2020–21 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by sixth-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 18–13, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State before losing to Iowa in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South region. They defeated North Carolina in the first round before losing to No. 1-seeded (and eventual national champion) Baylor in the second round.

2020–21 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record18–13 (10–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKohl Center
(Capacity 17,287)
Seasons
2020–21 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Michigan 14 3   .824 23 5   .821
No. 2 Illinois 16 4   .800 24 7   .774
No. 8 Iowa 14 6   .700 22 9   .710
No. 20 Purdue 13 6   .684 18 10   .643
No. 7 Ohio State 12 8   .600 21 10   .677
Wisconsin 10 10   .500 18 13   .581
Rutgers 10 10   .500 16 12   .571
Maryland 9 11   .450 17 14   .548
Michigan State 9 11   .450 15 13   .536
Indiana 7 12   .368 12 15   .444
Penn State 7 12   .368 11 14   .440
Northwestern 6 13   .316 9 15   .375
Minnesota 6 14   .300 14 15   .483
Nebraska 3 16   .158 7 20   .259
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Badgers finished the 2019–20 season 21–10, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for first place winning them a share of the Big Ten championship.[1] The 2020 Big Ten men's basketball tournament and 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Brevin Pritzl 1 G 6'3" 204 RS Senior De Pere, WI Graduated
Courtland Cuevas 15 F 6'5" 190 Junior Madison, WI Walk-on; didn't return
Samad Qawi 20 F 6'6" 195 Junior Racine, WI Walk-on; didn't return
Owen Hamilton 30 C 7'0" 266 RS Sophomore Prescott, WI Walk-on; didn't return
Michael Ballard 31 G 6'4" 204 RS Junior Oak Park, IL Walk-on; Graduated

2020 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Lorne Bowman
PG
Detroit, MI St. Mary's Preparatory 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Nov 16, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 81
Johnny Davis
SG
La Crosse, WI La Crosse Central High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jun 15, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 79
Jordan Davis
SF
La Crosse, WI La Crosse Central High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jun 15, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 78
Steven Crowl
C
Eagan, MN Eastview High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sep 17, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 75
Ben Carlson
PF
Woodbury, MN East Ridge High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 18, 2019 
Recruiting 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:

  • "2020 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  • "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  • "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

2021 Recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2021 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Chucky Hepburn
PG
Bellevue, NE Bellevue West High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sep 29, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 81
Matthew Mors
PF
Yankton, SD Yankton High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sep 29, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 80
Chris Hodges
PF
Schaumburg, IL Schaumburg High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Aug 15, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 77
Markus Ilver
PF
Tallinn, Estonia Western Reserve Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jan 13, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 80
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:

