articleThe Brief The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Villanova Wildcats at Fiserv Forum on Dec. 19, 2025. Wisconsin will play Villanova in the Milwaukee Hoops Showdown on Dec. 19, 2025 at Fiserv Forum in a major neutral site, non-conference match-up. Wisconsin has played numerous regular-season games in Milwaukee when visiting both Marquette and UW-Milwaukee in addition to NCAA Tournament contests on three separate occasions in the city. Wisconsin also played a neutral site contest at American Family Field as part of the Brew City Battle against Stanford in 2022. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament.