Photo collage of images from the 2000 Wisconsin men's basketball team Final Four celebration at Camp Randall Stadium with Camp Randall 100 logo

General News Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: 2000 Final Four Team

Evening on a football field still resonates for team that made countless memories on the court

General News Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: 2000 Final Four Team

Evening on a football field still resonates for team that made countless memories on the court

Camp Randall 100 logo
The Camp Randall 100 is an exclusive list celebrating 100 people who have shaped Camp Randall Stadium's history across the realms of sports, music, culture and beyond. A new honoree will be revealed each day over the final 100 days leading up to kickoff of the Wisconsin football team's season opener with Utah State on Friday, Sept. 1. The Camp Randall 100 reveal is part of a year-long celebration of the history of the iconic stadium, which opened in 1917.
 

MADISON, Wis. — They were riding the high of clinching their school's first trip to the Final Four in nearly 60 years. Landing in Madison certainly didn't bring the Wisconsin men's basketball team back down to earth.

In fact, thanks to more than 30,000 fans who turned out to greet the Badgers in their return home from a thrilling Elite Eight win, a stop at Camp Randall Stadium to celebrate their accomplishment had the opposite effect.

"All of us did our best to incite riots, I think, on State Street," said Mike Kelley, the team's point guard. "Every one of us said, 'We want to see all of you people on State Street.'"

Read more on a unique night in the stadium's history in the team's Camp Randall 100 profile.


Camp Randall 100 profiles through August 13, 2017:
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