After losing their last two games before Selection Sunday, many were worried that the co-Big Ten champion Wisconsin Badgers (24-7 overall) men’s basketball team might drop to a 4-seed and, more importantly, away from a grouping that played their first two games in Milwaukee.
Well, those worries were unfounded as the Badgers were placed as a 3-seed in the Midwest Region and will play their first game in Milwaukee on Friday.
Wisconsin’s opening opponent will be 14-seed Colgate Raiders (23-11 overall) the champions out of the Patriot League. The other top seeds in the region are 1-seed Kansas Jayhawks, 2-seed Auburn Tigers and 4-seed Providence Friars.