If the status quo holds, Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball will have one more member of its 2025-26 squad returning to its lineup for the upcoming season. A ruling in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County affecting dozens of athletes from the high school graduating class of 2022 further paved the way for Braeden Carrington’s return for a second season in Madison.
Initially a Minnesota Golden Gophers commit, Carrington has already competed for four seasons in NCAA Division I. After two seasons in the Twin Cities, he spent a year each as a member of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and Wisconsin Badgers. This summer, he joined dozens of athletes as a plaintiff in Glancey v. NCAA arguing that the application of the NCAA’s new “age-based eligibility rules” preventing him and other members of the 2022 class from competing in the 2026-27 college basketball season is a violation of California state law.
On Tuesday, Judge Beth McGowen ruled on the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction that would prevent the NCAA from declaring any of the athletes party to the case ineligible to compete in the upcoming season.
The impact: Wisconsin basketball and Braeden Carrington eligibility case
According to court documents, the court granted the preliminary injunction on Tuesday, making Carrington eligible, pending possible further litigation.
