Wisconsin Men’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 9, 2025 · CSM Staff
Wisconsin Badgers
Big Ten (26-9, 13-7)
Big Wins: 2/15 at Purdue (94-84), 3/15 vs Michigan State (77-74)
Bad Losses: 12/10 at Illinois (80-86), 3/8 Penn State (75-86)
Coach: Greg Gard
Probable Starters:
Nolan Winter, Sophomore, Forward, 9.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Steven Crowl, Senior, Forward, 9.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.5 apg
John Blackwell, Sophomore, Guard, 15.5 ppg, 2.1 apg, 5.1 rpg
Max Klesmit, Senior, Guard, 9.4 ppg, 2.7 apg
John Tonje, Senior, Guard, 19.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 5.3 rpg
Key Role Players:
Xavier Amos, Junior, Forward, 3.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Carter Gilmore, Senior, Forward, 3.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Jack Janicki, Freshman, Guard, 2.0 ppg
Kamari McGee, Senior, Guard, 6.7 ppg, 1.9 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 80.8 (35th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.9 (145, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.0 (110, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.2 (86, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 9.8 (30, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.0 (124, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 83.6 (1, 1)
Rebound Margin: 2.9 (104, 5)
Assists Per Game: 14.7 (102, 11)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.9 (24, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to James Madison |
| 2023 | NIT | First Round win over Bradley |
| 2023 | NIT | Second Round win over Liberty |
| 2023 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Oregon |
| 2023 | NIT | Semifinal loss to North Texas |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Colgate |
| 2022 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Iowa State |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over North Carolina |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Baylor |
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Oregon |
| 2017 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Virginia Tech |
| 2017 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Villanova |
| 2017 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Florida |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round 0f 64 win over Pittsburgh |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Xavier |
| 2016 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Notre Dame |
| 2015 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Coastal Carolina |
| 2015 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Oregon |
| 2015 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over North Carolina |
| 2015 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Arizona |
| 2015 | NCAA | National Semifinal win over Kentucky |
| 2015 | NCAA | National Final loss to Duke |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over American |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Oregon |
| 2014 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Baylor |
| 2014 | NCAA | Regional Final win over Arizona |
| 2014 | NCAA | National Semifinal loss to Kentucky |
| 2013 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Mississippi |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Montana |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Vanderbilt |
| 2012 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss t Syracuse |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Belmont |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Kansas State |
| 2011 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Butler |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Wofford |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Cornell |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Florida State |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Xavier |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Cal State Fullerton |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Kansas State |
| 2008 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Davidson |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to UNLV |
*all team stats through 3/9
