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Wisconsin men’s basketball: how did this game against Rhode Island even happen?

We all know that this has been a year with unprecedented challenges. The world of college basketball has not been immune to those, with the main one being: how do you set up a schedule that works and allows for the most games to be played while staying safe during a pandemic?

The Wisconsin Badgers football team already knows all about cancellations, but the men’s basketball team had made it through the first four games of the season smoothly (virus-wise, not basketball-wise) until this week’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Louisville, was forced to go on pause last week.