The Badgers will take on a Big East team in the Rady Children’s Invitational.
The Wisconsin Badgers have another non-conference opponent revealed, as they’ll take on the Providence Friars in the first round of the Rady Children’s Invitational in late November.
Wisconsin was one of four teams slated to play in the Invitational, but it was unclear who they would face in the first round between Providence, the Florida Gators, and the TCU Horned Frogs.
According to Jon Rothstein, the first-round matchups have been set. Wisconsin will take on Providence, while Florida will play TCU on November 27th in San Diego. The winners and losers will play in the final round on November 28th.
Wisconsin played in the Greenbriar Tip-Off last year, beating UCF and Pitt to win the championship as a part of their non-conference schedule. It’s now been an annual tradition to play in an in-season tournament for four straight years, giving the team an early glimpse of what March could look like with games on consecutive days.
Now, they’ll take on a Providence team that added five players via the transfer portal, including four four-star rated transfers: guards Daquan Davis, Jason Edwards, and Jaylin Sellers, and forward Duncan Powell.
It’ll be quite a different roster for head coach Kim English and the Friars as eight players transferred out, including former first-team All-Conference forward Bryce Hopkins, who missed the 2024-25 season with an injury.
Wisconsin has faced Providence only twice in school history, losing both times as a part of a home-and-home. The first game took place in Madison back in 2021, while the second was in Rhode Island in 2023.
Now, they’ll see each other on a neutral field as a part of the 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego.