Much was made of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s long NCAA tournament trip and the short turnaround between their Big Ten tournament final late Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis and their first-round game mid-day Thursday in Denver.
But the third-seeded Badgers (27-9) passed their first test in the East Region with a strong victory over 14th-seeded Montana.
Their second-round game against No. 6 BYU is likely to be more of a challenge — defensively, at least.
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The Cougars (24-8) average 80.9 points a game and love to shoot three-pointers — the 11th most in the country. Leading scorer Richie Sanders averages 16 points a game and shoots 42.4% from three.
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But the Badgers are similar. They average 79.9 points and have set records in three-point makes and attempts.
Taking the over will likely be a popular wager.
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Wisconsin vs BYU time today
- Date: Saturday, March 22
- New start time: 7:15 p.m.
The second-round NCAA tournament game between Wisconsin vs. BYU was scheduled to start at 6:45 p.m. Saturday at Ball Arena in Denver. But due to the Michigan-Texas A&M game going late at Ball Arena the Wisconsin-BYU game now won’t start until around 7:15 p.m.
Is Wisconsin vs BYU on the radio?
- FM-97.3 in Milwaukee and AM-1310 and FM-101.5 in Madison and on the Varsity Network app.
- Matt Lepay (play-by-play) and Brian Butch (analyst) will call the game.
Is Wisconsin vs BYU on SiriusXM Radio?
Yes, the broadcast is on Channel 203.
Wisconsin vs BYU odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Saturday
- ODDS: Wisconsin by 1.5
- O/U: 155.5
- MONEYLINE: Wisconsin -118, BYU -102
Wisconsin Badgers basketball schedule 2024-25
All times Central
- Nov. 4: Wisconsin 85, Holy Cross 61 | Box score | 1-0
- Nov. 7: Wisconsin 79, Montana State 67 | Box score | 2-0
- Nov. 10: Wisconsin 87, Appalachian State 56 | Box score | 3-0
- Nov. 15: Wisconsin 103, Arizona 88 | Box score | 4-0
- Nov. 18: Wisconsin 87, UT-Rio Grande Valley 84 | Box score | 5-0
- Nov. 22 Wisconsin 86, UCF 70 | Box score | 6-0
- Nov. 24: Wisconsin 81, Pittsburgh 75 | Box score | 7-0
- Nov. 30: Wisconsin 74, Chicago State 53 | Box score | 8-0
- Dec. 3: Michigan 67, Wisconsin 64 | Box score | 8-1, 0-1 Big Ten
- Dec. 7: Marquette 88, Wisconsin 74 | Box score | 8-2
- Dec. 10: Illinois 86, Wisconsin 80 | Box score | 8-3, 0-2
- Dec. 14: Wisconsin 83, Butler 74 | Box score | 9-3
- Dec. 22: Wisconsin 76, Detroit Mercy 53 | Box score | 10-3
- Jan. 3: Wisconsin 116, Iowa 85 | Box score | 11-3, 1-2
- Jan. 6: Wisconsin 75, Rutgers 63 | Box score | 12-3, 2-2
- Jan. 10: Wisconsin 80, Minnesota 59 | Box score | 13-3, 3-2
- Jan. 14: Wisconsin 70, Ohio State 68 | Box score | 14-3, 4-2
- Jan. 18: Wisconsin 84, USC 69 | Box score | 15-3, 5-2
- Jan. 21: UCLA 85, Wisconsin 83 | Box score | 15-4, 5-3
- Jan. 26: Wisconsin 83, Nebraska 55 | Box score | 16-4, 6-3
- Jan. 29: Maryland 76, Wisconsin 68 | Box score | 16-5, 6-4
- Feb. 1: Wisconsin 75, Northwestern 69 | Box score | 17-5, 7-4
- Feb. 4: Wisconsin 76, Indiana 64 | Box score | 18-5, 8-4
- Feb. 8: Wisconsin 74, Iowa 63 | Box score | 19-5, 9-4
- Feb. 15: Wisconsin 94, Purdue 84 | Box score | 20-5, 10-4
- Feb. 18: Wisconsin 95, Illinois 74 | Box score | 21-5, 11-4
- Feb. 22: Oregon 77, Wisconsin 73 (OT) | Box score | 21-6, 11-5
- Feb. 25: Wisconsin 88, Washington 62 | Box score | 22-6, 12-5
- March 2: Michigan State 71, Wisconsin 62 | Box score | 22-7, 12-6
- March 5: Wisconsin 74, Minnesota 67 | Box score | 23-7, 13-6
- March 8: Penn State 86, Wisconsin 75 | Box score | 23-8, 13-7
- March 13: Wisconsin 70, Northwestern 63 | Box score | 24-8
- March 14: Wisconsin 86, UCLA 70 l Box score | 25-8
- March 15: Wisconsin 77, Michigan State 74 | Box score | 26-8
- March 16: Michigan 59, Wisconsin 53 | Box score | 26-9
- March 20: Wisconsin 85, Montana 66 | Box score | 27-9 (NCAA tournament first round)
- March 22: No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 BYU (NCAA tournament second round), 6:45 p.m.
- Record: 27-9
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