Wisconsin Badgers

Even with Kaminsky back from his one-game absence due to a concussion, Wisconsin figures to have its hands full against the stingy defense of the Cornhuskers, who have held each of their last two opponents to fewer than 50 points.

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will return to coaching in a bowl game for the second time in three years after Gary Andersen left to take the Oregon State job.

Either Arizona or Wisconsin is going to end a lengthy Final Four drought when the two programs square off in Saturday's West regional final in Anaheim, Calif. The top-seeded Wildcats haven't reached the national semifinals since 2001, when famed coach Lute Olson was still at the top...