INSIDE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERWBB
SCHEDULE (6-4, 0-0)
LAST FOUR
Dec. 5
Boston College W, 74-59
Dec. 7
at Marquette
W, 62-60
Dec. 10 #23 Gonzaga
L, 70-55
Dec. 13 at Washington
L, 80-67
COMING UP
Dec. 21 Illinois-Chicago
Dec. 30 Green Bay
Jan. 3
at Illinois
Jan. 9
at Michigan
UW held its first
women's basketball
game in 1975.
Badgers roll back the clock
at UW Field House
UW back in the Barn for second straight year
hen Wisconsin hosts
UIC in the UW Field
House on Saturday,
it will be just the second regular-season game played in the
historic venue since Jan. 11,
1998.
The Barn was home to the
team from 1974-98, where
UW was 167-110 (.603) over
23-and-a-half seasons before
moving into the Kohl Center.
W
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VARSITY December 19, 2013
FIELD HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS
October 1974
● The first intercollegiate
women's basketball practices were held.
Jan. 11, 1975
● The first women's game was
played in the Field House, a
45-38 win over Green Bay.
UW was 11-7, 6-2 at home,
in its first season under
head coach Marilyn Harris
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
Feb. 8-10, 1980
●UW hosted the fifth-annual "unofficial" Big Ten tournament.
Feb. 27, 1989
●The Badgers defeated No. 11 Purdue, 81-67, the first home win over a
ranked team.
March 18, 1992
● The first NCAA tournament game was
played in the Field House.
Feb. 12, 1995
● The Badgers hosted the first sellout
for a women's basketball game when
11,500 fans came to the game vs.
Michigan State.
Jan. 11, 1998
● The final regular-season home game
was played at the Field House, an 8066 win over No. 19 Western Kentucky.
March 1999
●The Badgers returned to the Field
House for two WNIT games. UW defeated Siena, 107-85, on March 14 and
Memphis, 92-73, on March 20.
March 22, 2008
● Wisconsin hosted Villanova in a WNIT
game in the Field House.
Dec. 15, 2012
● The Badgers defeated Eastern Illinois,
76-47, in their first regular-season
game in the Field House since Jan. 11,
1998.
