Wisconsin basketball will have 8 Big Ten games televised by BTN

BTN announced its conference basketball TV schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday, including eight Wisconsin games.

Jan. 5: vs. Iowa, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 8: vs. Illinois, 8 p.m.

Jan. 22: at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Jan. 25: at Purdue, 4 p.m.

Jan. 29: vs. Northwestern, 8 p.m.

Feb. 4: at Illinois, 8 p.m.

March 5: vs. Purdue, 8 p.m.

March 9: at Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.

Wisconsin's Nov. 8 game vs. St. John's in Sioux Falls, S.D., will also be aired on BTN.

In total, 67 Big Ten games will be televised on the conference's flagship network. That's "more than half" of all conference match-ups, according to BTN.

The network also announced the additions of new broadcasters for basketball in Stephen Bardo, the former Illinois and ESPN commentator, and Seth Davis, a studio host for CBS Sports and contributing writer for Sports Illustrated.