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These are the factors helping to drive Wisconsin's athletic spending past $160 million

TODD D. MILEWSKI
Apr 5, 2023
Apr 5, 2023 Updated Jun 13, 2023

COLTEN BARTHOLOMEW AND JAKE KOCOROWSKI, BadgerExtra

Transfers were impressive in Tuesday's practice. Here is who stood out to BadgerExtra's reporters at the one-third mark of spring practices.

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Increased spending on the football program and higher costs for travel and food are helping to send proposed University of Wisconsin athletics expenses for the 2023-24 school year past $160 million for the first time.

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Photos: Welcome event for new Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Hastings

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 1.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings walks onto the ice during a welcome event for him at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 2.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings speaks during a welcome event for Hastings at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 3.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings speaks during a welcome event for Hastings at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 4.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings speaks during a welcome event for Hastings at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 5.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings speaks to the media at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 6.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers hockey players applaud as their new head coach Mike Hastings is introduced at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 7.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings speaks during a welcome event for Hastings at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 8.JPG — Jean Ann Hastings smiles as her husband, the new men's hockey head coach, Mike Hastings is introduced at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 9.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh walks onto the ice to introduce the new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 10.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh introduces the new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
SAMANTHA MADAR STATE JOURNAL

04032023 Mike Hastings SKM 11.JPG — Wisconsin Badgers new men's hockey head coach Mike Hastings poses with the director of athletics Chris McIntosh at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Monday, April 3, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
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