Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
| Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball | |||||||||||||
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| University | University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||||||||||||
| First season | 1898–99; 128 years ago | ||||||||||||
| Athletic director | Chris McIntosh | ||||||||||||
| Head coach | Greg Gard 11th season, 236–126 (.652) | ||||||||||||
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| Arena | Kohl Center (capacity: 17,287) | ||||||||||||
| NCAA division | Division I | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Badgers | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Cardinal and white | ||||||||||||
| Student section | AreaRED | ||||||||||||
| All-time record | 1,770–1,293 (.578) | ||||||||||||
| NCAA tournament record | 41–27 (.603) | ||||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | |||||||||||||
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| Pre-tournament Helms national champions | |||||||||||||
| 1911–12, 1913–14, 1915–16 | |||||||||||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| Big Ten: 2004, 2008, 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||||
| Big Ten: 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1941, 1947, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2020, 2022 | |||||||||||||
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The Wisconsin Badgers are an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers' home games are played at the Kohl Center, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has 1,732 wins through the end of the 2024–25 season which is top 50 all-time among Division I college basketball programs. Wisconsin has appeared in the NCAA tournament 28 times. The Wisconsin Badgers currently have 51 players in their 1,000-point club as well.