2013–14 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 2013–14 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Bo Ryan's 12th season as head coach at Wisconsin. The team played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 30–8, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals in the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan State. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in the West region, their 16th straight trip to the Tournament. They defeated American and Oregon to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They defeated Baylor and Arizona to advance to the Final Four. However, they were eliminated by Kentucky in the Final Four.
Previous season
The Badgers finished the 2012–13 season 23–12, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Michigan and Indiana before losing to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 15th consecutive year as a No. 5 seed. They were upset by No. 12-seeded Ole Miss in the Second Round.Departures
2013 Commitments
Awards
All-Big Ten by Media- Frank Kaminsky - 1st team
- Sam Dekker - 3rd team
- Josh Gasser - Honorable mention
- Traevon Jackson - Honorable mention
- Frank Kaminsky - 1st team
- Sam Dekker - 2nd team
- Ben Brust - Honorable mention
- Josh Gasser - All-Defensive team
- Nigel Hayes - Freshman of the Year & All-Freshman team
Roster
Schedule and results
Source!colspan=12 style=| Canadian trip
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten Tournament
!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament
Rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Final |
| AP | 20 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | RV | 21 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | N/A |
| Coaches | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4т | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 4 |
Player statistics
- As of April 6, 2014
MINUTES |--TOTAL--| |--3-PTS--| |-F-THROWS-| |---REBOUNDS---| |-SCORING-|44 Kaminsky, Frank 38 38 1032 27.2 196 371.528 37 98.378 101 132.765 81 159 240 6.3 96 1 49 39 66 26 530 13.9
- # Player GP GS Tot Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
01 Brust, Ben 38 38 1318 34.8 156 372.419 96 244.393 80 89.899 31 140 171 4.5 36 0 50 27 2 29 488 12.8
15 Dekker, Sam 38 38 1134 29.8 168 358.469 42 129.326 94 137.686 65 166 231 6.1 52 0 52 41 22 29 472 12.4
12 Jackson, Traevon 38 38 1170 30.8 122 299.408 34 89.382 129 167.772 20 124 144 3.8 88 0 151 82 4 26 407 10.7
21 Gasser, Josh 38 38 1270 33.4 84 194.433 47 109.431 118 136.868 21 131 152 4.0 97 2 72 32 6 25 333 8.8
10 Hayes, Nigel 38 0 663 17.4 98 192.510 0 0.000 96 164.585 34 72 106 2.8 99 1 36 45 20 32 292 7.7
24 Koenig, Bronson 37 0 572 15.5 51 115.443 22 67.328 6 8.750 18 28 46 1.2 50 0 41 18 3 11 130 3.5
13 Dukan, Duje 38 0 309 8.1 41 82.500 15 41.366 10 14.714 19 38 57 1.5 32 0 11 8 1 3 107 2.8
03 Marshall, George 2 0 25 12.5 1 4.250 0 2.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 2.0
34 Bohannon, Zach 14 0 27 1.9 4 7.571 2 3.667 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 0.4 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 0.9
11 Hill, Jordan 11 0 25 2.3 1 7.143 1 4.250 4 7.571 1 2 3 0.3 5 0 1 2 0 0 7 0.6
30 Brown, Vitto 14 0 44 3.1 3 11.273 0 0.000 0 3.000 0 12 12 0.9 5 0 3 2 0 0 6 0.4
32 Anderson, Evan 14 0 36 2.6 2 6.333 1 4.250 0 0.000 0 3 3 0.2 9 0 1 2 3 0 5 0.4
Team 45 51 96 2 8
Total.......... 38 7625 927 2018.459 297 790.376 642 861.746 337 929 1266 33.3 574 4 468 307 127 183 2793 73.5
Opponents...... 38 7625 915 2134.429 184 540.341 418 579.722 350 862 1212 31.9 763 6 364 370 105 161 2432 64.0
Records and milestones
- On November 19, 2013, Frank Kaminsky broke the Wisconsin's single-game record for most points, with 43 against North Dakota.
- On December 4, 2013, Bo Ryan won his 300th game at Wisconsin during a 48–38 victory over Virginia. Ryan became only the 9th Big Ten head coach to win 300 games.
- On January 8, 2014, Wisconsin defeated Illinois 95–70 giving the Badgers a 16–0 record, the best start in the school's history.
- On March 14, 2014, Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 83–57 giving coach Bo Ryan his 700th career victory as a head coach.
- On March 22, 2014, Ben Brust broke the record for most career three-pointers with his 228th vs. the Oregon during an 85–77 victory in the third round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The previous record was held by Tim Locom.
- On March 29, 2014, Wisconsin defeated Arizona 64-63 to qualify for the NCAA Final Four for the third time in school history, its first since the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament