Coaches and writers both have ranked the Wisconsin Badgers number-seven in the first college basketball poll of the season.
Coach Greg Gard’s crew is placed among the top-10 in a preseason poll for the first time in five years.
The only Big Ten team ranked higher was Iowa at number-six.
The Big Ten Conference had six teams in the U-S-A Today poll, including three in the top-10.
Illinois was ranked 10th, Michigan State was 12th, Rutgers 23rd, and Ohio State 24th.
