[lawrence-newsletter]Wisconsin basketball has been receiving a ton of pre-season hype from around the major networks. Returning 88% of their scoring from last season’s Big Ten regular season title-winning team and anticipating a starting lineup of five seniors will result in lofty projections.
ESPN college basketball insider Joe Lunardi has released his latest “Bracketology” column, and the Badgers and the Big Ten are well represented. Lunardi has Wisconsin as a two-seed in every UW fan’s favorite region: the west region. The number one seeds are Gonzaga, Villanova, Virginia, and Baylor.
As far as conferences go, it is no surprise to see the Big Ten at the top of the list. The Big Ten has nine teams in the tournament, more than any other conference. UW is one of two Big Ten teams on the two-seed line along with Michigan State. It’s never too early to project next season, and early projections show that Wisconsin fans should be very excited about the sky-high ceiling in 2021.