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2019–20 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Big Ten regular season co-champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 17
Record21–10 (14–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKohl Center
(Capacity 17,287)
Seasons← 2018–192020–21 →
2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Wisconsin 14 – 6   .700 21 – 10   .677
No. 9 Michigan State 14 – 6   .700 22 – 9   .710
No. 12 Maryland 14 – 6   .700 24 – 7   .774
No. 21 Illinois 13 – 7   .650 21 – 10   .677
No. 25 Iowa 11 – 9   .550 20 – 11   .645
Penn State 11 – 9   .550 21 – 10   .677
No. 19 Ohio State 11 – 9   .550 21 – 10   .677
Rutgers 11 – 9   .550 20 – 11   .645
Michigan 10 – 10   .500 19 – 12   .613
Purdue 9 – 11   .450 16 – 15   .516
Indiana 9 – 11   .450 20 – 12   .625
Minnesota 8 – 12   .400 15 – 16   .484
Northwestern 3 – 17   .150 8 – 23   .258
Nebraska 2 – 18   .100 7 – 25   .219
Note: The 2020 Big Ten tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gard and played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as members of the Big Ten Conference.

With a win over Indiana on March 7, 2020, the Badgers earned a share of the Big Ten regular season championship. They finished the season 21–10, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Previous season

The Badgers finished the 2018–19 season 23–11, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. In the Big Ten tournament, the Badgers defeated Nebraska in the quarterfinals before losing to Michigan State in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the South Region, their 24th trip to the NCAA Tournament. They were upset in the First Round by No. 12-seeded Oregon.

Offseason

Moore family car accident

In the early morning hours of May 25, 2019, assistant coach Howard Moore and his family were involved in a car accident near Ann Arbor, Michigan that claimed the lives of his wife Jennifer and daughter Jaidyn. Moore was hospitalized for several weeks with severe burns while his son Jerell escaped with minor injuries. After a setback in his home and subsequent stint in the ICU, 46-year-old Moore was moved to a long-term care and rehab facility in July.

On July 31, 2019, Wisconsin named all-time leading scorer Alando Tucker an interim assistant coach to fulfill Moore's coaching duties for the 2019–20 season. Tucker had been serving as the athletic department's director of student-athlete engagement. "Do Moore. Be Moore. 4 Moore" became the 2019–20 team's motto.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Tai Strickland 13 G 6'2" 172 Freshman Tampa, FL Transferred to Temple
Charles Thomas IV 15 F 6'8" 250 Senior Highland, MD Graduated
Khalil Iverson 21 G/F 6'5" 217 Senior Delaware, OH Graduated
Ethan Happ 22 F 6'8" 237 RS Senior Milan, IL Graduated/Undrafted 2019 NBA draft
Taylor Currie 33 F 6'8" 226 Freshman Clarktson, MI Transferred to Mott CC

2019 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tyler Wahl
SF 		Lakeville, MN Lakeville North High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jun 21, 2018 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    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 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2020)
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 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    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 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    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 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    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 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    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 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    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:

Roster

2019–20 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 Jr Wayne High School (OH) Huber Heights, Ohio
G 1 Brevin Pritzl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) RS Sr De Pere High School De Pere, Wisconsin
F 2 Aleem Ford 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Archer High School Lawrenceville, Georgia
G 3 Walt McGrory (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Edina High School Edina, Minnesota
G 4 Carter Higginbottom (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) RS Fr St. Ignatius College Prep (IL) Chicago, Illinois
F 5 Tyler Wahl 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Fr North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
F 11 Micah Potter 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 248 lb (112 kg) RS Jr Montverde Academy/Ohio State Mentor, Ohio
G 12 Trevor Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Stevens Point H.S./Green Bay Stevens Point, Wisconsin
F 15 Courtland Cuevas (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Madison East H.S. Madison, Wisconsin
F 20 Samad Qawi (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr William Horlick H.S. Racine, Wisconsin
G 23 Kobe King 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So La Crosse Central High School La Crosse, Wisconsin
C 30 Owen Hamilton (W) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 266 lb (121 kg) RS So Prescott H.S. (WI)/Northern Illinois Prescott, Wisconsin
G 31 Michael Ballard (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 204 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Fenwick High School (IL) Oak Park, Illinois
C 32 Joe Hedstrom 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Fr Hopkins High School Hopkins, Minnesota
G 34 Brad Davison 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Jr Maple Grove High School Maple Grove, Minnesota
F 35 Nate Reuvers 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Lakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Season Notes

Micah Potter's eligibility

A month before the season opener, the NCAA denied Wisconsin's waiver request to allow Micah Potter to compete during the fall semester, arguing he had not sat out a full year after enrolling at Wisconsin. Potter did not play during the 2018–19 season, but stayed in classes at Ohio State before transferring to Wisconsin for the spring 2019 semester.

"I don't understand why I am being punished additionally for doing what is encouraged of a student-athlete," Potter said in a statement released by UW. "The penalty of a third semester to what I have already sat out seems unjust."

