7038. Go to a D1 Men’s College Basketball Game

 When we saw that the Badgers were going to play basketball at Miller Park (uh... excuse me American Family Field) and it was a day that worked with the hubby's schedule, we decided this was an unique event that we should attend. It was to be called the Brew City Battle. UW Women would play K-State and the men would play Stanford.

We bought tickets as soon as they went on sale. We went with the Terrace Level center court because we would see all the action and the price was right. About a two weeks ago, I got an email saying they are not using the Terrace Level and moved our seats to down to the Loge Level and moved us 3 sections over (423 to 226). Then I looked at the seating map and was no longer pleased by this. It may have only been 3 sections but with the way the seating bowl is we went from center court to behind the basket. After sending them an email, we moved to the Club Level and back to center court. 

There was hardly anyone at the women's game. The Badgers were able to keep up with K-State in the first half but were definitely outsized in the second half. A girl from Appleton played on K-State and had a little bit of playing. She did not score but I'm sure it was an experience to be able to play at AmFam Field.

The men's game was a better game. There were more people there. The play was better but the hoops were not very forgiving to either time. The Badgers won but it was a hard fought battle.

There was of course a lot of hoopla throughout both games. Bucky Badger kept us entertained at home plate.

Both games featured the famous racing sausages. Instead of running in foul territory, they ran from base line to base line and back again twice. One of the sausages  in the women's game, face planted. I'm sure that didn't feel too good.

Overall it was a neat experience. We were both disappointed by the lack of a crowd but it was a typical Kohl Center crowd (18,000). I was disappointed that the team store didn't have any Brew City Battle merchandise. A fun souvenir would have been a nice addition to the collection. If they play another Brew City Battle, we would go again. It was a fun atmosphere even if it was played in a baseball stadium.