# 2012–13 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Bo Ryan's 12th season as head coach at Wisconsin. The Badgers played their home games at the Kohl Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 12–6 in Big Ten play to tie for fourth place. The team advanced to the championship game of the 2013 Big Ten tournament where it lost to Ohio State. Wisconsin received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament where the team lost in the second round to Ole Miss.

## 2012 Commitments

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Sam Dekker SF | Sheboygan, WI | Sheboygan Lutheran | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Jun 15, 2010 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Zak Showalter SG | Germantown, WI | Germantown | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jun 13, 2012 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011. ||||||

## Awards

All-Big Ten by Media
* Bo Ryan - Coach of the Year
* Jarred Berggren - 2nd team
* Ben Brust - Honorable mention
* Sam Dekker - Honorable mention
All-Big Ten by Coaches
* Bo Ryan - Coach of the Year
* Jarred Berggren - 2nd team & All-Defensive team
* Ben Brust - Honorable mention
* Sam Dekker - All-Freshman team

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| 11/07/2012* 7:00 pm, BTN.com | No. 23 | UW–Oshkosh | W 96–44 | - | 16 – Berggren | 10 – Evans | 4 – Jackson | Kohl Center (16,488) Madison, WI |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| 11/11/2012* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 23 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 87–47 | 1–0 | 19 – Berggren (1) | 11 – Brust (1) | 3 – Brust (1) | Kohl Center (16,662) Madison, WI |
| 11/14/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 22 | at No. 10 Florida | L 56–74 | 1–1 | 11 – Berggren (2), Dekker (1) | 6 – Berggren (1) | 3 – Jackson (1), Dekker (1) | O'Connell Center (9,614) Gainesville, FL |
| 11/18/2012* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 22 | Cornell Las Vegas Invitational | W 73–40 | 2–1 | 18 – Berggren (3), Brust (1) | 12 – Brust (2) | 4 – Brust (2) | Kohl Center (16,657) Madison, WI |
| 11/20/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Presbyterian Las Vegas Invitational | W 88–43 | 3–1 | 20 – Brust (2) | 12 – Brust (3) | 4 – Bruesewitz (1), Evans (1) | Kohl Center (16,656) Madison, WI |
| 11/23/2012* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 12 Creighton Las Vegas Invitational semifinals | L 74–84 | 3–2 | 27 – Berggren (4) | 8 – Evans (1) | 3 – Evans (2) | Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 11/24/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Arkansas Las Vegas Invitational 3rd place game | W 77–70 | 4–2 | 19 – Dekker (2) | 9 – Berggren (2), Bruesewitz (1) | 3 – Berggren (1) | Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 11/28/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Virginia ACC – Big Ten Challenge | L 54–60 | 4–3 | 15 – Brust (3) | 6 – Evans (2) | 5 – Jackson (2) | Kohl Center (16,690) Madison, WI |
| 12/02/2012* 3:00 pm, BTN | | California | W 81–56 | 5–3 | 22 – Brust (4) | 8 – Berggren (3), Bruesewitz (2) | 4 – Brust (3) | Kohl Center (16,596) Madison, WI |
| 12/04/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Nebraska–Omaha | W 86–40 | 6–3 | 15 – Brust (5) | 11 – Evans (3) | 3 – Brust (4), Bruesewitz (2), Dekker (2) | Kohl Center (16,546) Madison, WI |
| 12/08/2012* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Marquette | L 50–60 | 6–4 | 9 – Berggren (5), Evans (1) | 8 – Dekker (1) | 6 – Brust (5) | Bradley Center (18,588) Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/12/2012* 8:00 pm, BTN | | Green Bay | W 65–54 | 7–4 | 13 – Evans (2) | 7 – Evans (3) | 5 – Brust (6) | Kohl Center (16,746) Madison, WI |
| 12/22/2012* 8:15 pm, BTN | | Milwaukee | W 74–53 | 8–4 | 19 – Evans (3) | 7 – Berggren (4), Evans (4) | 4 – Brust (7), Evans (3) | Kohl Center (16,465) Madison, WI |
| 12/29/2012* 1:00 pm, BTN.com | | Samford | W 87–51 | 9–4 | 16 – Kaminsky (1) | 12 – Evans (5) | 6 – Brust (8) | Kohl Center (16,376) Madison, WI |
| 01/03/2013 7:30 pm, BTN | | Penn State | W 60–51 | 10–4 (1–0) | 13 – Berggren (6), Brust (6), Evans (4) | 9 – Evans (6) | 4 – Brust (9) | Kohl Center (16,156) Madison, WI |
