr. 12.7 0 D'Mitrik Trice (above) 6-0 Sr. 14.2 34 Brad Davison 6-4 Sr. 10.0
