Wisconsin basketball enters 2024-25 season ‘receiving votes’ in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team will begin their 2024-2025 regular season on Nov. 4 at home against Holy Cross. The preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll was released on Wednesday in advance of the 2024-25 campaign, and Wisconsin begins in the ‘receiving votes’ section.

The USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the college basketball regular season using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools. Wisconsin garnered one vote heading into the regular season.

The top five teams open the 2024-2025 campaign are No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 UConn, No. 4 Houston and No. 5 Duke. Kansas is notable in particular to Badgers fans as guard A.J. Storr transferred to join the Jayhawks after one season with Wisconsin in 2023-2024.

Here’s a look at the full preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll:

Rank

School

Last Year’s Record

Points

1

Kansas

23-11

743 (15)

2

Alabama

25-12

718 (6)

3

Connecticut

37-3

717 (6)

4

Houston

32-5

698 (4)

5

Duke

27-9

625

6

Iowa State

29-8

591

7

Gonzaga

27-8

575

8

Baylor

24-11

545

9

Arizona

27-9

510

10

North Carolina

29-8

498

11

Auburn

27-8

465

12

Tennessee

27-9

437

13

Purdue

34-5

390

14

Creighton

25-10

342

15

Texas A&M

21-15

332

16

Arkansas

16-17

272

17

Marquette

27-10

268

18

Indiana

19-14

208

19

Texas

21-13

166

20

Cincinnati

22-15

163

21

Florida

24-12

130

22

UCLA

16-17

123

23

Kentucky

23-10

95

24

Illinois

29-9

87

25

Mississippi

20-12

66

Others Receiving Votes

Texas Tech 60; Rutgers 57; St. John’s 42; Xavier 26; Michigan State 25; Oregon 16; BYU 16; Kansas State 11; Saint Mary’s 9; Boise State 9; Clemson 8; Ohio State 7; Dayton 7; Maryland 4; Grand Canyon 3; Wake Forest 2; Virginia 2; San Diego State 2; Princeton 2; Mississippi State 2; Wisconsin 1;

Within the Big Ten, four programs cracked the top 25, while six others were listed in the ‘receiving votes’ section. Those in the top 25 are No. 13 Purdue, No. 18 Indiana, No. 22 UCLA and No. 24 Illinois. Rutgers (57 votes), Michigan State (25 votes), Oregon (16 votes), Ohio State (seven votes), Maryland (four votes) and Wisconsin (one vote) just missed out.

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Author : Badgers Wire

Publish date : 2024-10-23 16:43:00

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