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Men’s Basketball: Wisconsin to take on James Madison in first round of March Madness

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament after being excluded from the field of 68 teams in 2023. UW earned a No. 5 seed after an up-and-down season — finishing the year with an appearance in the Big Ten Championship game before losing to the University of Illinois in one of the best conference matches of the year.

It seems that UW has put their February struggles behind them after their extended weekend in Minneapolis and they are primed for a run in March Madness. The selection committee assigned James Madison University as the Badgers first opponent — the No.