NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday live updates: Wisconsin learns its path

The Badgers will face Montana in Denver on Thursday as the No. 3 seed in the East
After playing in the Big Ten Conference final, Wisconsin and John Tonje will find out where they are headed for the NCAA Tournament.
After playing in the Big Ten Conference final, Wisconsin and John Tonje will find out where they are headed for the NCAA Tournament. | Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images

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Wisconsin will have one final chance to alter its seeding for the NCAA Tournament.

The Badgers take on Michigan just hours before the annual NCAA Tournament Selection Show begins live on CBS at 5 p.m. CT. Along with airing on CBS, the show will stream live on Paramount+ and March Madness Live.

Update: Wisconsin dropped a 59-53 decision to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament championship game.

Wisconsin will find out where it is headed for March Madness, as most have them locked in as a No. 3 seed at the moment. ESPN sees the Badgers as the three-seed in the Midwest bracket, taking on Troy in the opening round. 

CBS Sports and Jerry Palm also have Wisconsin as a three in the Midwest, playing Lipscomb in the opening round in Milwaukee.

Numerous Big Ten schools are expected to secure a spot including Indiana, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, UCLA, Maryland and Purdue.

Selection Sunday live updates

Check back here beginning at 5 p.m. CT for live updates on where Wisconsin goes for the NCAA Tournament, along with live coverage of the Big Ten Conference Tournament championship game between the Badgers and Michigan that tips at 2:30 p.m. CT.

Louisville gets a backyard seed, as they will play in Lexington, Kentucky as the No. 8 seed. A potential second round meeting with top-seed Auburn could be there for the Cardinals to stun the field. The South bracket also features Michigan in action as a No. 5 seed and playing on Thursday against UC San Diego in Denver. 

That is a very difficult matchup on a short turnaround for the Wolverines, who will be battling elevation as well.

Wisconsin will face Montana on Thursday as the No. 3 seed. The Badgers will join Michigan in Denver, with a win advancing them to meet either BYU or VCU. 

Sitting down in the bracket as the No. 2 seed in the East is Alabama.


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Dana Becker
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Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in north-central Iowa.

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