Our own Ian McCue has a fantastic look into the updates Camp Randall, the Mclain Center and the surrounding area area currently receiving for The Badger Herald. The weight room has tripled in size, the training facility sports the latest technology and a giant renovation for the academic center is underway. It's all expected to be completed by January 2014, along with a new scoreboard above the north endzone.

Keep in mind, as Steels reminds in the preceding paragraphs, that these picks aren't his Top 25. Rather, it's how he sees the AP voters pegging the nation's top 26 teams -- he added one to account for any subsequent drops due to injury, suspensions, further preseason hype, etc. That said, the Badgers end up at No. 24 -- too high, too low or just right?

In the final coaches poll of this 2012-13 college basketball season, the Badgers fell five spots to finish at No. 22.That puts them last among the five Big Ten teams to finish in the top 25, including national runner-up Michigan at No. 2, Ohio State at No. 6, Indiana at No. 7 and Michigan State at No. 13. Also poll-worthy: CBS released its way-too-early preseason rankings for next year and has the Badgers at an intriguingly highly 13. Neither ESPN, USA Today or Yahoo! put Wisconsin in their top 25, for what it's worth.

Ain't nothing but a week's work: Wisconsin senior left-hander Meghan McIntosh tossed her second no-hitter of the season on Sunday vs. Minnesota, and for her efforts was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Monday. McIntosh fanned eight Gophers while walking five over her six hitless innings, becoming the second Badger after Andrea Kirchberg to notch two no-hitters. McIntosh's no-no was also Wisconsin's first in Big Ten play. McIntosh also earned conference pitcher of the year honors after a no-hitter against Eastern Kentucky on March 10. This season, the Sierra Vista, Ariz, native is 8-2 with a 1.07 ERA over 58.2 innings.

Bo Ryan has been named the 2013 recipient of the Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award. As the press release highlights, the award is given annually to "to a college coach who has been significantly engaged in the program’s fundraising, education and promotional initiatives and who has demonstrated leadership in supporting the American Cancer Society’s fight to save lives from cancer." Ryan has raised over $1.5 million since joining Coaches vs. Cancer in 2007, and along with his wife, Kelly, earlier this year, he raised $42,000 at the Charity Stripe Challenge where UW students were encouraged to "Make Bo Pay." Ryan received the award on Saturday during the National Coaches vs. Cancer Council Meeting in Atlanta, the host city for this year's Final Four.

Hmm. Not sure how surprising at least one of these moves is, but nevertheless -- if true, what does this do for next year's Big Ten picture?