Wisconsin basketball secured an 86-70 win over the UCF Knights in their opening game of the Greenbrier Tip-Off on Friday. The win pushes the Badgers to 6-0 on the 2024-25 season.

Wisconsin’s basketball program made history in its 86-70 win over UCF on Friday. For the first time since 2014-15, the Badgers have started the season with a 6-0 record. That legendary team amassed a 36-4 overall record and reached the 2015 NCAA Tournament title game.

Wisconsin basketball fans might have vague memories of a special 2014-15 college basketball season. That season, the Badgers won the Big Ten by two games, won the Big Ten Tournament, and knocked off a previously unbeaten Kentucky Wildcats team in the Final Four en route to the national championship game.

Wisconsin improves to 6-0 on the young season with their first road victory of the season. UCF, meanwhile, drops to 4-1. Wisconsin will play its next game on Nov. 24 against Pittsburgh in the second leg of the Greenbrier Tip-Off. Cooper Flagg committed a pair of costly turnovers late in Duke's narrow loss to Kentucky last week.

Surprisingly, Wisconsin and UCF have never faced off before. This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. According to ESPN analytics, the Badgers have a 65.6% chance to come out victorious over the Knights this evening. The Badgers are 4.5-point favorites over the Knights, according to the FanDuel odds.

John Blackwell scored 17 points, John Tonje added 15 and No. 19 Wisconsin rode a hot start to an 86-70 victory over UCF in the Greenbrier Tip-Off on Friday night. Kamari McGee added 14 points while Nolan Winter had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Badgers (6-0),