The Badgers have their opponent for Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament game

The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Washington Huskies on Thursday in their first game at the Big Ten Tournament after the latter beat the USC Trojans in overtime 83-79 on Wednesday.

In the win, Washington overcame a 13-point deficit with 13 minutes left, thanks to 22 points from Zoom Diallo, 15 points from Quimari Peterson, and 15 points from Wesley Yates III. Three players for the Huskies played 43 minutes (Hannes Steinbach, Diallo, and Peterson), who went with just a seven-man rotation.

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The Trojans, on the other hand, could not snap their seven-game losing streak, and their season is over. As a result, Wisconsin and Washington will tip off on Thursday afternoon, with the game set to approximately start at 1:30 p.m. CT.

The two teams faced each other recently in Spokane, and the Badgers enjoyed a nice blowout win on the road. Braeden Carrington went off for 32 points and a program-record nine threes in that win, as Wisconsin made 17 as a team on 45 percent shooting from deep.

Wisconsin will potentially be without Nolan Winter, though, and it wouldn’t be surprising if the Badgers shut him down this week to be ready for the NCAA Tournament. Without Winter, the Badgers started Austin Rapp and Aleksas Bieliauskas together for the first time in the regular-season finale against the Purdue Boilermakers.

The duo shined in that game, combining for 33 points and eight threes, which Wisconsin absolutely needed to knock off the Boilermakers on the road. If Winter is out, the Badgers may have to condense their rotation even more or go deeper into their bench again. Will Garlock and Hayden Jones played four and seven minutes, respectively, against Purdue.

Should the Badgers win, they’d take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Big Ten Quarterfinals on Friday. The Badgers are currently 6.5-point favorites ahead of Thursday’s game.