Riding a hot start, Wisconsin is a No. 5 seed in the latest NCAA Tournament projections from Joe Lunardi
A year after being stunned as a No. 5 seed at the hands of James Madison, Lunardi currently has the Badgers slotted right back on that same line.It is still early in the season, but Wisconsin is projected to be the fifth-seed in the East bracket with Drake on the opposite side.
Tennessee is the top-seed in the projected East with two-time defending national champion Connecticut the No. 2. Fellow Big Ten rivals Illinois and Nebraska are also in the bracket.Lunardi has 11 teams from the Big Ten in the field, tied for most with the SEC. The Wolverines are a projected No. 10 seed, playing Xavier in the opening round.
A year after missing the field, the Badgers suffered their earliest exit since 2013 when they were bounced in their first game by Ole Miss. They followed that up by reaching the Final Four the following season, losing a heartbreaker to Kentucky, who was an eight-seed led by current NBA standout Julius Randle.currently has Wisconsin as one of the first four teams out despite being 18th in the Net rankings.
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