Tag: Out Of Conference

Wisconsin basketball to play Butler in neutral site game in 2024-25

Wisconsin basketball to play Butler in neutral site game in 2024-25

Wisconsin basketball will play a neutral site game against Butler this season at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

The game is added to an out-of-conference schedule that has been a challenge for the Badgers in recent years. The 2024-25 slate now includes a home battle with top-ranked Arizona, the Greenbrier Tip-Off, this game against Butler and the annual rivalry matchup with Marquette.

Related: Where every member of Wisconsin’s record-breaking recruiting class of 2021 is now

That is all in addition to a conference slate that now includes contests against  USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington. Wisconsin’s recent schedules have been among the toughest in the nation (No. 3-toughest in 2023-24). The current direction of the sport and the team’s tendency to schedule top teams could see those schedules become even more difficult.

This new addition to the schedule is another meeting with longtime Ohio State head coach Thad Matta. His Butler program went 18-15 in his second year in charge in 2023-24. He has the program trending in the right direction after years of struggles after the Brad Stevens (2007-2013) and Chris Holtmann (2014-2017) eras.

 

Wisconsin, meanwhile, reworked its roster this offseason in preparation for the 2024-25 season. It landed three transfers — Central Arkansas guard Camren Hunter, Missouri guard John Tonje and Northern Illinois forward Xavier Amos. Greg Gard and his staff did well given the circumstances of A.J. Storr (transfer portal), Chucky Hepburn (transfer portal) and Tyler Wahl (graduation) all departing after the 2023-24 season.

The Badgers roster appears to be in good shape entering what will be a challenging 2024-25 campaign.

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Alabama Football: Future non-conference opponents for the Crimson Tide

Alabama has a LOADED out-of-conference schedule in the coming years

Today, the Alabama Crimson Tide added the Minnesota Golden Gophers to their future schedule with a home-and-home series in 2032 and 2033. Minnesota will be the second Big Ten school to play a home-and-home series against the Crimson Tide in the coming years joining the Wisconsin Badgers.

The Crimson Tide will play an unreal out-of-conference schedule in the coming years in addition to an already-loaded SEC schedule. Alabama has also added the likes of Ohio State, Notre Dame, Florida State, and more to show that they’ll play anyone anywhere.

As the college football playoffs expands, more teams will get in and it won’t have quite the same effect if you lose a game. So, it will be more important to play in tough games rather than racking up easy wins against inferior competition.

Read below to see the year-by-year breakdown of Alabama’s upcoming out-of-conference schedule.

Wisconsin adds a Mountain West team to their 2026 football schedule

Earlier today the Wisconsin Badger football program added the Mountain West’s Colorado State to their 2026 football schedule, completing…

Earlier today the Wisconsin football program added the Mountain West’s Colorado State to their 2026 football schedule, completing their three-game out-of-conference run to start the season.

The year now sees the Badgers open against the Colorado State Rams, face Western Illinois and Pittsburgh and then proceed into their conference slate.

Related: 10 offseason priorities for the Wisconsin football program

Colorado State is coming off a 1-3 2020 season which became their third-straight losing campaign, those after the program had a winning record for five straight years including a 10-3 run in 2014.

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