Tom Izzo on Greg Gard: He added one guy or a guy here or there, but that's a lot of home grown guys I've seen for a lot of years. I'm sick of some of those guys, but I love them. That's an easy team for me to pull for.
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Benjamin Worgull
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Badgers hoops beat writer for Badgers on SI | Covering Wisconsin Athletics since 2004 | Previously Rivals, USA Today, 247sports, Fox Sports, AP, State Journal
- Per Wisconsin, Luke Fickell spent an hour with Jim Leonhard Sunday and will have another meeting with him Wednesday. He stated that he's "very open" to exploring options with Leonhard, which would assume having him stay on as defensive coordinator #Badgers
- Wisconsin's Brad Davison takes a lot of crap from a lot of people. He knows it, but he doesn't care. His response for how he wants people to remember his Badgers career: "I just hope people remember me as a great teammate, great leader and great friend."
- Luke Fickell: "This is a destination job at a program that I have admired from afar for years. I am in total alignment with Chris McIntosh's vision for this program. There is a tremendous foundation here that I can't wait to build upon." #Badgers
- Tom Izzo: "I'm happy for (Greg) Gard. He's a coach's coach. We got our asses kicked by a team today that played for their coach … That's a great example of a group of people reaching down and playing for their coach, their program, their school." #Badgers
- John Tonje on playing at Wisconsin: I want this the place I come back to and visit after I'm done playing. I am here to build life-long relationships. #Badgers
- FINAL: No.12 Murray State 83, No.5 Marquette 64. Golden Eagles blown out of the gym by the top team in the Ohio Valley. Marquette hasn't won an NCAA game since 2013 (0-2). But since I have a heart, I won't mention that UW is 13-4 in that span to rub salt in the wounds
- Badgers AD Chris McIntosh: "We got the best damn fans in the league. We got the best damn coaches in the league. And I know one thing, we got the best damn team in the league."
- Who had a better night - Mariah Carey or Ohio State football?
- Miss you, Jim
- Wisconsin football finishes the season No. 1 in total defense at 239.1 ypg, No.1 in rushing defense at 64.8 ypg, No.3 in 3rd down percentage defense at .287, No.4 in scoring defense at 16.15, and No.5 in passing at 174.3 ypg. Another masterful job by Badgers DC Jim Leonhard.
- With its 28-14 victory over Minnesota, Wisconsin has now totaled 22 straight winning seasons, a streak that dates back to Barry Alvarez's 13th season in 2002. Here is the list of Power Five schools with a longer active streak ... Nobody #Badgers
- Connor Essegian tells @Badger_Blitz that he has no plans to enter the transfer portal and will return to the #Badgers next season. “There’s no reason (to enter the portal). I love this place.” Wisconsin.rivals.com/news/connor-es…
- Greg Gard: I've been doing this a long time. Watching them grow together from the time they got together to June to now may have been the most fun, enjoyable year in my career. We were highly doubted, supposed to finish 12th. #Badgers
