Badgers set up showdown with Buckeyes
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Nothing fazed Alando Tucker. It didn't matter that he was constantly twisting like a contortionist, trying to elude his defender. Tucker showed why he is the Big Ten's player of the year. He set the school's career scoring record and finished with 21 points to lead No. 3 Wisconsin past Illinois 53-41 in the semifinals of the conference tournament Saturday.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Wisconsin&#39;s dream of an unbeaten season might have ended just before halftime Saturday at Michigan State.
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Jimmy Russo scored twice and added an assist and Louis Liotti scored the winner as Northeastern wiped out a three-goal deficit and rallied to beat Bowling Green, 4-3, last night in the first round of the Badger Showdown in Madison, Wis.
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GAME NOTES: The biggest matchup in the Big Ten this weekend takes place in West Lafayette, Indiana as the 10th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers come calling on the fifth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers.
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Top-ranked Ohio State showed off its speed against overmatched Northern Illinois on Saturday. It's not likely the Buckeyes will have such an easy time outrunning their next opponent.
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Everything Ohio State has accomplished so far, including that huge win over Texas, was a mere prelude for the Buckeyes. "We know we're starting the real season," defensive tackle David Patterson said of Saturday's Big Ten opener between the top-ranked Buckeyes and No. 24 Penn State.
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The Big Ten is telling its technical advisers to use common sense with instant replay after a five-minute delay in Wisconsin&#39;s season opener against Central Florida riled coaches on both sides.
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Wisconsin won't have tenacious and talented defensive end Erasmus James in the lineup Saturday when it faces nemesis Northwestern. That doesn't stop Wildcats coach Randy Walker from fretting over the Badgers' relentless pass rush.
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Maryland players felt they could be successful playing any style against Wisconsin. They figured they could use their athleticism to run the Badgers, as the Terrapins did to Memphis on Friday.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In his 33 years of coaching, Wisconsin&#39;s Barry Alvarez was not sure he had seen such a frantic finish as the one his Badgers and Purdue took part in during Saturday&#39;s battle for first place in the Big Ten.
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Though the game is two months earlier on the schedule, a near-identical challenge exists for Florida State as it begins preparations for Saturday&#39;s 3:30 pm game against Clemson in Doak Campbell Stadium.
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MADISON, Wis. Sixth-ranked Wisconsin is 8-and-0 for the fourth time in 115 years of football. Anthony Davis rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries as the Badgers beat Northwestern 24-to-12.
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MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin remains unbeaten by rolling over Minnesota 38-to-14. The fifth-ranked Badgers got 124 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Anthony Davis, while quarterback John Stocco threw for a career-high 297 yards.
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No. 1ÃÂ Ohio StateÃÂ runs away withÃÂ the Big 10 title Sunday with a 66-49 rout of No. 3 Wisconsin that earns the Buckeyes a top-seed in the NCAA tournament.
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The Wisconsin Badgers will feel the heat when they play at Arizona on Saturday &#151; literally. What would have been a night game was switched to an afternoon kickoff, and that means temperatures in the 100-degree range. Additional water is being trucked in for fans, and Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez is making sure his team has plenty of fluids, too.
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Wisconsin extends the nation's longest home winning streak to 37 games by dumping Ohio State, 72-66, behind 29 points from Mike Wilkinson on Tuesday.
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Say you're Ohio State, ranked No. 1 in the country, all but assured a top seed in the NCAA tournament. What's in it for the Buckeyes when the Big Ten tournament starts Thursday? Time for a tuneup, maybe. And hope &#151; make that pray_ no one, especially Greg Oden, gets hurt.