2022–23 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by eighth-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 regular season 17–13, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Ohio State in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bradley, Liberty, and Oregon to advance to the tournament semifinals. There they lost to eventual champion North Texas.

2022–23 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NIT, Semifinals
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–15 (9–11 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachJoe Krabbenhoft
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKohl Center
(capacity 17,287)
Seasons
2022–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Purdue 15 5   .750 29 6   .829
No. 21 Indiana 12 8   .600 23 12   .657
Northwestern 12 8   .600 22 12   .647
Michigan State 11 8   .579 21 13   .618
Maryland 11 9   .550 22 13   .629
Illinois 11 9   .550 20 13   .606
Iowa 11 9   .550 19 14   .576
Michigan 11 9   .550 18 16   .529
Penn State 10 10   .500 23 14   .622
Rutgers 10 10   .500 19 15   .559
Wisconsin 9 11   .450 20 15   .571
Nebraska 9 11   .450 16 16   .500
Ohio State 5 15   .250 16 19   .457
Minnesota 2 17   .105 9 22   .290
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Badgers finished the 2021–22 season 25–8, 15–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for first place.[1] As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost to Michigan State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their 26th trip to the NCAA Tournament, as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest region. The Badgers defeated Colgate in the First Round before losing to Iowa State in the Second Round.

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
Johnny Davis 1 G 6'5" 194 Sophomore La Crosse, WI Declared for 2022 NBA draft/Selected 10th overall by Washington Wizards
Carter Higginbottom 4 G 6'0" 193   Junior Chicago, IL Graduated
Lorne Bowman II 11 G 6'2" 210 Freshman Detroit, MI Transferred to Oakland
Ben Carlson 20 F 6'9" 226 Sophomore Woodbury, MN Transferred to Utah
Matthew Mors 32 F 6'7" 241 Freshman Yankton, SD Transferred to South Dakota State
Chris Vogt 33 C 7'0" 257 Graduate Student Mayfield, KY Graduated
Brad Davison 34 G 6'4" 200 Graduate Student Maple Grove, MN Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Wisconsin Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Max Klesmit 11 G 6'3" 190 Junior Neenah, WI Wofford
Kamari McGee 4 G 6'0" 170 Sophomore Racine, WI Green Bay

2022 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Connor Essegian
G
Albion, IN Central Noble High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 15, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 78
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:

  • "2022 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  • "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  • "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.

