INDIANAPOLIS − The Wisconsin men’s basketball team is headed to March Madness.

The Badgers (26-9) earned a No. 3 seed in the East Region and will face No. 14 Montana (25-9) on Thursday in Denver.

Montana won the Big Sky Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.

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Greg Gard’s NCAA tournament history at Wisconsin

The Badgers have made the NCAA tournament in six of 10 seasons with Greg Gard as head coach (The Badgers won the Big Ten regular season in 2019-20 but the tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic).

Here is how UW has fared:

(2016; 7 seed): Beat Pittsburgh, 47-43, in first round; beat Xavier, 66-63, in second round; lost to Notre Dame, 61-56 in Sweet 16.

(2017; 8 seed): Beat Virginia Tech, 84-74, in first round; beat Villanova, 65-62, in second round; lost to Florida, 84-83, in Sweet 16.

(2019; 5 seed): Lost to Oregon, 72-54, in first round.

(2021; 9 seed): Beat North Carolina, 85-62, in first round; lost to Baylor, 76-63, in second round.

(2022; 3 seed): Beat Colgate, 67-60, in first round; lost to Iowa State, 54-49, in second round.

(2024; 5 seed): Lost to James Madison, 72-61, in first round.

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