2017–18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Michigan State	16	–	2	.889	30	–	5	.857
No. 11 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	30	–	7	.811
No. 17 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
No. 7 Michigan †	13	–	5	.722	33	–	8	.805
Nebraska	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Penn State	9	–	9	.500	26	–	13	.667
Indiana	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Maryland	8	–	10	.444	19	–	13	.594
Wisconsin	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Northwestern	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469
Illinois	4	–	14	.222	14	–	18	.438
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	14	–	19	.424
Rutgers	3	–	15	.167	15	–	19	.441

† 2018 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team will represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers will be led by third-year head coach Greg Gard, will played their home games at the Kohl Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Badgers finished the 2016–17 season 27–10, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Indiana and Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament, but lost to Michigan in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their 19th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, as a No. 8 seed in the East region. The Badgers defeated Virginia Tech in the First Round and upset No. 1 overall seed Villanova to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the fourth consecutive year. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to No. 20-ranked Florida.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Zak Showalter	3	G	6'3"	185	RS Senior	Germantown, WI	Graduated
Nigel Hayes	10	F	6'8"	240	Senior	Toledo, OH	Graduated
Jordan Hill	11	G	6'4"	172	RS Junior	Pasadena, CA	Graduated; transferred to Seattle
Bronson Koenig	24	G	6'4"	190	Senior	La Crosse, WI	Graduated
Vitto Brown	30	F	6'8"	235	Senior	Bowling Green, OH	Graduated

Recruiting classes

2017 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kobe King PG	La Crosse, WI	La Crosse Central High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sep 16, 2015
Kobe King PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Nate Reuvers PF	Lakeville, MN	Lakeville North High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	May 18, 2016
Nate Reuvers PF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Brad Davison PG	Osseo, MN	Maple Grove High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 11, 2016
Brad Davison PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
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: "2017 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2018 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2018)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Herro SG	Milwaukee, WI	Whitnall High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sep 12, 2016
Tyler Herro SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR Rivals: NR ESPN: NR
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:

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
TBA 2017* TBA	Weber State Wildcats	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Regular season
Nov 20–21, 2017* TBA	vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks CBE Hall of Fame Classic	Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
Nov 27–29, 2017* TBA	Southern Utah Thunderbird Big Ten-ACC Challenge
Dec 1, 2017 TBA	Washington Huskies (conference opponent)	Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle Washington
Dec 4, 2017 TBA	Utah Utes (conference opponent)	Jon M H U N T S M A N Center Salt Lake City Utah
Big Ten Tournament
Feb 28 – Mar 4, 2018 TBA	vs. Utah State Aggie"s Mountain West Conference Big 10 Conference	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP																				Not released
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Player statistics

References

v t e Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics