4 thoughts from Wisconsin men's basketball's Red-White Scrimmage
Here's what stood out from the Badgers' scrimmage featuring plenty of new faces.
MADISON, Wis. — Greg Gard strolled up to midcourt at the Kohl Center, and his answer to the first post-scrimmage question sounded very much like any typical basketball coach.
But it’s one that made complete sense for an intriguing cast of returning upperclassmen, instant impact transfers and freshmen who very well might not play like freshmen.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program unveiled its 2025-26 team Sunday during the public Red-White Scrimmage. The Red team eventually defeated the White team 46-44, but the internal exhibition gave a glimpse of potential and areas of growth.
“There’s a lot of good things, obviously, and then there should be, there’s a lot of things to work on and get better at,” coach Greg Gard said. “We didn’t keep the pace we want to all the time. I thought we let off the pace at times. We didn’t throw the ball inside as much. We missed some rollers at times. … We just turned down some open guys at times.
“But all-in-all, obviously, first time getting out in front of everybody, uniforms on, those things, there was a lot of positive things. And now it’s the last time we have to compete against each other in front of everybody else. The next time is against another opponent. So there’s a lot to like with this group, but the thing that I like even more is there’s a lot we got to get better at, which is exciting. It puts the ceiling much higher for this group.”
Here are four thoughts from the scrimmage.