Wisconsin continued to appeal Potter's case throughout November. After the final denial, Gard called the situation "unprecedented" and expressed frustration with the NCAA's inconsistency on transfer rulings. "I was hoping common sense would prevail in this," Gard said. "Unfortunately, it didn’t."

Potter made his Badger debut on December 21, 2019, against Wisconsin-Milwaukee after missing the first 10 games of the season.

Circumstances surrounding Kobe King transfer

On January 25, 2020, the day after a humbling loss to Purdue in which he was held scoreless, sophomore Kobe King informed coaches and teammates via text message that he intended to leave the team. At the time, King was Wisconsin's leading scorer (12.6 ppg) and second in minutes (28.9 mpg) in Big Ten games. King did not travel with the Badgers to Iowa City for the team's next game and publicly announced his decision to transfer two days later, citing unhappiness with the program. King originally committed to Bo Ryan and Wisconsin on September 16, 2015, and reaffirmed his commitment after Gard was hired.

In the aftermath of King's announcement, strength and conditioning coach Erik Helland self-reported an incident in which he repeated a "repugnant word" in front of several players while telling a story from his days on the Chicago Bulls training staff. King admitted mentioning the incident with UW officials during a January 31 meeting. Helland resigned on January 6, 2020, after an investigation by the university.

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN Plus 		Wisconsin–La Crosse W 82–53 
 15 – Reuvers   8 – King   5 – King  Kohl Center (17,147)
Madison, WI
Regular season
November 5, 2019*
8:00 p.m., ESPNU 		vs. No. 20 Saint Mary's
Sioux Falls Showcase 		L 63–65  0–1
  22 – Reuvers   6 – Reuvers   3 – Trice  Sanford Pentagon (3,301)
Sioux Falls, SD
November 8, 2019*
7:00 p.m., BTN Plus 		Eastern Illinois W 65–52  1–1
  18 – King   14 – Reuvers   4 – Davison  Kohl Center (17,106)
Madison, WI
November 13, 2019*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		McNeese State
Legends Classic campus-site game 		W 83–63  2–1
  24 – Davison   4 – Reuvers   4 – Anderson  Kohl Center (16,816)
Madison, WI
November 17, 2019*
12:00 p.m., FS1 		Marquette
Rivalry 		W 77–61  3–1
  15 – Tied   13 – Pritzl   4 – King  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
November 21, 2019*
8:00 p.m., BTN 		Green Bay
Legends Classic campus-site game 		W 88–70  4–1
  19 – Reuvers   8 – Trice   7 – Trice  Kohl Center (16,837)
Madison, WI
November 25, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Richmond
Legends Classic semifinals 		L 52–62  4–2
  17 – Reuvers   7 – Tied   5 – Trice  Barclays Center (6,812)
Brooklyn, NY
November 26, 2019*
4:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. New Mexico
Legends Classic 		L 50–59  4–3
  16 – Reuvers   7 – Trice   2 – Tied  Barclays Center (6,420)
Brooklyn, NY
December 4, 2019*
9:15 p.m., ESPN2 		at NC State
ACC–Big Ten Challenge 		L 54–69  4–4
  13 – Ford   8 – Wahl   4 – Trice  PNC Arena (16,035)
Raleigh, NC
December 7, 2019
3:30 p.m., BTN 		Indiana W 84–64  5–4
(1–0) 		 24 – King   5 – Tied   4 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
December 11, 2019
6:00 p.m., BTN 		at Rutgers L 65–72  5–5
(1–1) 		 18 – King   5 – Tied   3 – King  Louis Brown Athletic Center (6,361)
Piscataway, NJ
December 21, 2019*
4:00 p.m., BTN 		Milwaukee W 83–64  6–5
  31 – Trice   5 – Tied   5 – Davison  Kohl Center (17,030)
Madison, WI
December 28, 2019*
12:30 p.m., CBS 		at Tennessee W 68–48  7–5
  21 – Trice   7 – Reuvers   3 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (21,678)
Knoxville, TN
December 31, 2019*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		Rider W 65–37  8–5
  15 – Reuvers   7 – Potter   7 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
January 3, 2020
6:00 p.m., FS1 		at No. 5 Ohio State W 61–57  9–5
(2–1) 		 17 – Reuvers   9 – Reuvers   2 – Tied  Value City Arena (19,049)
Columbus, OH
January 8, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN 		Illinois L 70–71  9–6
(2–2) 		 21 – King   9 – Potter   4 – Trice  Kohl Center (16,108)
Madison, WI
January 11, 2020
1:15 p.m., BTN 		at No. 20 Penn State W 58–49  10–6
(3–2) 		 24 – Potter   13 – Tied   4 – King  Bryce Jordan Center (10,139)
University Park, PA
January 14, 2020
8:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 17 Maryland W 56–54  11–6
(4–2) 		 17 – Reuvers   5 – Reuvers   4 – Trice  Kohl Center (16,157)
Madison, WI
January 17, 2020
6:00 p.m., FS1 		at No. 15 Michigan State L 55–67  11–7
(4–3) 		 19 – Reuvers   7 – Reuvers   4 – Tied  Breslin Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
January 21, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN 		Nebraska W 82–68  12–7
(5–3) 		 14 – Davison   10 – Trice   7 – Trice  Kohl Center (16,856)
Madison, WI
January 24, 2020
6:00 p.m., FS1 		at Purdue L 51–70  12–8
(5–4) 		 11 – Potter   4 – Davison   4 – King  Mackey Arena (14,804)
West Lafayette, IN
January 27, 2020
7:30 p.m., BTN 		at No. 18 Iowa L 62–68  12–9
(5–5) 		 16 – Trice   9 – Trice   6 – Trice  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (12,566)
Iowa City, IA
February 1, 2020
12:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 14 Michigan State W 64–63  13–9
(6–5) 		 15 – Reuvers   7 – Pritzl   5 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
February 5, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN 		at Minnesota L 52–70  13–10
(6–6) 		 14 – Reuvers   15 – Potter   6 – Trice  Williams Arena (11,389)
Minneapolis, MN
February 9, 2020
12:00 p.m., CBS 		Ohio State W 70–57  14–10
(7–6) 		 19 – Pritzl   9 – Ford   8 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
February 15, 2020
1:15 p.m., BTN 		at Nebraska W 81–64  15–10
(8–6) 		 30 – Davison   10 – Ford   5 – Trice  Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,864)
Lincoln, NE
February 18, 2020
6:00 p.m., ESPN 		Purdue W 69–65  16–10
(9–6) 		 19 – Ford   7 – Ford   5 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,042)
Madison, WI
February 23, 2020
12:00 p.m., BTN 		Rutgers W 79–71  17–10
(10–6) 		 18 – Potter   9 – Potter   9 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
February 27, 2020
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at No. 19 Michigan W 81–74  18–10
(11–6) 		 28 – Trice   8 – Ford   4 – Tied  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
March 1, 2020
5:30 p.m., BTN 		Minnesota W 71–69  19–10
(12–6) 		 20 – Davison   7 – Davison   6 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
March 4, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 24 Northwestern W 63–48  20–10
(13–6) 		 11 – Reuvers   8 – Tied   4 – Trice  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
March 7, 2020
11:00 a.m., ESPN 		No. 24 at Indiana W 60–56  21–10
(14–6) 		 17 – Reuvers   11 – Potter   5 – Trice  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Big Ten tournament
Canceled
NCAA tournament
Canceled
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP——RVRV—————RVRVRVRV———RV241817
CoachesRVRVRVRV—————RVRVRV—RV—RVRV241919

