2025–26 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2025–26 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 19
Record24–11 (14–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachJoe Krabbenhoft (10th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Sharif Chambliss (5th season)
  • Lance Randall (2nd season)
Home arenaKohl Center
(capacity 16,838)
2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Michigan 19 – 1   .950 33 – 3   .917
No. 15 Nebraska 15 – 5   .750 28 – 6   .824
No. 11 Michigan State 15 – 5   .750 27 – 7   .794
No. 13 Illinois 15 – 5   .750 26 – 8   .765
No. 19 Wisconsin 14 – 6   .700 24 – 11   .686
UCLA 13 – 7   .650 24 – 12   .667
No. 8 Purdue † 13 – 7   .650 29 – 8   .784
Ohio State 12 – 8   .600 21 – 13   .618
Iowa 10 – 10   .500 23 – 12   .657
Indiana 9 – 11   .450 18 – 14   .563
Minnesota 8 – 12   .400 15 – 17   .469
USC 7 – 13   .350 18 – 14   .563
Washington 7 – 13   .350 16 – 17   .485
Rutgers 6 – 14   .300 14 – 19   .424
Northwestern 5 – 15   .250 15 – 19   .441
Oregon 5 – 15   .250 12 – 20   .375
Maryland 4 – 16   .200 12 – 21   .364
Penn State 3 – 17   .150 12 – 20   .375
† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by 11th-year head coach Greg Gard and played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Badgers finished the 2024–25 season 27–10, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.[1] As the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Northwestern,[2] UCLA,[3] and Michigan State[4] to advance to the championship of the for a second consecutive year where they lost to Michigan.[5] They received an at–large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region.[6] They defeated Montana in the first round[7] before losing to BYU in the second round.[8]

Offseason

Departures

All players listed as "graduated" are tentative departures unless otherwise noted.

Wisconsin Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Camren Hunter 3 G 6'3" 200 Junior Bryant, AR Transferred to Central Arkansas[9]
Kamari McGee 4 G 6'0" 180 Senior Racine, WI Graduated
Daniel Freitag 5 G 6'3" 195 Freshman Bloomington, MN Transferred to Buffalo[10]
Carter Gilmore 7 F 6'7" 232 Graduate Student Hartland, WI Graduated
John Tonje 9 G 6'6" 215 Graduate Student North Omaha, NE Graduated/2025 NBA Draft; Selected 53rd overall by Utah Jazz[11]
Max Klesmit 11 G 6'4" 200 Graduate Student Neenah, WI Graduated
Xavier Amos 13 F 6'8" 215 Junior Chicago, IL Transferred to Loyola Chicago[12]
Aidan Konop 14 G 6'2" 195 Freshman Sussex, WI Walk-on; Transferred/Not retained
Chris Hodges 21 F 6'9" 250 Junior Schaumburg, IL Transferred to Montana State[13]
Steven Crowl 22 C 7'0" 247 Graduate Student Eagan, MN Graduated
Markus Ilver 35 F 6'9" 225 Senior Tallinn, Estonia Graduated

Incoming transfers

Wisconsin incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Braeden Carrington 0 G 6'5" 197 Senior Brooklyn Park, MN Tulsa[14]
Nick Boyd 2 G 6'3" 177 Senior Garnerville, NY San Diego State[15]
Andrew Rohde 7 G 6'6" 197 Senior Brookfield, WI Virginia[16]
Austin Rapp 22 F 6'10" 238 Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Portland[17]

On July 1, 2025, the team signed Temple transfer Elijah Gray.[18] However, on October 28, 2025, Gray was dismissed from the team for "events preceding his enrollment at UW-Madison."[19]

Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Zach Kizinger
G 		De Pere, WI De Pere High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Aug 4, 2024 
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (83)
Will Garlock
C 		Middleton, WI Middleton High School (WI) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jun 8, 2024 
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    On3:    ESPN:    (75)
Hayden Jones
G 		Nelson, New Zealand Nelson Giants 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jul 25, 2024 
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    On3:    (NR)
Aleksas Bieliauskas
F 		Kaunas, Lithuania BC Žalgiris-2 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Apr 25, 2025 
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:    Rivals: 59    247Sports: 51
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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:

