| 1 | Wed Nov 25 | vs E Illinois | W77-67 | 1-0 | 1.000 | #7 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 2 | Fri Nov 27 | vs AR-Pine Bluff | W92-58 | 2-0 | 1.000 | #7 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 3 | Tue Dec 1 | vs Green Bay | W82-42 | 3-0 | 1.000 | #4 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 4 | Fri Dec 4 | at Marquette | L65-67 | 3-1 | .750 | #4 | | Fiserv Forum · Milwaukee, WI |
| 5 | Wed Dec 9 | vs Rhode Island | W73-62 | 4-1 | .800 | #13 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 6 | Tue Dec 15 | vs Loyola Chicago | W77-63 | 5-1 | .833 | #12 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 8 | Sat Dec 19 | vs Louisville | W85-48 | 6-1 | .857 | - | ESPN2 | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 9 | Tue Dec 22 | vs Nebraska | W67-53 | 7-1 | .875 | #9 | FS1 | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 10 | Fri Dec 25 | at #12Michigan St | W85-76 | 8-1 | .889 | #9 | FOX | Breslin Center · East Lansing, MI |
| 11 | Mon Dec 28 | vs Maryland | L64-70 | 8-2 | .800 | #6 | FS1 | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 12 | Thu Dec 31 | vs #21Minnesota | W71-59 | 9-2 | .818 | #6 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 13 | Sun Jan 3 | at Penn State | PPD | 18-13 | .581 | #6 | | Bryce Jordan Center · University Park, PA |
| 14 | Thu Jan 7 | vs Indiana | W80-73 (2OT) | 10-2 | .833 | #8 | FS1 | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 15 | Tue Jan 12 | at #7Michigan | L54-77 | 10-3 | .769 | #9 | ESPN | Crisler Center · Ann Arbor, MI |
| 16 | Fri Jan 15 | at Rutgers | W60-54 | 11-3 | .786 | #9 | | Jersey Mike’s Arena · Piscataway, NJ |
| 17 | Wed Jan 20 | vs Northwestern | W68-52 | 12-3 | .800 | #10 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 18 | Sat Jan 23 | vs #15Ohio State | L62-74 | 12-4 | .750 | #10 | CBS | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 19 | Wed Jan 27 | atMaryland | W61-55 | 13-4 | .765 | #14 | BTN | XFINITY Center · College Park, MD |
| 20 | Sat Jan 30 | atPenn State | L71-81 | 13-5 | .722 | #14 | BTN | Bryce Jordan Center · University Park, PA |
| 21 | Tue Feb 2 | vsPenn State | W72-56 | 14-5 | .737 | #19 | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 22 | Sat Feb 6 | at #12Illinois | L60-75 | 14-6 | .700 | #19 | | State Farm Center · Champaign, IL |
| 23 | Wed Feb 10 | atNebraska | W61-48 | 15-6 | .714 | #21 | | Pinnacle Bank Arena · Lincoln, NE |
| 24 | Sun Feb 14 | vs#3Michigan | L59-67 | 15-7 | .682 | #21 | CBS | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 25 | Thu Feb 18 | vs #11Iowa | L62-77 | 15-8 | .652 | #21 | ESPN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 26 | Sun Feb 21 | atNorthwestern | W68-51 | 16-8 | .667 | #21 | BTN | Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL |
| 27 | Sat Feb 27 | vs#5Illinois | L69-74 | 16-9 | .640 | #23 | ESPN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 28 | Tue Mar 2 | at #23Purdue | L69-73 | 16-10 | .615 | #25 | ESPN2 | Mackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN |
| 29 | Sun Mar 7 | at#5Iowa | L73-77 | 16-11 | .593 | #25 | FOX | Carver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City, IA |
| 30 | Thu Mar 11 | vsPenn State | W75-74 | 17-11 | .607 | - | BTN | Kohl Center · Madison, WI |
| 31 | Fri Mar 12 | atIowa | L57-62 | 17-12 | .586 | - | BTN | Carver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City, IA |
| 32 | Fri Mar 19 | at #8UNC | W85-62 | 18-12 | .600 | #9 | CBS | Dean E. Smith Center · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 33 | Sun Mar 21 | at #1Baylor | L63-76 | 18-13 | .581 | #9 | CBS | Ferrell Center · Waco, TX |
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