2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Greenbrier Tip-Off Mountain champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 16
Record	20–5 (10–4 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)
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers are led by 10th-year head coach Greg Gard and play their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 20 Michigan	12	–	2	.857	20	–	5	.800
No. 11 Michigan State	11	–	3	.786	20	–	5	.800
No. 7 Purdue	11	–	4	.733	19	–	7	.731
No. 16 Wisconsin	10	–	4	.714	20	–	5	.800
No. 25 Maryland	10	–	5	.667	20	–	6	.769
UCLA	10	–	5	.667	19	–	7	.731
Illinois	9	–	7	.563	17	–	9	.654
Oregon	7	–	8	.467	18	–	8	.692
Nebraska	7	–	8	.467	17	–	9	.654
Ohio State	7	–	8	.467	15	–	11	.577
USC	6	–	8	.429	14	–	11	.560
Indiana	6	–	9	.400	15	–	11	.577
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	14	–	11	.560
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	13	–	12	.520
Rutgers	5	–	10	.333	12	–	14	.462
Washington	4	–	10	.286	13	–	12	.520
Northwestern	4	–	11	.267	13	–	13	.500
Penn State	3	–	12	.200	13	–	13	.500

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of February 16, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

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^[1]
AJ Storr	2	G	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Rockford, IL	Transferred to Kansas^[2]
Chucky Hepburn	23	G	6'2"	195	Junior	Omaha, NE	Transferred to Louisville^[3]
Gus Yalden	34	F	6'9"	245	Freshman	Appleton, WI	Transferred to Seton Hall^[4]
Luke Haertle	12	G	6'4"	215	RS Freshman	Hartland, WI	Transferred to Winona State^[5]
Isaac Lindsey	10	G	6'4"	185	RS Junior	Mineral Point, WI	Transferred to South Dakota State^[6]
Ross Candelino	30	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Jacksonville, FL	Transferred to Lipscomb^[7]

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^[8]
Xavier Amos	13	F	6'8"	215	Junior	Chicago, IL	Northern Illinois^[9]
Cam Hunter	3	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Bryant, AR	Central Arkansas^[10]

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
Daniel Freitag G	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
Jack Robison G	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)	Sr	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)	Sr	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		Illinois						Kohl Center Madison, WI
February 22, 2025 11:00 a.m., FOX		Oregon						Kohl Center Madison, WI
February 25, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock		Washington						Kohl Center Madison, WI
March 2, 2025 12:30 p.m., CBS		at Michigan State						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
March 5, 2025 7:30 p.m., BTN		at Minnesota						Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 8, 2025 12:00 p.m., Peacock		Penn State						Kohl Center Madison, WI
Big Ten Tournament
March 12–14, 2025 TBA		vs. TBA						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[11]

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
Coaches	RV	—	25	17	11	22	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	19	17	19	15

Player statistics

Individual player statistics (through 2/15/2025)^[12]
			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	25	25	766	30.6	479	19.2	135	282	.479	57	141	.404	152	166	.916	20	102	122	4.9	47	53	4	14	41
Blackwell, John	25	25	755	30.2	379	15.2	132	280	.471	37	106	.349	78	98	.796	24	93	117	4.7	54	55	2	22	67
Klesmit, Max	24	24	714	29.8	250	10.4	74	212	.349	42	149	.282	60	71	.845	5	54	59	2.5	73	28	2	25	37
Winter, Nolan	25	25	547	21.9	251	10.0	93	161	.578	25	64	.391	40	52	.769	44	97	141	5.6	26	17	9	11	40
Crowl, Steven	25	25	604	24.2	225	9.0	85	160	.531	15	44	.341	40	48	.833	32	107	139	5.6	60	32	15	11	57
McGee, Kamari	25	1	530	21.2	177	7.1	61	117	.521	31	56	.554	24	28	.857	12	50	62	2.5	48	15	1	22	53
Gilmore, Carter	25	0	441	17.6	91	3.6	33	67	.493	16	37	.432	9	12	.750	20	44	64	2.6	29	11	10	3	55
Amos, Xavier	25	0	245	9.8	88	3.5	29	81	.358	12	43	.279	18	24	.750	9	38	47	1.9	11	13	4	7	24
Janicki, Jack	25	0	254	10.2	51	2.0	19	47	.404	12	34	.353	1	2	.500	4	23	27	1.1	20	3	6	8	26
Ilver, Markus	13	0	55	4.2	25	1.9	8	22	.364	6	16	.375	3	3	1.000	2	7	9	0.7	1	4	2	2	8
Greppi, Riccardo	6	0	15	2.5	6	1.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	.---	4	6	.667	4	4	8	1.3	1	1	1	0	3
Hunter, Camren	6	0	12	2.0	3	0.5	1	5	.200	1	2	.500	0	0	.–––	2	2	4	0.7	1	0	0	0	3
Robison, Jack	11	0	14	1.3	6	0.5	2	2	1.000	2	2	1.000	0	0	.---	1	0	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1
Gard, Isaac	9	0	11	1.2	3	0.3	1	1	1.000	1	1	1.000	0	0	.–––	0	2	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
Freitag, Daniel	10	0	22	2.2	2	0.2	1	9	.111	0	6	.000	0	2	.000	1	2	3	0.3	3	1	0	1	7
Hodges, Chris	10	0	12	1.2	1	0.1	0	2	.000	0	1	.000	1	2	.500	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1
Konop, Aidan	3	0	3	1.0	0	0.0	0	0	.---	0	0	.–––	0	0	.---	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	25	-	5000	-	2037	81.5	675	1449	.466	257	702	.366	430	514	.837	224	667	891	35.6	376	245	56	126	424
Opponents	25	-	5000	-	1762	70.5	628	1505	.417	192	587	.327	314	430	.730	242	580	822	32.9	297	256	75	121	469

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

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

[1] "HUSKERS ADD CONNOR ESSEGIAN TO 2024-25 ROSTER". huskers.com. April 22, 2024.

[2] "Mayo and Storr Sign to Play at Kansas". huskers.com. April 18, 2024.

[3] "Kelsey Adds Wisconsin Transfer Chucky Hepburn". gocards.com. May 29, 2024.

[4] "Badgers 2023 four-star forward Gus Yalden transfers to Seton Hall". buckys5thquarter.com. May 5, 2024.

[5] "Former Wisconsin basketball guard transfers to Winona State". buckys5thquarter.com. May 10, 2024.

[6] "JACKRABBITS WELCOME THREE TO 2024-25 ROSTER". gojacks.com. April 26, 2024.

[7] "Acuff Announces 2024-25 Signing Class". lipscombsports.com. June 13, 2024.

[8] "John Tonje signs with Wisconsin". uwbadgers.com. May 2, 2023.

[9] "Xavier Amos signs with Wisconsin". uwbadgers.com. April 29, 2023.

[10] "Wisconsin adds transfer Cam Hunter". uwbadgers.com. April 28, 2023.

[11] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[12] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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