The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team released its 2026-27 national TV schedule, and it’s safe to say that fans are upset. It’s obviously not a secret that Wisconsin isn’t the biggest of brands on the basketball side of things, although it’s by no means a small fish, either. Nonetheless, it’s still a bit displeasing to see the disrespect.
The Badgers are a fairly new team, with a lot of unfamiliar, unproven faces expected to take the reins of the team. But even then, Greg Gard has proven time and time again that he is capable of building an NCAA Tournament-level team, pretty much no matter the circumstance.
Winning those games tends to be the issue.
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As for the TV schedule itself, things start off as expected. Wisconsin’s first two games against Denver and Delaware are understandably only available on B1G+, as there are obviously bigger games going on at that time.
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The Badgers then take a bit of a step up for their next two games, as both will be televised on BTN. After that, Wisconsin goes on a bit of a national TV run. Each of its two games in the Bahamas will be on CBS before a step back down to BTN against Northeastern.
Following that, the Badgers play three straight games on Peacock/NBCSN before heading over to FOX for a standalone game against Villanova. Then comes the game against Auburn, which is slated to be Wisconsin’s only game of the year on ESPN.
After that, the Badgers will be on either BTN or FS1 for the remainder of the year, outside of two games on FOX against Illinois and Michigan, one game on Peacock/NBCSN against Maryland, and two games on CBS against Illinois and Michigan State.
There is, of course, always room for things to be moved around, as the more teams prove themselves, the more they will land in the good graces of the networks. In grand totality, the schedule itself won’t affect the team at all. It’s more of a frustrating stepping stone that fans will have to overcome in order to watch their favorite team.
It’s harder than ever to both keep track of and afford all the different platforms on which games are played. Naturally, fans are upset, but all Wisconsin can do from here is continue to win games and earn itself a spot in the national spotlight.
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