  • "2025 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  • "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  • "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved October 8, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Braeden Carrington 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Sr Park Center HS/Minnesota/Tulsa Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
G 2 Nick Boyd 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) RS Sr Don Bosco Prep/Florida Atlantic/San Diego State Garnerville, New York
G 4 Zach Kizinger 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr De Pere High School De Pere, Wisconsin
G 5 Jack Janicki  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So White Bear Lake Area High School White Bear Lake, Minnesota
G 7 Andrew Rohde 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Brookfield Central/St. Thomas (MN)/Virginia Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F 11 Jack Robison 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 198 lb (90 kg) So Lakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
G 13 Hayden Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Fr Nelson Giants Nelson, New Zealand
G 15 Isaac Gard (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Oregon High School Oregon, Wisconsin
F 18 Riccardo Greppi 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) So Pallacanestro Cantù Lecco, Italy
F 22 Austin Rapp 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So South East Melbourne Phoenix/Portland Melbourne, Australia
C 23 Will Garlock 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Fr Middleton High School Middleton, Wisconsin
G 25 John Blackwell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Jr Brother Rice High School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
F 31 Nolan Winter 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Lakeville North High School Lakeville, Minnesota
F 32 Aleksas Bieliauskas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr BC Žalgiris-2 Kaunas, Lithuania
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
Exhibition
October 24, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 24 vs. Oklahoma
The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Milwaukee 		L 83–84  –
  20 – Blackwell   6 – Tied   4 – Rohde  Fiserv Forum (2,344)
Milwaukee, WI
October 29, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 24 UW–Platteville W 69–53  –
  17 – Winter   11 – Winter   3 – Winter  Kohl Center (14,014)
Madison, WI
Regular season
November 3, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 24 Campbell W 96–64  1–0
  31 – Blackwell   12 – Winter   4 – Tied  Kohl Center (13,695)
Madison, WI
November 7, 2025*
7:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 24 Northern Illinois W 97–72  2–0
  25 – Boyd   7 – Winter   3 – Tied  Kohl Center (15,222)
Madison, WI
November 11, 2025*
7:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 24 Ball State W 86–55  3–0
  19 – Winter   10 – Winter   5 – Blackwell  Kohl Center (13,909)
Madison, WI
November 17, 2025*
7:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 23 SIU Edwardsville W 94–69  4–0
  24 – Blackwell   8 – Tied   5 – Boyd  Kohl Center (13,797)
Madison, WI
November 21, 2025*
3:00 p.m., Peacock 		No. 23 vs. No. 9 BYU
The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Salt Lake City 		L 70–98  4–1
  16 – Boyd   14 – Winter   2 – Tied  Delta Center (8,987)
Salt Lake City, UT
November 27, 2025*
4:30 p.m., FS1 		vs. Providence
Rady Children's Invitational Semifinal 		W 104–83  5–1
  36 – Boyd   10 – Winter   7 – Boyd  Jenny Craig Pavilion (4,955)
San Diego, CA
November 28, 2025*
4:30 p.m., FOX 		vs. TCU
Rady Children's Invitational Championship 		L 63–74  5–2
  30 – Blackwell   10 – Winter   3 – Tied  Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,008)
San Diego, CA
December 3, 2025
8:00 p.m., BTN 		Northwestern W 85–73  6–2
(1–0) 		 26 – Blackwell   11 – Blackwell   9 – Rohde  Kohl Center (14,345)
Madison, WI
December 6, 2025*
1:00 p.m., FS1 		Marquette
Rivalry 		W 96–76  7–2
  30 – Blackwell   13 – Winter   4 – Tied  Kohl Center (16,838)
Madison, WI
December 10, 2025
