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Varsity - April 10, 2014

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18 // VARSITY April 10, 2014 BY THE NUMBERS 34 79,444 3 226-8 MEN'S BASKETBALL Wisconsin had a part in NCAA basketball history at the 2014 Final Four, as the AT&T Stadium attendance of 79,444 during Saturday night's national semifinals set an NCAA hoops attendance record and also topped the previous Final Four mark of 75,421 from 2011. ACADEMICS A total of 34 Wisconsin student-athletes have earned the honor of being named to the winter Aca- demic All-Big Ten team. In addition, swimmer Nick Caldwell was one of nine Big Ten student-athletes to carry a cumulative 4.0 grade-point average. The Sarasota, Fla., native has an unblemished GPA while studying chemistry. SOFTBALL The Badgers picked up their third win of the year over a ranked team with a 2-1 triumph over No. 14 Minne- sota on Sunday. MEN'S TRACK Junior Michael Lihrman crushed his school record in the hammer throw at the Florida Relays with a heave of 226 feet, 8 inches. Li- hrman was the top collegiate finisher in the invitational section of the event, and his throw is the sixth-best in the nation this year.

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