Roster

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2022–23 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jahcobi Neath   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Crestwood Prep/Wake Forest Toronto, Ontario
G 2 Jordan Davis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr La Crosse Central High School La Crosse, Wisconsin
G 3 Connor Essegian 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Central Noble High School Fort Wayne, Indiana
G 4 Kamari McGee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So St. Catherine's High School/Green Bay Racine, Wisconsin
F 5 Tyler Wahl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
G 10 Isaac Lindsey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Mineral Point High School/UNLV Mineral Point, Wisconsin
G 11 Max Klesmit 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Neenah High School/Wofford Neenah, Wisconsin
G 12 Luke Haertle (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Lake Country Lutheran Hartland, Wisconsin
G 13 Justin Taphorn (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Pekin High School Pekin, Illinois
F 14 Carter Gilmore 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Arrowhead High School Hartland, Wisconsin
G 15 Isaac Gard (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Oregon High School Oregon, Wisconsin
F 21 Chris Hodges 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Fr Schaumburg High School Schaumburg, Illinois
F 22 Steven Crowl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Eastview High School Eagan, Minnesota
G 23 Chucky Hepburn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Bellevue West High School Omaha, Nebraska
G 30 Ross Candelino (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Ponte Vedra High School Jacksonville, Florida
F 35 Markus Ilver 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Western 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
France trip
August 10, 2022*
10:00 a.m.
at Paris Towers
France Tour
W 82–66 
 13  Crowl   8  Tied   4  Gilmore   
Paris, FRA
August 12, 2022*
12:00 p.m.
at Lyon Towers
France Tour
W 80–68 
 12  Wahl               
Lyon, FRA
August 13, 2022*
12:00 p.m.
at Lyon Towers
France Tour
W 78–47 
 14  Ilver               
Lyon, FRA
August 15, 2022*
12:00 p.m.
at Azurea Club de Golfe
France Tour
W 85–69 
 14  Tied               
Vallauris, FRA
Exhibition
October 30, 2022*
11:30 a.m., BTN+
Wisconsin–Eau Claire W 76–45 
 14  Crowl   6  Crowl   5  Wahl  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
Regular season
November 7, 2022*
7:30 p.m., BTN
South Dakota W 85–59  1–0
 19  Wahl   10  Wahl   4  Wahl  Kohl Center (14,349)
Madison, WI
November 11, 2022*
6:30 p.m., FS1
vs. Stanford
Brew City Battle
W 60–50  2–0
 17  Wahl   11  Crowl   5  Hepburn  American Family Field (17,927)
Milwaukee, WI
November 15, 2022*
8:00 p.m., BTN
Green Bay W 56–45  3–0
 11  Davis   9  Tied   3  Hepburn  Kohl Center (14,204)
Madison, WI
November 23, 2022*
1:30 p.m., ESPN2
vs. Dayton
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal
W 43–42  4–0
 13  Essegian   8  Davis   4  Crowl  Imperial Arena (1,047)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 24, 2022*
10:00 a.m., ESPN
vs. No. 3 Kansas
Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal
L 68–69 OT 4–1
 23  Wahl   10  Wahl   3  Crowl  Imperial Arena (1,185)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 25, 2022*
12:00 p.m., ESPN2
vs. USC
Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game
W 64–59  5–1
 17  Hepburn   9  Wahl   4  Hepburn  Imperial Arena (510)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 29, 2022*
8:00 p.m., ESPNU
Wake Forest
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 75–78  5–2
 23  Hepburn   7  Crowl   3  Tied  Kohl Center (14,435)
Madison, WI
December 3, 2022*
3:30 p.m., FS1
at Marquette
Rivalry
W 80–77 OT 6–2
 19  Hepburn   7  Wahl   7  Crowl  Fiserv Forum (17,760)
Milwaukee, WI
December 6, 2022
8:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 13 Maryland W 64–59  7–2
(1–0)
 13  Hepburn   6  Tied   3  Tied  Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 11, 2022
5:30 p.m., BTN
at Iowa W 78–75 OT 8–2
(2–0)
 21  Wahl   7  Wahl   7  Crowl  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (12,430)
Iowa City, IA
December 15, 2022*
6:00 p.m., BTN
No. 22 Lehigh W 78–56  9–2
 15  Crowl   7  Wahl   4  Tied  Kohl Center (12,760)
Madison, WI
December 23, 2022*
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 17 Grambling State Canceled due to weather[2] Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
December 30, 2022*
7:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 15 Western Michigan W 76–66  10–2
 25  Crowl   8  Crowl   5  Hepburn  Kohl Center (15,138)
Madison, WI
January 3, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 14 Minnesota W 63–60  11–2
(3–0)
 17  Crowl   8  Davis   4  Hepburn  Kohl Center (13,850)
Madison, WI
January 7, 2023
12:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 14 at Illinois L 69–79  11–3
(3–1)
 22  Hepburn   12  Crowl   7  Hepburn  State Farm Center (15,544)
Champaign, IL
January 10, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 18 Michigan State L 65–69  11–4
(3–2)
 19  Crowl   4  Lindsey   5  Hepburn  Kohl Center (14,260)
Madison, WI
January 14, 2023
12:00 p.m., CBS
No. 18 at Indiana L 45–63  11–5
(3–3)
 14  Essegian   11  Essegian   2  Hepburn  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
January 17, 2023
7:30 p.m., BTN
Penn State W 63–60  12–5
(4–3)
 21  Crowl   11  Crowl   3  Hepburn  Kohl Center (14,236)
Madison, WI
January 23, 2023
5:30 p.m., BTN
at Northwestern L 63–66  12–6
(4–4)
 15  Davis   9  Crowl   5  Hepburn  Welsh–Ryan Arena (4,218)
Evanston, IL
January 25, 2023
6:00 p.m., BTN
at Maryland L 55–73  12–7
(4–5)
 19  Essegian   4  Tied   4  Hepburn  Xfinity Center (14,407)
College Park, MD
January 28, 2023
1:00 p.m., FOX
Illinois L 51–61  12–8
(4–6)
 15  Hepburn   8  Klesmit   2  Tied  Kohl Center (17,071)
Madison, WI
February 2, 2023
6:00 p.m., FS1
at Ohio State W 65–60  13–8
(5–6)
 17  Essegian   9  Crowl   3  Hepburn  Value City Arena (11,918)
Columbus, OH
February 5, 2023
5:30 p.m., BTN
Northwestern L 52–54  13–9
(5–7)
 17  Hepburn   8  Crowl   4  Tied  Kohl Center (15,632)
Madison, WI
February 8, 2023
7:30 p.m., BTN
at Penn State W 79–74 OT 14–9
(6–7)
 19  Hepburn   8  Crowl   8  Wahl  Bryce Jordan Center (7,213)
University Park, PA
February 11, 2023
3:00 p.m., BTN
at Nebraska L 63–73 OT 14–10
(6–8)
 19  Hepburn   9  Crowl   5  Wahl  Pinnacle Bank Arena (14,811)
Lincoln, NE
February 14, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Michigan W 64–59  15–10
(7–8)
 23  Essegian   12  Crowl   6  Crowl  Kohl Center (15,436)
Madison, WI
February 18, 2023
11:00 a.m., BTN
Rutgers L 57–58  15–11
(7–9)
 14  Davis   11  Crowl   6  Wahl  Kohl Center (17,071)
Madison, WI
February 22, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
Iowa W 64–52  16–11
(8–9)
 17  Essegian   14  Wahl   5  Hepburn  Kohl Center (16,029)
Madison, WI
February 26, 2023
1:00 p.m., CBS
at Michigan L 79–87 OT 16–12
(8–10)
 24  Essegian   11  Wahl   4  Hepburn  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
March 2, 2023
8:00 p.m., FS1
No. 5 Purdue L 61–63  16–13
(8–11)
 19  Klesmit   6  Crowl   4  Wahl  Kohl Center (17,071)
Madison, WI
March 5, 2023
6:30 p.m., FS1
at Minnesota W 71–67  17–13
(9–11)
 21  Tied   7  Tied   3  Klesmit  Williams Arena (12,276)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten tournament
March 8, 2023
5:30 p.m., BTN
(12) vs. (13) Ohio State
First round
L 57–65  17–14
 19  Wahl   10  Wahl   3  Tied  United Center 
Chicago, IL
NIT
March 14, 2023
8:30 p.m., ESPN
(2) Bradley
First Round – Oregon Bracket
W 81–62  18–14
 36  Crowl   9  Crowl   5  Hepburn  Kohl Center (3,919)
Madison, WI
March 19, 2023
11:00 am, ESPN2/ESPN+
(2) (3) Liberty
Second Round – Oregon Bracket
W 75–71  19–14
 27  Hepburn   6  Wahl   2  Crowl  Kohl Center (10,436)
Madison, WI
March 21, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPN
(2) at (1) Oregon
Quarterfinals – Oregon Bracket
W 61–58  20–14
 18  Klesmit   10  Crowl   6  Wahl  Matthew Knight Arena (3,384)
Eugene, OR
March 28, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN
(2) vs. (2) North Texas
Semifinals
L 54–56  20–15
 15  Hepburn   8  Crowl   4  Hepburn  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[3][4]

