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Sports – Monday, March 24th, 2014

March 24, 2014

The Badger men’s basketball
team has reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. Wisconsin
will play Baylor in the quarterfinals in Anaheim
on Thursday night. The tip is set for
6:47pm Central. You’ll hear it on
News-Talk 1450 KFIZ.

Talk Badger hoops tonight at
7pm with The Bo Ryan Show at 7pm on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ.

The other side of the West
Region has #1 seed Arizona taking on #4 San Diego State.
The Midwest Region at Indianapolis has #4
seed Louisville against #8 Kentucky
who knocked out #1 Wichita State, and #2 Michigan
and #11 Tennessee. The East Region in New
York has Iowa State and UConn and Virginia
and Michigan State.
The South Region in Memphis will feature Florida against UCLA and Dayton and Stanford.

Buzz Williams left Marquette to take the
head coaching job at Virginia Tech on Friday. ESPN reported that the school has
already contacted former UCLA coach Ben Howland about the opening. Green Bay’s Brian Wardle
is also considered a candidate.

UW-Whitewater won its 2^nd
NCAA Division Three Men’s Basketball Championship in 3 years with a 75-73 win
over Williams on Saturday night. The
Warhawks also won the football national title this season.

Sacramento beat the Bucks 124-107 on Sunday night. OJ Mayo led Milwaukee with 21. The Bucks take a 7 game losing streak into
tonight’s game against the Clippers.

Matt Garza gave up just 1
run and 4 hits in 6 innings of work as the Brewers beat the Reds 9-1 in Cactus
League play on Sunday. The Crew takes
today off. Opening day is one week from
today at Miller Park
when Milwaukee takes on Atlanta.

The Badger men’s hockey team
gets a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play North
Dakota on Friday in Cincinnati.

Matt Every won the Arnold
Palmer Invite down in Florida
on the PGA Tour, one shot better than Keegan Bradley. 54 hold leader Adam Scott had a final round
76 and finished 3^rd.

Kyle Busch won the NASCAR
Sprint Cup race in Fontana. Kyle Larson was 2^nd, Kurt Busch 3^rd,
and Matt Kenseth 4^th.