Wisconsin Basketball to Face Butler Bulldogs in 2024 Indy Classic

On Thursday, the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team came one step closer to releasing its full non-conference schedule. UW has officially announced the previously reported matchup between the Badgers and the Butler Bulldogs. However, fans hoping to make a trip to Hinkle Fieldhouse will have to make alternative plans.

Wisconsin and Butler play the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday, December 14th. Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home of the Indiana Pacers, will host the Badgers and Bulldogs following Purdue and Texas A&M. Game times and television details will be announced later.

The 2024 Indy Classic will mark the 32nd meeting between Wisconsin and Butler. The Badgers lead the series 17-14. Butler got the best of UW last time out, however, with a 61-54 victory over UW in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2011 NCAA Tournament en route to the national title game.

Much has changed for the two Midwest programs since that meeting. Butler's head coach in 2011, Brad Stevens, is now fresh off winning an NBA Championship as the General Manager of the Boston Celtics. Badgers basketball coach Bo Ryan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this April. Butler, which was at the time a Horizon League program, has since moved to the Atlantic 10, more recently joined the power conference ranks in the Big East, and celebrated the birth and retirement of live bulldog mascot Butler Blue III.




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