Tag: Marisa Moseley

Wisconsin WBB adds class of ’24 commit

The Wisconsin WBB team gained their second class of 2024 commitment in 6-foot-4 forward Alie Bisballe from Lake City High School in Michigan

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team gained its second class of 2024 commitment Wednesday, adding 6-foot-4 forward Alie Bisballe from Lake City High School in Michigan.

Bisballe led her high school to a 24-2 record and district championship this past year, averaging 11.1 points per game during her junior campaign. She added 7.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.8 blocks and 1.8 steals per contest.

This is a massive recruiting win for head coach Marisa Moseley and her staff in Madison as Bisaballe selected her squad over more than a dozen other Division I offers.

The forward joins Notre Dame (Green Bay) guard Gracie Grzesk in the Badgers’ class of 2024.

Wisconsin WBB Big Ten schedule announced

Can the Badgers improve upon best conference season in a decade?

The Badger women’s basketball Big Ten schedule was announced Thursday as Wisconsin heads into their third season with head coach Marisa Moseley at the helm.

The team struggled early but rattled off some impressive wins down the stretch, including a victory over 12th ranked Michigan in February. Overall, the team went 11-20, but their 6-12 conference record was their best since the 2010-2011 season.

Now operating without their leading scorer from last year in Julie Pospisilova and moving forward after guard Maty Wilke transferred to the Utah, the Badgers will look to take the next step forward in 2023-2024. Here’s how their conference schedule will look:

Class of 2023 Badger WBB Freshman move in

As the 2023-2024 season is around the corner, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team had their incoming freshman from the 2023 recruiting class move in this week.

As the 2023-2024 season is around the corner, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team had their incoming freshman from the 2023 recruiting class move in this week.

Guard D’Yanis Jimenez, guard Leena Patibandla, forward Imbie Jones and forward Tessa Grady have officially moved in. One more freshman, Ana Guillen will move in at a later date.

The Badgers are coming off of a 11-20 (6-12 in the Big Ten) campaign in 2022-2023, but they lost leading scorer Julie Pospisilova as well as guards Avery LaBarbera (graduated) and Maty Wilke (transferred to Utah) and will be looking to replace their production.

Head coach Marisa Moseley is entering her third season at the helm and this is her second recruiting class in Madison.

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Wisconsin WBB makes program history

The Wisconsin Badgers’ WBB team made program history this past week, earning the commitment of Ana Guillen, a 6-foot forward from Spain.

The Wisconsin Badgers’ women’s basketball team made program history this past week, earning the commitment of Ana Guillen, a 6-foot forward from Spain. Guillen will be the first player from Spain to play for the Badgers’ women’s team, joining Wisconsin for the 2023-2024 campaign.

The Badalona, Spain native has won three Catalonia Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2022 as well as additional championships across separate European leagues. With sophomore guard Maty Wilke leaving the program following the 2022-2023 season, Guillen could be an impactful addition for Marisa Moseley and her Badgers.

She will join D’Yanis Jimenez, Imbie Jones, Leena Patibandla and Tessa Grady as the fifth member of the class of 2023 recruiting class.

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Wisconsin WBB offers class of 2025 in-state athlete

The Badgers women’s basketball team offered Katelyn McGinnis, a 5-foot-9 guard from Kimberly, Wisconsin on Tuesday.

The Badgers women’s basketball team offered Katelyn McGinnis, a 5-foot-9 guard from Kimberly, Wisconsin on Tuesday. The sophomore in high school still has two more seasons before she’d potentially make the leap to the college level, Wisconsin is getting out ahead of the recruiting surge.

McGinnis averaged 10 points per game while shooting 36.9 percent from the field and 34.1 percent from deep, making 62 three-pointers over 28 games this past season with Kimberly High School. Considering how young she is, it appears as if she could be a particularly effective sharpshooter moving forward if she continues to progress.

There’s still a lot of time for McGinnis to decide where she wants to end up and more importantly, how valuable she’ll be as a college athlete for Marisa Moseley or another coaching staff outside of Madison in 2025.

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Wisconsin women’s basketball welcomes new assistant coach

The Badgers’ women’s basketball team announced the addition of former Boston University head coach Margaret McKeon as an assistant coach.

The Badgers’ women’s basketball team announced the addition of former Boston University head coach Margaret McKeon as an assistant coach. McKeon has a long track record of coaching including many years with Boston University.

McKeon was current Badgers’ head coach Marisa Moseley’s coach in 2003 while with Boston University and the two of them led the Terriers to the NCAA Tournament for the only time in school history.

