Badgers Bracketology: Where experts see Wisconsin's standing in the NCAA Tournament

The Badgers haven’t dropped in Lunardi’s projections in weeks, but they have dropped from the top of his five-seed line. UW’s matchup with Purdue next week will be pivotal — Lunardi lists the Badgers are the No. 18 overall seed and Purdue is No. 19.

UW’s inability to post a signature win in the conference season thus far has led to them sliding down Palm’s bracket.

The Badgers could climb back up with a win over the next two weeks and/or in the conference tournament.

Last week: Six seed

Decourcy hasn’t moved the Badgers down much, citing their wins over mid-tier Big Ten teams like Indiana and Maryland.

UW is among nine Big Ten teams in his projected bracket.

Katz kept the Badgers on the five line, again on par with Purdue.

In Katz’s breakdown, the Big Ten will have 10 teams in the tournament. UW has wins over four of them — Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota and Rutgers. UW has chances to increase that number to seven in the regular season, and could have rematches with Ohio State and Michigan in the conference tournament.

Here’s a primer on how the NET Rankings are calculated:

The NET Rankings are used to determine in which quadrant a game falls for a team. This gives teams credit for playing, and beating, strong opponents, especially on the road. The breakdown is as follows:

Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75

Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135

Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240

Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353

UW is 3-7 in Quadrant 1 games, 6-1 in Quadrant 2 games, and 7-0 combined in Quadrant 3 and 4 games. All three of the Badgers’ remaining games will be Quadrant 1 games.