As late as Monday morning, we still believed the No. 13 University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team (3-1) would be taking on No. 25 Louisville (4-0) Wednesday evening as part of the heralded Big Ten/Acc Challenge. Instead, we are pleasantly surprised with an afternoon matchup against Rhode Island (3-2) thanks to COVID-19 issues in Louisville’s program.
The contest will work as an added bonus for the Badgers, bolstering their non-conference schedule while Louisville gets set for a later date, hopefully as soon as this weekend.
Rhode Island will easily be the best team the Badgers have welcomed to the Kohl Center thus far.