2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Greenbrier Tip-Off Mountain champions
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
Record	27–10 (13–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Greg Gard (10th season)
Associate head coach	Joe Krabbenhoft
Assistant coaches	Sharif Chambliss Lance Randall
Home arena	Kohl Center (capacity 16,838)

2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Michigan State	17	–	3		.850			30	–	7		.811
No. 9 Maryland	14	–	6		.700			27	–	9		.750
No. 10 Michigan †	14	–	6		.700			27	–	10		.730
UCLA	13	–	7		.650			23	–	11		.676
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	7		.650			27	–	10		.730
No. 14 Purdue	13	–	7		.650			24	–	12		.667
Illinois	12	–	8		.600			22	–	13		.629
Oregon	12	–	8		.600			25	–	10		.714
Indiana	10	–	10		.500			19	–	13		.594
Ohio State	9	–	11		.450			17	–	15		.531
Rutgers	8	–	12		.400			15	–	17		.469
Minnesota	7	–	13		.350			15	–	17		.469
Northwestern	7	–	13		.350			17	–	16		.515
USC	7	–	13		.350			17	–	18		.486
Iowa	7	–	13		.350			17	–	16		.515
Nebraska	7	–	13		.350			21	–	14		.600
Penn State	6	–	14		.300			16	–	15		.516
Washington	4	–	16		.200			13	–	18		.419
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Opening tip of the game at Marquette

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.

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 departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason 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 transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous 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
Cam Hunter	3	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Bryant, AR	Central Arkansas

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daniel Freitag G	Minneapolis, MN	Breck School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jun 2, 2023
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN grade: 82
Jack Robison G	Lakeville, MN	Lakeville North High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 25, 2022
	Star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024. "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

