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.

Previous season 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. 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

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

2020 recruiting class

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season

!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament

!colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournament

Rankings

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

Player statistics +Individual player statistics (final)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree throwsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgATOBlkStlPFTrice, D'Mitrik3131103233.343013.9144351.41062166.37380101.79231021053.41235612651Potter, Micah312068922.238912.5141280.50439101.3866881.840561281845.94242231663Davison, Brad313195930.931110.091263.34663161.3916676.86810991093.5732703372Ford, Aleem313181326.22698.799244.40646135.3412532.781261041304.23429161963Reuvers, Nate312464920.92578.3100238.4201863.2863950.78030711013.3223140867Davis, Jonathan31075524.42187.086195.4411436.3893244.72734941284.13534183466Wahl, Tyler311876724.71605.258133.4361036.2783460.567331001334.34228213168Anderson, Trevor29041114.2913.13362.5321324.5421218.667833411.436130623Carlson, Ben70649.1202.9611.54513.33378.8751560.9413110Crowl, Steven120363.080.748.50001.00000 -4590.823109Davis, Jordan130191.580.636.50025.40000 -0110.101000Hedstrom, Joe90161.840.414.250111.00012.5002130.300004Gilmore, Carter90171.920.215.20004.00000 -0330.300002Taphorn, Justin70111.600.001.00001.00000 -0000.001000McGrory, Walt1011.000.000 -00 -00 -0000.000001Higginbottom, Carter90111.20004 .00000 -02 .0000000.012011Total31-6250-216769.97671805.425269737.365364474.768256785104133.6414280123175500Opponents31-6250-200364.67291726.422194579.335351491.715264820108435.0385356115135501 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

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