The Wisconsin Badgers find themselves in a familiar spot this weekend.
The Badgers are in their 12th straight Sweet Sixteen appearance and will take on the Texas A&M Aggies for a chance to get to their seventh straight Elite Eight.
But compared to the recent past, the Badgers are also in a different spot than they are used to. UW failed to earn a Top Four seed — and the requisite home-court advantage — for the first time since 2018 (bar the COVID-impacted 2020-21 season, where all teams went to one location). Instead of the friendly confines of the UW Field House, the Badgers are on the road in enemy territory, especially since they’ll be playing in Lincoln, home of the No.