Just in time for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, Adidas has given UW new basketball uniforms:

Together with Adidas, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team unveiled the new Made in March uniform system on Thursday. The Badgers will wear the new uniform during the 2015 NCAA basketball postseason.

Designed with adidas’ most innovative and advanced apparel and footwear technology, the uniform system is designed to help athletes play at their highest levels during college basketball’s biggest moments.

The new uniforms feature enlarged team logos on the short and an extended waistband that allows players to display their school colors even when wearing home whites. Evoking a throwback feel, the asymmetrical leg trim on the shorts is inspired by the teams’ retro uniform styles.

Jerseys were designed with the same lightweight, sweat-wicking technology used in the NBA and targeted ventilation zones on the chest, back and side to keep players cool even in the most intense moments of the game. A perforated pattern on the short maximizes comfort and breathability as the game heats up.

The Badgers will lace-up the latest adidas basketball footwear including new colorways of the D Lillard 1, J Wall 1 and D Rose Boost 5 signature shoes from NBA All-Stars Damian Lillard, John Wall and Derrick Rose.

From the bottom up: Basketball shoes should be white, and only white. So this is good.

The horizontal stripe, which as a friend of mine pointed out looks just like a tuxedo cummerbund (hence his suggestion for the headline) … well, it’s a good thing there are no fat basketball players, because you may notice a trend …

… among the eight schools whose uniforms Adidas is redesigning for March Madness 2015.

The non-white stripes look better on the road uniforms than they do on the home uniforms. The white on the Badger road uniforms looks awful, so let’s hope Wisconsin gets a number one seed and can wear the home unis to the Final Four.

Not that Bo Ryan or anyone else cares, but Ryan might recognize my favorite Badger basketball uniform design …

… because that’s Ryan in the middle, between Joe Chrnelich (on the left) and Robert Jenkins. Ryan obviously has ditched the glasses, and, one assumes, the white belt and this particular polyester shirt.