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==National championships==<!--This section is linked from [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]-->
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To date, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has won [http://www.uwbadgers.com/graphics/pdf/UW_NCAA_Team_Champs_1679.pdf 27 NCAA national championships]:
To date, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has won [http://www.uwbadgers.com/graphics/pdf/UW_NCAA_Team_Champs_1679.pdf 28 NCAA national championships]:


* [[NCAA Boxing Championship|Boxing]]: 1939, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956
* [[NCAA Boxing Championship|Boxing]]: 1939, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956
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* [[NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship|Women's cross country]]: 1984, 1985
* [[NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship|Women's cross country]]: 1984, 1985
* [[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship|Men's ice hockey]]: 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006
* [[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship|Men's ice hockey]]: 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006
* [[NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship|Women's ice hockey]]: 2006, 2007, 2009
* [[NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship|Women's ice hockey]]: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
* [[NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship|Men's indoor track & field]]: 2007
* [[NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship|Men's indoor track & field]]: 2007
* [[NCAA Men's Soccer Championship|Men's soccer]]: 1995
* [[NCAA Men's Soccer Championship|Men's soccer]]: 1995

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Wisconsin Badgers
Logo
UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ConferenceBig Ten
DivisionDivision I
Athletic directorBarry Alvarez
LocationMadison, Wisconsin
Varsity teams23
Football stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
ArenaKohl Center
Other venuesUW Field House
MascotBucky Badger
NicknameBadgers
Fight songOn, Wisconsin
ColorsCardinal and White
   
Websitewww.uwbadgers.com

The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball. The Badgers have several major on-campus facilities, including Camp Randall Stadium, the UW Field House, and the Kohl Center. They compete in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except men's and women's ice hockey and crew. Ice hockey competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and crew in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC).

The athletic director is Barry Alvarez, former head coach of the football team. The Badgers team colors are cardinal and white, and the team mascot is named "Buckingham U. Badger," known as "Bucky Badger." Additionally, people sometimes use "Bucky" to refer to the university's teams, much like what is done with "Sparty" at Michigan State University.

Team name origin

Bucky Badger 2003-Present

Wisconsin was dubbed the "Badger State" because of the lead miners who first settled there in the 1820s and 1830s. Without shelter in the winter, they had to "live like badgers" in tunnels burrowed into hillsides.[1]

The badger mascot was adopted by the University of Wisconsin in 1889. His name, "Buckingham U. Badger", aka "Bucky Badger," was chosen in a contest in 1949. [2] The emblem, a scowling, strutting badger wearing a cranberry-and-white striped sweater, was designed by Art Evans in 1940 and updated in 2003. A live badger from Eau Claire was used at the first few football games that year, but proved to be too fierce to be controlled and was retired to the nearby Henry Vilas Zoo. For a time, the school replaced the live badger with a live raccoon named "Regdab" ("badger" backwards). In 2006, Bucky Badger was inducted as a charter member of the Mascot Hall of Fame's College Division, joining YoUDee from Delaware and Aubie from Auburn.

Football

Main article: Wisconsin Badgers football
Camp Randall Stadium

Wisconsin's football program has been among the most successful in the Big Ten since the early 1990s, when Barry Alvarez was hired as head coach. Under Alvarez, the Badgers won three Big Ten Championships and three Rose Bowls. In the 2005 season, Alvarez's last year as coach, the Badgers defeated the Auburn Tigers 24-10, in the Capital One Bowl. In 2006, Bret Bielema took over as head coach, posting a 12-1 record and defeating Arkansas 17-14, in the Capital One Bowl. The Badgers are 11-10 in bowl games, and have made 14 bowl appearance in the past 15 seasons, including a school record seven straight appearances. [3] The Badger football program has had two Heisman Trophy winners: fullback Alan Ameche in 1954, and running back Ron Dayne in 1999.

The Wisconsin Badgers football team plays its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. Built in 1917, Camp Randall is the fourth-oldest college football stadium in the country and has a capacity of 80,321. The student section at Camp Randall is considered by many to be one of the best in all of college football. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3531112) Among the stadium traditions is a well-known student celebration to the House of Pain song "Jump Around," occurring at the end of the third quarter of every home game. The students also sing songs in unison including "Sweet Caroline" and "(Build Me Up) Buttercup" The University of Wisconsin Marching Band performs its "Fifth Quarter" after every game.

