It was 2018, and the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team was coming off a season in which it failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years.
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Photos: Badger men's basketball exhibition game against UW-Stevens Point
Wisconsin Badgers guard Chucky Hepburn (23) shoots the ball in the first half of the exhibition game against Stevens Point at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers forward Steven Crowl (22) shoots the ball in the first half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers forward Tyler Wahl (5) shoots the ball in the first half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard Max Klesmit (11) reacts in the first half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard Max Klesmit (11) shoots the ball against Stevens Point's Malik Abdul-Wahid (1) in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard John Blackwell (25) drives the ball to the basket against Stevens Point's Josiah Butler (24) in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Guard Chucky Hepburn passes the ball against UW-Stevens Point during the second half of an exhibition game Nov. 1 at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin Badgers forward Nolan Winter (31) passes the ball against Stevens Point in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard Max Klesmit (11) speaks with Wisconsin Badgers head coach Greg Gard in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard AJ Storr (2) shoots the ball against Stevens Point in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers forward Markus Ilver (35) dunks the ball against Stevens Point in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard AJ Storr (2) shoots the ball against Stevens Point in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard John Blackwell (25) moves the ball against Stevens Point in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Badgers guard Connor Essegian (3) shoots the ball against Stevens Point in the second half of the exhibition game at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
