The 2025–26 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by 11th-year head coach Greg Gard and played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers finished 24–11 and 14–6 in Big Ten play, good for fifth place in the conference. In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Washington and Illinois before falling to Michigan in the semifinals. As an at–large bid to the NCAA tournament, they were the No. 5 seed in the West region. They were upset in the first round by High Point.

Previous season The Badgers finished the 2024–25 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 championship of the for a second consecutive year 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.

Offseason

Departures All players listed as "graduated" are tentative departures unless otherwise noted.

Wisconsin departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Camren Hunter 3 G 6'3" 200 Junior Bryant, AR Transferred to Central Arkansas Kamari McGee 4 G 6'0" 180 Senior Racine, WI Graduated Daniel Freitag 5 G 6'3" 195 Freshman Bloomington, MN Transferred to Buffalo Carter Gilmore 7 F 6'7" 232 Graduate student Hartland, WI Graduated John Tonje 9 G 6'6" 215 Graduate student North Omaha, NE Graduated/2025 NBA Draft; Selected 53rd overall by Utah Jazz Max Klesmit 11 G 6'4" 200 Graduate student Neenah, WI Graduated Xavier Amos 13 F 6'8" 215 Junior Chicago, IL Transferred to Loyola Chicago Aidan Konop 14 G 6'2" 195 Freshman Sussex, WI Walk-on; Transferred/Not retained Chris Hodges 21 F 6'9" 250 Schaumburg, IL Transferred to Montana State Steven Crowl 22 C 7'0" 247 Graduate student Eagan, MN Graduated Markus Ilver 35 F 6'9" 225 Senior Tallinn, Estonia Graduated

Incoming transfers Wisconsin incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school Braeden Carrington 0 G 6'5" 197 Senior Brooklyn Park, MN Tulsa Nick Boyd 2 G 6'3" 177 Senior Garnerville, NY San Diego State Andrew Rohde 7 G 6'6" 197 Senior Brookfield, WI Virginia Austin Rapp 22 F 6'10" 238 Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Portland

On July 1, 2025, the team signed Temple transfer Elijah Gray. However, on October 28, 2025, Gray was dismissed from the team for "events preceding his enrollment at UW-Madison."

Recruiting class 2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Player statistics

+Individual player statistics (final statistics)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree throwsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgATOBlkStlPFBoyd, Nick3535111731.972620.7252525.48061167.365161194.830271061333.81495913668Blackwell, John3434114533.765019.1198461.43096247.389158183.863411311725.1795733884Winter, Nolan313095030.640613.1153269.5693195.3266993.742701922628.54825381560Rapp, Austin301269323.12919.796229.41958160.3634148.85432871194.04725151458Carrington, Braeden34061618.12818.384206.40869172.4014457.7721963822.43617111346Rohde, Andrew343490126.51955.766182.36342132.3182127.7781952712.1983774277Bieliauskas, Aleksas352870720.21714.962144.4312881.3461930.633531001534.4302921677Janicki, Jack26143016.5582.22165.3231347.27735.6001635512.0291551744Jones, Hayden2711947.2451.71626.61512.5001222.5451018281.011142525Kinziger, Zach160764.8211.3825.320416.25012.5000440.2910512Garlock, Will3002056.8321.11318.72200.---616.3751121321.120115242Robison, Jack170311.8171.068.75034.75023.7501780.514122Gard, Isaac140161.1110.837.42936.500221.0000330.212001Greppi, Riccardo140191.400.006.00002.00002.0004150.422000Total35-7100-290483.09782171.4504091131.362539684.788359885124435.5560314109195596Opponents35-7100-266476.19542141.446291870.334465639.728348874122234.9485349130161606 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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