Wisconsin
Poll results show Wisconsin reaching Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament
What Wisconsin showed in the Big Ten Tournament with NCAA ahead
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team heads into the 2026 NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed playing some of their best basketball this season.
The Wisconsin Badgers are set to meet High Point in the men’s NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 19. Will the Badgers advance? How far can UW go overall?
Earlier this week we asked readers to vote how deep of a run Wisconsin will make in the tournament. Here are the results:
Wisconsin will reach the Sweet 16
More than half of the respondents to our poll, or 56% of the 238 votes cast, predict the Badgers will make it to the Sweet 16. It would mark Wisconsin’s first trip to the final 16 since 2017, when it lost to Florida, 84-83.
What about an early exit?
About 18% of voters believe Wisconsin will bow out in one of the first two rounds, with 4.6% predicting a loss in the first game to High Point, and 13% envisioning a loss in the following round of 32.
Wisconsin as NCAA champions
Wisconsin will be crowned the NCAA champion on April 6 according to 4.6% of our voters, which ironically, is the exact percentage of voters who believe the Badgers will lose their first-round game to High Point.
15% of voters see Wisconsin’s season concluding in the Elite Eight, and 5% see UW reaching the Final Four before the run ends. 1.3% believe UW will reach the NCAA championship game but miss out on the crown.