8:00 p.m., BTN 		at No. 23 Nebraska L 60–90  7–3
(1–1) 		 20 – Boyd   6 – Winter   4 – Tied  Pinnacle Bank Arena (13,831)
Lincoln, NE
December 19, 2025*
7:00 p.m., FOX 		vs. Villanova
Milwaukee Hoops Showdown 		L 66–76 OT 7–4
  23 – Winter   11 – Winter   4 – Boyd  Fiserv Forum (7,328)
Milwaukee, WI
December 22, 2025*
7:00 p.m., BTN 		Central Michigan W 88–61  8–4
  18 – Tied   8 – Winter   9 – Janicki  Kohl Center (14,106)
Madison, WI
December 30, 2025*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		Milwaukee W 80–60  9–4
  16 – Boyd   7 – Winter   4 – Blackwell  Kohl Center (15,570)
Madison, WI
January 3, 2026
7:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 5 Purdue L 73–89  9–5
(1–2) 		 24 – Boyd   10 – Winter   2 – Boyd  Kohl Center (15,421)
Madison, WI
January 6, 2026
8:00 p.m., Peacock 		UCLA W 80–72  10–5
(2–2) 		 20 – Boyd   8 – Tied   5 – Boyd  Kohl Center (13,644)
Madison, WI
January 10, 2026
12:00 p.m., CBS 		at No. 2 Michigan W 91–88  11–5
(3–2) 		 26 – Blackwell   9 – Carrington   6 – Boyd  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
January 13, 2026
6:00 p.m., BTN 		at Minnesota W 78–75  12–5
(4–2) 		 27 – Blackwell   11 – Winter   5 – Blackwell  Williams Arena (10,914)
Minneapolis, MN
January 17, 2026
1:00 p.m., BTN 		Rutgers W 96–87  13–5
(5–2) 		 32 – Boyd   5 – Tied   9 – Boyd  Kohl Center (15,140)
Madison, WI
January 22, 2026
6:00 p.m., FS1 		at Penn State W 98–71  14–5
(6–2) 		 17 – Tied   10 – Winter   6 – Rohde  Rec Hall (5,774)
University Park, PA
January 25, 2026
3:00 p.m., Peacock 		USC L 71–73  14–6
(6–3) 		 29 – Boyd   9 – Blackwell   4 – Rohde  Kohl Center (15,216)
Madison, WI
January 28, 2026
8:00 p.m., BTN 		Minnesota W 67–63  15–6
(7–3) 		 23 – Blackwell   7 – Tied   5 – Boyd  Kohl Center (14,653)
Madison, WI
January 31, 2026
1:00 p.m., FOX 		Ohio State W 92–82  16–6
(8–3) 		 22 – Blackwell   11 – Winter   4 – Tied  Kohl Center (16,838)
Madison, WI
February 7, 2026
11:00 a.m., FOX 		at Indiana L 77–78 OT 16–7
(8–4) 		 26 – Winter   12 – Winter   6 – Boyd  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
February 10, 2026
7:00 p.m., Peacock 		at No. 8 Illinois W 92–90 OT 17–7
(9–4) 		 25 – Boyd   11 – Winter   5 – Boyd  State Farm Center (15,544)
Champaign, IL
February 13, 2026
7:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 10 Michigan State W 92–71  18–7
(10–4) 		 29 – Boyd   11 – Winter   4 – Boyd  Kohl Center (16,838)
Madison, WI
February 17, 2026
7:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 24 at Ohio State L 69–86  18–8
(10–5) 		 20 – Carrington   7 – Winter   4 – Blackwell  Value City Arena (9,006)
Columbus, OH
February 22, 2026
3:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 24 Iowa W 84–71  19–8
(11–5) 		 27 – Boyd   9 – Boyd   10 – Boyd  Kohl Center (16,838)
Madison, WI
February 25, 2026
10:00 p.m., BTN 		at Oregon L 71–85  19–9
(11–6) 		 22 – Blackwell   9 – Bieliauskas   7 – Boyd  Matthew Knight Arena (5,682)
Eugene, OR
February 28, 2026
3:00 p.m., FS1 		at Washington W 90–73  20–9
(12–6) 		 32 – Carrington   9 – Tied   5 – Boyd  Alaska Airlines Arena (8,755)
Seattle, WA
March 4, 2026
7:00 p.m., FS1 		Maryland W 78–45  21–9
(13–6) 		 18 – Carrington   6 – Winter   6 – Rohde  Kohl Center (16,838)
Madison, WI
March 7, 2026
3:00 p.m., CBS 		at No. 15 Purdue W 97–93  22–9
(14–6) 		 25 – Blackwell   4 – Blackwell   5 – Tied  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Tournament
March 12, 2026
1:30 p.m., BTN 		(5) No. 23 vs. (12) Washington
Third round 		W 85–82  23–9
  34 – Blackwell   10 – Blackwell   9 – Boyd  United Center (16,157)
Chicago, IL
March 13, 2026
1:30 p.m., BTN 		(5) No. 23 vs. (4) No. 9 Illinois
Quarterfinal 		W 91–88 OT 24–9
  38 – Boyd   9 – Tied   6 – Boyd  United Center (18,988)
Chicago, IL
March 14, 2026
12:00 p.m., CBS 		(5) No. 23 vs. (1) No. 3 Michigan
Semifinal 		L 65–68  24–10
  18 – Rapp   6 – Tied   5 – Boyd  United Center (17,923)
Chicago, IL
NCAA Tournament
March 19, 2026
12:50 p.m., TBS 		(5 W) No. 19 vs. (12 W) High Point
First round 		L 82–83  24–11
  27 – Boyd   10 – Blackwell   6 – Boyd  Moda Center (12,104)
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[20][21]

