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Posted by Lee Kampa at 01:09 PM on March 08, 2006
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After the surprising loss to the Bison of North Dakota State, the Badgers came back strong to defeat Penn State Wednesday night 72-43. The Badgers who lead the Big Ten improve their record to (15-4, 5-1) while Penn State falls to (10-7, 2-4). The games started tied at 5 a piece and then the Badgers took off. They shot about 50% from the field in the first half and didn’t look back in the second half. The Badgers took a big lead when they went on a 21-0 run. Penn State couldn’t climb back. The Badgers proved that they are still the same team and that the NDS game was just a bad day of shooting.
But the woes continue...

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Posted by Lee Kampa at 02:57 PM on January 27, 2006
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It has been hard for me to finally come to grips and write a blog about this game. Any sports fan that follows NCAA basketball knows that one of the biggest upsets happened on Saturday, January 21, at the Kohl Center. The Bison from North Dakota State, a third year rookie in the NCAA Division 1, traveled to Madison, WI to take on the Badgers. Two days prior the Bison lost to Utah Valley State in a tightly contested game 67-65. Badger players and fans must have believed that the little school from Fargo wasn’t going to be a challenge coming into the Kohl Center where under Coach Bo Ryan the Badgers were 68-3. But to the surprise of everyone, the Bison came out and played like the better team in the first half and lead 30-16. I didn’t have tickets to the game nor was it covered by any television stations so I listened to it on the radio. The broadcasters couldn’t believe what they were seeing and having to report, I also couldn’t believe, I thought it was a dream of some sort, but unfortunately it wasn’t. Wisconsin’s shooting percentage was in the teens for most of the game while the Bison were up around 40-50 percent. I was thinking during half time ok we are not down that much and they must have gotten lucky to get that lead and we will come back in the second half. The second half started and it was the same as the first….

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Posted by Lee Kampa at 01:26 PM on January 25, 2006
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Wisconsin suffered its first Big Ten loss to the Buckeyes of Ohio State last night in Columbus 77-67. The game was close throughout its entirety changing leads 11 times with 3 ties. The Badgers fall to (14-3, 4-1) while the Buckeyes improve to (13-2, 3-2). The Badgers now only have a half game lead in the Big Ten with Indiana and Iowa posting Big Ten records of (3-1). The Badgers play a non-conference game on Saturday January, 21 versus North Dakota State.
In the Ohio State game all scores were led by Alando Tucker with 21 while teammate Joe Krabbenhoft pulled down 13 boards to lead all rebounding.
Two Badgers didn’t make the trip...

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Posted by Lee Kampa at 10:43 AM on January 19, 2006
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The Wisconsin Badgers (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten) are off to one of there best starts in the Big Ten in years. The Badgers, ranked No. 15 by AP and No. 13 by the coaches, remain the only undefeated team in Big Ten play. They are looking to have their best start to a season since the 1929-30 team began (and ended) 15-2.
But before that the Badgers take their game on the road to take on 19th ranked Ohio State (12-2, 2-2). This is the second ranked opponent the Badgers have faced in the last eleven days.

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Posted by Lee Kampa at 08:58 AM on January 18, 2006
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Here is a site that I got emailed to me compairing football teams to Simpson characters. Its a neat little site, It includes just about all major schools, some examples are Georgia = Homer, Flordia = Bart, Wisconsin = Barney Gumble. Each comparison has a little part explaining why they are similar, check it out, its kinda funny!

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Posted by Lee Kampa at 06:16 PM on January 14, 2006
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Despite the 19-point comeback from Minnesota and Wisconsin’s unreal amount of turnovers, the Badgers pulled out the win at Minnesota, 64-62. The Badgers are now (13-2, 3-0) and in the lead of the Big Ten Conference, with the rest of the conference playing tonight (1/11/06). The Badgers were led by Alando Tucker with 22 points and 10 rebounds. This win in huge road victory for the Badgers, the Badgers never seem to play at Minnesota so how ever you can come by a win there we will take it. Last year the Badgers lost by 10 at the Barn in Minnesota. The Badgers next opponent is Northwestern at the Kohl Center in Madison on Saturday January, 14.

