When the Wisconsin Badgers Women’s Volleyball team scheduled matches against Louisville, Texas, and Stanford to start the 2024 season, there was an opportunity for seniors to start their last dance in an epic fashion. There was also, of course, a nonzero chance they could be entering the second week of the season 0-3.
To be a bit cheeky about it, based on this group’s 6-3 record against top 6 teams the last two seasons, the chances of starting 0-3 were approximately 4%. Small, no doubt, but still nonzero.
The Badgers had an opportunity to salvage a 1-2 start to their season-starting gauntlet against No.