The season is only halfway through, but the bracketologists are hard at work trying to figure out where each team would currently land in the NCAA Tournament. There are still so many games to be played, and for Wisconsin, almost all their quad-1 games are between now and the end of the season. This means the Badgers could rise up these projections or even shrink down. There's a lot to prove; however, early on, the predictions are all placing Wisconsin in similar spots.
Let's look at the latest from the top and most respected bracketologists:
Top 7 seed lines - 1/12
— T3 Bracketology™️🏀 (@T3Bracketology) January 12, 2025
1: Auburn, Duke, Bama, Iowa St
2: Tennessee, Marquette, Florida, KU
3: UK, Oregon, Miss State, Texas A&M
4: Purdue, Michigan, Michigan St, Illinois
5: Memphis, Gonzaga, Wisconsin, Ole Miss
6: Houston, UConn, Baylor, USU
7: Louisville, AZ, WVU, Georgia
#JBRBracketology Seed List - Monday 1/13.
— JBR Bracketology (@JBRBracketology) January 13, 2025
-New teams added to at-large field: Iowa, New Mexico, Creighton
-Incredibly close call between Alabama, Iowa State and Tennessee for back end of 1 line. Alabama gets there due to the #2 resume average (2.3), Iowa State over Tennessee due… pic.twitter.com/0Aqb6GoObF
🔮 FIRST BRACKET PREDICTION 🔮@TheAndyKatz drops his first bracket prediction of the season 🚨 pic.twitter.com/iXnKZEovIb
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) January 14, 2025
The latest bracketology forecast from @tsnmike 🙌
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) January 14, 2025
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/CWW5FG23CS
New bracket 🚨 pic.twitter.com/wu3NVGlsoO
— Graham Doeren Bracketology (@GrahamDoeren) January 14, 2025
Wisconsin is currently being projected as a 5 or 6 seed for March Madness.
A lot of those are really hard to read because of how small they have to make the bracket to fit as many teams as they need, but here's a breakdown of where Wisconsin was listed above in the social media posts:
T3 Bracketology: 5 seed
JBR Bracketology: 6 seed
Andy Katz: 6 seed
Mike Decourcy (Fox Sports): 5 seed
Graham Doeren: 6 seed
The theme is the same: as of now, Wisconsin projects as a five or six seed in the NCAA Tournament and will take on the 11 or 12 seed. According to each of the above projections, here is who Wisconsin would play in that first-round game:
T3 Bracketology: Not listed
JBR Bracketology: Not listed
Andy Katz: Winner of Texas Tech and St. Mary's
Mike Decourcy (Fox Sports): UC Irvine
Graham Doeren: Winner of Creighton and UCF
Do any of those matchups intrigue the Badgers? Andy Katz has Wisconsin taking on a pretty tough matchup to start with the winner of either of those games. Texas Tech is a struggling team but full of talent. St. Mary's is always a bit dangerous.
However, Wisconsin should see their stock rise even more with the resurgence of play since the three losses. They look like a new team that can take on the best of the best. It will be interesting to see as they head into the quad-1 games the Big Ten is providing (starting tonight with Ohio State). Wisconsin has the third-highest point differential in the Big Ten and is looking to keep the train rolling with the Buckeyes and then to the Los Angeles schools.