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The Wisconsin Badgers have made the NCAA tournament for the 2023-24 season. After a final record of 22-13 In the Big Ten Tournament, the Badgers defeated Maryland, Northwestern, and Purdue. They lost to Illinois 93-87 before their trip to the NCAA Tournament was a lock. They will start the tournament against James Madison on March 22, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
As the 2023-24 season begins, the Badgers roster includes four freshmen, five sophomores, seven juniors, and a graduate student. There are no seniors on the basketball roster this season.
The full roster is AJ Storr, Connor Essegian, Kamari McGee, Tyler Wahl, Isaac Lindsey, Max Klesmit, Luke Haertle, Carter Gilmore, Isaac Gard, Chris Hodges, Steven Crowl, Chucky Hepburn, John Blackwell, Ross Candelino, Nolan Winter, Jack Janicki, Gus Yalden, and Markus Ilver.
The Badgers hoped to make it to the big College Tournament in 2023. Sadly, they fell short after a regular season record of 17-13. They went into the Big Ten Tournament against a tough Ohio State team, losing in the first round. As a result, Wisconsin was invited to the NIT Tournament.
The Wisconsin Badgers entered the NIT as a second-seed team. They first went up against Bradley on March 14 and won easily with a final score of 81-62. In the next round, they faced Liberty on March 19. The Badgers outscored Liberty 75-71. In the third round, they faced top-seeded Oregon on March 21. Bucky stayed hot with a three-point victory, with a final score of 61-58. They were one victory away from making it to the finals. North Texas would stop the great tournament run, they defeated the Badgers 58-61 at Orleans Arena on March 28.
For the 2022-2023 season, the Badgers basketball roster consists of Jahcobi Neath, Jordan Davis, Connor Essigian, Kamari McGee, Tyler Wahl, Isaac Lindsey, Max Klesmit, Luke Haertle, Justin Taphorn, Carter Gilmore, Isaac Gard, Chris Hodges, Steven Crowl, Chucky Hepburn, Ross Candelino, and Markus Ilver. The team consists of five freshmen, four sophomores, five juniors, and just two seniors.
Coaching the Badgers this season is none other than Greg Gard. Gard has been a basketball coach for over three decades, and this is his eighth season as head coach of the Badgers. He won the 2020 Big Ten Coach of the Year award after leading the team to the conference championship. His team also made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Gard has previously been honored with the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award. His overall record coming into the 2022-2023 season is 144-78. At the end of the 2021-22 season, the Badgers final record was 15-5 as they were named Regular Season Champions. This meant that the Badgers were invited to the NCAA tournament.
The Badgers had been invited to the “Big Dance” for sixteen consecutive seasons. In that time, they have made it to the “Sweet Sixteen” six times. Follow the team as they win at home in the Kohl Center, or on the road.
Believe it or not, the Wisconsin Badgers athletic program is one of the oldest in collegiate sports, dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The Badgers were one of the most successful basketball teams in the early part of the 20th century, winning the national championship three times- 1912, 1914, and 1916. Since collegiate sports went to a tournament field, the Badgers have only won the NCAA tournament one time, and that was in 1941. They have made the Final Four a total of four times: 1941, 2000, 2014, and 2015. Expanding from that, the Badgers have made the Elite Eight five times, plus 1947 and 2005. Expanding out even further they have made the Sweet Sixteen seven times: 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2014. They also won the Big Ten Tournament in 2004 and 2008.
The Badgers have seen 37 former players make it to the NBA, and have produced 21 First-Team All-Americans.
The Wisconsin Badgers have been one of college basketball’s most stable programs for over two decades. The Badgers made the NCAA Tournament over twenty times, with their most recent run to the Finals in 2015.