Basketball

Men's basketball

Main article: Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Men's Basketball at the Kohl Center

Wisconsin has made it to the Final Four twice in its history — most recently in 2000, and before that in 1941, when it won the National Championship. The Badgers have participated in the NCAA tournament for the last 12 seasons (1999–2010). Wisconsin tied for first place in the Big Ten in the 2001-02 season, along with Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio State. In 2002-03 the Badgers won the Big Ten outright, but then lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State. In the NCAA Tournament, Wisconsin lost to Kentucky in the Sweet 16. In 2003-04, Wisconsin finished second in the Big Ten. The team went on to win the program's first Big Ten Tournament title. However, the Badgers lost to 3rd-seeded Pittsburgh in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In the 2004-05 season Wisconsin finished third in the Big Ten. In the 2005 NCAA Tournament, Wisconsin advanced to the Elite Eight by defeating 11th-seeded Northern Iowa, 14th-seeded Bucknell, and 10th-seeded North Carolina State. In 2005-06 the Badgers lost to Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, and to Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The highlight of the season was a win over intrastate rival Marquette.

In the 2006-07 season the Badgers had victories at Marquette and at home against 2nd ranked Pittsburgh. Its lone non-conference loss was against Missouri State. On February 19, 2007, they earned their first No. 1 ranking in school history with a 26–2 record, but were defeated the next day by the unranked Michigan State Spartans. Entering the Big 10 Tournament the second seed, their first game was against Michigan State, who the Badgers defeated 70–57. In the next round against Illinois, the Badgers won 53–41 and advanced to the final to face No. 1-ranked Ohio State. The Buckeyes defeated the Badgers 66–49. In the NCAA Tournament Wisconsin received a Number 2 seed in the Midwest bracket. The Badgers defeated Texas A&M Corpus-Christi. The second round of the tournament proved fatal for the Badgers, who lost to UNLV.

Dick Bennett is largely credited with beginning the turnaround of the program. During his six-year tenure at Wisconsin (1995–2000), the Badgers achieved a 91-68 record and had two 20-win seasons. Only twice previously had the Badgers won at least 20 games in a season, the most recent being the 1940-41 championship season. Coach Bo Ryan has been in charge since the 2001-02 season and has led the Badgers to the NCAA Tournament every year. During the 2006–07 season, he not only achieved his 500th win as a college coach but the Badgers were also ranked Number 1 in the AP Top for the first time in program history. As of December 12, 2009, after a win against in-state rival Marquette, Ryan has compiled a record of 200–75 with the Badgers. 

Badgers currently in the NBA: Michael Finley, Devin Harris.

The Badgers play their home games at the 17,190-seat Kohl Center, where they have one of the best home winning records in college basketball.[citation needed]

Ice hockey

Main articles: University of Wisconsin Ice Hockey and Wisconsin Badgers Men's Hockey

The Badgers made history in 2006 when both the men's and women's hockey teams were crowned NCAA Division I National Champions. This was the first time a Division I school has won both the men's and women's crowns in the same year.

The Badger men won their sixth National Championship on April 8, 2006, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, with a 2–1 victory over Boston College. The men's team had previously won the National Championship in 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, and 1990.

The Badger women won their first title on March 26, 2006, at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, with a 3–0 victory over the defending champion Minnesota Golden Gophers. This was the first women's hockey national championship for Wisconsin and the first time that the NCAA Women's National Championship trophy left the state of Minnesota. (Minnesota-Duluth won the trophy in 2001, 2002, and 2003; Minnesota won it in 2004 and 2005.) The victory did, however, continue the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's dominance of the women's crown. On March 18, 2007, the Badger women captured the back-to-back National Championship with a 4–1 win over Minnesota-Duluth at Herb Brooks Arena, in Lake Placid, New York. The Badgers returned to the National Championship game in 2008, but suffered a disappointing 4-0 loss at the hands of Minnesota-Duluth. In 2009, the Badgers became the first team in NCAA history to reach the title game in four consecutive seasons, winning their third National Championship with a 5-0 victory over Mercyhurst.

Mike Eaves is the head coach of the men's hockey team, while Mark Johnson coaches the women's hockey team. Both coaches were teammates on the Badgers' 1977 NCAA title team; Denver Pioneers coach George Gwozdecky, the only other person besides Eaves and Johnson to win ice hockey national championships as both a player and coach, was also a member of Wisconsin's 1977 national championship team. Both the men and women play home games at the Kohl Center in Madison.

National championships

To date, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has won 28 NCAA national championships:

Additionally, the men's and women's rowing programs have earned 30 non-NCAA national titles since 1900.

Trademark dispute

The University of Wisconsin has been involved in disputes with a number of high schools, including ones in Iowa, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia, for trademark infringement. The issue involved the use of the Badger's athletic logo, the "motion W". As a result of the litigation, the high schools involved were required to change their logos.[1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ W War in Iowa, Wisconsin?.
  2. ^ Trademarked athletic logos (or: Why your "W" looks too much like my "W") | Typophile
  3. ^ http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/west-virginia-high-school-gears-up-for-heat-over-w-.html
  4. ^ http://www.uwalumni.com/media/images/photography/onwisconsin/pdf/Spring07Sports.pdf
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