The Wisconsin Badgers have earned a strong start to 2023, specifically on the recruiting front, as the team finished with the 38th-best class in the cycle, including the 16th-best transfer group, according to 247Sports, after hiring head coach Luke Fickell from the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Fickell provides an impressive resume, especially as a player developer during his successful tenure at Cincinnati, but never compiled a top-40 recruiting class during his tenure with the Bearcats, yet the Badgers compiled one in his first offseason at Wisconsin.
How were the Badgers able to recruit so well to begin the Luke Fickell era?