2014–15 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 2 3 36–4 16–2 Bo Ryan 14th Gary Close Lamont Paris Kohl Center NCAA tournament, Runner-upBig Ten Regular Season ChampionsBig Ten tournament championsBattle 4 Atlantis Champions National Championship Game L Lost 63–68 vs. Duke Greg Gard The 2014–15 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Bo Ryan's 14th and final full 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 36–4, 16–2 in Big Ten play to win the Big Ten regular season championship. They defeated Michigan, Purdue, and Michigan State to win the Big Ten tournament and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This marked the Badgers' 17th straight trip to the Tournament. In the Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina and Oregon to advance to their second straight Sweet Sixteen. They defeated North Carolina and Arizona to reach the school's fourth overall and second consecutive Final Four. By upsetting unbeaten Kentucky 71–64 in the Final Four in Indianapolis, the Badgers moved on to play Duke in the National Championship Game, going for their first title in 74 years. However, Wisconsin lost the game 68–63. Previous season The Badgers finished the 2013–14 season 30–8, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for a 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. 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. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ben Brust 1 G 6'1" 195 Senior Hawthorn Woods, IL Graduated Zach Bohannon 1 34 F 6'6" 210 RS Senior Marion, IA GraduatedEvan Anderson 1 32 C 6'10" 255 RS Junior Stanley, WI Graduated 2014 Commitments no 2014 Ethan Happ PF Taylor Ridge, IL Rockridge 6 8 200 06/26/2013 3 3 3 3 T.J. Schlundt SG Oconomowoc, WI SJNMA 6 4 180 05/13/2014 3 N/A N/A 2 2014 2014 Wisconsin Commitments Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting wisconsin 73 275 May 27, 2014 yes Awards All-Big Ten by Mediahttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/2015allbigten.pdf 2014-15 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team BigTen.org 2017-07-31 2018-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20180429212831/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/2015allbigten.pdf dead Frank Kaminsky - Player of the Year & 1st team (both unanimous) Sam Dekker - 2nd team Nigel Hayes - 3rd team All-Big Ten by Coaches Bo Ryan - Coach of the Year Frank Kaminsky - Player of the Year & 1st team (unanimous) Sam Dekker - 2nd team Nigel Hayes - 3rd team Josh Gasser - All-Defensive team Roster 2014 Wisconsin Badgers y Jordan Smith 2 G 6 3 180 JR y Orono, MN n Zak Showalter 3 G 6 2 185 SO y Germantown, WI n Matt Ferris 4 G 6 6 195 FR Appleton, WI n W Aaron Moesch 5 F 6 8 215 FR y Green Bay, WI n W Nigel Hayes 10 F 6 8 235 SO Toledo, OH y Jordan Hill 11 G 6 3 175 SO yes Pasadena, CA n Traevon Jackson 12 G 6 3 207 SR Westerville, OH y y Duje Dukan 13 F 6 10 218 SR y Deerfield, IL y Sam Dekker 15 F 6 9 230 JR Sheboygan, WI y T. J. Schlundt 20 G 6 5 185 FR yes Oconomowoc, WI n W Josh Gasser 21 G 6 4 192 SR y Port Washington, WI y Ethan Happ 22 F 6 9 230 FR yes Taylor Ridge, IL y Bronson Koenig 24 G 6 4 190 SO La Crosse, WI y Vitto Brown 30 F 6 8 237 SO Bowling Green, OH y Riley Dearring 35 G 6 5 182 FR y Minnetonka, MN n Frank Kaminsky 44 F 7 0 242 SR Lisle, IL y Bo Ryan (Wilkes) Greg Gard (UW-Platteville) Gary Close (Arizona State) Lamont Paris (Wooster) http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wis-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results Sourcehttp://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wis-m-baskbl-sched.html 2014–15 Schedule UW Badgers https://web.archive.org/web/20101023053152/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wis-m-baskbl-sched.html 2010-10-23 dead yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#cc1122; color:#ffffff;"| Exhibition Nov 5 7:00 pm yes 3 UW–Parkside Kohl Center Madison, WI Kaminsky 19 Tied 11 Tied 3 77–40 17,279 – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#cc1122; color:#ffffff;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 