| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Team: | Wisconsin Badgers |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 18–13 |
| Conf Record: | 10–10 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Howard Moore |
| Asst Coach4: | Alando Tucker (interim) |
| Stadium: | Kohl Center (Capacity 17,287) |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Second Round |
| Prev Year: | 2019-20 |
| Next Year: | 2021-22 |
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.
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.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | 6'3" | 204 | Graduated | ||||
| Courtland Cuevas | 15 | F | 6'5" | 190 | Walk-on; didn't return | |||
| Samad Qawi | 20 | F | 6'6" | 195 | Walk-on; didn't return | |||
| Owen Hamilton | 30 | C | 7'0" | 266 | Walk-on; didn't return | |||
| Michael Ballard | 31 | G | 6'4" | 204 | Walk-on; Graduated |
|-!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
See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
| 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 | |||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | 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 | align="center" style= | - | 6250 | align="center" style= | - | 2167 | 69.9 | 767 | 1805 | .425 | 269 | 737 | .365 | 364 | 474 | .768 | 256 | 785 | 1041 | 33.6 | 414 | 280 | 123 | 175 | 500 | |
| Opponents | 31 | align="center" | - | 6250 | align="center" | - | 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 | Stl | Steals | High | Team high | |