The Wisconsin Badgers have essentially rebuilt their basketball team this season with a starting roster change of three total players, not to mention the bench that will look dramatically different next season too, which makes it hard for analysts to predict how the Badgers will do. However, Andy Katz believes in the rebuilt team that Greg Gard put together. He lists them as sixth but a challenger for the title.
Andy Katz ranks the Badgers sixth in the Big Ten with the chance to be a top team
He ranks the eighteen teams in different categories, with the top five being "the favorites" and the second group as "the challengers.