Wisconsin Badgers role player joins lawsuit seeking extra eligibility

Last season, transfer guard Braeden Carrington became one of the best-utilized pieces on the Wisconsin Badgers’ basketball team. While never starting a game, Carrington notched 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists. However, with the 2025-26 campaign being Carrington’s fourth year of collegiate basketball, it looked as if he had exhausted all of his time at the college level. Suddenly, a lawsuit among a group of athletes could grant Carrington one final year on the hardwood. 

Just recently, ESPN reported that 24 men’s and women’s players were granted an injunction in the state of Ohio on the basis that the NCAA’s new age-based model was unfair.

News: Former #Badgers guard Braeden Carrington is among a group of athletes who joined a lawsuit seeking an injunction for an additional season of eligibility, per a report from On3 Sports.

Carrington was at Wisconsin's practice on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/pYKDQdc2Y5

— Michael McCleary (@MikeJMcCleary) July 17, 2026

Carrington finished his sole season with the Badgers with three 20+ point games, including a 32-point barrage against Washington in a 90-73 win for head coach Greg Gard. 

Carrington’s 281 points last season ranked fifth on the team, and his 40.1% from beyond the arc is the highest of any player on the roster with a minimum of 10 three-pointers taken. 

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