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Varsity - March 27, 2014

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64 // VARSITY March 27, 2014 THIS WEEK IN BADGER HISTORY { GOPHER TRAP MARCH 28, 1981: Sophomore goaltender Marc Behrend made 30 saves on his way to his first of two NCAA tournament MVP awards as Wisconsin beat Minnesota 6-3 at the DECC in Duluth, Minn., to win the third NCAA men's hockey title in school history. BRING ON BO MARCH 29, 2001: After announcing on March 19 that Brad Soderberg would not be retained, UW Director of Athletics Pat Richter hired William "Bo" Ryan from UW- Milwaukee as the 15th head coach in the history of the Wisconsin men's basketball program. REWARDED IN THE RANKINGS APRIL 1, 2013: A hot start placed the softball team in the national rankings for the first time since 2002, with the Badgers checking in at No. 25 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Poll and making its debut in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 at No. 23. A CINDERELLA STORY MARCH 29, 1941: The "Cinderella" Badgers, lower division finishers in the Big Ten just one year earlier, topped Washington State, 39-34, to win the NCAA men's basketball champion- ship. UW's John Kotz was named tournament MVP, while team captain Gene Englund was the Big Ten MVP and earned All-America honors. ALSO THIS WEEK

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