| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Wisconsin Badgers |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 20–15 |
| Conf Record: | 9–11 |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
| Asst Coach2: | Sharif Chambliss |
| Stadium: | Kohl Center (capacity 17,287) |
| Tourney Result: | Semifinals |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers were led by eighth-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 regular season 17–13, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Ohio State in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bradley, Liberty, and Oregon to advance to the tournament semifinals. There they lost to eventual champion North Texas.
The Badgers finished the 2021–22 season 25–8, 15–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for first place.[1] As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they lost to Michigan State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their 26th trip to the NCAA Tournament, as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest region. The Badgers defeated Colgate in the First Round before losing to Iowa State in the Second Round.
All players listed as "graduated" are tentative departures unless otherwise noted.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | 6'5" | 194 | Sophomore | Declared for 2022 NBA draft/Selected 10th overall by Washington Wizards | |||
| Carter Higginbottom | 4 | G | 6'0" | 193 | Graduated | |||
| Lorne Bowman II | 11 | G | 6'2" | 210 | Freshman | Transferred to Oakland | ||
| Ben Carlson | 20 | F | 6'9" | 226 | Sophomore | Transferred to Utah | ||
| Matthew Mors | 32 | F | 6'7" | 241 | Freshman | Transferred to South Dakota State | ||
| Chris Vogt | 33 | C | 7'0" | 257 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| 34 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Graduate Student | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Junior | Wofford | |||
| Kamari McGee | 4 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Sophomore | Green Bay |
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See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
| 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 | Hepburn, Chucky | 35 | 35 | 1119 | 32.0 | 428 | 12.2 | 152 | 403 | .377 | 68 | 168 | .405 | 56 | 78 | .718 | 16 | 83 | 99 | 2.8 | 99 | 52 | 2 | 52 | 75 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Crowl, Steven | 35 | 35 | 1069 | 30.5 | 425 | 12.1 | 173 | 339 | .510 | 27 | 88 | .307 | 52 | 82 | .634 | 53 | 190 | 243 | 6.9 | 86 | 56 | 17 | 12 | 74 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Essegian, Connor | 35 | 19 | 954 | 27.3 | 411 | 11.7 | 133 | 329 | .404 | 69 | 192 | .359 | 76 | 86 | .884 | 24 | 107 | 131 | 3.7 | 26 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 60 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Wahl, Tyler | 32 | 32 | 1008 | 31.5 | 361 | 11.3 | 134 | 317 | .423 | 10 | 34 | .294 | 83 | 131 | .634 | 50 | 151 | 201 | 6.3 | 81 | 71 | 14 | 39 | 84 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Klesmit, Max | 33 | 33 | 1059 | 32.1 | 276 | 8.4 | 91 | 215 | .423 | 46 | 120 | .383 | 48 | 69 | .696 | 11 | 77 | 88 | 2.7 | 45 | 32 | 6 | 41 | 78 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Davis, Jordan | 35 | 18 | 722 | 20.6 | 179 | 5.1 | 69 | 173 | .399 | 32 | 104 | .308 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 30 | 93 | 123 | 3.5 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 52 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Gilmore, Carter | 35 | 3 | 660 | 18.9 | 91 | 2.6 | 37 | 91 | .407 | 5 | 26 | .192 | 12 | 27 | .444 | 37 | 50 | 87 | 2.5 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 71 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Ilver, Markus | 18 | 0 | 118 | 6.6 | 29 | 1.6 | 11 | 37 | .297 | 5 | 21 | .238 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Lindsey, Isaac | 24 | 0 | 142 | 5.9 | 35 | 1.5 | 13 | 41 | .317 | 8 | 24 | .333 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | McGee, Kamari | 31 | 0 | 226 | 7.3 | 40 | 1.3 | 14 | 50 | .280 | 5 | 27 | .185 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0.6 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 24 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Neath, Jahcobi | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .––– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Candelino, Ross | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | .––– | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Hodges, Chris | 14 | 0 | 30 | 2.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .––– | 0 | 0 | .––– | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Gard, Isaac | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .––– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| style=white-space:nowrap | Taphorn, Justin | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | .-–– | 0 | 0 | .-–– | 0 | 0 | .––– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | align="center" style= | - | 7150 | align="center" style= | - | 2284 | 65.3 | 831 | 2005 | .414 | 276 | 807 | .342 | 346 | 501 | .691 | 278 | 832 | 1110 | 31.7 | 406 | 302 | 52 | 207 | 554 | |
| Opponents | 35 | align="center" | - | 7150 | align="center" | - | 2225 | 63.6 | 831 | 1871 | .444 | 217 | 686 | .316 | 346 | 515 | .672 | 276 | 952 | 1228 | 35.1 | 358 | 413 | 125 | 158 | 569 | |
| 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 | |