The 2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by 10th-year head coach Greg Gard and played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 27–10, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Northwestern, UCLA, and Michigan State to advance to the tournament championship game where they lost to Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. They defeated Montana in the first round before losing to BYU in the second round.
The Wisconsin Badgers drew an average home attendance of 15,006, the 12th-highest of all college basketball teams.https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div
Previous season The Badgers finished the 2023–24 season 22–14, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Maryland, Northwestern, and Purdue to advance to the championship of the Big Ten tournament. There they lost to Illinois. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the South region. They were upset in the first round by James Madison.
Offseason
Departures All players listed as "graduated" are tentative departures unless otherwise noted. Wisconsin departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Tyler Wahl 5 F 6'9" 225 Graduate Student Lakeville, MN Graduated Connor Essegian 3 G 6'4" 195 Sophomore Fort Wayne, IN Transferred to Nebraska AJ Storr 2 G 6'7" 205 Sophomore Rockford, IL Transferred to Kansas Chucky Hepburn 23 G 6'2" 195 Junior Omaha, NE Transferred to Louisville Gus Yalden 34 F 6'9" 245 Freshman Appleton, WI Transferred to Seton Hall Luke Haertle 12 G 6'4" 215 RS Freshman Hartland, WI Transferred to Winona State Isaac Lindsey 10 G 6'4" 185 RS Junior Mineral Point, WI Transferred to South Dakota State Ross Candelino 30 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Jacksonville, FL Transferred to Lipscomb
Incoming transfers Wisconsin incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school John Tonje 9 G 6'6" 215 Graduate Student North Omaha, NE Missouri Xavier Amos 13 F 6'8" 215 Junior Chicago, IL Northern Illinois Camren Hunter 3 G 6'3" 200 Junior Bryant, AR Central Arkansas
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""|Regular season
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Source
Rankings
Player statistics
+Individual player statistics (final statistics)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgATOBlkStlPFTonje, John3737115431.272419.6204439.46585219.388231254.909291661955.3676882763Blackwell, John3737115331.258315.8203450.45158180.322119146.815381521905.1817723294Crowl, Steven373794525.53659.9139258.5393277.4165567.821521441965.39052171876Winter, Nolan373778321.23489.4127225.5643495.3586078.769641522165.83928151558Klesmit, Max333391127.63039.292267.34553183.2906678.846870782.4893722655McGee, Kamari37481021.92406.584184.4573985.4593341.80521791002.7682523379Gilmore, Carter37070419.01463.952111.4682162.3392129.7243068982.64817171283Amos, Xavier370359.61313.546123.3742068.2941927.7041452661.8162012832Janicki, Jack37042311.4701.92769.3911347.27739.3331139501.431891542Ilver, Markus200673.4311.61028.357721.333441.00028100.5142210Greppi, Riccardo90202.280.923.66701.00046.66746101.112103Robison, Jack130171.360.524.500221.00000.---2240.310001Hunter, Camren110201.830.318.12514.25000.–––2350.512004Gard, Isaac130151.230.2111.000111.00000.–––0220.210001Freitag, Daniel140271.920.1111.09106.00003.0002240.331019Hodges, Chris150171.110.103.00001.00014.2500000.001011Konop, Aidan4041.000.000.---00.–––00.---0000.000000Total37-7425-296480.19912184.4543661052.348616746.8263471003135036.553735687190611Opponents37-7425-262270.99372252.416293880.333455624.729366893125934.0468369121176685 Legend GP Games played GS Games started Avg Average per game FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts Off Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds A Assists TO Turnovers Blk Blocks Stl Steals High Team high
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