Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball schedule for Rady Children’s Invitational

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team heads back out West this week to compete in the four-team Rady Children’s Invitational in California.

The Badgers are coming off their first loss of the season, a 98-70 defeat against BYU (ranked No. 9 in the AP poll, No. 11 in the USA Today coaches poll) in Salt Lake City on Nov. 21. Next up is Providence at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego. Providence, of the Big East Conference, is 4-2 this season with victories over Holy Cross, Penn, New Hampshire and Penn State. The Friars’ losses are to Virginia Tech and Colorado.

Texas Christian and Florida (ranked No. 10 in the AP poll, No. 8 in the USA Today coaches poll) face off in the other semifinal at 2 p.m. Nov. 27. TCU is 3-2 after playing only one high-major program, a 67-63 loss to Michigan. Florida is 4-1, winning four straight after a season-opening loss to No. 2/3 Arizona.

Both games will be televised on FS1.

The losers of the Nov. 27 games will play in the consolation game at 2 p.m. Nov. 28, while the winners will play for the championship later that day at 4:30 p.m. Both games will be televised on Fox.

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Rady Children’s Invitational schedule

All games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego.

Nov. 27

2 p.m.: Texas Christian vs. Florida (FS1)

4:30 p.m.: Wisconsin vs. Providence (FS1)

Nov. 28

2 p.m.: Consolation game: losers from Nov. 27 games (Fox)

4:30 p.m.: Championship game: winners from Nov. 27 games (Fox)

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball schedule Rady Children’s Invitational