It only took two weeks for the Wisconsin Badgers to crack the AP Top 25, as their 103-88 victory over the then-No. 9 Arizona Wildcats was good enough to debut them at No. 19 in Week 3.
Wisconsin, standing at 4-0, came into the year with a lot of turnover, as they saw seven players depart and six new faces join the program, led by transfer guard John Tonje.
Still, the team returned a pair of experienced starters and improved rising sophomores, with the newcomers serving as complementary pieces on a team that worked on their chemistry all offseason long.