2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

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.

2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
Record27–10 (13–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachJoe Krabbenhoft (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Sharif Chambliss (4th season)
  • Lance Randall (1st season)
Home arenaKohl Center
Seasons
2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Michigan State173 .850307  .811
No. 9 Maryland146 .700279  .750
No. 10 Michigan146 .7002710  .730
UCLA137 .6502311  .676
No. 16 Wisconsin137 .6502710  .730
No. 14 Purdue137 .6502412  .667
Illinois128 .6002213  .629
Oregon128 .6002510  .714
Indiana1010 .5001913  .594
Ohio State911 .4501715  .531
Rutgers812 .4001517  .469
Minnesota713 .3501517  .469
Northwestern713 .3501716  .515
USC713 .3501718  .486
Iowa713 .3501716  .515
Nebraska713 .3502114  .600
Penn State614 .3001615  .516
Washington416 .2001318  .419
2025 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
Opening tip of the game at Marquette

The Wisconsin Badgers drew an average home attendance of 15,006, the 12th-highest of all college basketball teams.[1]

Previous season

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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

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Departures

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

Wisconsin departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Tyler Wahl5F6'9"225Graduate StudentLakeville, MNGraduated
Connor Essegian3G6'4"195SophomoreFort Wayne, INTransferred to Nebraska[2]
AJ Storr2G6'7"205SophomoreRockford, ILTransferred to Kansas[3]
Chucky Hepburn23G6'2"195JuniorOmaha, NETransferred to Louisville[4]
Gus Yalden34F6'9"245FreshmanAppleton, WITransferred to Seton Hall[5]
Luke Haertle12G6'4"215RS FreshmanHartland, WITransferred to Winona State[6]
Isaac Lindsey10G6'4"185RS JuniorMineral Point, WITransferred to South Dakota State[7]
Ross Candelino30G6'5"195SophomoreJacksonville, FLTransferred to Lipscomb[8]

Incoming transfers

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Wisconsin incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
John Tonje9G6'6"215Graduate StudentNorth Omaha, NEMissouri[9]
Xavier Amos13F6'8"215JuniorChicago, ILNorthern Illinois[10]
Camren Hunter3G6'3"200JuniorBryant, ARCentral Arkansas[11]

2024 recruiting class

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown School 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 
Recruit ratings: Scout: 3/5 stars   Rivals: 3/5 stars   247Sports: 3/5 stars   (82)
Jack Robison
G
Lakeville, MN Lakeville North High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oct 25, 2022 
Recruit ratings: Scout: 3/5 stars   Rivals: 3/5 stars   247Sports: 3/5 stars   (81)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  • "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  • "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

Roster

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2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 2 Jack Robison 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)190 lb (86 kg) FrLakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
G 3 Camren Hunter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)200 lb (91 kg) JrBryant High School/Central Arkansas Bryant, Arkansas
G 4 Kamari McGee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)180 lb (82 kg) SrSt. Catherine's High School/Green Bay Racine, Wisconsin
G 5 Daniel Freitag 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg) FrBreck School Bloomington, Minnesota
F 7 Carter Gilmore 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)232 lb (105 kg) GSArrowhead High School Hartland, Wisconsin
G 9 John Tonje 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)215 lb (98 kg) GSOmaha Central High School/Colorado State/Missouri North Omaha, Nebraska
G 11 Max Klesmit 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg) GSNeenah High School/Wofford Neenah, Wisconsin
F 13 Xavier Amos 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg) JrWhitney Young High School/Northern Illinois Chicago, Illinois
G 14 Aidan Konop (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)215 lb (98 kg) FrSussex Hamilton Sussex, Wisconsin
G 15 Isaac Gard (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)165 lb (75 kg) JrOregon High School Oregon, Wisconsin
F 18 Riccardo Greppi 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)250 lb (113 kg) FrPallacanestro Cantù Italy
F 21 Chris Hodges 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)250 lb (113 kg) RS JrSchaumburg High School Schaumburg, Illinois
F 22 Steven Crowl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)247 lb (112 kg) GSEastview High School Eagan, Minnesota
G 25 John Blackwell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)194 lb (88 kg) SoBrother Rice High School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
F 31 Nolan Winter 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)220 lb (100 kg) SoLakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
G 33 Jack Janicki (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)190 lb (86 kg) RS FrWhite Bear Lake Area High School White Bear Lake, Minnesota
F 35 Markus Ilver 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)225 lb (102 kg) SrWestern Reserve Academy Tallinn, Estonia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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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
Quarterfinal
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
Semifinal
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[12]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
APRVRV19151120RVRVRVRV2418172116111112181316
CoachesRV25171122RVRVRVRV19171915111212141016

Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (final statistics)[13]
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

References

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  1. https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div
  2. "HUSKERS ADD CONNOR ESSEGIAN TO 2024-25 ROSTER". huskers.com. April 22, 2024.
  3. "Mayo and Storr Sign to Play at Kansas". huskers.com. April 18, 2024.
  4. "Kelsey Adds Wisconsin Transfer Chucky Hepburn". gocards.com. May 29, 2024.
  5. "Badgers 2023 four-star forward Gus Yalden transfers to Seton Hall". buckys5thquarter.com. May 5, 2024.
  6. "Former Wisconsin basketball guard transfers to Winona State". buckys5thquarter.com. May 10, 2024.
  7. "JACKRABBITS WELCOME THREE TO 2024-25 ROSTER". gojacks.com. April 26, 2024.
  8. "Acuff Announces 2024-25 Signing Class". lipscombsports.com. June 13, 2024.
  9. "John Tonje signs with Wisconsin". uwbadgers.com. May 2, 2023.
  10. "Xavier Amos signs with Wisconsin". uwbadgers.com. April 29, 2023.
  11. "Wisconsin adds transfer Cam Hunter". uwbadgers.com. April 28, 2023.
  12. "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  13. "2024-25 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.