60 // VARSITY March 13, 2014
THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY
{
ALL-AMERICA HONORS
MARCH 17, 2007: Two-time All-American Craig Henning finished second at the
2007 NCAA Wrestling Championships in the 157 lbs. weight class. He was the high-
est UW finisher since Donny Pritzlaff brought home an NCAA title in 2001.
NATIONAL CHAMPS
MARCH 18, 2007: The women's hockey team broke or tied 18 NCAA records on its
way to a second-consecutive national championship. The Badgers defeated Minne-
sota Duluth, 4-1, in the national championship game.
TOURNAMENT TITLE
MARCH 16, 2008: UW beat Illinois, 61-48, in the final of the Big Ten men's basketball
tournament to give the school its second-ever conference tournament title. Wis-
consin also became the fifth school to win both the regular season and tournament
championships in the same season.
HOW SWEET IT IS
MARCH 19, 2011: UW earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament and traveled to Tucson,
Ariz., to knock off No. 13 seed Belmont, 72-58, in the first round (March 17) and No. 5 seed
Kansas State, 70-65, in the second round. Led by senior Jon Leuer, who averaged 20.5 points
per game, the Badgers made 21 of 42 3-pointers in Tucson, advancing to the Sweet 16 in
New Orleans.
ALSO
THIS
WEEK
WATCH: WISCONSIN VS. KANSAS STATE
