NCAA Tournament March Madness

#22 Wisconsin

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Projected seed: 5

Wisconsin’s placement makes sense because its résumé blends eye-catching road victories at Michigan, Purdue and Illinois and a neutral-site win over Providence with a steady string of home wins, yet it is offset by damaging setbacks such as the lopsided loss at Nebraska, neutral defeats at BYU and TCU and a few narrow losses that keep the committee cautious. The road successes against top conference opponents are the resume’s strongest currency, while the poor results away and on neutral floors reveal inconsistency that limits upward movement. With the conference slate and postseason stretch still to come, Wisconsin has clear chances to reinforce the marquee wins or erase the bad ones, and that balance is exactly why it sits where it does.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Campbell182W96-64
11/7N Illinois333W97-72
11/11Ball St294W86-55
11/17SIUE256W94-69
11/21(N)BYU23L98-70
11/27(N)Providence71W104-83
11/28(N)TCU43L74-63
12/3Northwestern57W85-73
12/6Marquette84W96-76
12/10@Nebraska14L90-60
12/19(N)Villanova33L76-66
12/22C Michigan269W88-61
12/30WI Milwaukee268W80-60
1/3Purdue8L89-73
1/6UCLA27W80-72
1/10@Michigan3W91-88
1/13@Minnesota77W78-75
1/17Rutgers124W96-87
1/22@Penn St138W98-71
1/25USC80L73-71
1/28Minnesota77W67-63
1/31Ohio St26W92-82
2/7@Indiana46L78-77
2/10@Illinois7W92-90
2/13Michigan St9W92-71
2/17@Ohio St26L86-69
2/22Iowa25W84-71
2/25@Oregon99L85-71
2/28@Washington53W90-73
3/4Maryland120W78-45
3/7@Purdue8W97-93
3/12(N)Washington53W85-82
3/13(N)Illinois7W91-88
3/14(N)Michigan3L68-65