14 8:00 pm yes 3 Northern Kentucky Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Kaminsky 16 Kaminsky 11 Kaminsky 4 62–31 17,279 1–0 Nov 16 12:00 pm yes 3 Chattanooga Kohl Center Madison, WI Battle 4 Atlantis ESPNews Dekker 18 Hayes 13 Tied 4 89–45 17,279 2–0 Nov 19 8:00 pm yes 3 Green Bay Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Hayes 25 Kaminsky 15 Jackson 4 84–60 17,279 3–0 Nov 22 9:00 pm yes 3 Boise State Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Kaminsky 26 Tied 5 Jackson 5 78–54 17,279 4–0 Nov 26 6:00 pm yes yes 2 UAB Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals AXS TV Kaminsky 16 Kaminsky 8 Hayes 4 72–43 2,633 5–0 Nov 27 2:30 pm yes yes 2 Georgetown Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals ESPN Dekker 17 Hayes 7 Koenig 4 68–65 3,204 6–0 Nov 28 3:00 pm yes yes 2 Oklahoma Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Championship ESPN Kaminsky 17 Tied 7 Jackson 8 69–56 2,667 7–0 Dec 3 8:30 pm yes 2 Duke 4 Kohl Center Madison, WI ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN Jackson 25 Kaminsky 9 Gasser 3 70–80 17,279 7–1 Dec 6 11:30 am yes yes 2 Marquette BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI Rivalry CBS Kaminsky 15 Kaminsky 10 Tied 3 49–38 18,573 8–1 Dec 10 8:00 pm yes yes 5 Milwaukee UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI ESPN2 Kaminsky 18 Hayes 7 Jackson 3 93–54 10,120 9–1 Dec 13 2:00 pm yes 5 Nicholls State Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Dekker 17 Hayes 8 Kaminsky 4 86–43 17,279 10–1 Dec 22 8:00 pm yes yes 6 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 Hayes 17 Hayes 13 Jackson 4 68–56 11,877 11–1 Dec 28 7:00 pm yes 6 Buffalo Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Kaminsky 25 Kaminsky 11 Jackson 5 68–56 17,279 12–1 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#cc1122; color:#ffffff;"| Big Ten regular season Dec 31 12:00 pm 4 Penn State Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Hayes 21 Kaminsky 14 Hayes 3 89–72 17,279 13–1 1–0 Jan 4 7:30 pm yes 4 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN Tied 16 Kaminsky 10 Tied 6 81–58 8,117 14–1 2–0 Jan 7 6:00 pm 4 Purdue Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Kaminsky 21 Tied 5 Tied 2 62–55 17,279 15–1 3–0 Jan 11 5:00 pm yes 4 Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ BTN Tied 15 Hayes 10 Hayes 5 62–67 6,987 15–2 3–1 Jan 15 8:00 pm 7 Nebraska Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN2 Kaminsky 22 Hayes 7 Hayes 4 70–55 17,279 16–2 4–1 Jan 20 8:00 pm 6 Iowa 25 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN Dekker 17 Kaminsky 11 Kaminsky 6 82–50 17,279 17–2 5–1 Jan 24 6:00 pm yes 6 Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI College GameDay ESPN Kaminsky 22 Kaminsky 9 Koenig 4 69–64 OT 12,579 18–2 6–1 Jan 31 11:00 am yes 5 Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA ESPN Kaminsky 24 Kaminsky 9 Hayes 3 74–63 15,400 19–2 7–1 Feb 3 6:00 pm 5 Indiana 25 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN Kaminsky 23 Tied 6 Tied 3 92–78 17,279 20–2 8–1 Feb 7 4:30 pm 5 Northwestern Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN Tied 16 Gasser 9 Kaminsky 5 65–50 17,279 21–2 9–1 Feb 10 8:00 pm yes 5 Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE ESPN Dekker 21 Kamisnky 12 Kaminsky 4 65–55 15,701 22–2 10–1 Feb 15 12:00 pm 5 Illinois Kohl Center Madison, WI CBS Kaminsky 23 Kaminsky 11 Koenig 4 68–49 17,279 23–2 11–1 Feb 18 6:00 pm yes 5 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN Dekker 22 Hayes 13 Koenig 4 55–47 7,132 24–2 12–1 Feb 21 11:00 am 5 Minnesota Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN Kaminsky 21 Hayes 7 Tied 3 63–53 17,279 25–2 13–1 Feb 24 6:00 pm yes 5 Maryland 14 Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN Kaminsky 18 Dekker 9 Tied 2 53–59 17,950 25–3 13–2 Mar 1 3:00 pm 5 Michigan State Kohl Center Madison, WI CBS Kaminsky 31 Dekker 9 Tied 3 68–61 17,279 26–3 14–2 Mar 5 6:00 pm yes 6 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN Kaminsky 25 Hayes 9 Kaminsky 7 