Wisconsin’s full non-conference schedule has been released.
There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding the Wisconsin Badgers and their non-conference schedule this offseason, as the school has put together several quality matchups with high majors.
Now, their entire non-conference schedule has been released. Let’s take a look:
Friday, Oct. 24 – vs. Oklahoma (Exhibition at Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee)
Tuesday, Oct 29 – vs. UW-Platteville (Exhibition)
Monday, Nov 3 – vs. Campbell
Friday, Nov 7 – vs. Northern Illinois
Tuesday, Nov 11 – vs. Ball State
Monday, Nov 17 – vs. SIUE
Friday, Nov 21 – at BYU (Salt Lake City)
Thursday, Nov. 27 – Rady Children’s Invitational vs. Providence (San Diego)
Friday, Nov. 28 –Rady Children’s Invitational vs. TCU/Florida (San Diego)
Saturday, Dec 6 – vs. Marquette
Friday, Dec 19 – vs. Villanova (at Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee)
Monday, Dec 22 – vs. Central Michigan
Wednesday, Dec 30 – vs. Milwaukee
Off the bat, the Badgers are bringing quite a few games to the Kohl Center. In total, eight of their 13 scheduled non-conference games (including the two exhibition matches) are in Madison this season.
In addition, the Badgers will take on the Oklahoma Sooners and the Villanova Wildcats at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, essentially serving as two other home games. The first one is an exhibition bout, while the latter will be a regular season game.
Wisconsin will also take part in an in-season tournament as they’ve annually done, heading to San Diego for the Rady Children’s Invitational. They’ll take on Providence in the opener, while Florida and TCU face off against each other in the second game. The winners and losers play the following day.
Overall, the Badgers have quite a strong non-conference schedule. They’ve got major matchups against Villanova, Marquette, Providence, BYU (on the road), and either Florida or TCU. That’s not even including their exhibition bout against Oklahoma. All of those teams could be NCAA Tournament teams in 2025.
Then comes a daunting Big Ten schedule, as the conference should be wildly competitive once again in 2025.
In other news, the Badgers are continuing their in-state series against Milwaukee, hosting the Panthers on December 30th for their final non-conference game.
The official season opener is November 3rd, where Wisconsin will take on Campbell for the first time in program history.