She later went on to coach NJIT from 2007-2012, a time in which they transitioned from Division 2 to Division 1. Overall, she has over 20 years of coaching experience after excelling as a basketball player herself with Oklahoma and St. John’s, once setting the Big East record for assists in one game with 18.

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Wisconsin basketball head coaches extended through 2028

The Badgers extended the contracts of both Greg Gard (MBB) and Marisa Moseley (WBB) through the 2028 season Friday.

The Badgers extended the contracts of both Greg Gard (MBB) and Marisa Moseley (WBB) through the 2028 season Friday. This move is typically made to assure recruits that the coaches will be around, but it certainly quiets the haters surrounding Gard in particular.

In eight seasons as the Badgers men’s basketball head coach, Greg Gard has led the team to a 164-93 overall record (63.8%) while winning two Big Ten regular season titles. His squad finished the season 17-14 in 2022-2023, missing the national tournament for the second time under his leadership, but they did make it to the semifinals of the NIT.

Although it wasn’t what Badger fans wanted, Gard was able to salvage something as the season came to a close and has now been very active in acquiring transfer assets. Former four-star AJ Storr has already committed to join the Badgers after spending his freshman season at St. John’s.

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On the other side, Marisa Moseley is still new to Madison, producing a 19-41 record in his first two seasons at the helm. From the outside, that record would appear to be a massive disappointment, but the Badgers seem to be headed in the right direction.

The women’s basketball team won six games versus the Big Ten in 2022-2023, their most conference wins since 2014. Under her leadership, the Badgers have a lot more hope moving forward as a program than they did before.

Also getting extended through 2028 were seven-time national championship winning women’s hockey head coach Mark Johnson, impressive wrestling head coach Chris Bono and successful swimming and diving head coach Yuri Suguiyama.

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Former Badger Wilke commits to Pac-12 school

Former Wisconsin women’s basketball guard Maty Wilke announced Tuesday that she has committed to transfer to the University of Utah.

Former Wisconsin women’s basketball guard Maty Wilke announced Tuesday that she has committed to the University of Utah out of the transfer portal. Wilke will leave Wisconsin after two seasons, with 2022 being her first one as an active member following an ACL injury in high school.

The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 11.8 points per game this season while producing a team-high 61 made three-pointers over 29 contests. After being a highly sought after recruit from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Wilke proved to be a rising star with the Badgers, who went 11-20 this year.

She will now transition over to a Utah program that went 27-5 in the regular season and was a two-seed in the NCAA Tournament, losing in the Sweet 16 to the eventual champion LSU Tigers 66-63.

If Wilke is in search of more team success on the court, the move to Utah will certainly fulfill that. Her contributions to the women’s program in Madison will not be forgotten as she came in with head coach Marisa Moseley in 2021, helping bring more attention to the women’s team this past season.

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Wisconsin transfer Wilke narrows down list of suitors to five

Maty Wilke, who entered the transfer portal late last month, has narrowed down her potential destinations to five programs.

Maty Wilke, who entered the transfer portal late last month, has narrowed down her potential destinations to five programs. After a stellar first active season with the Badgers (11.8 PPG, team-high 61 3Pt), the Beaver Dam native will play elsewhere in 2023-2024.

Her final list includes Minnesota, Marquette, Stanford, Utah and Michigan. Of those programs, all of them made the NCAA tournament, with Stanford and Utah operating as 1 and 2 seeds respectively.

Considering the level of success of the programs Wilke is choosing between, it’s clear that she wants to win now and not wait for the developing Wisconsin roster to click down the road.

Her departure is a tough blow for Marisa Moseley and the Wisconsin team and staff, but considering the strides that players like freshman forward Serah Williams (12.7 PPG) and junior wing Brooke Schramek (10.4 PPG) made down the stretch, all hope is not lost in Madison.

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Rising star for women’s team enters transfer program

Maty Wilke, announced Wednesday that she is entering the transfer portal following her redshirt freshman season with the Badgers.

Maty Wilke, announced Wednesday that she is entering the transfer portal following her redshirt freshman season with the Badgers. The guard averaged 11.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game this season and will be a significant loss for Wisconsin.

Coming into her career at Wisconsin as a highly-touted in state recruit from Beaver Dam, Wilke was forced to sit out her true freshman season with a torn ACL, but she came back strong in 2022-2023. In her first season with head coach Marisa Moseley and the team on the court, the guard made 61 three-pointers, leading the Badgers in that category.

Recognizing some of the connections she’s had to other programs in the Big Ten in the past such as Michigan, it’s very possible that her next opportunity comes relatively close to her home state of Wisconsin.

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