MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Badgers officially know the full path they will have to navigate if they want to hoist a Big Ten regular-season championship trophy. The league announced its conference schedule for its 20 member institutions Thursday afternoon. It has the Badgers opening conference play at home against Northwestern on December 3, restarting conference play on January 3 with a home game against Purdue and finishing the regular season with a road trip on March 7 to Purdue. Wisconsin will play seven teams only at home (Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Rutgers, UCLA, and USC), seven teams only on the road (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, and Washington) and three schools home and away (Minnesota, Ohio State, and Purdue). Entering his 11th season leading the program, head coach Greg Gard has a vastly different roster than the one that finished 27-10 and earned a third-seed in the NCAA Tournament last March. The Badgers graduated six seniors, including All-Amer
