CBS Sports appears to mistakenly reveal Wisconsin Badgers' March Madness fate early

Wisconsin enters Selection Sunday on the NCAA Tournament bubble, but it likely won’t be sweating it out its fate anymore. That’s because, with about an hour until the reveal, CBS Sports seems to have accidentally disclosed that the Badgers have made the bracket, posting a premature scouting report on the team to its website.

“It’s all positive vibes now for the Badgers after they somehow snuck into the field of 68 despite being one the nation’s lowest-scoring teams,” CBS wrote. “They were among the bottom 30 in the country in scoring offense, averaging 64.9 points per game, but they won 17 games thanks to a top-30 scoring defense and a top-two turnover rate. They are a battle-tested team from the Big Ten and will want to get into rock fights, but they’ll need good shooting performances from their young backcourt of Chucky Hepburn and Connor Essegian, their two scoring leaders this season.”

The news that Wisconsin could make the tournament is surprising, as the Badgers (17-14) were listed among the “next four out” in ESPN expert Joe Lunardi’s final rankings. They are coming off of a loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament that would seemed likely to end their March Madness hopes. However, that doesn’t appear to be the case after all.

Along with Wisconsin, Big Ten schools Michigan and Rutgers also enter Selection Sunday on the bubble. If the Badgers truly did make it, that makes things a little more worrisome for the Wolverines and Scarlet Knights. Lunardi predicts nine teams from the conference to make the field.

Although it looks like Wisconsin will be in the tournament, CBS at least didn’t reveal what seed the Badgers will be or who they will face. That information will come when the Selection Sunday Show gets started at 6 p.m. ET.