10 NCAA Basketball teams who will make a return to the Big Dance

NCAA Basketball: Top 10 teams who missed the Big Dance in 2018 but will return in 2019

SAN ANTONIO, TX - MARCH 31: A general view of the court during the 2018 NCAA Men's Final Four Semifinal introductions between the Michigan Wolverines and the Loyola Ramblers at the Alamodome on March 31, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

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MADISON, WI – FEBRUARY 12: Head coach Greg Gard of the Wisconsin Badgers speaks with Trice (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

10. Wisconsin Badgers

2017-18 season record: 15-18 (7-11)

Nearly two decades of making the NCAA Tournament ended after this past year, but there’s no reason why the Badgers can’t create another one.

Star forward Ethan Happ is likely to return, as well as Kobe King and D’Mitrick Trice, who each suffered a season-ending injury early on. The key could very well be rising sophomore Brad Davidson, whose individual performances late in the season provided hope for a second consistent scoring option.

If he and everyone else continues to develop, then the Badgers have a good shot at making the NCAA Tournament. But if Happ does stay in the NBA Draft, then those hopes go up in flames.

9. Stanford Cardinal

2017-18 season record: 19-16 (11-7)

This past season for the Cardinal started out as big a disaster as possible, with injuries and just bad play killing them early on. But the early arrival of five-star forward Oscar Da Silva gave the team an added lift for a while.

With him, Daejon Davis, and Kezie Okpala, Stanford has an impressive core of rising sophomores. And with Reid Travis likely to return for his final year, head coach Jerod Haase will have a leader and a star in the Pac-12. The development of the youngsters will determine what Stanford does next year.

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