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How to watch, stream Wisconsin basketball vs. Butler: TV channel, spread, game odds
The 20th-ranked Wisconsin men find themselves stuck in a slump.
Following a third-straight loss by under 15 points, the Badgers (8-3) take on Butler on Saturday in a non-conference affair. Tip is set for 1:30 p.m. CT with the game airing live on Big Ten Network.
Wisconsin was unable to overcome a rebounding disadvantage against Illinois last Tuesday, falling to 0-2 in the Big Ten with an 86-80 defeat. The Badgers lost by 13 to Marquette and by three to Michigan since starting the year off 8-0.
John Tonje is averaging almost 21 points per game with John Blackwell at almost 15 and Max Klesmit adding 12. Tonje leads the team in rebounds with Blackwell second.
Butler (7-3) is averaging just over 73 points per game and has lost two straight after winning seven of eight to begin the year. They lost by three to North Dakota State and were blown out at Houston.
Jahmyl Telfort leads the team at 17 points per game while Patrick McCaffrey, the son of Iowa head coach Fran McCaffrey, is adding 12.6 points with 4.4 rebounds a night. Pierre Brooks II is a third player in double figures at almost 15 a night.
The ESPN FPI gives Wisconsin a 65.5 percent chance to win.
The two have met just once prior, with Butler winning in 2011, 61-54.
Here are details on how to watch Wisconsin’s contest vs. Butler on Saturday:
Who: Wisconsin vs. Butler in men’s basketball action
When: 1:30 p.m. CT | Saturday, December 14
Where: Gainbridge Fieldhouse| Indianapolis, Indiana
Live Stream: Stream Wisconsin vs. Butler live on fuboTV (Start your free trial)
TV Channel: Big Ten Network
Betting Odds: Not available. Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook
Our Prediction: Wisconsin 84, Butler 72
Live Updates, Highlights: Follow the game on Wisconsin on SI for live updates, in-game analysis and big-play highlights throughout Monday’s matchup.
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Wide receiver Trech Kekahuna changes mind, will return to Wisconsin Badgers football in 2025
MADISON – Sometimes the biggest victories a team scores during the transfer portal period are the players it retains.
Wisconsin scored one of those wins Wednesday. Trech Kekahuna, a redshirt freshman receiver, announced on social media that he will return next season.
Last week the 5-foot-10, 187-pound receiver from Hawaii announced his intention to enter the transfer portal. Monday, the portal officially opened and in just two days Kekahuna announced 15 offers on X. The list included Minnesota, Michigan State, Iowa State, Utah and Hawaii.
Kekahuna ranked third on the team in catches (25) and yards (339). He caught two touchdowns.
He is considered an potentially explosive playmaker who provided glimpses of that ability this season. The highlight was a six-catch, 134-yard performance against Purdue that was marked by touchdowns of 69 and 25 yards.
That performance came with starting slot receiver Will Pauling out for the entire second half due to injury. The staff’s inability to figure out how to use Pauling and Kekahuna together limited Kekahuna’s opportunities for much of the season, though later in the campaign the two players were on the field together more.
New offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes started his role this week and it makes sense that he probably had a conversation with Kekahuna about the role he would potentially have in the offense.
Kekahuna announced his decision to return on Instagram.
Kekahuna is the fourth Badger player to announce that he’ll return in 2025. Offensive linemen Riley Mahlman and Jake Renfo and outside linebacker Darryl Peterson also declared that they will return.
Three takeaways from Wisconsin football’s 2025 schedule
The Big Ten announced its complete 2025 football schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Badgers’ opponents were already known, but now dates have been finalized for the 2025 campaign.
Here is Wisconsin’s slate, as announced Wednesday:
Wisconsin Football 2025 Schedule
*Home games in Bold.
If the first thought that comes to mind is “loaded,” get used to it. This is the 18-team Big Ten. The days of a cakewalk through the Big Ten West are over. With ever-increasing parity in the sport and Wisconsin trending in the wrong direction regardless, there’s very few that can be marked off as games the Badgers “should” win.
Without further ado, here’s three quick takeaways from Wisconsin’s 2025 football schedule release:
No shortage of hostile environments
Wisconsin’s 2024 schedule was similarly stacked, with the Badgers ultimately playing three games against top-5 teams. Wisconsin dropped all three, and it doesn’t get any easier: those games (Alabama, Penn State, Oregon) were all at home. Of the Badgers’ toughest tests in 2025, the majority will take place outside of Madison.
It starts off with a trip to Tuscaloosa in Week 3. Bryant-Denny Stadium, which seats over 100,000 die-hard Crimson Tide fans, will be an unforgiving environment to say the least. Wisconsin has never played in Tuscaloosa, — the Badgers are 1-1 in Madison against Alabama and lost a neutral site game in Arlington, Texas back in 2015.
In their very next road game, the Badgers will travel to Ann Arbor to play in front of yet another 100,000-plus crowd in the Big House. The Badgers haven’t fared well on the road against the Wolverines; they’re 7-29 in the Big House, including 2-6 this century. This series tends to favor the home team, although Michigan waltzed into Camp Randall in 2021 and beat Wisconsin, 38-17, in their last meeting.
