The college basketball season will officially tip off on Friday with numerous televised games and ranked teams, including two games featuring top 12 squads, two of which involve Big Ten teams Michigan State and Indiana playing Arizona and Kansas in the Armed Force Classic in Hawaii.
The Wisconsin Badgers will begin the 2016-17 season at home Friday night against the Central Arkansas Bears out of the Southland Conference. The game will be considered as part of the Maui Invitational inland portion. It will the first ever meeting between the two programs as Central Arkansas is fairly new to the Division 1 sector.