Roster

2023–24 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 2 Jack Robison 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Lakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota G 3 Cam Hunter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Bryant High School/Central Arkansas Bryant, Arkansas G 4 Kamari McGee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr St. Catherine's High School/Green Bay Racine, Wisconsin G 5 Daniel Freitag 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Breck School Bloomington, Minnesota F 7 Carter Gilmore 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 232 lb (105 kg) GS Arrowhead High School Hartland, Wisconsin G 9 John Tonje 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) GS Omaha Central High School/Colorado State/Missouri North Omaha, Nebraska G 11 Max Klesmit 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Neenah High School/Wofford Neenah, Wisconsin F 13 Xavier Amos 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Whitney Young High School/Northern Illinois Chicago, Illinois G 14 Aidan Konop (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Sussex Hamilton Sussex, Wisconsin G 15 Isaac Gard (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Oregon High School Oregon, Wisconsin F 18 Riccardo Greppi 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Pallacanestro Cantù Italy F 21 Chris Hodges 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS Jr Schaumburg High School Schaumburg, Illinois F 22 Steven Crowl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) GS Eastview High School Eagan, Minnesota G 25 John Blackwell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 194 lb (88 kg) So Brother Rice High School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan F 31 Nolan Winter 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Lakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota G 33 Jack Janicki (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr White Bear Lake Area High School White Bear Lake, Minnesota F 35 Markus Ilver 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Western Reserve Academy Tallinn, Estonia	Head coach Greg Gard (UW-Platteville) Assistant coach(es) Joe Krabbenhoft (Wisconsin) Sharif Chambliss (Wisconsin) Lance Randall (Beloit) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		UW–River Falls	W 78–62	–	15 – Tonje	7 – Winter	6 – McGee	Kohl Center (13,473) Madison, WI
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Holy Cross	W 85–61	1–0	23 – Tonje	8 – Crowl	4 – McGee	Kohl Center (13,451) Madison, WI
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Montana State	W 79–67	2–0	26 – Klesmit	8 – Winter	4 – Crowl	Kohl Center (13,554) Madison, WI
November 10, 2024* 11:00 a.m., B1G+		Appalachian State	W 87–56	3–0	17 – Tied	8 – Winter	5 – Tonje	Kohl Center (13,913) Madison, WI
November 15, 2024* 8:00 p.m., Peacock		No. 9 Arizona	W 103–88	4–0	41 – Tonje	6 – Tonje	6 – Crowl	Kohl Center (16,838) Madison, WI
November 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 19	UT-Rio Grande Valley Greenbrier Tip-Off campus game	W 87–84	5–0	30 – Blackwell	7 – Blackwell	3 – Blackwell	Kohl Center (13,423) Madison, WI
November 22, 2024* 4:00 p.m., CBSSN	No. 19	vs. UCF Greenbrier Tip-Off Mountain Division Semifinals	W 86–70	6–0	17 – Blackwell	10 – Winter	4 – Tonje	Colonial Hall (1,112) White Sulphur Springs, WV
November 24, 2024* 4:30 p.m., CBSSN	No. 19	vs. Pittsburgh Greenbrier Tip-Off Mountain Division Championship	W 81–75	7–0	33 – Tonje	9 – Crowl	5 – Klesmit	Colonial Hall (1,112) White Sulphur Springs, WV
November 30, 2024* 12:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 15	Chicago State	W 74–53	8–0	22 – Tonje	7 – Crowl	5 – Tied	Kohl Center (14,711) Madison, WI
December 3, 2024 8:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 11	Michigan	L 64–67	8–1 (0–1)	18 – Tonje	9 – Blackwell	2 – Tied	Kohl Center (14,582) Madison, WI
December 7, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FOX	No. 11	at No. 5 Marquette Rivalry	L 74–88	8–2	22 – Klesmit	11 – Crowl	5 – Gilmore	Fiserv Forum (18,107) Milwaukee, WI
December 10, 2024 8:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 20	at Illinois	L 80–86	8–3 (0–2)	15 – Winter	7 – Winter	4 – Klesmit	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
December 14, 2024* 1:30 p.m., BTN	No. 20	vs. Butler Indy Classic	W 83–74	9–3	20 – Winter	8 – Winter	5 – Blackwell	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (15,045) Indianapolis, IN
December 22, 2024* 1:00 p.m., BTN		Detroit Mercy	W 76–53	10–3	18 – Winter	11 – Winter	5 – Blackwell	Kohl Center (14,098) Madison, WI
January 3, 2025 6:00 p.m., FS1		Iowa	W 116–85	11–3 (1–2)	32 – Blackwell	8 – Tied	6 – Klesmit	Kohl Center (16,838) Madison, WI
January 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., FS1		at Rutgers	W 75–63	12–3 (2–2)	21 – Blackwell	10 – Crowl	3 – Tied	Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ
January 10, 2025 6:00 p.m., Peacock		Minnesota	W 80–59	13–3 (3–2)	18 – Crowl	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Kohl Center (14,239) Madison, WI
January 14, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 24	Ohio State	W 70–68	14–3 (4–2)	17 – Tonje	7 – Crowl	2 – Blackwell	Kohl Center (14,527) Madison, WI
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., BTN	No. 24	at USC	W 84–69	15–3 (5–2)	28 – Blackwell	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	Galen Center (6,938) Los Angeles, CA
January 21, 2025 8:30 p.m., Peacock	No. 18	at UCLA	L 83–85	15–4 (5–3)	24 – Tonje	5 – Tied	4 – Blackwell	Pauley Pavilion (6,695) Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 18	Nebraska	W 83–55	16–4 (6–3)	27 – Tonje	7 – Tied	4 – Amos	Kohl Center (16,838) Madison, WI
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 17	at Maryland	L 68–76	16–5 (6–4)	23 – Tonje	9 – Crowl	3 – Tied	Xfinity Center (17,950) College Park, MD
February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., FS1	No. 17	at Northwestern	W 75–69	17–5 (7–4)	27 – Tonje	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Welsh–Ryan Arena (7,039) Evanston, IL
February 4, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 21	Indiana	W 76–64	18–5 (8–4)	15 – Tonje	8 – Blackwell	6 – Klesmit	Kohl Center (14,447) Madison, WI
February 8, 2025 12:00 p.m., NBC	No. 21	at Iowa	W 74–63	19–5 (9–4)	22 – Tonje	8 – Crowl	4 – Tonje	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (12,693) Iowa City, IA
February 15, 2025 12:00 p.m., CBS	No. 16	at No. 7 Purdue	W 94–84	20–5 (10–4)	32 – Tonje	6 – Tonje	6 – Klesmit	Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN
February 18, 2025 7:30 p.m., FS1	No. 11	Illinois	W 95–74	21–5 (11–4)	31 – Tonje	8 – Winter	5 – Crowl	Kohl Center (15,170) Madison, WI
February 22, 2025 11:00 a.m., FOX	No. 11	Oregon	L 73–77 OT	21–6 (11–5)	22 – Tonje	7 – Tied	2 – Tied	Kohl Center (16,838) Madison, WI
February 25, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 11	Washington	W 88–62	22–6 (12–5)	24 – Blackwell	10 – Blackwell	4 – Crowl	Kohl Center (14,804) Madison, WI
March 2, 2025 12:30 p.m., CBS	No. 11	at No. 8 Michigan State	L 62–71	22–7 (12–6)	19 – Blackwell	17 – Winter	3 – Tied	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
March 5, 2025 7:30 p.m., BTN	No. 12	at Minnesota	W 74–67	23–7 (13–6)	25 – Blackwell	11 – Blackwell	5 – McGee	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
March 8, 2025 12:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 12	Penn State	L 75–86	23–8 (13–7)	19 – Tied	7 – Tonje	3 – Tied	Kohl Center (16,838) Madison, WI
Big Ten Tournament
March 13, 2025 1:30 p.m., BTN	(5) No. 18	vs. (13) Northwestern Second Round	W 70–63	24–8	18 – Tied	7 – Tied	3 – Crowl	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (13,216) Indianapolis, IN
March 14, 2025 1:30 p.m., BTN	(5) No. 18	vs. (4) UCLA Quarterfinals	W 86–70	25–8	26 – Tonje	9 – Tonje	4 – Tied	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (13,298) Indianapolis, IN
March 15, 2025 12:00 p.m., CBS	(5) No. 18	vs. (1) No. 7 Michigan State Semifinals	W 77–74	26–8	32 – Tonje	8 – Crowl	5 – Gilmore	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (13,612) Indianapolis, IN
March 16, 2025 2:30 p.m., CBS	(5) No. 18	vs. (3) No. 22 Michigan Championship	L 53–59	26–9	18 – Blackwell	7 – Tied	3 – Klesmit	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (13,824) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2025 12:30 p.m., TNT	(3 E) No. 13	vs. (14 E) Montana First round	W 85–66	27–9	19 – Blackwell	6 – Tied	4 – Klesmit	Ball Arena (19,921) Denver, CO
March 22, 2025 6:45 p.m., CBS	(3 E) No. 13	vs. (6 E) No. 17 BYU Second round	L 89–91	27–10	37 – Tonje	6 – Blackwell	4 – Tonje	Ball Arena (19,386) Denver, CO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time.

