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Photos: Wisconsin men's basketball workout on Bascom Hill
Members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team hold a practice on campus, which included running up Bascom Hill 10 times in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team hold a practice on campus, which included running up Bascom Hill 10 times in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team hold a practice on campus, which included running up Bascom Hill 10 times in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team hold a practice on campus, which included running up Bascom Hill 10 times in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin forward Will Garlock (left), forward Elijah Gray (center) and Aleksas Bieliauskas run during Wisconsin's men's basketball's conditioning workout at Bascom Hill in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin guards Jack Janicki (left), Braeden Carrington (center) and John Blackwell chat as the team walks down Bascom Hill during a conditioning workout in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin forwards Jack Robison (left), Nolan Winter, Will Garlock and Austin Rapp walk in line while followed close behind by forward Elijah Gray at a workout at Bascom Hill in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin guard Jack Janicki leads the group running up Bascom Hill at a conditioning workout on campus in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team hold a practice on campus, which included running up Bascom Hill 10 times in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin freshmen Hayden Jones (left), Aleksas Bieliauskas and Will Garlock run up Bascom Hill during a conditioning workout in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard cheers on his team as they run up Bascom Hill during a practice in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
New Wisconsin men’s basketball point guard Nick Boyd (left), guard Braeden Carrington and guard John Blackwell run side-by-side at the front of the group during a conditioning workout at Bascom Hill in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin forwards Austin Rapp (left) and Will Garlock run up Bascom Hill in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the Wisconsin men’s basketball huddle at the end of a conditioning workout on Bascom Hill in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
