Much has been made about how Cal Poly ended up appearing on the University of Wisconsin football team's schedule. The Badgers were desperate for a 12th game and had a hard time finding a team with an open date in late November. UW would have preferred to close the regular season against a Football Bowl Subdivision (I-A) opponent, but it was forced to settle for Cal...

When men's basketball practice began in October, the leading candidates for the one open spot in Wisconsin's starting lineup were sophomores Keaton Nankivil and Jon Leuer.

So far, Leuer has outplayed Nankivil, who clearly is struggling in his first major minutes as a college player. However, Nankivil has remained the starter at center for Badgers coach Bo Ryan.

Here are some of...

The Cal Poly offense will be unlike anything the University of Wisconsin football team has seen this season.

This YouTube clip will give you some idea of how explosive the Mustangs' triple-option attack that features the use of two slotbacks and two wide receivers can be.

The numbers are staggering. Cal Poly leads...

 Brock Montpetit, an 18-year-old winger from Somerset, was expected to join the Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team during the NCAA early signing period that ends Wednesday.

 Instead, Montpetit decided not to sign a national letter of intent that was sent to him last week, informing UW coach Mike Eaves that would not play for the...

 Mark Yelovich, a 6-foot-5 freshman forward who is Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's top scorer and rebounder through its first three games, will not play tonight against the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team because of a family emergency.

 Yelovich, who is from Mt. Zion, Ill., averages 15.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. A spokesperson for the UW...

Any human being with at least part of a soul had to feel a bit sorry for the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville men's basketball team after the Wisconsin Badgers rolled over the Cougars 88-58 Tuesday at the Kohl Center.

Edwardsville had just nine players dressed for the game. Coach Lennox Forrester usually has 10 to choose from, but leading scorer and rebounder Mark Yelovich had to...

Two years ago, University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema was upset because the Badgers didn't receive an at-large bid to a BCS bowl game despite an 11-1 record during the regular season. Only two teams from each conference can receive BCS bids, and Ohio State and Michigan were no-brainer BCS choices in 2006.

The issue has come up again this year because the Big 12 --...

Some snippets from the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team's 88-58 rout of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Tuesday night at the Kohl Center:

Play of the game: UW sophomore forward Jon Leuer could use this game to put together his personal highlight reel, while senior forward Marcus Landry held a block party. But the edge here goes to one of Leuer's three dunks...

 Former Wisconsin standout Mike Kelley and his father, Tim, watched practice Monday afternoon at the Kohl Center. Mike was there because he wasn't sure how many more chances he'd have to watch the Badgers practice before their Dec. 6 game against Marquette at the Bradley Center. Kelley is the color analyst for that game that will be broadcast...

 I've been on the Wisconsin Badgers football beat for 10 years and off the top of my head, I can name a half-dozen teams I've seen come into Camp Randall Stadium who are probably worse than Cal Poly.

 The Citadel, Western Illinois, Buffalo, Temple, Western Kentucky and Murray State come to mind.

 Temple might be the worst team I've seen,...