http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blogs-1-1-1-12.html Former Marquette coach Tom Crean <a href="http://twitter.com/TomCrean/status/10488338097">tweeted this</a> today:<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Congratulations to  everyone at Marquette. 5 straight NCAA tournaments and some people  thought the Big East was a reach when we entered.Using "we" might be a bit of a stretch considering he bailed on the team two seasons ago. He's had a rough time ]]> After impressive performances against Iowa and Illinois, Jon Leuer was named Big Ten Player of the Week. He averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 blocks, while shooting 73.0 percent from the field over those two games.Additionally, Trevon Hughes was named to the second-team all conference team, Jason Bohannon was named to the third team and Leuer was given honorable mention despite missing nine games this season.Congrats, Badger]]> Despite their absolutely abysmal showing in Minnesota this weekend, the Badgers are the #3 team in the nation. One of the ways they've gotten to that point is their prolific scoring, both from offense and defenders. As a team, the Badgers are: Averaging 4.06 goals per game - 2nd in the nation 134 goals scored - 1st in the nation 104 points from defensemen - 1st in the nation Averaging 3.15 points per game from defensemen - 1st in t]]> JSOnline.com reported yesterday that the Packers will be wearing a third, alternate jersey during the upcoming season. The report says it’s guaranteed for one game, but may make another appearance. The blurb doesn’t offer any information but does point out that Uni Watch was the first to break the info. Today, Clay Matthews tweeted asking if anyone knew anything about the jerseys, and dropped the hint that they’re from the 1920s era. Acc]]> After losing four games in a row to Villanova by a total of four points, Marquette had their revenge today in the Big East tournament. The Golden Eagles were a preseason pick to finish 12th in the Big East. Now they're heading into the semi-finals of the Big East tournament. They've far surpassed expectations, beaten great teams and basically played out of their heads for months. Finally, people are starting to notice. This is a great artic]]> Saw this this weekend and thought it was worth passing along. There’s a constant debate about which path players should take to the pros and these stats give good credence to taking the college path. They’re also Wisconsin heavy, which I think is just as telling. All three of UW’s representatives on Team USA are mentioned. From USCHO.com via College Hockey, Inc. College players in the Olympics All three of the Directorate Awards]]> At Wednesday's Badger Men's Basketball game they honored the four Badger women who were on the US Women's Olympic hockey team that won the silver medal. ]]> Back in January the University of Wisconsin sponsored a Twitter weekend during which I won tickets to last Wednesday's game. The seats were awesome. The Badgers railed upon Iowa and it was the Jon Leuer show. With just over seven minutes left in the game, Leuer's 18 points were double that any other player on either team. ]]> In this article, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports makes the assertion that women’s hockey is so lopsided that the sport be given eight more years to fix the disparity or be dropped from the Olympics.Of course, he doesn’t actually give any suggestions for how to fix the gap that exists between Canada and the United States and the rest of the world.Instead of a productive use of his column inches, Passan paints the North American teams as bullies and sl]]> The boyfriend and I went out for happy hour and an Ads game with Liz and Aaron on Friday night. With Corey Hart having just completed his arbitration hearing, we were talking players who were also seeking more money. Two-time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum was also in arby with the Giants and I mentioned that I had imagined the following scenario in my head. Lincecum walks in with a Cy Young in each hand and plops them loudly on the tab]]> Last Wednesday was truck day for the Milwaukee Brewers and as part of the hoopla/story, the Brewers had pictures of the Racing Sausages helping to load the trucks and eventually showing them being loaded in themselves. Concurrent to that story was a promotion in which Brewers Charities were auctioning off a chance to have the Racing Sausages Sing to your Sweetheart on Valentine’s Day – four full days after the Sausages were shown being loaded up]]> I'll be liveblogging the US Women's Hockey game against Russia tomorrow at 4:30 pm over on UW Hockey Blog <a href="http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.com/">Sixty Minutes. No Alibis. No Regrets. </a>I'll be using Cover It Live, which is the program we used when we liveblogged the All-Star Game for Ladies... so you should be familiar with the program.I believe <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_altcaster&amp;]]> It was a big weekend for the Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team as they took three points from the #1 team in the country.After the teams tied on Friday night, I was super excited to be at the Kohl Center for Saturday night’s game and I wasn’t the only one. The crowd was really hyped and loud and it was one of the more electric crowds I’ve seen over the past few seasons. Every hit or stolen puck in the first few minute eli]]> Early forecast for the Camp Randall Badger Hockey Classic, from weather.com: Sat Feb 6 Snow Shower 40% 32°F I couldn’t have asked for a better day if that’s what we get. I was hoping for 30’s and we can only hope it’s pretty, fluffy, makes for great pictures, looks like we’re in a snowglobe snow! I am seriously hyped now.]]> No news sources reporting it yet, so it’s just conjecture, but this site is saying the student-athletes were told about it this weekend and official announcement will come on Thursday. The same site says it sets up a natural rivalry with Penn State and the addition will set up a conference championship game. There’s no speculation about who will replace Pitt in the Big East. ]]> Click here to see a 52-second time-lapse video of the rink being constructed inside Camp Randall Stadium. Very, very cool.]]> Thanks to the Badger Men's basketball Twitter feed for this link. Read up on how attending St. John's Military Academy in Delavan changed life for Trevon Hughes. ]]> No pun intended, but construction is beginning on the outdoor hockey rink at Camp Randall and there is a live camera trained on it so you can see the progress. How awesome is that?Check in here over the next few days to see the rink as it's put together for the Feb. 6 games!]]> With the signing on Doug Davis, the Brewers now have six starting pitchers on their roster - Dave Bush, Davis, Yovani Gallardo, Manny Parra, Jeff Suppan and Randy Wolf. Since the rotation is only give guys, someone clearly has to go. Does this mean we're finally clear of the dreaded Soup-start? According to Adam McCalvy, GM Doug Melvin said, "Players help make these decisions." I assume Melvin's saying their performances will help determine who m]]> There are 23 Varsity sports played at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and 11 of them are competing this weekend, which is pretty cool. Men's and Women's BasketballMen's and Women's HockeyMen's and Women's TennisMen's and Women's Indoor Track and FieldMen's and Women's SwimmingandWrestlingare all competing on campus this weekend. In my opinion the biggest matchup is #4 Wisconsin men's hockey facing #1 Denver. Tonight, they skated to a 3-3 tie.]]>