MADISON – As expected, Wisconsin did not land an at-large berth in the 68-team NCAA Tournament field Sunday.

The Badgers (17-14) instead accepted an invitation to the the 32-team National Invitation Tournament field later Sunday.

UW received a No. 2 seeding and is set to host Bradley (25-9) at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Bradley won the Missouri Valley regular-season title with a 16-4 mark but suffered a 77-51 loss to Drake in the title game of the league tournament.

Eight Big Ten teams made the NCAA field. They were: Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State and Iowa.

UW last missed the NCAA Tournament in 2017-18. The Badgers opened that season having to replace four starters and then lost D’Mitrik Trice and Kobe King to season-ending injuries and finished 7-11 in the league and 15-18 overall.

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin basketball team misses March Madness in 2023, to play in NIT