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 will 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
2020–21 record18–13 (10–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKohl Center
(Capacity 17,287)
2020–21 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Michigan143 .824235  .821
No. 2 Illinois164 .800247  .774
No. 8 Iowa146 .700229  .710
No. 20 Purdue136 .6841810  .643
No. 7 Ohio State128 .6002110  .677
Wisconsin1010 .5001813  .581
Rutgers1010 .5001612  .571
Maryland911 .4501714  .548
Michigan State911 .4501513  .536
Indiana712 .3681215  .444
Penn State712 .3681114  .440
Northwestern613 .316915  .375
Minnesota614 .3001415  .483
Nebraska316 .158720  .259
2021 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[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

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Brevin Pritzl1G6'3"204RS SeniorDe Pere, WIGraduated
Courtland Cuevas15F6'5"190JuniorMadison, WIWalk-on; didn't return
Samad Qawi20F6'6"195JuniorRacine, WIWalk-on; didn't return
Owen Hamilton30C7'0"266RS SophomorePrescott, WIWalk-on; didn't return
Michael Ballard31G6'4"204RS JuniorOak Park, ILWalk-on; Graduated

2020 Recruiting class

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: N/A
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: N/A
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: 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:

  • "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

    Roster

    2020–21 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
    G 0 D'Mitrik Trice 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)184 lb (83 kg) RS SrWayne High School (OH) Huber Heights, Ohio
    G 1 Johnny Davis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)196 lb (89 kg) FrLa Crosse Central High School La Crosse, Wisconsin
    F 2 Aleem Ford 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)217 lb (98 kg) RS SrArcher High School Lawrenceville, Georgia
    G 3 Walt McGrory (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg) SrEdina High School Minneapolis, Minnesota
    G 4 Carter Higginbottom (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)188 lb (85 kg) RS SoSt. Ignatius College Prep (IL) Chicago, Illinois
    F 5 Tyler Wahl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)220 lb (100 kg) SoNorth High School Lakeville, Minnesota
    G 10 Lorne Bowman II 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)180 lb (82 kg) FrSt. Mary's High School Detroit, Michigan
    F 11 Micah Potter 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)248 lb (112 kg) RS SrMontverde Academy/Ohio State Mentor, Ohio
    G 12 Trevor Anderson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg) RS SrStevens Point H.S./Green Bay Stevens Point, Wisconsin
    G 13 Justin Taphorn (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)198 lb (90 kg) FrPerkin High School Pekin, Illinois
    F 14 Carter Gilmore (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)215 lb (98 kg) FrArrowhead High School Hartland, Wisconsin
    F 20 Ben Carlson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)218 lb (99 kg) FrEast Ridge High School Woodbury, Minnesota
    F 22 Steven Crowl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)217 lb (98 kg) FrEastview High School Eagan, Minnesota
    G 24 Jordan Davis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)202 lb (92 kg) FrLa Crosse Central High School La Crosse, Wisconsin
    C 32 Joe Hedstrom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)247 lb (112 kg) RS SoHopkins High School Hopkins, Minnesota
    G 34 Brad Davison 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)202 lb (92 kg) SrMaple Grove High School Maple Grove, Minnesota
    F 35 Nate Reuvers 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)235 lb (107 kg) SrLakeville 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

    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 
    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 
    Indianapolis, IN
    *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.
    — = 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

    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

    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 2021-04-07.
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