Posted by Lee Kampa at 01:36 PM on January 11, 2006
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The University of Wisconsin Men’s basketball team starts the Big Ten season 2-0 (12-2 overall) with wins over Iowa and 7th ranked Michigan State. In the opener for the Badgers, they trailed Iowa for the majority of the first half and was down by two point at half time. After a, what I am sure was a motivating, speech by coach Bo Ryan, the Badgers came out and dominated on defense and shut down Iowa’s offense. The Badgers jumped into the lead and never looked back and won the game 66-52.
The Sunday match-up pitted the 7th ranked Spartans (0-2 Big Ten) vs. the Badgers. The game started with a back and forth battle after early runs by both teams. Not to long after, the Badgers opened up a lead and never looked back. They led the Spartans by 10 at halftime. In the second half the Badgers looked just as strong and never let the Spartans back into the game, the closest they could come was 13 points. The Badgers took the game 82-63.
The Badgers are now in the lead for the Big Ten tied with Indiana and Northwestern who is 2-0 in the Big Ten for the first time in 20 years. The Big Ten is going to be very tough this year and I believe that the winner of the Big Ten title will have 2-3 losses. As we can see in early play home court advantage is huge. Major upset took place all over the league with most happening on the winners home court.

Posted by Lee Kampa at 10:37 PM on January 08, 2006
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It's ridiculous that Wisconsin slipped in behind Auburn in the final rankings of both polls. I'm sure there are members of the Sports Writing and Coaching communities that still believe that USC is a better team than Texas, like Leinart proclaimed immediately following the lose. I'm sure some might say that best 2 out of 3, USC takes it. However, they've all had the decency to exclusively, with zero exceptions, pick Texas over USC in their rankings. This is certainly the right thing to do. I realize in Wisconsin's case that it doesn't apply to all of the sports writers and coaches with the mix and mash of the calculations as you get deeper into the rankings, but collectively it is their opinion. I'm not advocating for Wisconsin to move up to a position higher than 14th, but do feel that it's a poor reflection of those polling when it ranks as such immediately following a 14 point defeat of that team ranked ahead of them.

Along the same lines of respect, did anyone else think that Auburn showed little respect for Wisconsin late in the 3rd quarter and early in the 4th. I'm referring to when Auburn went for it on two occasions on 4th down, and relatively long; 4th and 10 (@ the WI 19) and 4th and goal from the 9. If it was a 4-down situation in the final few minutes of the game, this would be expected. Or, if it was 4th and 2 you could see giving it a try. However, on 4th and long a respectful team would have kicked the field goal (making it 17-6) and hoped to get two more touchdowns that would ultimately put them in front 20-17. I'm usually pretty subdued watching my teams, but when Auburn scored on that 4th and 9, I had to throw my hat to the ground in disgust. My frustration was still venting in the final drive when I was pleading for Barry to punch it in when Wisconsin was on the doorstep in the final seconds. However, my final, lasting impression of Barry as a head coach will be a positive one as he showed humility and took a knee to end the game, which after cooling down I realized was the right thing to do.

Tying all of this together, it makes me wonder something. Had Wisconsin punched it in to post a lop-sided 31-10 win, would they be ranked #14? I guess we'll never know but it's worth scratching your head over.

This post was written by a fan and emailed to me. I am posting their view for all to see. If anyone else would like to post something feel free to email me or drop a comment stating that you would and I can get in contact with you if you leave an email. Thanks for all the great posts!

Posted by Lee Kampa at 01:00 PM on January 06, 2006
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Fans everywhere thank the Texas Longhorns today for winning the National Title at the Rose Bowl. Now we don't have to hear all that crap from USC about three in a row or the longest win streak. So again from fans everywhere including the great state of Wisconsin, THANK YOU TEXAS!

Posted by Lee Kampa at 11:22 AM on January 05, 2006
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