Report: Wisconsin basketball adding Sun Belt opponent to 2024-25 schedule

Wisconsin basketball is adding a contest against Appalachian State to its 2024-25 nonconference schedule, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

The game is reportedly scheduled for Nov. 10 at the Kohl Center.

The Mountaineers will enter the upcoming season after a 27-7 2023-24 campaign. The team finished last year ranked No. 83 overall in KenPom and No. 2 in the Sun Belt Conference, ranked behind only James Madison — who defeated Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament.

The contest will serve as an early test for Greg Gard’s team as it works to gel after a busy offseason of turnover.

Wisconsin’s 2024-25 nonconference schedule also includes a Nov. 15 home matchup against top-ranked Arizona, the Greenbrier Tip-Off with UCF, Pittsburgh and LSU, a Dec. 7 road matchup with rival Marquette and a Dec. 14 neutral site contest against Butler.

That gauntlet then leads into a challenging conference landscape that now also includes former Pac-12 powers USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington.

The Badgers’ 2024-25 schedule again guarantees to be one of the toughest in the nation after KenPom ranked its 2023-24 slate No. 3 overall.

For more preview work on the team’s upcoming season, we recently previewed Wisconsin’s updated roster and starting lineup after an eventful offseason.

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