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Varsity - November 14, 2013

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BY THE NUMBERS 3 MEN'S BASKETBALL With wins over St. John's and No. 11 Florida, the Badgers are one of just three teams in nation with two wins over teams from the Power 6 conferences. UMass (Boston College and LSU) and Baylor (Colorado/South Carolina) are the other two teams. 68.2 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY With Wisconsin's 28 NCAA Great Lakes Regional titles, the Badgers have won a staggering 68.2 percent of the regional competitions that determines which teams compete in the NCAA Championship. Notre Dame is second in the region having won four titles in the meet's 41 years. FOOTBALL Since 2006, Wisconsin is 24-4 in games played after Nov. 1 (excluding bowl games). The Badgers' winning percentage of .857 ranks third among all FBS teams in that stretch and trails only Boise State and Virginia Tech, which both boast records of 27-4 (.871). 24-4 50 WOMEN'S HOCKEY Senior men's hockey forward Michael Mersch needs one more goal to become the 50th player in school history to score 50 career goals as a Badger. He would become the fourth Badger under Head Coach Mike Eaves to reach the mark (Robbie Earl, Blake Geoffrion, Michael Davies). Mersch ranks fifth in college hockey in career goals. 24 // VARSITY November 14, 2013

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