Wisconsin basketball officially announced its 2024-25 nonconference contest against Butler on Thursday.
The game will take place on Dec. 14 at a neutral site — Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, home of the Indiana Pacers.
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This matchup, which was initially reported by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein back in May, adds another difficult matchup to what is an already challenging nonconference schedule for the Badgers.
The team hosts top-ranked Arizona on Nov. 15, faces UCF and either LSU or Pittsburgh in the Greenbrier Tip-Off, visits rival Marquette and now will also meet Butler. That is all before a Big Ten schedule that now includes conference newcomers UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington.
Wisconsin is sure to again have one of the toughest schedules in the sport as the Big Ten and college basketball’s new landscape comes into focus.
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— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) August 8, 2024
The Butler program that Wisconsin will tip off against is fresh off an 18-15 2023-24 season. The Bulldogs have not made the NCAA Tournament since the 2017-18 season. Former Ohio State head coach Thad Matta appears to have the program trending in the right direction after its first winning season in four years.
This will be the 32nd all-time meeting between the two programs. Wisconsin leads the all-time series 17-14.
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