Wisconsin will participate in the 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational, according to a release from UW Athletics on Thursday.
The third installation of the tournament will take place from Nov. 27-28, 2025. It will be staged in San Diego, California in conjunction with Sports San Diego, a non-profit organization.
The Badgers are one of four programs named as participants, alongside the Kansas Jayhawks, Providence Friars and Florida Gators.
Action will tip on Thanksgiving Day, while each day will include two games. First-round games are on Nov. 27, then the final and third-place games are slated for Nov. 28. Tickets will go on sale in 2025 with $5 from every ticket sold going to Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego.
All tournament games will air nationally on either FOX or FS1, per UW Athletics.
Headed to San Diego in 2025 ☀️😎
Wisconsin will compete at the 2025 Rady Children's Invitational next season, joined by Florida, Kansas and Providencehttps://t.co/piLOYazIp9
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) November 21, 2024
The field for the Rady’s Children’s invitational is quite impressive. The four programs combine for 125 all-time NCAA appearances and six total NCAA Championships.
Before focus turns to the 2025-26 season, the Badgers are preparing for their 2024-25 Thanksgiving-week tournament — the Greenbrier Tip-Off. Wisconsin is one of four teams participating along with UCF, Pittsburgh and LSU. UW has captured six holiday non-conference tournaments over the past 20 years with the most recent being the 2023 Fort Myers Tip-Off.