Roster

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2020–21 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) 184 lb (83 kg) RS Sr Wayne High School (OH) Huber Heights, Ohio
G 1 Johnny Davis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr La Crosse Central High School La Crosse, Wisconsin
F 2 Aleem Ford 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Archer High School Lawrenceville, Georgia
G 3 Walt McGrory (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Edina High School Minneapolis, Minnesota
G 4 Carter Higginbottom (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) RS So St. Ignatius College Prep (IL) Chicago, Illinois
F 5 Tyler Wahl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
G 10 Lorne Bowman II 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr St. Mary's High School Detroit, Michigan
F 11 Micah Potter 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 248 lb (112 kg) RS Sr Montverde Academy/Ohio State Mentor, Ohio
G 12 Trevor Anderson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Stevens Point H.S./Green Bay Stevens Point, Wisconsin
G 13 Justin Taphorn (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Fr Perkin High School Pekin, Illinois
F 14 Carter Gilmore (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Arrowhead High School Hartland, Wisconsin
F 20 Ben Carlson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Fr East Ridge High School Woodbury, Minnesota
F 22 Steven Crowl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Fr Eastview High School Eagan, Minnesota
G 24 Jordan Davis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr La Crosse Central High School La Crosse, Wisconsin
C 32 Joe Hedstrom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) RS So Hopkins High School Hopkins, Minnesota
G 34 Brad Davison 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Sr Maple Grove High School Maple Grove, Minnesota
F 35 Nate Reuvers 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Lakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
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
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
9:00 p.m., BTN
No. 7 Eastern Illinois W 77–67  1–0
 18  Reuvers   9  Reuvers   5  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
November 27, 2020*
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 92–58  2–0
 19  Potter   8  Jon. Davis   3  Tied  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 1, 2020*
4:00 p.m., BTN
No. 4 Green Bay W 82–42  3–0
 14  Potter   15  Wahl   5  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 4, 2020*
6:00 p.m., FS1
No. 4 at Marquette
Rivalry
L 65–67  3–1
 17  Trice   6  Tied   3  Davison  Fiserv Forum 
Milwaukee, WI
December 9, 2020*
3:30 p.m., BTN
No. 13 Rhode Island W 73–62  4–1
 23  Davison   7  Potter   4  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 15, 2020*
7:00 p.m., BTN
No. 12 Loyola-Chicago W 77–63  5–1
 17  Tied   7  Potter   2  Tied  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 16, 2020*
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 12 Northern Iowa Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues[2] Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 19, 2020*
11:00 a.m., ESPN2
No. 12 No. 23 Louisville[3]
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 85–48  6–1
 20  Potter   7  Potter   5  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
Big Ten regular season
December 22, 2020
6:00 p.m., FS1
No. 9 Nebraska W 67–53  7–1
(1–0)
 15  Davison   11  Potter   7  Davison  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 25, 2020
11:30 a.m., FOX
No. 9 at No. 12 Michigan State
Christmas Day
W 85–76  8–1
(2–0)
 29  Trice   6  Potter   5  Potter  Breslin Center 
Lansing, MI
December 28, 2020
6:00 p.m., FS1
No. 6 Maryland L 64–70  8–2
(2–1)
 25  Trice   6  Tied   4  Davison  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 31, 2020
3:30 p.m., BTN
No. 6 No. 21 Minnesota
New Year's Eve
W 71–59  9–2
(3–1)
 18  Potter   11  Potter   5  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
January 7, 2021
6:00 p.m., FS1
No. 8 Indiana W 80–73 2OT 10–2
(4–1)
 21  Trice   8  Jon. Davis   7  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
January 12, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 9 at No. 7 Michigan L 54–77  10–3
(4–2)
 20  Trice   6  Tied   3  Anderson  Crisler Center (74)
Ann Arbor, MI
January 15, 2021
7:30 p.m., FS1
No. 9 at Rutgers W 60–54  11–3
(5–2)
 14  Tied   8  Potter   5  Trice  Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
January 20, 2021
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 10 Northwestern W 68–52  12–3
(6–2)
 14  Wahl   6  Tied   4  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
January 23, 2021
3:00 p.m., CBS
No. 10 No. 15 Ohio State L 62–74  12–4
(6–3)
 13  Ford   7  Ford   8  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
January 27, 2021
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 14 at Maryland W 61–55  13–4
(7–3)
 23  Potter   12  Potter   3  Tied  Xfinity Center 
College Park, MD
January 30, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN
