| Abbreviated Thoughts On Wisconsin vs. SIU-Edwardsville |
| It was late by the time I got to watch the Wisconsin game last evening, so I m only offering an abbreviated set of points today. With so much basketball on TV, there was only so much time for writing afterward (particularly with a late-night Arizona-UAB game calling me). So
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Wed, Nov 19 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Marquette vs. Chicago State: The Perils of Satellite TV |
| Early season Marquette games are a bit more difficult for me to see this year, due to the fact that I m no longer a season ticket holder. It s tougher to talk someone into going to see the Golden Eagles play Chicago State when it s just a random
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin vs. Long Beach State: Raking Leaves and Watching Hoops |
| Basketball really got going this weekend, with the state s three teams playing their first regular season games, and UWM playing in actual meaningful games in a tournament (I ve only read about their 24-point comeback in the semifinals, but it sounded marvelous). Unfortunately, I wasn t able to attack
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Mon, Nov 17 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin WR Jefferson expected to leave hospital (AP |
| Wisconsin wide receiver Kyle Jefferson was scheduled to be released from the hospital Sunday, one day after he sustained a concussion in the Badgers' 35-32 victory over Minnesota. Jefferson was taken off the field in an ambulance after a big hit left him motionless for several minutes in the second
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sun, Nov 16 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Badgers make most of Gophers mistakes in 35-32 win (AP |
| For once, Wisconsin got to watch somebody else throw away a victory. After blowing their chance at a big-time bowl game with a pair of narrow losses to begin Big Ten play, the Badgers salvaged some pride by becoming bowl-eligible with a 35-32 comeback victory over mistake-prone Minnesota at Camp
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sat, Nov 15 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Medical tests 'encouraging' on Badgers' Jefferson (AP |
| The initial results of wide receiver Kyle Jefferson's medical tests are "very encouraging," Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said. Jefferson was hospitalized with potential head and neck injuries after he was taken off the field in an ambulance in the second quarter of Saturday's game against Minnesota. Bielema said Jefferson was
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sat, Nov 15 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin vs. UW-Whitewater: An Actual Challenge |
| I ve vowed to get to more Wisconsin games this year, and last night I got off to a good start on that, taking in the Wisconsin vs. UW-Whitewater game at the Kohl Center (thanks, as always, to my good friend who I shall refer to only as Boo Yah
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Wed, Nov 12 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Game #1: Duke vs. Presbyterian |
| Wow, that snuck up on me. I found out early yesterday that last night was the first televised basketball game of the year Duke vs. Presbyterian, on ESPNU. No better way to kick things off than with the team I m most embarrassed to admit that I like Duke. Upon
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Tue, Nov 11 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin runs over Indiana 55-20 (AP |
| Wisconsin's P.J. Hill ran for three touchdowns, David Gilreath added two more, John Clay scored once, and all three players topped 100 yards rushing in a 55-20 rout Saturday. It looked like old-style Badger football. Wisconsin (5-5, 2-5) relied on a smashmouth attack, routinely sending Hill and Clay up the
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sat, Nov 08 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin Team Report (Yahoo! Sports |
| No matter what happens over the final three weeks of the season, Wisconsin can't achieve anything close to its lofty preseason expectations. The veteran-laden Badgers thought a Bowl Championship Series bowl was a realistic goal. That having been written, there's still a heckuva difference between playing in a low-level bowl
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Thu, Nov 06 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Michigan State beats Wisconsin on late field goal (AP |
| Michigan State started flat and finished sky high. Brett Swenson kicked a 44-yard field goal with 7 seconds left, lifting the 22nd-ranked Spartans to a 25-24 comeback win over Wisconsin on Saturday. Michigan State was lackluster for much of the game and seemed headed for a 1-5 record in games
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sat, Nov 01 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Heading To a Fake Game |
| I needed to see some basketball yesterday. It had simply been too long, and I was going crazy from not having seen any college basketball kick-off events this year. So I decided that I needed to head to the Kohl Center to check out Wisconsin s public scrimmage last night.
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Thu, Oct 30 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin TE Beckum breaks leg, out for season (AP |
| Wisconsin tight end Travis Beckum broke his left leg in Saturday's 27-17 win against Illinois and is out for the season. Beckum had surgery on his fibula Saturday night after injuring it in the third quarter. Beckum decided to return for his senior season, forgoing the NFL draft as one
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sun, Oct 26 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Beckum done for the season (Rivals.com |
| MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin senior tight end Travis Beckum sustained a fractured left fibula in Saturday's game
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sun, Oct 26 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| In photos: Homecoming win (Rivals.com |
| MADISON, Wis. - Homecoming weekend may have been just what this Wisconsin football team needed to snap it's
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sat, Oct 25 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin tops Illini to halt losing skid (AP |
| Dustin Sherer threw two touchdowns to David Gilreath and ran for another, rallying Wisconsin over Illinois 27-17 on Saturday and snapping the Badgers' longest losing streak in 12 years. Wisconsin (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten) finally got its first conference win with a solid effort defensively too, intercepting Juice Williams three
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Sat, Oct 25 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| Wisconsin faces first adversity under Bielema (AP |
| Bret Bielema had a priest, the Rev. Mike Burke, give him a ride home after losing to Iowa. Too bad the third-year coach isn't Catholic. "He felt he needed to console me," Bielema said. "I'm the only non-Catholic head coach that has a priest that's worried about me." There's a
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Fri, Oct 24 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| While I Was Out |
| It s been a long off-season, but it s readily apparent that basketball is almost back. Preview guides are on newsstands, college practices kick off at the end of this week, and a guy in a pick-up truck pointed and laughed at me while I was doing a dance of
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| via The Chris West Basketball Journal,Wed, Oct 15 2008 , By Chris http://www.blogger.com/profile/00827718618970015677 noreply@blogger.com |
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| The School Year of Death Rolls On |
| I'm going to try to get a few updates online in the form of previews over the coming weeks, and as things stand it appears that I should be full steam ahead with about a week to spare before the football season begins. All that notwithstanding, this past year has
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| via Wisconsin Badger Sports,Sun, Jul 13 2008 , By Badger Tracker http://www.blogger.com/profile/15154094556644664827 noreply@blogger.com |
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