The 2017-18 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represents the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Badgers are led by third-year head coach Greg Gard and play their home games at the Kohl Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.
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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.
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Offseason
Departures
Recruiting classes
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
New Zealand/Australia trip
The Badgers undertook trip to New Zealand and Australia where they played five games against New Zealand and Australia professional teams. The 12-day trip began August 12, 2017 and helped determine the roster as the Badgers look to replace four departing seniors from last year. The Badgers won four of the five games they played on the trip. A different player led Wisconsin in scoring in each of the games and none of them was first-team All-Big Ten forward Ethan Happ, who did average 12.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals. Coach Greg Gard was impressed by the balanced scoring of his team on the trip.
Preseason
Wisconsin junior forward Ethan Happ was selected as a first team All-American by the Blue Ribbon Yearbook in its annual preseason publication.
Roster
Schedule and results
Player statistics
References
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