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The Wisconsin Badgers resume Big Ten Conference play by hosting the No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers at the Kohl Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM on FOX this Saturday, January 3. Purdue enters as a 5.5-point favorite. Despite shooting just 4-of-22 from three-point range, the Badgers defeated UW-Milwaukee 80-60 on December 30. Nick Boyd scored […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers are kicking off the 2026 season as their Big Ten slate opens up with a home contest against the No. 5 Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday. The Badgers are coming off back-to-back wins over Central Michigan and Milwaukee, finishing their non-conference slate with a 9-4 overall record. They lack a Quad 1 win […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers are seeing quite a few players depart this offseason, be it due to eligibility or via the transfer portal. Among that group is senior wide receiver Vinny Anthony, who elected to stay with the Badgers throughout his collegiate career. Anthony, Wisconsin’s No. 1 receiver the past two seasons, had a down year […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers have put quite a few offensive linemen into the NFL over the years. One of them, Jacksonville Jaguars tackle Cole Van Lanen, got a huge extension on Friday, getting a three-year, $51 million deal in his first year as a starter. Van Lanen has turned into one of the better success stories […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers got a late commitment from former Iowa State Cyclones wide receiver commit Kash Brock earlier this week, adding another skill position player to their smaller 2026 recruiting class. Brock, a three-star recruit according to 247Sports, attends Basha High School in Arizona. He has seen a few flips in his recruitment, originally committing […]
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The transfer portal is officially open, and the Wisconsin Badgers have a good group of visitors coming in over the weekend and next week. Among that group? Old Dominion transfer quarterback Colton Joseph, who will take a visit to Wisconsin starting on Friday. Joseph, a redshirt sophomore this past season, broke out for Old Dominion […]
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As the transfer portal opened on Friday morning, two Wisconsin Badgers defensive linemen entered their names in and will head elsewhere for 2026. Sophomore Jamel Howard and freshman Ernest Willor Jr. are both entering the transfer portal after spending the last three and two seasons with the Badgers, respectively. Howard, a prized recruit for Wisconsin […]
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The transfer portal has officially opened, and the Wisconsin Badgers are expected to be significantly active this offseason after losing nearly 40 players, either to eligibility or the portal. Wisconsin has already been linked to a number of players in the transfer portal, and visits are expected to begin as soon as Saturday. So, we’re […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers quickly moved to hire a new running backs coach, poaching Minnesota Gophers assistant Jayden Everett after losing Devon Spalding to the Michigan State Spartans. Everett had been at Minnesota for one season as their running backs coach, coming over after helping coach running backs at Michigan as an analyst in 2024. Prior […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers have been quite an active team in the transfer portal since head coach Luke Fickell arrived, seeing a ton of players both enter and exit the program over the last three years. Unfortunately, those additions haven’t directly correlated to wins, mainly due to struggles on the offensive side of the ball at […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers have had a lot of transfer portal attrition during the Luke Fickell era, seeing a number of players head elsewhere for better opportunities. Among those players is former tight end Riley Nowakowski, who transferred to the Indiana Hoosiers this offseason for his final year of eligibility. Nowakowski had been in the tight […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers concluded 2025 with an 80-60 win over the Milwaukee Panthers on Tuesday night. The Badgers got things started on defense by holding a fatigued Panthers team that played on Monday to two points through the first nine minutes of the game. While Wisconsin kept Milwaukee from generating any offense, the Badgers built […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers were initially expected to redshirt in-state four-star freshman Zach Kinziger, who had a ton of players ahead of him in the guard rotation. However, after a couple of weeks of good practices, Kinziger surprisingly broke his redshirt and immediately hopped into the rotation in Wisconsin’s 88-61 win over Central Michigan last week. […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers got a comfortable 80-60 win over the Milwaukee Panthers on Tuesday, getting out to a fast start and never looking back in their final non-conference game of the season. Wisconsin struggled from three, but held Milwaukee to just 33.6 percent from the field and 3 of 22 from deep in the win. […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers are taking on the Milwaukee Panthers in their final game of 2025, as well as their final conference game, on Tuesday, with tip-off slated for 6:00 p.m on Big Ten Network. The Badgers enter Tuesday with an 8-4 record, having yet to secure a Quad 1 win during their non-conference slate despite […]
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Well, that happened fast. The Wisconsin Badgers went from a popular dark horse Big Ten title contender to an “outside looking in” on every major Bracketology in the span of a few weeks earlier in December. So, it’s high time to do an updated Best/Worst/Most Likely Scenario for the squad heading into conference play. Best Case Here, Wisconsin puts […]
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With 2026 fast approaching, I looked at several Wisconsin Badgers sports squads and came up with a resolution that makes sense for each of them. (Sorry, “Winning a Natty” is a bit too on the nose for this exercise.) Here’s to a robust early Happy New Year to Badgers everywhere, and to big things in 2026 for all […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers play their last basketball game of 2025 on Tuesday, as the Milwaukee Panthers come to the Kohl Center. Tip-off is at 6:00 PM on the Big Ten Network, and the Badgers are 21.5-point favorites. The Badgers got back in the win column with a solid 88-61 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers have finally got some quarterback transfer portal news, as starter Billy Edwards is using a medical redshirt and heading to the transfer portal for his final year of eligibility. Edwards, Wisconsin’s top transfer in 2025, was considered a significant financial addition for the team last offseason, coming in to be the team’s […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers are taking on the Milwaukee Panthers in their final non-conference game of the season, as well as their final game of 2025, on Tuesday. Last week, Wisconsin had an 88-61 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas, as their bench erupted for 44 points, with freshman Zach Kinziger making his season debut. Wisconsin […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers are seeing another position shakeup as running backs coach Devon Spalding is heading to the Michigan State Spartans to work for head coach Pat Fitzgerald in the same role. Spalding, a Michigan native, had been Wisconsin’s running backs coach for the last three seasons after spending four seasons coaching running backs at […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team returns to kick off the second half of the season with a trip to Milwaukee for the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off. The Badgers beat Lake Superior State on Sunday, setting up a championship game against No. 7 Western Michigan. Western Michigan knocked off No. 12 Boston College in the […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers are getting busy in the transfer portal as they continue to evaluate targets ahead of the portal opening date on January 2nd. There have been a number of key transfers out of the program, which could lead to a huge transfer portal class. The team does have a bunch of needs, so […]
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The Big Ten saw a coaching shakeup happen over the weekend, as the Michigan Wolverines filled their coaching vacancy by hiring former Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham, the second-longest tenured head coach in college football. Whittingham, 65, had been with the Utes since 2002, but stepped down in a unique situation as Utah decided […]
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The Wisconsin Badgers have seen an up-and-down start to their season. They haven’t gotten a noteworthy win yet, while losing games to BYU, TCU, Nebraska, and Villanova, with all coming by double digits. Coming into the season, they were a top-25 team, but have since dropped from the rankings and have yet to re-join the […]
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