Robin Pingeton would have preferred to wing it at the news conference officially introducing her as the new University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach. Reading from prepared notes apparently isn’t typically how she rolls.
Polzin: Why Wisconsin women's basketball coach thinks she can wake a 'sleeping giant'
- JIM POLZIN
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New Badgers coach Robin Pingeton addresses the media during her introductory press conference at the Kohl Center on April 1, 2025.
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