What is college basketball in 2020? Finding out a game is cancelled and scrambling to schedule a quality opponent that neither school has time to prepare for. We have seen it all over the nation this first week, and now we have seen it at Wisconsin.
After positive cases within the Louisville program, the Badgers and Cardinals have canceled this Wednesday’s Big Ten/ACC challenge game. In it’s place, the Badgers have scheduled a last minute non-conference home game with Rhode Island:
SCHEDULE UPDATE
Wednesday's game vs. Louisville has been postponed. Both school are working to explore an alternative date.
The Badgers will host Rhode Island this Wednesday at the Kohl Center. Tip set for 3:30 PM (CT) on Big Ten Network.https://t.co/tokMOQGcxS
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) December 7, 2020
Rhode Island is out of the Atlantic 10, one of the best conferences in mid-major college basketball. Led by dynamic senior guard Fatts Russell, the Rams are off to a 3-2 start with wins over San Francisco, Seton Hall, and South Florida. They have played a demanding early schedule that also featured losses against top-25 Arizona State and Boston College.
Wisconsin managed to schedule a quality opponent for Wednesday, and have a bounce back opportunity at home after Friday’s buzzer-beating loss to Marquette.