Badgers Basketball will participate in the 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational
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Badgers Basketball will participate in the 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational

Wisconsin will participate in the 2025 Rady Children’s Invitational, according to a release from UW Athletics on Thursday.

The third installment of the tournament will take place on November 27-28, 2025. It will be hosted in San Diego, California in partnership with Sports San Diego, a non-profit organization.

The Badgers are one of four programs named as participants, along with the Kansas Jayhawks, Providence Friars and Florida Gators.

Action will tip on Thanksgiving Day, while each day will feature two games. The first round will be played on November 27, then the final and third place are scheduled for November 28. Tickets will go on sale in 2025 with $5 from each ticket sold going to Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego.

All tournament games will be televised nationally on either FOX or FS1, according to UW Athletics.

The field for the Rady’s Children’s invitational is quite impressive. The four programs combine for 125 all-time NCAA appearances and six total NCAA championships.

Before the focus turns to the 2025-26 season, the Badgers are preparing for their 2024-25 Thanksgiving week tournament – ​​the Greenbrier Tip-Off. Wisconsin is one of four teams participating along with UCF, Pittsburgh and LSU. UW has captured six holiday non-conference tournaments in the past 20 years, the most recent being the 2023 Fort Myers Tip-Off.