The Badgers, ranked 19th in the latest Associate Press poll, won the night cap at the inaugural Greenbrier Tip-Off to set up a date with Pitt in Sunday's 5:30 p.m. championship game.

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 basketball is seeking a holiday tournament championship this weekend. On Friday afternoon, the Badgers will face the UCF Knights in the opening round of the inaugural Greenbrier Tip-Off. These are the Badgers' first games away from home this season, and there will be hardware on the line.

Jordan Ivy-Curry led UCF (4-1) with 13 points while Keyshawn Hall and Dior Johnson scored 11 apiece in the 86-70 setback.

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.

UCF (4-0) completed an undefeated opening homestand, highlighted by an upset of then-No. 15 Texas A&M on Nov. 4 to kick off its second campaign as a member of the Big 12. College football: Ray Lewis is not a candidate to be Florida Atlantic's next head coach "The thing I keep learning from our guys is,

Last Tuesday, the No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers held off UT-Rio Grande Valley 87-84 at the Kohl Center. John Blackwell scored a career-high 30 points, with John Tonje dropping 19. The Badgers return today as a 4.