INSIDE MEN'S BASKETBALL
BY PATRICK HERB
@BadgerMBB
TENTATIVE NON-CON. SCHEDULE
Nov. 8
Nov. 12
Nov. 26
Nov. 27
Dec. 4
Tough ticket: 2013-14
schedule taking shape
Kohl Center will host 7 of preseason Top 25
A
lthough next year's
slate is far from complete, the Badgers have
many of the pieces in place
for the 2013-14 season. That
schedule will feature one of
the toughest home slates in
school history. According
to ESPN.com's preseason
Top 25, Wisconsin will host
seven of the top-25 teams in
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the nation.
No. 3 Michigan State,
No. 7 Florida, No. 8 Ohio
State, No. 10 Michigan, No.
16 Marquette, No. 20 Indiana and No. 25 Iowa are all
scheduled to visit the Kohl
Center next winter.
Wisconsin opens the
season with a pair of bigtime showdowns against
St. John's Sioux Falls, S.D.
Florida
Kohl Center
vs. St. Louis
Cancun
vs. WVU/ODU
Cancun
at UVa Charlottesville, Va.
St. John's and Florida. The season
tips off in Sioux Falls, S.D., with a
neutral-site game against the Red
Storm on Nov. 8. The contest will
be the first-ever Division I college
basketball game played in the new
Sanford Pentagon, a $19 million
complex which is scheduled to open
this fall.
The Badgers then open the Kohl
Center with a Nov. 12 appointment
with the Gators.
The league schedule is also beginning to take shape, as the Big Ten
announced which conference rivals will face off only one time next
season. Among Wisconsin's singleplays in 2013-14 will be trips to
Penn State and Nebraska, as well as
home dates with Michigan State and
Ohio State.
As a result, UW will play twice
against Purdue, Indiana, Michigan
and Northwestern, its four singleplays from last season.
The Badgers and Buckeyes split
their series last season, with the
host team protecting home court on
both occasions. The Badgers will not
have to visit Michigan State in 201314, a site where they have not won
since 2003-04.
The Badgers swept both Nebraska
and Penn State last year.
