The Wisconsin Badgers will face a different-looking Xavier Musketeers squad as they head to Cincinnati for Tuesday’s Gavitt Games match-up.
Wisconsin took a two-point lead over Xavier with 2:44 remaining in last season’s game before Trevon Bluiett and the Musketeers ramped up a 16–4 run to end the game 80–70 in their favor at the Kohl Center.
Last week, Xavier (2–0) disposed of IUPUI and Evansville at home to start its 2018–19 campaign under new head coach Travis Steele after Chris Mack took the same position at Louisville. Steele spent nine years under Mack as an assistant coach, with the title associate head coach granted to him after the 2015-16 season.