Grading the Wisconsin Badgers: How every team finished this season in all UW sports
It is now officially the offseason for all the sports at Wisconsin, and let’s look around the department to see how they all fared. Wisconsin recognizes 23 official athletic-sponsored sporting programs, 12 women’s and 11 men’s programs. The following is a list of where each sport ended after the last school year.
Overall, the Athletics Department gets a B+ with multiple NCAA tournament teams and one national championship (women’s hockey). While there are a few programs in the dumpster, most are above average, with a few that are top-tier.
Basketball
Men’s: 27-10 overall, 13-7 in the Big Ten, lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
Women’s: 13-17 overall, 4-14 in the Big Ten, Head coach Marisa Moseley left the program and was replaced with Missouri’s head coach Robin Pingeton.
Cross Country
Men’s: Finished 2nd in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional and 4th in the NCAA Championships
Women’s: Finished 2nd in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional and 22nd in the NCAA Championships
Golf
Men’s: Finished 6th in the Big Ten Championship (no top-5 finishes in any of the tournaments besides their own invitational)
Women’s: Finished 6th in the Big Ten Championship (highest finish was 2nd in Diane Thomason Invitational)
Hockey
Men’s: 13-21-3 overall and 7-16-1 in the Big Ten
Women’s: 38-1-2 overall and 25-1-2 in the Big Ten (NCAA National Champions)
Rowing
Men’s: Finished 13th in the IRA National Championships
Women’s: Finished 11th in the Big Ten Championships (did not make it further)
Soccer
Men’s: 7-5-3 overall and 2-5-3 in the Big Ten
Women’s: 10-6-5 overall and 5-3-3 in the Big Ten. Lost to No. 1 USC in the NCAA Tournament
Swimming and Diving
Men’s: 3-2 overall and 1-2 in the Big Ten. Finished 6th in the Big Ten Championship and 22nd in the NCAA Championship.
Women’s: 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the Big Ten. Finished 4th in the Big Ten Championship and 12th in the NCAA Championship.
Swimming and Diving head coach Jack Brown was hired in the offseason to lead the program to new heights.
Tennis
Men’s: 9-12 overall and 3-10 in the Big Ten.
Women’s: 19-6 overall and 10-3 in the Big Ten. Beat Clemson in the NCAA Tournament but lost to Auburn.
Track and Field
Men’s: Big Ten Runner Up with three players receiving Big Ten medals. Adam Spencer (1500 meter title), Giovanni Wearing (110 meter hurdles title), Jason Swarens (shotput title).
19th as a team in the NCAA Championships. One individual medal was earned.
Women’s: A few third places in various events in the Big Ten Championships. Not much from the NCAA Championships.