| 01/06/2013 3:30 pm, BTN | | at Nebraska | W 47–41 | 11–4 (2–0) | 13 – Berggren (7) | 15 – Evans (7) | 3 – Jackson (3) | Bob Devaney Sports Center (9,805) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/12/2013 1:15 pm, BTN | | No. 12 Illinois | W 74–51 | 12–4 (3–0) | 15 – Berggren (8) | 12 – Berggren (5) | 3 – Brust (10), Dekker (3) | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI |
| 01/15/2013 8:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 2 Indiana | W 64–59 | 13–4 (4–0) | 13 – Evans (5) | 8 – Evans (8) | 4 – Bruesewitz (3) | Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/19/2013 7:00 pm, BTN | | at Iowa | L 66–70 | 13–5 (4–1) | 20 – Marshall (1) | 9 – Bruesewitz (3) | 4 – Dekker (4) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,400) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/22/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN | | No. 13 Michigan State | L 47–49 | 13–6 (4–2) | 10 – Bruesewitz (1) | 11 – Evans (9) | 3 – Jackson (4), Berggren (2) | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI |
| 01/26/2013 1:00 pm, BTN | | No. 12 Minnesota | W 45–44 | 14–6 (5–2) | 10 – Evans (6), Dekker (3) | 8 – Evans (10) | 3 – Brust (11), Evans (4) | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI |
| 01/29/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 11 Ohio State | L 49–58 | 14–7 (5–3) | 12 – Jackson (1) | 9 – Berggren (6) | 3 – Brust (12), Evans (5) | Value City Arena (16,911) Columbus, OH |
| 02/03/2013 2:30 pm, BTN | | at Illinois | W 74–68 | 15–7 (6–3) | 20 – Brust (7) | 9 – Evans (11) | 2 – Evans (6), Jackson (5), Dekker (5), Bruesewitz (4) | Assembly Hall (15,073) Champaign, IL |
| 02/06/2013 8:00 pm, BTN | | Iowa | W 74–70 $^{2OT}$ | 16–7 (7–3) | 18 – Brust (8) | 14 – Berggren (7) | 5 – Evans (7) | Kohl Center (17,121) Madison, WI |
| 02/09/2013 11:00 am, ESPN | | No. 3 Michigan | W 65–62 $^{OT}$ | 17–7 (8–3) | 14 – Brust (9) | 9 – Evans (12) | 5 – Jackson (6) | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI |
| 02/14/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN | No. 20 | at Minnesota | L 53–58 $^{OT}$ | 17–8 (8–4) | 14 – Dekker (4) | 11 – Evans (13) | 2 – Jackson (7) | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/17/2013 12:00 pm, CBS | No. 20 | No. 13 Ohio State | W 71–49 | 18–8 (9–4) | 15 – Brust (10), Berggren (9) | 11 – Brust (4) | 4 – Jackson (8), Bruesewitz (5) | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI |
| 02/20/2013 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 19 | at Northwestern | W 69–41 | 19–8 (10–4) | 12 – Brust (11), Berggren (10) | 8 – Berggren (8), Brust (5) | 5 – Jackson (9) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,011) Evanston, IL |
| 02/26/2013 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 17 | Nebraska | W 77–46 | 20–8 (11–4) | 19 – Dekker (5) | 9 – Bruesewitz (4) | 5 – Jackson (10) | Kohl Center (17,026) Madison, WI |
| 03/03/2013 12:00 pm, ESPN | No. 17 | Purdue | L 56–69 | 20–9 (11–5) | 13 – Berggren (11) | 8 – Berggren (9) | 4 – Evans (8) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI |
| 03/07/2013 8:00 pm, ESPN | No. 22 | at No. 10 Michigan State | L 43–58 | 20–10 (11–6) | 10 – Brust (12) | 11 – Evans (14) | 4 – Jackson (11) | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI |
| 03/10/2013 11:00 am, BTN | No. 22 | at Penn State | W 63–60 | 21–10 (12–6) | 15 – Jackson (2) | 10 – Berggren (10) | 4 – Brust (13), Jackson (12) | Bryce Jordan Center (8,701) University Park, PA |
| Big Ten tournament |||||||||
| 03/15/2013 1:35 pm, ESPN | (4) No. 22 | vs. (5) No. 6 Michigan Quarterfinals | W 68–59 | 22–10 | 16 – Jackson (3) | 8 – Brust (6), Bruesewitz (5) | 6 – Evans (9) | United Center (21,793) Chicago, IL |
| 03/16/2013 12:40 pm, CBS | (4) No. 22 | vs. (1) No. 3 Indiana Semifinals | W 68–56 | 23–10 | 16 – Evans (7) | 8 – Evans (15) | 4 – Jackson (13), Evans (10) | United Center (21,824) Chicago, IL |
| 03/17/2013 2:30 pm, CBS | (4) No. 22 | vs. (2) No. 10 Ohio State Championship Game | L 43–50 | 23–11 | 10 – Jackson (4) | 6 – Bruesewitz (6) | 3 – Kaminsky (1) | United Center (20,560) Chicago, IL |
| NCAA tournament |||||||||
| 03/22/2013 11:40 am, truTV | (5 W) No. 18 | vs. (12 W) Ole Miss Second Round | L 46–57 | 23–12 | 14 – Dekker (6) | 9 – Berggren (11) | 4 – Jackson (14) | Sprint Center (18,301) Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region W=West. |||||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| T | Tied |

## Player statistics

* As of March 23, 2013