Badgers sell out Kohl Center

The Wisconsin women’s basketball game Sunday, Jan. 20, is sold out, the UW Athletic Ticket Office says.

The ‘Cram the Kohl’ event with Minnesota is meant as a benefit for the Madison chapter of the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Badger Coach Jane Albright has pledged to donate $.25 per person for a sellout, and that figure will be matched by Ken Barun, the president and CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities Worldwide. The donations will provide $8,571 for the Ronald McDonald House in Madison, which serves the families of sick children.

Sunday will be the first sellout for women’s basketball in the Kohl Center (cap. 17,142) and will reset the Big Ten single game attendance record of 16,329 currently held by the Badgers against Northwestern from Feb. 1, 1998.

The UW women’s team has had three official sellouts, which all took place in the Field House (cap. 11,500). The last was 11,522 against Iowa on Feb. 18, 1996. BadgerBall had a ‘technical’ sellout at the Kohl Center with 16,296 in its opening game against Iowa on Jan. 20, 1998. Because of the uncertainty of seating in the new building and the number of promotions in force for the first game, ticket sales were suspended a few days prior to that tipoff.

Sunday’s crowd will be the largest the current group of seniors has ever played before.

Tickets are available for the other four remaining home BadgerBall games including this Thursday, Jan. 17, with Illinois beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online or by calling the UW Athletic Ticket Office, (608) 262-1440 or 1-800-Go-Badgers.