Entering their final game of the John Thompson Foundation Classic on Sunday night, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers basketball team had one win and one loss under its belt and were optimistic about its match against the bigger University of Alabama-Birmingham team.

Unfortunately for them, optimism doesn’t always translate into victories, as UAB soundly defeated UWM 75-60.

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If you were expecting the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s basketball team to come fast out of the gate and coast through the regular season on its way to another berth in the NCAA Tournament, you’re just being naive.

If you aren’t coming to games because you don’t want to watch the team lose, then you’re not naive. You’re just plain stupid.

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s volleyball team has had an impressive run this year as they started to close out the season this weekend.

The Horizon League Tournament started on Friday, Nov. 17, against Youngstown State in a match in which UWM pulled away with a three-game win (30-26, 30-25, 30-19). Cheryl Hegemann, a 6-foot-1-inch senior middle blocker, had 13 kills against the Penguins, followed by senior outside hitter Melissa David (12), junior Jamie Gabrielsen (11) and senior Sarah Moore (10).

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s soccer team had one obvious trait this year. After watching the Panthers play, you could sense what that trait was.

Confidence.

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Scoring in the low 70s doesn’t seem to work for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team.

The Panthers lost to the University of Miami 71-78 on Monday, and started the weekend off with a loss at Drake University on Friday night, 75-72.

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Nobody can honestly say that they’ve seen it all this past Friday at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association State Championship football games.

There were nail biters and blowouts, shootouts and shutouts, and even a few broken records.

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It didn’t make Wilt Chamberlain turn in his grave, nor did it force Kobe Bryant to lose any sleep, but Michael Redd’s 57-point performance in a losing effort to the Utah Jazz on Nov. 11 caught the attention of the NBA world.

Redd set the Milwaukee Bucks’ record for most points in a game, eclipsing the previous mark of 55 held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Unfortunately, a last-second three-point attempt hit the back of the rim, keeping Redd from 60 and the Bucks from the win.

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