Wisconsin’s men’s basketball program released its 2024-25 Big Ten conference schedule on Thursday.
A total of 10 Big Ten squads, which features conference newcomers Oregon and Washington, will visit the Kohl Center this season.
Greg Gard’s crew will welcome the Michigan Wolverines for its conference opener on Dec. 3, roughly a month before the Iowa Hawkeyes venture to Madison for a Jan. 3 contest.
Wisconsin will then square off against Minnesota (Jan. 10), Ohio State (Jan. 14), Nebraska (Jan. 26), Indiana (Feb. 4), Illinois (Feb. 18), Oregon (Feb. 22), Washington (Feb. 25) and Penn State (Mar. 8) to close its 2024-25 conference home game slate.
UW will play 10 conference away games this season.
The Badgers will travel to Champaign, Illinois to face the Illinois Fighting Illini on Dec. 10 and Piscataway, New Jersey, for a test against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Jan 6.
Wisconsin will then head west for a two-game trip against the USC Trojans on Jan. 18 and UCLA Bruins on Jan. 21 before flipping coasts for a game against the Maryland Terrapins in College Park on Jan. 29.
The Badgers finalize the away slate with Northwestern (Feb. 1), Iowa (Feb. 8), Purdue (Feb. 15), Michigan State (Mar. 2) and Minnesota (Mar. 5).
Here’s the program’s schedule release video from Thursday afternoon:
https://twitter.com/BadgerMBB/status/1836873380542201999
The Badgers will also play non-conference games against Holy Cross (Nov. 4), Montana State (Nov. 7), Appalachian State (Nov. 10), Arizona (Nov. 15), UT-Rio Grande Valley (Nov. 18), UCF (Nov. 22) and either LSU or Pitt (Nov. 24) before the holiday.
Chicago State (Nov. 30), Marquette (Dec. 7), Butler (Dec. 14) and Detroit Mercy (Dec. 22) are scheduled as well.
Wisconsin will kick-start its loaded 2024-25 schedule with an exhibition game against UW-River Falls on Oct. 30.