NCAA Tournament March Madness

#42 Wisconsin

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Projection: likely out

Wisconsin’s body of work features enough strong moments to be dangerous and enough damaging setbacks to leave the committee skeptical. A neutral-site win over Providence and a marquee home victory against UCLA show the roster can beat quality opponents, and home wins over Northwestern and Marquette add heft to the resume. Those positives are tempered by costly neutral losses to BYU, TCU and Villanova, a heavy defeat at Nebraska and a loss to Purdue that have created conspicuous holes. The remainder of the schedule hands the Badgers several favorable opportunities at home against Rutgers, USC, Minnesota, Maryland and Ohio State while offering statement chances on the road at Oregon and Washington and brutal tests at Illinois, Purdue and Michigan, so how they perform away and in those high-visibility games will determine whether the earlier blemishes stay defining.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Campbell196W96-64
11/7N Illinois317W97-72
11/11Ball St326W86-55
11/17SIUE261W94-69
11/21(N)BYU10L98-70
11/27(N)Providence62W104-83
11/28(N)TCU49L74-63
12/3Northwestern57W85-73
12/6Marquette117W96-76
12/10@Nebraska21L90-60
12/19(N)Villanova25L76-66
12/22C Michigan324W88-61
12/30WI Milwaukee212W80-60
1/3Purdue4L89-73
1/6UCLA39W80-72
1/10@Michigan16%
1/13@Minnesota8756%
1/17Rutgers15490%
1/22@Penn St11166%
1/25USC4763%
1/28Minnesota8776%
1/31Ohio St3858%
2/7@Indiana2428%
2/10@Illinois914%
2/13Michigan St1237%
2/17@Ohio St3836%
2/22Iowa1945%
2/25@Oregon7853%
2/28@Washington4842%
3/4Maryland11685%
3/7@Purdue410%