Wisconsin men's basketball's five toughest road games in 2026-27
Coming off a 24-11 (14-6) season, the Wisconsin Badgers learned who their 2026-27 conference opponents would be. While the teams they're playing are obvious, there are three teams they have to play twice, and those opponents are always a surprise . Not only that, but it's extremely important to note which teams they're stuck playing at home while the others are on the road.
Sure, it's not the most difficult thing to figure out, as it's mostly on a rotating basis, but now it's time to look at which of the Badgers ' 2026-27 road opponents will give them the most trouble. 5. Ohio State While the Buckeyes had a better conference record than the team directly ahead of them, OSU doesn't exactly have the highest expectations going into next season.
Ohio State was one of the teams Wisconsin played twice last year, and they make this top five due to their dominant 86-69 win over the No. 24 Badgers on February 17 from the Value City Arena. 4.
Iowa Minnesota is the only team that Wisconsin is playing twice that failed to make this list. The Badgers crushed Iowa in Madison a year ago (84-71), but Ben McCollum's deep tournament run in his first year proved he's building something special that will translate to Carver-Hawkeye Arena next season. 3.
UCLA Traveling to the West Coast is never easy, and the Bruins are always a credible opponent. UCLA was tied with Purdue for sixth place in the conference standings last year at 13-7. Wisconsin took them down, 80-72, but that game was quite early in the year and playing in Los Angeles compared to Madison is a big difference.