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
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVRV2217151418RVRVRVNot released
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV23т18151518RVRV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (final)[5]
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
Hepburn, Chucky 35 35 1119 32.0 428 12.2 152 403 .377 68 168 .405 56 78 .718 16 83 99 2.8 99 52 2 52 75
Crowl, Steven 35 35 1069 30.5 425 12.1 173 339 .510 27 88 .307 52 82 .634 53 190 243 6.9 86 56 17 12 74
Essegian, Connor 35 19 954 27.3 411 11.7 133 329 .404 69 192 .359 76 86 .884 24 107 131 3.7 26 36 1 19 60
Wahl, Tyler 32 32 1008 31.5 361 11.3 134 317 .423 10 34 .294 83 131 .634 50 151 201 6.3 81 71 14 39 84
Klesmit, Max 33 33 1059 32.1 276 8.4 91 215 .423 46 120 .383 48 69 .696 11 77 88 2.7 45 32 6 41 78
Davis, Jordan 35 18 722 20.6 179 5.1 69 173 .399 32 104 .308 9 15 .600 30 93 123 3.5 14 8 4 13 52
Gilmore, Carter 35 3 660 18.9 91 2.6 37 91 .407 5 26 .192 12 27 .444 37 50 87 2.5 33 12 6 19 71
Ilver, Markus 18 0 118 6.6 29 1.6 11 37 .297 5 21 .238 2 2 1.000 5 12 17 0.9 3 2 0 1 10
Lindsey, Isaac 24 0 142 5.9 35 1.5 13 41 .317 8 24 .333 1 2 .500 3 15 18 0.8 2 2 1 3 20
McGee, Kamari 31 0 226 7.3 40 1.3 14 50 .280 5 27 .185 7 8 .875 4 16 20 0.6 16 8 0 7 24
Neath, Jahcobi 3 0 27 9.0 3 1.0 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .––– 0 1 1 0.3 1 2 0 1 2
Candelino, Ross 5 0 5 1.0 4 0.8 2 2 1.000 0 0 .––– 0 1 .000 0 3 3 0.6 0 0 0 0 0
Hodges, Chris 14 0 30 2.1 2 0.2 1 3 .333 0 0 .––– 0 0 .––– 2 1 3 0.2 0 0 1 0 3
Gard, Isaac 5 0 5 1.0 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .––– 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1
Taphorn, Justin 5 0 6 1.2 0 0.0 0 0 .-–– 0 0 .-–– 0 0 .––– 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 - 7150 - 2284 65.3 831 2005 .414 276 807 .342 346 501 .691 278 832 1110 31.7 406 302 52 207 554
Opponents 35 - 7150 - 2225 63.6 831 1871 .444 217 686 .316 346 515 .672 276 952 1228 35.1 358 413 125 158 569
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. ^ Camargo, Alberto. "Wisconsin wins share of Big Ten and more from Tuesday night in men's hoops". NCAA.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin men's basketball game on Dec. 23 canceled". uwbadgers.com. December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Wisconsin Basketball French Tour 2022". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "MBB_2022-23_Cumulative_Stats (PDF)". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.