The very next road game? Autzen Stadium in Eugene for a rematch with the Ducks. That stadium only seats 54,000, but make no mistake — it can be one of the loudest environments in the sport, especially at night. The Badgers are 1-1 in Eugene, but their lone win came in 1977. Oregon has won four straight in this series.
Just how brutal is October really?
The prevailing wisdom about Wisconsin’s October slate is that it’s a murderers’ row of opponents, quite possibly the toughest conference stretch for any Big Ten team.
With games at Michigan, versus Iowa, versus Ohio State and at Oregon, that checks out upon first glance.
Still, there’s so much we don’t know about what these programs will look like in 2025. Early December is not the time to evaluate how tough an opponent will be next fall. Every single roster in the nation is in flux right now, and while it would be foolish to assume anything other than a daunting test against teams like Oregon and Ohio State, there’s no telling how the Ducks and Buckeyes, or any other team for that matter, will look come game time.
Of the four teams Wisconsin plays in October, it’s highly likely that none have their starting quarterback currently on their roster. Heck, the Buckeyes might have a new head coach after four years of Ryan Day’s repeated incompetence in The Game. Michigan, Ohio State and Oregon, especially, have exceedingly deep pockets and should be able to construct formidable rosters on paper. Still, that doesn’t guarantee the team will be a juggernaut, especially when the transfer portal is relied upon heavily (how’d that go for preseason No. 10 Florida State this season?)
Yes, this figures to be a tough stretch any way you slice it. But don’t get too caught up in an opponent’s logo — worry about their depth chart. Considering every roster in America is currently in upheaval, we know much less than we think we do about these daunting foes.
Chance to start hot
Wisconsin won its two buy games to open the year this season, only to fall to 2-2 after a tough back-to-back against Alabama and USC. The Tide are of course scheduled for Week 3 once again, but the Badgers have a real shot to start 3-1 next fall.
Miami (OH) and Middle Tennessee are the only two games that you can truly, confidently say the Badgers should win. Against Alabama, you can pretty confidently say the Badgers will lose. But in Week 4, Wisconsin opens Big Ten play against a Maryland program that just finished 17th in the conference, going 1-8 in Big Ten games. That’s about as close to a should-win as it gets for a Badgers team reeling from consecutive disappointing seasons.
A 3-1 start would be massive in helping Wisconsin get back to bowl eligibility next year. If the Badgers can start 3-1, win a few tight games and not close the season on a five-game losing streak, it should return to the postseason.
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Here’s what we know about Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and is now in police custody
Ryan Borgwardt in contact with Green Lake County Sheriff’s Department
In a press conference on Nov. 21, 2024, the Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office stated that they have made contact with Ryan Borgwardt.
Provided by Green Lake County Sheriff
The Wisconsin man who staged his own disappearance and fled the country is now in police custody. Online records on Tuesday night showed Ryan Borgwardt in custody at Green Lake County Jail.
The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office has scheduled a press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday to provide updates on the case.
Here’s what we know so far about Ryan Borgwardt, and how authorities uncovered his plan to fake his death and flee the country.
When did Ryan Borgwardt go missing in Wisconsin?
Authorities received notice Aug. 12 that Ryan Borgwardt went missing and was last known to be on Green Lake in his kayak, according to a press release from the Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Bruce’s Legacy assisted with the search. Efforts to search the area were continued through August with no signs of Borgwardt.
Authorities learned that Borgwardt had reported his passport lost or stolen and had obtained another passport issued in May 2024. Additionally, authorities also discovered inquires about moving funds to foreign banks, communication with a woman from Uzbekistan and a new $375,000 life insurance policy.
“Due to the discovery of this new evidence, we are confident that Ryan is not located in Green Lake and we have ended all search efforts associated with Green Lake,” police said in a Nov. 8 press release.
Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a Nov. 21 press conference that authorities had been in daily contact with Borgwardt since Nov. 11, having first reached him via a “woman speaking Russian.”
At the time, law enforcement shared a video of Borgwardt, which showed him alive and well but said they couldn’t persuade him to return home.
How did authorities uncover Borgwardt’s plan?
A digital forensic analysis of Borgwardt’s laptop revealed he cleared his browsers on the day of his disappearance, replaced the hard drive, inquired about moving funds to foreign banks and had constant communication with a woman from Uzbekistan.
At the Nov. 21 press conference, Podoll relayed how Borgwardt said he faked his death.
Borgwardt’s plan, according to Podoll, included the following:
- Stashing an eBike near the boat launch.
- Paddling a kayak and a child-size inflatable boat out into the lake.
- Overturning the kayak and dumping his phone in the lake.
- Paddling the inflatable boat to shore and then riding the eBike through the night to Madison.
- Boarding a bus in Madison, going to Detroit and then heading to the Canadian border.
- Continuing on bus to the airport and getting on a plane.
Here’s the latest on the missing Wisconsin kayaker case
The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office will give a press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the latest details on the case. You can view the press conference live at the above link.
Where is Green Lake, Wisconsin?
Green Lake is a natural inland lake about 100 miles, or a 90-minute drive, northwest of Milwaukee.
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