Wisconsin basketball officially announced its 2024-25 non-conference contest against Butler on Thursday.
The game will take place on December 14th 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 Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports in May, adds another tough matchup to what is already a challenging non-conference schedule for the Badgers.
The team hosts top-ranked Arizona on Nov. 15, faces UCF and also LSU or Pittsburgh at the Greenbrier Tip-Off, visits rival Marquette and now will also meet Butler. This is all before a Big Ten schedule that now includes conference newcomers UCLA, USC, Oregon and washington.
Wisconsin will certainly once again have one of the toughest schedules in sports as the Big Ten and the new college basketball landscape come into focus.
The Butler program Wisconsin will warn against just came off the 18-15 2023-24 season. The Bulldogs have not been to the NCAA tournament since the 2017-18 season. Old Ohio State Coach Thad Matta appears to have the program heading in the right direction after its first winning season in four years.
This will be the 32nd meeting all-time between the two programs. Wisconsin leads the all-time series 17-14.
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