![]() ![]() Chris Hodges, a 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman, gives Gard some size behind Crowl. ![]() Markus Iver, a 6-foot-9 sophomore from Estonia, barely played last season but could be the first man off the bench up front. Wisconsin’s frontcourt depth is thin behind Wahl and Crowl. ![]() Other potential contributors in the backcourt and on the wing are senior Jahcobi Neath, walk-on Isaac Lindsey and freshman Connor Essegian. He averaged 11.6 points last season, but Green Bay was one of the worst teams in all of Division I. Green Bay transfer Kamari McGee is likely to back up Hepburn at the point. With his brother and Davison gone, he’ll have every opportunity to claim a much larger role. Jordan Davis, the twin brother of Johnny, only played 6.5 minutes a game last season. Klesmit, a Wisconsin native, averaged 14.9 points at Wofford and is a career 34.5 percent 3-point shooter. Wofford transfer Max Klesmit and junior Jordan Davis are the most likely pieces to join the starting lineup. He’s not the same caliber of player as some of the Big Ten’s elite bigs but is good enough to hold his own on most nights.īeyond those three contributors is where Wisconsin has questions to answer. Last season, he played 25.3 minutes per game and put up 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. The 7-foot Crowl has improved each season in Madison. Wahl shot 51.6 percent from the field last season and can play both forward spots. He averaged 11.4 points and 5.9 rebounds last season and is the team’s leading returning scorer. The 6-foot-9 Wahl is a legitimate All-Big Ten candidate. Hepburn shot 34.8 percent last season on 3s, but just 38.8 percent overall from the field. With the departures of Davis and Davison, he’ll need to create more offense for himself in his second season. Hepburn averaged 7.9 points, 2.3 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 31 minutes per game as a true freshman. If Wisconsin finishes at or near the top of the Big Ten, Gard will have successfully leaned on three returnees.Ĭhucky Hepburn, Tyler Wahl and Steven Crown, all starters, are back in Madison. Davis is now in the NBA and Brad Davison graduated after five seasons. Behind an All-American season from Johnny Davis, Wisconsin went 15-5 in league play.Įntering the 2022-23 campaign, Wisconsin is again expected to tumble down the league standings. ![]() Last season, Wisconsin lost four starters and was picked to finish 10th in the conference in a preseason poll of league media. Wisconsin has earned a share of the Big Ten regular season crown in two of the last three seasons.Įach year, the Badgers lose notable contributors and a falloff is expected. In Gard’s seven seasons in Madison, he’s finished in the top half of the league standings in every season but one. Greg Gard hasn’t experienced quite the level of success as Bo Ryan did at Wisconsin, but he’s kept the Badgers in the conference’s upper echelon. Previously: Northwestern, Nebraska, Penn State, Maryland, Minnesota, Iowa Today, our team previews continue with Wisconsin. With the start of college basketball season on the horizon, we’ll look at the conference at large and Indiana’s roster over the next month. ![]()
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