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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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State-winning forward decommits from WVU

Grace Grocholski, a two-time WIAA state champion from Kettle Moraine announced Thursday that she is decommitting from WVU’s class of 2023.

Grace Grocholski, a two-time WIAA state champion from Kettle Moraine announced Thursday that she is decommitting from West Virginia. She was set to join the program in 2023.

The four-star recruit averaged 24.7 points, 9.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists during the 2022-2023 campaign. Her team defeated Brookfield East in the Division 1 championship.

It’s unclear whether the women’s team will pursue Grocholsk, but given the loss of Julie Pospisilova, coach Marisa Moseley will certainly be looking to replace the senior’s 14.1 ppg from this season.

The Wisconsin women produced six Big Ten victories this year, their most conference wins since the 2011 season.

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Williams selected for Big Ten All-Freshman team

Serah Williams, a true freshman forward from Ontario, Canada was selected as a member of the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team Tuesday.

Serah Williams, a true freshman forward from Ontario, Canada was selected as a member of the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team Tuesday. The 6-foot-4 athlete averaged 13.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game while starting all but the Badgers’ senior night contest on Sunday (29 games).

Williams gave the Wisconsin women’s basketball team an instant boost in her first season under head coach Marisa Moseley in Madison, finishing second to only senior wing Julie Pospisilova (14 PPG) while her rebounding numbers were the highest on a per game basis.

Additionally, the freshman had a couple remarkable performances during her first campaign, producing 31 points and 13 rebounds against Michigan State on Jan. 11 and then later compiled a 21-point, eight-rebound performance versus Rutgers on Feb. 20. Her contributions helped lead the Badgers to wins in both contests against Big Ten foes.

The complete list of the All-Big Ten honorees can be found here.

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Wisconsin Women’s team takes down 12th ranked Michigan 78-70

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team took down 12th ranked Michigan 78-70 on Sunday, beating the Wolverines for the first time since 2014.

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team took down 12th ranked Michigan 78-70 at home on Sunday. The victory over the Wolverines was the team’s first against their Big Ten rival since 2014 and their fourth win in their last five contests.

It was senior day at the Kohl Center and three Badger athletes were honored before the contest, forward Sara Stapleton, guard Avery LaBarbera and star wing Julie Pospisilova.

Playing in front of her family for only the second time since her freshman year, Pospisilova put on a show, scoring 25 points while also adding six rebounds, five assists and two blocks in her final contest at the Kohl Center. She has now scored at least 20 points in four of the last six games to end the regular season.

Joining Pospisilova in double-digits Sunday were teammates Maty Wilke (15), Serah Williams (14) and fellow senior Avery LaBarbera (12) while Brooke Schramek (9) was particularly aggressive on the defensive end, recording three steals and three blocks.

The Badgers (11-19) won three straight Big Ten contests for the first time since the 2010-2011 season and they will now enter the Big Ten Tournament as the 10th seed and face Purdue in the first round on March 2 at 5:30 PM.

The culture appears to be changing in Madison under dynamic head coach Marisa Moseley, now in her second season at the helm.

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Wisconsin women’s basketball pulls off an upset win over Michigan

Wisconsin women’s basketball pulls off an upset win over Michigan

Wisconsin finished out the regular season with a senior day upset win over Michigan. The Badgers took down the No. 12 Wolverines 78-70, to improve to 6-12 in the Big Ten.

Wisconsin is playing their best basketball at the right time, as they finished the regular season on a three-game winning streak. The Big Ten tournament begins on Wednesday as Wisconsin looks to keep their momentum rolling.

On her senior day, Julie Pospisilova led the way with a team-high 25 points on 10-16 from the field.

The Badgers surpassed last year’s win total with the victory, picking up their eleventh win of the season by beating Michigan for the first time since 2014.

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Wisconsin women’s basketball senior day set for Sunday

Wisconsin women’s basketball senior day set for Sunday

Wisconsin women’s basketball will close out the regular season on Sunday afternoon against Michigan at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin took down Northwestern on the road to improve to 5-12 in the Big Ten. That number ties their Big Ten win count from a year ago.

Three Badgers will be honored during tomorrow’s senior day festivities as Julie Pospisilova, Sara Stapleton, and Avery LaBarbera will participate in their final game at the Kohl Center.

The senior day festivities will commence at 12:35 p.m. and fans can catch Wisconsin and Michigan at 1 p.m. CT on the Big Ten Network. It will be a double dose of the Badgers and Wolverines as the men take on the Wolverines at 1 p.m. CT in Ann Arbor.

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Wisconsin WBB offers 2025 four-star wing Kaelyn Carroll

Wisconsin WBB has extended an offer to a four-star wing from Massachusetts:

Earlier this month, Marissa Mosley and her coaching staff went out east to extend a scholarship offer to 2025 four-star wing Kaelyn Carroll out of Dedham, Massachusetts.

According to the ESPN recruiting database, she’s the No. 17 overall prospect in the 2025 recruiting class and the No. 5 player in Massachusetts.

Carroll, a 6-foot-2 forward, currently holds offers from Villanova, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, North Carolina State, Harvard, and Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin women’s basketball program is in the midst of a rebuild under Mosley, who is in her second year with the program but has given Badger fans a lot to be excited about moving forward.

Whether she can pull a top talent like Carroll remains to be seen, but she’s wasting no time establishing relationships with one of the top talents in the country.

The Massachusetts native announced her scholarship offer from the University of Wisconsin via her Twitter account:

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Marisa Moseley and Greg Gard to throw out first pitch at Brewers game

Wisconsin men’s and women’s basketball coaches Greg Gard and Marisa Moseley will make an appearance at the Brewers game on Monday:

On Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers Twitter account announced that
Wisconsin men’s and women’s basketball coaches Greg Gard and Marisa Moseley will throw out the first pitch before their game on Monday.

Fans in attendance will also have a chance to meet their favorite UW players from each program during a fan meet and greet held at the Home Plate Plaza from 4:30 to 6:30 PM CT.

In November, both programs will play non-conference opponents in the “Brew City Battle” at American Family Field in Milwaukee against Stanford and Kansas State, respectively.

It’s also worth noting that a college basketball game hasn’t occurred in a baseball stadium since 2015.

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