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Player statistics

Individual player statistics (through 3/07/2020)
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 Stl Blk TO
Anderson, Trevor 30 0 369 12.3 54 1.8 18 47 .383 7 25 .280 11 14 .786 6 33 39 1.3 37 4 1 16
Ballard, Michael 10 0 10 1.0 4 0.4 1 1 1.000 0 0 - 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 0
Cuevas, Courtland 6 0 6 1.0 1 0.2 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Davison, Brad 29 29 893 30.8 290 10.0 90 225 .400 45 124 .363 65 77 .844 15 109 124 4.3 55 23 0 25
Ford, Aleem 30 30 758 25.3 261 8.7 94 214 .439 40 117 .342 33 47 .702 37 98 135 4.5 33 15 12 30
Hedstrom, Joe 6 0 14 2.3 2 0.3 1 2 .500 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 1 2 0.3 0 0 0 1
Higginbottom, Carter 9 0 9 1.0 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 1
King, Kobe 19 19 538 28.3 190 10.0 73 159 .459 7 28 .250 37 55 .673 22 32 54 2.8 30 10 6 29
McGrory, Walt 14 0 59 4.2 15 1.1 5 13 .385 2 7 .286 3 4 .750 2 7 9 0.6 5 1 0 1
Potter, Micah 20 3 359 18.0 205 10.3 73 137 .533 23 49 .469 36 42 .857 30 95 125 6.3 7 7 19 32
Pritzl, Brevin 30 7 807 26.9 240 8.0 79 203 .389 48 129 .372 34 40 .850 24 88 112 3.7 20 17 7 21
Qawi, Samad 7 0 7 1.0 0 0.0 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 1
Reuvers, Nate 30 30 783 26.1 392 13.1 141 313 .450 30 87 .345 80 100 .800 34 103 137 4.6 18 15 56 46
Trice, D'Mitrik 30 30 960 32.0 289 9.6 99 264 .375 53 143 .371 38 51 .745 7 109 116 3.9 125 23 4 52
Wahl, Tyler 30 2 453 15.1 77 2.6 32 73 .438 6 26 .231 7 17 .412 32 43 75 2.5 31 20 5 31
Total 30 - 6025 - 2020 67.3 706 1654 .427 261 736 .355 347 451 .769 242 769 1011 33.7 361 136 110 300
Opponents 30 - 6025 - 1859 62.0 697 1687 .413 185 548 .338 280 410 .683 267 757 1024 34.1 333 152 85 333
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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