The Wisconsin men’s basketball team went 17-14 this season, falling just short of making the NCAA Tournament following the Round 1 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday.
As a result, the Badgers were faced with a decision, play in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) or hit the reset button and focus on next season, they chose the first option.
Wisconsin has been selected as a two-seed in their region and they will take on Bradley (25-9) in the first round of the tournament Tuesday at 8:30 PM in Madison.
The Kohl Center will be the host of at least two games if the Badgers are able to pull off the victory over Bradley, with three-seed Liberty taking on Villanova on Tuesday night as well. The winner of that game will face Wisconsin/Bradley in the second round.
Although it’s not perfect, Wisconsin will have a chance to bring home a championship this season, just not the one that the team wanted to compete for when they were gearing up for the year.
The NIT bracket originally put out by the NCAA had Wisconsin as a 3-seed. There was a transcription error, and we are actually a 2-seed.
Our game is still vs. Bradley on Tuesday, 8:30pm at the Kohl Center
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