{"id":840750,"date":"2026-08-02T23:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840750\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:48:15","slug":"mailbag-could-braeden-carrington-return-to-wisconsin-basketball-for-another-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840750\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag: Could Braeden Carrington return to Wisconsin basketball for another season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!I_Kn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefe3cd79-415f-4b2c-b7b5-b547e335f227_720x396.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/efe3cd79-415f-4b2c-b7b5-b547e335f227_720x.jpeg\" width=\"720\" height=\"396\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/efe3cd79-415f-4b2c-b7b5-b547e335f227_720x396.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:396,&quot;width&quot;:720,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:36754,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Wisconsin Badgers guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates his three-point basket against the Minnesota Golden Gophers&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"Wisconsin Badgers guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates his three-point basket against the Minnesota Golden Gophers\" title=\"Wisconsin Badgers guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates his three-point basket against the Minnesota Golden Gophers\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>Wisconsin Badgers guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates his three-point basket. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badgernotes.com\/s\/basketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wisconsin men\u2019s basketball<\/a> team entered August with one scholarship available and several possibilities for how to use it.<\/p>\n<p>A federal court ruling may have just introduced the most impactful option. Judge Charlotte Sweeney of the U.S. District Court in Colorado granted a class-wide preliminary injunction requiring the NCAA to give an additional year of eligibility to qualifying Division I athletes who began competing in 2022-23 and exhausted four seasons by the end of 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling is temporary rather than a final resolution, and the NCAA is expected to appeal. Regardless, it opens an immediate path for affected athletes to compete during the upcoming season. The NCAA strongly objected to the decision. President Charlie Baker argued that continued court intervention has made it increasingly difficult to enforce uniform eligibility rules nationwide and renewed his push for congressional action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout Congress, failed professionals will continue to use college sports as a fallback option \u2014 robbing the next class of young athletes of college scholarships,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NCAA_PR\/status\/2083352977956303222?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Baker said<\/a>, referring to the proposed Protect College Sports Act. \u201cToday\u2019s rulings and the chaos they bring to college sports are exactly why it\u2019s time to pass this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of where the court case ultimately lands, one player who could benefit immediately from the injunction is former Wisconsin guard <a href=\"https:\/\/uwbadgers.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/braeden-carrington\/14420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braeden Carrington<\/a> \u2014 which raises the question:<\/p>\n<p>Q: Does this week\u2019s court ruling mean Braeden Carrington could return to Wisconsin, and would the Badgers want him back?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mike in Sun Prairie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Badgers guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates his three-point basket. 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