2018–19 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2018–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2019 Big Ten Tournament winner ; As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
2018–19 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2018–19 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Greg Gard (4th season)
Assistant coach	Howard Moore
Assistant coach	Joe Krabbenhoft
Assistant coach	Dean Oliver
Home arena	Kohl Center

The 2018–19 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team will represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers will be led by fourth-year head coach Greg Gard, will play their home games at the Kohl Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Badgers finished the 2017–18 season 15–18, 7–1 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They defeated eighth-seeded Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament, but lost to top-seeded Michigan State in the next round. They failed to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Matt Ferris	4	G	6'6"	205	RS Junior	Appleton, WI	Graduated^[2]
Aaron Moesch	5	F	6'8"	220	RS Senior	Green Bay, WI	Graduated^[2]
T.J. Schlundt	20	G	6'5"	197	RS Junior	Oconomowoc, WI	Graduated^[2]
Andy Van Vliet	33	F	7'0"	228	Junior	Antwerp, Belgium	Transferred to William & Mary^[3]

Returning players

Redshirt junior forward Ethan Happ announcement his intent to enter the NBA draft on April 2, 2018 without hiring an agent.^[4] He withdrew himself from the draft on May 30 after not being invited to the combine.^[5]^[6]

Recruiting classes

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joe Hedstrom C	Minnetonka, MN	Hopkins High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 11, 2017
Joe Hedstrom C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: N/A
Taylor Currie PF	Clarkston, MI	Clarkston High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 31, 2017
Taylor Currie PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: N/A
Tai Strickland PG	Tampa, FL	St. Petersburg High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Mar 27, 2018
Tai Strickland PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79
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: "2018 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Wahl SF	Lakeville, MN	Lakeville North High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jun 21, 2018
Tyler Wahl SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: N/A
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: "2019 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018. "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

Roster

2017–18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	D'Mitrik Trice	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	RS So	Wayne High School (OH)	Huber Heights, Ohio
G	1	Brevin Pritzl	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	RS Jr	De Pere High School	De Pere, Wisconsin
F	2	Aleem Ford	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	Archer High School	Lawrenceville, Georgia
G	3	Walt McGrory (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Edina High School	Edina, Minnesota
G	4	Carter Higginbottom (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Fr	St. Ignatius Prep (IL)	Chicago, Illinois
G	12	Trevor Anderson (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	RS So	Stevens Point H.S./Green Bay	Stevens Point, Wisconsin
G	13	Tai Strickland	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Fr	St. Petersburg High School	Tampa, Florida
F	15	Charles Thomas IV	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	River Hill High School	Highland, Maryland
G/F	21	Khalil Iverson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Rutherford B. Hayes High School (OH)	Delaware, Ohio
F	22	Ethan Happ	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	RS Sr	Rockridge High School	Milan, Illinois
G	23	Kobe King	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	RS Fr	La Crosse Central High School	La Crosse, Wisconsin
F	25	Alex Illikainen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Brewster Academy	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
C	30	Owen Hamilton (W)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	266 lb (121 kg)	So	Prescott H.S. (WI)/Northern Illinois	Prescott, Wisconsin
G	31	Michael Ballard (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	RS So	Fenwick High School (IL)	Oak Park, Illinois
C	32	Joe Hedstrom	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Fr	Hopkins High School	Hopkins, Minnesota
F	33	Taylor Currie	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	RS Fr	Clarkston High School (MI)	Clarkston, Michigan
G	34	Brad Davison	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	So	Maple Grove High School	Maple Grove, Minnesota
F	35	Nathan Reuvers	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Lakeville North High School	Lakeville, Minnesota

Head coach

Greg Gard (UW-Platteville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2018* 7:00 p.m., BTN Plus	UW–Oshkosh	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 p.m., BTN Plus	Coppin State	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Nov 13, 2018* 6:30 p.m., FS1	at Xavier Gavitt Tipoff Games	–	–	–	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
Nov 17, 2018* BTN/BTN Plus	Houston Baptist	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Nov 21, 2018* 1:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	vs. Stanford Battle 4 Atlantis	–	–	–	Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH
Nov 22, 2018* ESPN Networks	vs. Florida or Oklahoma Battle 4 Atlantis	–	–	–	Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH
Nov 23, 2018* ESPN Networks	vs. Butler or Dayton or Middle Tennessee or Virginia Battle 4 Atlantis	–	–	–	Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH
Nov 27, 2018* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	NC State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Nov 30, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Iowa	–	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 3, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN	Rutgers	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Dec 8, 2018* 4:00 p.m., FOX	at Marquette	–	–	–	Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
Dec 13, 2018* 7:00 p.m., BTN	Savannah State	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Dec 22, 2018* 11:00 a.m., BTN	Grambling State	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Dec 29, 2018* 4:30 p.m., CBSSN	at Western Kentucky	–	–	–	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
Jan 3, 2019 8:00 p.m., BTN	Minnesota	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Jan 6, 2019 6:30 p.m., BTN	at Penn State	–	–	–	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
Jan 11, 2019 8:00 p.m., FS1	Purdue	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Jan 14, 2019 7:30 p.m., FS1	at Maryland	–	–	–	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
Jan 19, 2019 11:00 a.m., ESPN/ESPN2	Michigan	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Jan 23, 2019 8:00 p.m., BTN	at Illinois	–	–	–	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
Jan 26, 2019 1:15 p.m., BTN	Northwestern	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Jan 29, 2019 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Nebraska	–	–	–	Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
Feb 1, 2019 8:00 p.m., FS1	Maryland	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Feb 6, 2019 6:00 p.m., BTN	at Minnesota	–	–	–	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Feb 9, 2019 11:00 a.m., FOX	at Michigan	–	–	–	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 12, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	Michigan State	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Feb 18, 2019 7:00 p.m., FS1	Illinois	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Feb 26, 2019 7:30 p.m., BTN	Northwestern	–	–	–	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 26, 2019 8:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	at Indiana	–	–	–	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Mar 2, 2019 12:00 p.m., BTN	Penn State	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Mar 7, 2019 6:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	Iowa	–	–	–	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Mar 10, 2019 3:30 p.m., CBS	at Ohio State	–	–	–	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 13–17, 2019	vs.	–	–	–	United Center Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP																				Not released
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

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Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Culture & lore	History Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches All-Americans
Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

2018–19 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Indiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Maryland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Penn State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Purdue	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2019 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll