THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY
Wisconsin won a school-record 30 games in 2006-07, surpassing the former record by five games.
December 16, 2006
Knocking off the Panthers
Alando Tucker and Brian Butch both scored 20 points in the first half as Wisconsin defeated
No. 2-ranked Pittsburgh, 89-75. It was just the third time in school history UW had beaten
the No. 2 team in the country.
December 14, 1998
TOP 25: The men���s basketball team entered the Associated Press Top 25 and USA
Today Coaches Poll for the first time since December of 1994.
ALSO
THIS
WEEK
December 18, 1930
HOME SWEET HOME: After construction began in the winter of 1929, the UW Field
House was dedicated and began its 68-year stint as the home to Badger sports. The
men���s basketball team beat Pennsylvania, 25-12, in front of a sellout crowd of 8,600 to
officially dedicate the building.
December 19, 1998
HOSTING THE BIG GAME: Wisconsin hosted the finals of the 1998 NCAA Division 1
Volleyball Championships at the Kohl Center. Long Beach State won the national title
by defeating Penn State, 3-2, in front of a single-match record crowd of 13,194.
60 �� VARSITY
D EC E M B E R 13, 2012
