FAQ

Where does the Wisconsin Herd play?
Home games are played at Oshkosh Arena located at 1212 South Main St., Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902

When will single game tickets go on sale?
Single game tickets are on sale now. Fans can reserve season tickets for the 2025-26 season by visiting the Wisconsin Herd ticket page and placing a deposit for standard seating or premium seating.

How much will tickets cost?
Tickets start at $12. See our ticket page for more information.

How can I get a job with the team?
Click Herd Careers

How can I submit a donation request from the Wisconsin Herd for my organization's auction or raffle?
Click Community Donation Request

Where can I park to attend Herd home games?
Oshkosh Arena has pre-paid parking where fans can pre-purchase a spot for $10 per vehicle in the lot per game. They will be using an app for this and will have a limited number of spots available that can be purchased up until three (3) hours before doors open. The rest of the parking lot is available for fans on a first-come first-serve basis. All guests will enter from the 11th Avenue entrance at 11th & South Main. Street parking near the arena is free for guests.

The Handicap parking entrance and VIP parking entrance is located on South Park Avenue. Stalls in the South West corner of the lot are reserved for Handicap parking (must have a license plate or handicap hanger card). For more information, please see Oshkosh Arena's website.

The Wisconsin Herd
When did the team begin play?
2017-18

Where does the team play?
Oshkosh Arena - 1212 South Main St. Oshkosh, WI 54902

Who does the team play?
The NBA G League features all 31 teams for the 2025-26 season.

Who owns the team?
The Milwaukee Bucks

Who manages the basketball staff & coaches the team?
The Bucks oversee the basketball staff for the team. Arte Culver is the General Manager and Beno Udrih is the Head Coach.

Do Bucks players regularly play on the team?
The Wisconsin Herd provides more opportunities for Bucks younger players to continue developing their skills. Bucks Two-Way and Affiliate players regularly play for the Herd. All NBA players are eligible to be assigned to the NBA G League, with players having more than three years of NBA experience needing to consent to the assignment.

How can I watch the games?
Live at Oshkosh Arena.

In the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area, all home games are televised on The Sport - Green Bay 32. Check local listings.

NBA G League games, with the exception of those that are televised nationally, are streamed live on NBAGLeague.com.

Games can be found on ESPNU, ESPN+, NBA TV and Tubi.

How can I follow the team on social media?
Fans can follow the team on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok

NBA G League
What is the NBA G League?
The NBA G League, formally known as the NBA Development League, is the NBA’s official minor league, preparing players, coaches, officials, trainers and front office staff for the NBA while acting as the league’s research and development laboratory.

How many games are in an NBA G League season?
Each NBA G League team plays a 50-game schedule. Twenty-four (24) of those games will be played at home. Two games are played on a neutral site as part of the league's annual NBA G League Showcase.

Where will the players come from?
The NBA G League features a mix of young players, established pros looking for an opportunity to catch on with an NBA franchise, and players on assignment from their parent teams. The NBA G League draft occurs each fall after NBA rosters are finalized.

Who is eligible to be drafted?
The league signs about 180 players each year to join the pool of draft-eligible prospects. They include college players who went undrafted in the NBA Draft, international prospects, and players who were recently waived by NBA teams following training camp. Players must be 18 years old to be eligible for the NBA G League Draft, as opposed to the NBA’s age minimum of 19.

How many NBA G League players have made it to the NBA?

51% of players on NBA opening day rosters had NBA G League experience. 61% of players on end of season NBA Rosters had NBA G League experience. There have been 79 call-ups over the course of the season (67 different players). Seven NBA Head Coaches have NBA G League experience including two Finals winners (Mazzulla and Daigneault).

How many NBA players were assigned to the NBA G League last season?

109 Different players were assigned to the G League for a total of 481 assignments. 53% of 1st Round Picks from the 2023 NBA Draft were assigned to the NBA G League.

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Where do NBA G League players come from?

There are nine different paths a player can take to the NBA G League:
• NBA teams can assign players to their NBA G League affiliate and recall them at any time.
• NBA teams can sign players with four years of service or fewer to two-way contracts, allowing them to retain their rights while the player spends the bulk of the season in the NBA G League.
• NBA teams can draft players and sign them to NBA G League contracts, thus retaining their rights through the “Draft Rights Player” rule.
• NBA teams can designate up to four players that they cut during training camp as “affiliate players,” meaning those players will join that team’s NBA G League affiliate (should the players choose to sign into the NBA G League). These players are signed under contract with the league rather than the team, meaning they are technically free agents who can be called up to any of the 30 NBA teams.
• NBA G League teams hold local tryouts each offseason and can invite up to four players from these tryouts to their training camps.
• The NBA G League holds a draft every year consisting of nearly 150 players who have signed contracts with the league. It lasts four rounds, and teams only have to make two selections.
• Players who return to the NBA G League are, by rule, re-acquired by the teams that they played for within the last two seasons (Returning Players).
• Once the NBA G League season begins, players who sign NBA G League contracts are placed into a rotating waiver pool so that teams can claim them.
• If a player from high school, college or overseas enters the NBA G League without ever having declared for the NBA Draft, he will also join the waiver pool. That player remains NBA Draft-eligible but is not eligible to be called up to the NBA.

When a new franchise joins the league, an expansion draft is held in which the new team selects 14 players from a pool of unprotected players among the league’s other teams. The expansion team will then hold that player’s NBA G League rights for two seasons. Each returning team can protect up to 12 of its players from being selected.

What is the value in owning/operating your own G League team?
Operating an NBA G League team provides a valuable platform for developing players, coaches and front office personnel while providing another platform to connect with passionate basketball fans across the state of Wisconsin.

What is the Showcase Cup/Tip-Off Tournament and regular season?

The NBA G League schedule is divided into two parts: the 14-game Tip-Off Tournament, followed by a 36-game regular season. The Tip-Off Tournament, which marks the start of the season, begins in November and culminates when a champion is crowned during the NBA G League Winter Showcase Cup in December.  For the Tip-Off Tournament, teams are placed into four regions to play 14 games exclusively against each other.  The teams with the best winning percentage in each region, along with the next four teams with the best winning percentages regardless of region, will advance to compete for the NBA G League Winter Showcase Championship.  Every team will play a minimum of two games at the Winter Showcase. The games played during the Winter Showcase count towards each team's 36-game regular season record.

Following the Tip-Off Tournament, team records will reset before the 36-game regular season.  At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams in each conference will qualify for the NBA G League Playoffs, which conclude with the NBA G League Finals in April. The Tip-Off Tournament, which marks the start of the 2025-26 season, begins on Friday, Nov. 7, and culminates when a champion is crowned during the 2025 NBA G League Winter Showcase in December.  For the Tip-Off Tournament, teams are placed into four regions to play 14 games exclusively against each other.  The teams with the best winning percentage in each region, along with the next four teams with the best winning percentages regardless of region, will advance to compete for the Championship at the NBA G League Winter Showcase.  Every team will play at least two games at the Winter Showcase. Following the Tip-Off Tournament, team records will reset before the 36-game regular season, which begins at the Winter Showcase.  At the conclusion of the regular season, for the first time, the top eight teams in each conference will qualify for the NBA G League Playoffs, which conclude with the NBA G League Finals in April 2026.