No. 14 at Penn State L 71–81  13–5
(7–4)
 18  Reuvers   10  Wahl   3  Tied  Bryce Jordan Center (260)
University Park, PA
February 2, 2021
7:30 p.m., BTN
No. 19 Penn State W 72–56  14–5
(8–4)
 17  Jon. Davis   8  Potter   6  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
February 6, 2021
1:30 p.m., FOX
No. 19 at No. 12 Illinois L 60–75  14–6
(8–5)
 22  Trice   4  Tied   3  Ford  State Farm Center (180)
Champaign, IL
February 10, 2021
8:30 p.m., BTN
No. 21 at Nebraska W 61–48  15–6
(9–5)
 10  Jon. Davis   8  Trice   3  Tied  Pinnacle Bank Arena 
Lincoln, NE
February 14, 2021
12:00 p.m., CBS
No. 21 No. 3 Michigan L 59–67  15–7
(9–6)
 16  Trice   6  Tied   4  Anderson  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
February 18, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 21 No. 11 Iowa L 62–77  15–8
(9–7)
 23  Potter   11  Potter   9  Trice  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
February 21, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN
No. 21 at Northwestern W 68–51  16–8
(10–7)
 19  Potter   8  Potter   5  Trice  Welsh–Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
February 27, 2021
1:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 23 No. 5 Illinois L 69–74  16–9
(10–8)
 29  Trice   6  Potter   2  Tied  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
March 2, 2021
8:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 25 at No. 23 Purdue L 69–73  16–10
(10–9)
 15  Davison   10  Wahl   4  Trice  Mackey Arena (250)
West Lafayette, IN
March 7, 2021
11:30 a.m., FOX
No. 25 at No. 5 Iowa L 73–77  16–11
(10–10)
 23  Potter   5  Davison   4  Davison  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (582)
Iowa City, IA
Big Ten tournament
March 11, 2021
8:00 p.m., BTN
(6) vs. (11) Penn State
Second Round
W 75–74  17–11
 17  Ford   5  Wahl   9  Trice  Lucas Oil Stadium (6,769)
Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2021
8:00 p.m., BTN
(6) vs. (3) No. 5 Iowa
Quarterfinals
L 57–62  17–12
 19  Trice   8  Tied   3  Tied  Lucas Oil Stadium (7,735)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2021*
6:10 p.m., CBS
(9 S) vs. (8 S) North Carolina
First Round
W 85–62  18–12
 29  Davison   6  Tied   3  Tied  Mackey Arena (1,182)
West Lafayette, IN
March 21, 2021*
1:40 p.m., CBS
(9 S) vs. (1 S) No. 3 Baylor
Second Round
L 63–76  18–13
 12  Trice   10  Potter   4  Tied  Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,098)
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP7413т12968910141921212325RVRVNot released
Coaches77^131297109101320212124RVRVRV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (Final)[4]
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
Trice, D'Mitrik 31 31 1032 33.3 430 13.9 144 351 .410 62 166 .373 80 101 .792 3 102 105 3.4 123 56 1 26 51
Potter, Micah 31 20 689 22.2 389 12.5 141 280 .504 39 101 .386 68 81 .840 56 128 184 5.9 42 42 23 16 63
Davison, Brad 31 31 959 30.9 311 10.0 91 263 .346 63 161 .391 66 76 .868 10 99 109 3.5 73 27 0 33 72
Ford, Aleem 31 31 813 26.2 269 8.7 99 244 .406 46 135 .341 25 32 .781 26 104 130 4.2 34 29 16 19 63
Reuvers, Nate 31 24 649 20.9 257 8.3 100 238 .420 18 63 .286 39 50 .780 30 71 101 3.3 22 31 40 8 67
Davis, Jonathan 31 0 755 24.4 218 7.0 86 195 .441 14 36 .389 32 44 .727 34 94 128 4.1 35 34 18 34 66
Wahl, Tyler 31 18 767 24.7 160 5.2 58 133 .436 10 36 .278 34 60 .567 33 100 133 4.3 42 28 21 31 68
Anderson, Trevor 29 0 411 14.2 91 3.1 33 62 .532 13 24 .542 12 18 .667 8 33 41 1.4 36 13 0 6 23
Carlson, Ben 7 0 64 9.1 20 2.9 6 11 .545 1 3 .333 7 8 .875 1 5 6 0.9 4 1 3 1 10
Crowl, Steven 12 0 36 3.0 8 0.7 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 - 4 5 9 0.8 2 3 1 0 9
Davis, Jordan 13 0 19 1.5 8 0.6 3 6 .500 2 5 .400 0 0 - 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0
Hedstrom, Joe 9 0 16 1.8 4 0.4 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 0.3 0 0 0 0 4
Gilmore, Carter 9 0 17 1.9 2 0.2 1 5 .200 0 4 .000 0 0 - 0 3 3 0.3 0 0 0 0 2
Taphorn, Justin 7 0 11 1.6 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0
McGrory, Walt 1 0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1
Higginbottom, Carter 9 0 11 1.2 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 - 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 1 1
Total 31 - 6250 - 2167 69.9 767 1805 .425 269 737 .365 364 474 .768 256 785 1041 33.6 414 280 123 175 500
Opponents 31 - 6250 - 2003 64.6 729 1726 .422 194 579 .335 351 491 .715 264 820 1084 35.0 385 356 115 135 501
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. ^ "Wisconsin Badgers Stats 2019–20". ESPN. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin-Northern Iowa game canceled, game added with Loyola". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin Athletics. December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin-Louisville game set for Saturday". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin Athletics. December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "MBB_2020-21_Cumulative_Stats (PDF)" (PDF). Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved April 7, 2021.