1. Bigger -- and better -- than ever
    big ten tournament quarterfinal • Friday, 1:30 p.m. • ESPN
    Bigger -- and better -- than ever
    During his six-week rehabilitation from a broken bone in his left wrist, UW forward Jon Leuer focused his energy on working out and more closely watching his opponents' tendencies, allowing him to hit the ground running when he returned to the court.
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  2. For Davies, haircut and a prayer cures all
    WCHA PLAYOFFS • UW vs. ALASKA ANCHORAGE
    For Davies, haircut and a prayer cures all
    Two habits have helped steer Davies through a tumultuous final season with UW, one that began in personal despair and has evolved into one of noteworthy achievement.
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  3. Prep girls basketball: A great escape by Belleville
    WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal • belleville 55, orfordville parkview 51
    Prep girls basketball: A great escape by Belleville
    Belleville nearly blows a 13-point lead but advances to a regional final Saturday against Cuba City after Orfordville Parkview's last-second 3-point attempt rattles out.
    Updated: Mar 12, 2010 | 8:31 am | Loading…

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The Sports Writers

Rob Hernandez
Prep girls basketball: Brice picks fine time to spark Monroe
Responding to a challenge from the guy coaching the final game in his home gym with his team down three points late in the first half, the Cheesemakers' overshadowed senior guard scored the next five points to start a 17-0 run over the next 9 minutes that put away pesky Platteville.
Updated: Mar 12, 2010 | 8:54 am
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Tom Oates
Oates: Forget the timing -- the better team will win
The fourth-seeded Badgers beat the fifth-seeded Illini by 15 points in the regular-season finale Sunday in Champaign, Ill. On Friday, with four days to think about it and considerably more at stake, they’ll try to do it again.
Mar 12, 2010 | 4:45 am
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Rob Schultz
Preview: UW men's basketball vs. Illinois
Game facts What: Big Ten tournament quarterfinal When: Friday, 1:30 p.m. Where: Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis TV: ESPN Radio: WIBA-FM/101.5 and AM/1310 About the Badgers Record: 23-7, 13-5 Big Ten Coach: Bo Ryan (216-80 in his ninth season at UW) Player to watch: G Jordan Taylor. The soph…
Mar 12, 2010 | 4:45 am
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  • Bigger -- and better -- than ever
    During his six-week rehabilitation from a broken bone in his left wrist, UW forward Jon Leuer focused his energy on working out and more closely watching his opponents' tendencies, allowing him to hit the ground running when he returned to the court.
    Mar 12, 2010 | 4:45 am
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  • UW men's basketball: Illini likely need a win for NCAA berth
    The Illini,desperate for a victory to improve their chances of making the 65-team field, get another crack Friday at a red-hot Badgers team that laughed off the notion of a snub by Big Ten awards voters.
    Mar 12, 2010 | 1:26 am
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  • Key injuries shaped red-hot UW, Ohio State
    The Badgers and Buckeyes, who could meet in Saturday's semifinals of the Big Ten tournament, were forced to adapt their games after losing important players for a significant chunk of the season.
    Mar 10, 2010 | 9:34 pm
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Andy Baggot
Preview: UW men's hockey vs. Alaska Anchorage
An overview of this weekend's best-of-three WCHA first-round men's hockey playoff series at the Kohl Center.
Mar 12, 2010 | 4:30 am
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Tom Ziemer
Prep girls basketball: Supporting cast delivers for McFarland
Despite getting just three points out of leading scorer Kaitlynn Eversoll, third-seeded McFarland held off second-seeded Lake Mills 44-42 in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal in the Janesville Craig sectional.
Mar 11, 2010 | 11:17 pm
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Jim Polzin
State-of-the-art sports facility is a boon for Sun Prairie High School
The cavernous gym features an indoor track, a pole vault pit and enough seating for 2,100 basketball fans and will likely become a sought-after place for WIAA sectional basketball games.
Mar 11, 2010 | 12:30 pm
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Tom Mulhern
Clay to sit out spring football practices
UW's standout running back believes he'll be even better than last season, when he was named the Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year, after surgery on his troublesome ankles.
Mar 10, 2010 | 9:15 pm
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Mike Lucas
Lucas: Bo preaches basics come Big Ten tourney time
The conference coaches take different approaches to the league's postseason gathering, but all share one trait: They want to win.
Mar 10, 2010 | 6:30 pm
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Dennis Semrau
Prep Profile: Caitlin Crane, Baraboo
A four-year starter at point guard and co-captain of the girls basketball team as a senior, Crane also is an all-conference player in soccer. She carries a 3.75 grade-point average and plans to pursue a college degree in health care.
Mar 09, 2010 | 4:30 am
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  • Prep Profiles: Kyle Riemenapp, Iowa-Grant
    A four-year letterwinner in wrestling and a co-captain as a senior, Riemenapp also is a multiple-year letterwinner in football and baseball who carries a 3.3 grade-point average and plans to play sports in college while pursuing an environmental studies degree.
    Mar 09, 2010 | 4:00 am
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  • Prep girls basketball: Semrau's tourney take
    Capital Times preps columnist Dennis Semrau offers his predictions for, and analysis of, the 2010 WIAA girls basketball tournament brackets. Regional action tips off Tuesday night in all four divisions.
    Mar 08, 2010 | 9:03 pm
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  • WIAA state team wrestling: Point's crown taken away
    Coleman strings together seven straight wins in the middle of its decisive victory over the three-time defending champions in the Division 3 title match.
    Mar 06, 2010 | 10:11 pm
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Dennis Punzel
Badgers oh-so-close against OSU
Alyssa Karel's offensive explosion can't quite carry UW to an upset over the tournament's top seed as the Buckeyes pull away with a late run.
Mar 06, 2010 | 10:00 pm
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Bill Cooney
Prep boys hockey: Notre Dame senior named Mr. Hockey
Max McCormick grabs the top honor, while Stoughton's Rick Fleming is named co-coach of the year.
Mar 03, 2010 | 9:20 pm
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Bryan Watson
WIAC basketball: UW-Whitewater, UW-Stevens Point make men's, women's NCAA tournament
The Warhawks and Pointers men's teams both reach the field for the third consecutive season.
Mar 01, 2010 | 11:00 am
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