The Wisconsin men’s basketball program was featured in Joe Lunardi’s latest 2025 March Madness men’s field prediction on Thursday.
Fresh off a round of 16 loss to No. 5 seed James Madison, Lunardi projected Wisconsin as one of the last four teams to make the tournament.
Wisconsin, alongside Saint Mary’s, Illinois and NC State, is predicted to be a “bubble team” in very early 2025 estimates.
In recent weeks, the UW program has undergone a complete personnel change. So far, the Badgers have landed Missouri transfer guard John Tonje, Central Arkansas guard Camren Hunter and Northern Illinois forward Xavier Amos through the transfer portal.
With the departures of former Badgers Chucky Hepburn (gate), AJ Storr (gate) and Tyler Wahl (graduation), Greg Gard’s starting lineup will look very different next fall.
Wisconsin has four Final Four appearances, six Elite Eight bids and 10 Sweet Sixteen seasons in its history. The team finished 22-14 a season ago, but will welcome three newcomers and freshman Daniel Freitag into the rotation next season.
