INSIDE WOMEN���S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BadgerWBBall
SCHEDULE (11-13, 3-8)
Last Five
Jan. 24
Jan. 31
Feb. 3
Feb. 7
Feb. 10
at RV Iowa
L, 60-71
#7 Penn State W, 63-61
Illinois
L, 56-64
at Ohio State L, 59-65 2ot
Indiana
W, 65-53
This Week
Thursday #18 Purdue
Monday at Illinois
7 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Coming Up
Feb. 23
at Northwestern
Noon
Feb. 28
Nebraska
7 p.m.
March 3 at Michigan State 1 p.m.
Mar. 7-10 at Big Ten Tournament
Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Postseason still an option
Badgers rally around
���Finish Strong��� mantra
Wisconsin counting down regular season
That���s a lot of minutes
W
ith only five games
remaining in the
regular season, the Badgers have a motto: ���Finish
Strong.���
���I think if we played some
teams we played in the beginning of the year now, it
might be a different situation,��� UW head coach Bobbie
Kelsey said. ���But you want
50 �� VARSITY
�� Wisconsin can still compete in the
2013 post season but needs to win
four of its remaining five regularseason games. Four wins would
give the Badgers a 15-14 mark
heading into the Big Ten tournament.
In order to compete in the
NCAA tournament, participating
teams must be above .500 for winning percentage while teams in the
WNIT must be .500 or better.
FEB R UA RY 14, 2013
your team to always be getting better throughout the
year. You don���t want them to
go the other way. That���s why
we have the ���Finish Strong���
bracelets.���
The team is wearing black
wristbands with the words
���Finish Strong��� on them as a
constant reminder to end the
season on a positive note.
�� Sophomore Jacki Gulczynski
played all 50 minutes in the Badgers��� double-overtime game at
Ohio State on Feb. 7, setting a
school record for most minutes
played in a game.
The 6-foot-1 forward leads the
Big Ten in league games, averaging 40.4 minutes per game. She
has played 39 or more minutes her
last 10 games.