Source

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	RV	19	15	11	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	18	17	21	16	11	11	12	18	13	16
Coaches	RV	—	25	17	11	22	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	19	17	19	15	11	12	12	14	10	16

Player statistics

Individual player statistics (final statistics)

			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	TO	Blk	Stl	PF
Tonje, John	37	37	1154	31.2	724	19.6	204	439	.465	85	219	.388	231	254	.909	29	166	195	5.3	67	68	8	27	63
Blackwell, John	37	37	1153	31.2	583	15.8	203	450	.451	58	180	.322	119	146	.815	38	152	190	5.1	81	77	2	32	94
Crowl, Steven	37	37	945	25.5	365	9.9	139	258	.539	32	77	.416	55	67	.821	52	144	196	5.3	90	52	17	18	76
Winter, Nolan	37	37	783	21.2	348	9.4	127	225	.564	34	95	.358	60	78	.769	64	152	216	5.8	39	28	15	15	58
Klesmit, Max	33	33	911	27.6	303	9.2	92	267	.345	53	183	.290	66	78	.846	8	70	78	2.4	89	37	2	26	55
McGee, Kamari	37	4	810	21.9	240	6.5	84	184	.457	39	85	.459	33	41	.805	21	79	100	2.7	68	25	2	33	79
Gilmore, Carter	37	0	704	19.0	146	3.9	52	111	.468	21	62	.339	21	29	.724	30	68	98	2.6	48	17	17	12	83
Amos, Xavier	37	0	35	9.6	131	3.5	46	123	.374	20	68	.294	19	27	.704	14	52	66	1.8	16	20	12	8	32
Janicki, Jack	37	0	423	11.4	70	1.9	27	69	.391	13	47	.277	3	9	.333	11	39	50	1.4	31	8	9	15	42
Ilver, Markus	20	0	67	3.4	31	1.6	10	28	.357	7	21	.333	4	4	1.000	2	8	10	0.5	1	4	2	2	10
Greppi, Riccardo	9	0	20	2.2	8	0.9	2	3	.667	0	1	.000	4	6	.667	4	6	10	1.1	1	2	1	0	3
Robison, Jack	13	0	17	1.3	6	0.5	2	4	.500	2	2	1.000	0	0	.---	2	2	4	0.3	1	0	0	0	1
Hunter, Camren	11	0	20	1.8	3	0.3	1	8	.125	1	4	.250	0	0	.–––	2	3	5	0.5	1	2	0	0	4
Gard, Isaac	13	0	15	1.2	3	0.2	1	1	1.000	1	1	1.000	0	0	.–––	0	2	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
Freitag, Daniel	14	0	27	1.9	2	0.1	1	11	.091	0	6	.000	0	3	.000	2	2	4	0.3	3	1	0	1	9
Hodges, Chris	15	0	17	1.1	1	0.1	0	3	.000	0	1	.000	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	1	1
Konop, Aidan	4	0	4	1.0	0	0.0	0	0	.---	0	0	.–––	0	0	.---	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	37	-	7425	-	2964	80.1	991	2184	.454	366	1052	.348	616	746	.826	347	1003	1350	36.5	537	356	87	190	611
Opponents	37	-	7425	-	2622	70.9	937	2252	.416	293	880	.333	455	624	.729	366	893	1259	34.0	468	369	121	176	685

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