Overview

• Wisconsin was slotted seventh in the annual unofficial Big Ten preseason media poll, an uptick from last year’s 12th-place projection.
• Guard John Blackwell made the conference’s 10-player preseason All-Big Ten team selected by a media panel, while Purdue’s Braden Smith was named preseason player of the year for the second straight season.
• The Big Ten released complete tip times and TV assignments for Wisconsin men’s basketball, including national windows such as Dec. 19 vs. Villanova and Jan. 3 vs. Purdue on Fox, plus Jan. 10 at Michigan and March 7 at Purdue on CBS.
• Seven men’s games will be streaming-only, with exhibitions and the Nov. 3 opener on B1G+, and matchups such as Nov. 21 vs. BYU plus Big Ten games vs. UCLA, Illinois and USC on Peacock.
• Wisconsin women’s basketball received five Big Ten games on BTN, two on Peacock at USC (Feb. 19) and at UCLA (Feb. 22), with the remaining conference and home nonconference games on B1G+.