Following six nonconference games, Wisconsin will face Northwestern
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers came into the 2025-26 season off the back of a Big Ten Championship appearance and the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. But this season, without the help of star guard John Tonje, fifth-year vet Steven Crowl, or the well-rounded abilities of Kamari McGee, Max Klesmit and Carter Gilmore, the Badgers were supposed to struggle.
The media agreed, as a preseason media poll ranked Wisconsin as low as seventh in the Big Ten, and junior guard John Blackwell found himself the lone Badger on preseason watchlists for national awards.