Wisconsin basketball will tip off its 2023-24 season next Monday at home against Arkansas State.
The team is coming off a disappointing 2022-23 campaign which ended with a 20-15 record and no NCAA Tournament birth.
But things are promising entering this season. Greg Gard welcomes back his top players in Chucky Hepburn, Tyler Wahl and Steven Crowl, as well as a promising role player in Connor Essegian. Then there’s the big offseason addition: transfer guard A.J. Storr. Pair all of those players together, then add some promising youngsters, and you have a team that could contend for the Big Ten this season.
Gard and Badger fans alike got a first glance at the new team in action last night as it welcomed in UW-Stevens Point for a scrimmage. The Badgers won 87-44 thanks to 14 points from Storr, 11 from Essegian and 10 from Crowl.
Here are some of the best highlights from the contest: