Somehow, college basketball season is rapidly approaching. Although there will be many changes to a strange non-conference schedule for teams all around the country, Wisconsin does have a series of games locked in before they begin conference play. That all starts this Wednesday at home against a familiar opponent in Eastern Illinois, a team the Badgers beat last season in their home opener.
If there is one key difference for a Wisconsin team that opens at No. 7 (AP Poll) in the nation, it comes in their depth. Greg Gard’s squad only went eight deep in last year’s remarkable Big Ten championship run. This season, the Badgers boast a roster that could legitimately go ten or eleven men deep and find themselves making a deep postseason run. The senior leadership mixed in with a talented freshman class creates a dynamic that the Badgers feel can take them to the highest of heights in 2020.
Here is a look at Wisconsin’s likely rotation come Wednesday, and a little about what each of those pieces bring to the team: