The men’s basketball season tickets sold out in four minutes Thursday — and those ticket-holding Badgers fans might find themselves on TV.
The ESPN and CBS Sports family of networks jointly announced Thursday morning that they will be broadcasting 10 Badgers’ basketball games for the upcoming 2015 season.
Starting Jan. 5, 2016, when the Badgers travel to Bloomington to take on the Indiana Hoosiers, they will be back in primetime. A 7 p.m. CT tip-off has the game slated for a national audience on ESPN as part of the network’s Super Tuesday lineup.
Wisconsin will continue to play other high-profile conference games against Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue.
Complete men’s basketball TV lineup:
Jan. 5: Wisconsin at Indiana, 7 p.m., ESPN
Jan. 9: Maryland at Wisconsin, noon or 1 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Jan. 17: Michigan State at Wisconsin, 1:30 or 4:30 p.m., CBS Sports
Jan. 26: Indiana at Wisconsin, 7 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 4: Ohio State at Wisconsin, 7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Feb. 13: Wisconsin at Maryland, 6 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Feb. 18: Wisconsin at Michigan State, 9 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Feb. 21: Illinois at Wisconsin, TBD
Feb. 28: Michigan at Wisconsin, TBD
March 5 or 6: Wisconsin at Purdue, TBD