Rankings

See also: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP242423RVRVRVRV———RVRVRVRV—24RVRV2319
Coaches242221RVRVRVRV———RVRV———25RVRV2320

Player statistics

Individual player statistics (final statistics)[22]
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
Boyd, Nick 35 35 1117 31.9 726 20.7 252 525 .480 61 167 .365 161 194 .830 27 106 133 3.8 149 59 1 36 68
Blackwell, John 34 34 1145 33.7 650 19.1 198 461 .430 96 247 .389 158 183 .863 41 131 172 5.1 79 57 3 38 84
Winter, Nolan 31 30 950 30.6 406 13.1 153 269 .569 31 95 .326 69 93 .742 70 192 262 8.5 48 25 38 15 60
Rapp, Austin 30 12 693 23.1 291 9.7 96 229 .419 58 160 .363 41 48 .854 32 87 119 4.0 47 25 15 14 58
Carrington, Braeden 34 0 616 18.1 281 8.3 84 206 .408 69 172 .401 44 57 .772 19 63 82 2.4 36 17 11 13 46
Rohde, Andrew 34 34 901 26.5 195 5.7 66 182 .363 42 132 .318 21 27 .778 19 52 71 2.1 98 37 7 42 77
Bieliauskas, Aleksas 35 28 707 20.2 171 4.9 62 144 .431 28 81 .346 19 30 .633 53 100 153 4.4 30 29 21 6 77
Janicki, Jack 26 1 430 16.5 58 2.2 21 65 .323 13 47 .277 3 5 .600 16 35 51 2.0 29 15 5 17 44
Jones, Hayden 27 1 194 7.2 45 1.7 16 26 .615 1 2 .500 12 22 .545 10 18 28 1.0 11 14 2 5 25
Kinziger, Zach 16 0 76 4.8 21 1.3 8 25 .320 4 16 .250 1 2 .500 0 4 4 0.2 9 1 0 5 12
Garlock, Will 30 0 205 6.8 32 1.1 13 18 .722 0 0 .--- 6 16 .375 11 21 32 1.1 20 11 5 2 42
Robison, Jack 17 0 31 1.8 17 1.0 6 8 .750 3 4 .750 2 3 .750 1 7 8 0.5 1 4 1 2 2
Gard, Isaac 14 0 16 1.1 11 0.8 3 7 .429 3 6 .500 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 0.2 1 2 0 0 1
Greppi, Riccardo 14 0 19 1.4 0 0.0 0 6 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 4 1 5 0.4 2 2 0 0 0
Total 35 - 7100 - 2904 83.0 978 2171 .450 409 1131 .362 539 684 .788 359 885 1244 35.5 560 314 109 195 596
Opponents 35 - 7100 - 2664 76.1 954 2141 .446 291 870 .334 465 639 .728 348 874 1222 34.9 485 349 130 161 606
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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