University of Minnesota Athletics
Border Battle Cup
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
This annual battle for border supremacy between the Athletic Departments at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin enters its third year of existence with each instition claiming a victory.
The two institutions made an adjustment to the scoring system prior to the 2005-06 season by awarding points to the school which finishes higher at the Big Ten championship in 11 sports in which the Badgers and Golden Gophers don't have a head-to-head competition.
In the first year of the award, points were awarded only in the 11 sports in which UW and UM met in a head-to-head competition.
Officials changed the scoring so that more student-athletes, coaches and fans could be involved in the program. Schools will now earn points for finishing higher at the conference championship event in the additional 11 sports where the schools don't face each other directly.
In the initial year of the battle, each of the 11 sports originally included in the competition had 40 points at stake. If the teams meet just once annually (football as an example), then the winner gets 40 points and the loser gets zero. If the teams meet twice (women's basketball, for example), the winner of each game gets 20 points and the losers get zero. If the teams meet four times (men's hockey for example), then the winner of each game gets 10 points and the loser gets zero. If a game ends in a tie, the points are split (20 to each school).
The new scoring configuration maintains the original scoring structure and adds 40 points to the higher finishing school at the Big Ten championship in the sports of men's and women's cross country, golf, indoor track and outdoor track, swimming and diving and women's rowing.
Six sports are sponsored by only one of the institutions and, thus, not included in the TDS Border Battle. Wisconsin has men's soccer, men's rowing and women's lightweight rowing (UM does not), while Minnesota has baseball and men's and women's gymnastics (UW does not). Adding the 11 sports raises the annual points available to 880.
| Border Battle Point Totals | ||||
Sport | Date | Site | UM Pts | UW Pts |
| Volleyball (20) | Oct. 12, 2007 | Minneapolis | 20 | |
| Soccer (40) | Oct. 28, 2007 | Madison | 40 | |
| Women's Cross Country (40) | Oct. 28, 2007 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Men's Cross Country (40) | Oct. 28, 2007 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Women's Hockey (10) | Nov. 2, 2007 | Madison | 10 | |
| Women's Hockey (10) | Nov. 3, 2007 | Madison | 10 | |
| Football (40) | Nov. 17, 2007 | Minneapolis | 40 | |
| Volleyball (20) | Nov. 24, 2007 | Madison | 20 | |
| Women's Basketball (20) | Jan. 7, 2008 | Madison | 20 | |
| Men's Hockey (10) | Jan. 25, 2008 | Madison | 10 | |
| Men's Hockey (10) | Jan. 26, 2008 | Madison | 5 | 5 |
| Men's Basketball (20) | Feb. 3, 2008 | Minneapolis | 20 | |
| Men's Basketball (20) | Feb. 16, 2008 | Madison | 20 | |
| Wrestling (40) | Feb. 17, 2008 | Minneapolis | 40 | |
| Men's Hockey (10) | Feb. 22, 2008 | Minneapolis | 10 | |
| Men's Hockey (10) | Feb. 23, 2008 | Minneapolis | 5 | 5 |
| Women's Hockey (10) | Feb. 23, 2008 | Minneapolis | 10 | |
| Women's Basketball (20) | Feb. 23, 2008 | Minneapolis | 20 | |
| Women's Swimming and Diving (40) | Feb. 23, 2008 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Women's Hockey (10) | Feb. 24 2008 | Minneapolis | 5 | 5 |
| Men's Swimming and Diving (40) | March 1, 2008 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Women's Indoor Track (40) | March 1-2, 2008 | Minneapolis | 40 | |
| Men's Indoor Track (40) | March 1-2, 2008 | Madison | 40 | |
| Women's Tennis (40) | April 12, 2008 | Minneapolis | 40 | |
| Men's Tennis (40) | April 13, 2008 | Madison | 40 | |
| Women's Golf (40) | April 27, 2008 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Men's Golf (40) | April 27, 2008 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Rowing (40) | May 3, 2008 | Neutral | 40 | |
| Softball (20) | May 3, 2008 | Madison, Wis. | 20 | |
| Softball (20) | May 4, 2008 | Madison, Wis. | 20 | |
| Women's Outdoor Track (40) | May 16-18, 2008 | Champaign, Ill. | 40 | |
| Men's Outdoor Track (40) | May 16-18, 2008 | Champaign, Ill. | 40 | |
| Point Totals | 415 | 465 | ||
Previous Results:
2006-07: Wisconsin 445-435
2005-06: Minnesota 530-350
2004-05: Wisconsin 215-205
