INSIDE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERWBB
SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK
Nov. 3
Winona St. (Exh.) W, 80-49
UP NEXT
Thursday
Sunday
Nov. 14
Nov. 17
Junior transfer Michala Johnson led the Badgers with 24
points against Winona State.
Badgers open regular
season with home game
Wisconsin hosts Drake Sunday at Kohl Center
xhibitions are a good way
for coaches to see how
their team is progressing
and what they need to work
on. For coach Bobbie Kelsey,
Sunday's 80-49 win over Division II Winona State was a
pleasant surprise.
"We have a lot of depth and
return a lot of scorers from last
year," Kelsey said. "We have a lot
of kids that are able to step in
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and help and give us the depth
that we need, but also give us a
lot of scoring power out there."
After the 2012-13 season
when the Badgers played with
only nine athletes due to injuries, this season's depth is a
welcome sight to Kelsey.
"We have an opportunity
to showcase a lot of different
lineups, a lot of different combinations."
UW-Stevens Point
Drake
at Milwaukee
Northern Illinois
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
SEASON OPENING SUCCESS
● Head coach Bobbie Kelsey looks to improve to 3-0 in season openers as she
is 2-0 in her first two seasons at UW.
The Badgers defeated Milwaukee 7456 last season and also downed the
Panthers on the road 68-51 in 2011.
In 38 years of play, Wisconsin is 2216 all-time in season openers, including a 10-4 mark at home.
TOUGH SCHEDULE AHEAD
● The Badgers have a tough schedule
in 2013-14 with seven non-conference games against 2013 postseason
teams. In addition, eight Big Ten teams
played in the NCAA or WNIT in 2013.
The non-conference schedule features NCAA tournament participants
Gonzaga and Green Bay, as well as a
possible matchup against Vanderbilt
at the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament.
WNIT participants were Marquette,
Washington, Mercer and Elon.
Among Big Ten teams, Nebraska advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA
tournament in 2013 while Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State and
Purdue all lost in the second round of
play.
The Big Ten also sent two teams to
the WNIT in 2013, with Illinois advancing to the quarterfinals and Minnesota falling in the first round.
