The Badger Herald

In December of 2015, just 12 games into the 2015-2016 season, legendary UW-Madison men’s basketball team coach Bo Ryan retired and handed the team over to his long-time assistant coach Greg Gard. This was Gard’s first head coaching job ever — he had spent the last 22 years as Ryan’s assistant coach at UW-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison. Gard was taking over one of the … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: How Greg Gard saved his job with change in playstyle

The No. 51 University of Wisconsin Badgers men’s tennis team (9-9, 3-7 Big Ten) made its inaugural Big Ten West Coast road trip for two matches against new conference foes Oregon and Washington. Unfortunately for the Badgers, the team returned to Madison empty-handed. The trip began in Eugene, Oregon, on April 4 with a 4-2 loss to the No. 62 Oregon Ducks (10-11, … [Read more...] about Men’s Tennis: Badgers drop matches out west against Oregon, Washington

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team made its third transfer portal addition of the offseason Sunday. San Diego State point guard Nick Boyd will join the Badgers for a graduate season, he announced over social media on Sunday. The Garnerville, New York, native is coming off a season where he averaged 13.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists, which helped lead San … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Wisconsin lands third transfer portal commitment, Nick Boyd set to join Badgers

Just one day after Andrew Rohde became Wisconsin’s first addition in the transfer portal, Greg Gard and his staff landed another commitment. Austin Rapp, a 6-foot-10 native of Melbourne, Australia and the University of Portland Pilots, announced on social media Friday that he will be joining Wisconsin.  Rapp is coming off his freshman season at the University of Portland where … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Gard lands Australian big man in transfer portal

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has started rebuilding a roster that lost six seniors and three transfers thus far. Andrew Rohde, a 6-foot-6 guard, will join the Badgers for his senior year, he announced on social media. Rohde, who is from Wisconsin and played at Brookfield Central High School, will return to his home state for his final year of eligibility. … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball: Greg Gard lands Wisconsin native Andrew Rohde in transfer portal