76–63 14,625 27–3 15–2 Mar 8 3:30 pm yes 6 Ohio State 23 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS Kaminsky 20 Tied 8 Kaminsky 3 72–48 18,077 28–3 16–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#cc1122; color:#ffffff;"|Big Ten tournament Mar 13 11:00 am yes 6 Michigan United Center Chicago, IL Quarterfinals ESPN Dekker 17 Kaminsky 12 Dekker 6 71–60 17,290 29–3 Mar 14 12:00 pm yes 6 Purdue United Center Chicago, IL Semifinals CBS Koenig 19 Dekker 8 Tied 5 71–51 18,088 30–3 Mar 15 2:30 pm yes 6 Michigan State United Center Chicago, IL Championship game CBS Hayes 25 Tied 5 Koenig 9 80–69 OT 17,213 31–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#cc1122; color:#ffffff;"|NCAA tournament Mar 20 8:20 pm yes yes 3 1 W Coastal Carolina 16 W CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE Second round TBS Kaminsky 27 Kaminsky 12 Tied 4 86–72 17,534 32–3 Mar 22 6:40 pm yes yes 3 1 W Oregon 8 W CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, NE Third round truTV Dekker 17 Kaminsky 7 Gasser 4 72–65 17,563 33–3 Mar 26 6:47 pm yes yes 3 1 W North Carolina 15 4 W Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Sweet Sixteen TBS Dekker 23 Dekker 10 Tied 4 79–72 18,809 34–3 Mar 28 5:09 pm yes yes 3 1 W Arizona 5 2 W Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Elite Eight TBS Kaminsky 29 Kaminsky 6 Hayes 4 85–78 19,125 35–3 Apr 4 7:45 pm yes yes 3 1 W Kentucky 1 1 MW Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Final Four TBS Kaminsky 20 Kaminsky 11 Tied 2 71–64 72,238 36–3 Apr 6 8:10 pm yes yes 3 1 W Duke 4 1 S Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN National Championship CBS Kaminsky 21 Kaminsky 12 Koenig 4 63–68 71,149 36–4 AP Poll Central Time W West region, MW=Midwest region, S=South region Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1 20 1 20 Pre AP 3 3 2 2 5 5 6 4 4 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 Coaches 4 4 3 4 6 6 6 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 2 Player statistics As of April 7, 2015http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2014-2015/teamcume.html Wisconsin Season Statistics UW Badgers 2014-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20141120081126/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2014-2015/teamcume.html 2014-11-20 dead MINUTES |--TOTAL--| |--3-PTS--| |-F-THROWS-| |---REBOUNDS---| |-SCORING-| ## 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 44 Kaminsky, Frank 39 39 1311 33.6 267 488 .547 42 101 .416 156 200 .780 58 262 320 8.2 65 0 103 63 57 33 732 18.8 15 Dekker, Sam 40 40 1239 31.0 213 406 .525 50 151 .331 80 113 .708 77 143 220 5.5 42 0 49 36 18 21 556 13.9 10 Hayes, Nigel 40 40 1318 33.0 166 334 .497 40 101 .396 125 168 .744 85 162 247 6.2 76 1 79 51 16 34 497 12.4 24 Koenig, Bronson 40 24 1152 28.8 115 278 .414 62 153 .405 56 69 .812 19 51 70 1.8 64 2 98 33 8 9 348 8.7 12 Jackson, Traevon 21 17 506 24.1 60 139 .432 11 39 .282 40 47 .851 4 31 35 1.7 27 0 54 32 3 19 171 8.1 21 Gasser, Josh 40 40 1320 33.0 77 174 .443 49 126 .389 62 75 .827 29 110 139 3.5 90 1 70 21 8 30 265 6.6 13 Dukan, Duje 38 0 605 15.9 60 155 .387 29 91 .319 31 46 .674 28 70 98 2.6 48 0 24 25 3 8 180 4.7 03 Showalter, Zak 35 0 266 7.6 23 53 .334 2 14 .143 24 27 .889 18 27 45 1.3 38 0 16 5 4 10 72 2.1 30 Brown, Vitto 34 0 214 6.3 26 59 .441 0 0 .000 10 17 .588 12 31 43 1.3 38 0 7 15 8 8 62 1.8 35 Dearring, Riley 15 0 39 2.6 4 10 .400 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 0 4 4 0.3 5 0 1 6 0 1 11 0.7 05 Moesch, Aaron 14 0 28 2.0 2 7 .286 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 2 4 6 0.4 4 0 3 2 1 0 4 0.3 04 Ferris, Matt 9 0 17 1.9 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 0.6 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0.2 02 Smith, Jordan 14 0 35 2.5 0 9 .000 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 47 57 104 0 6 Total.......... 40 8050 1014 2115 .479 288 790 .365 584 765 .763 383 955 1338 33.5 501 4 504 296 127 174 2900 72.5 Opponents...... 40 8050 896 2092 .428 202 538 .375 333 469 .710 297 809 1106 27.7 723 10 359 378 84 163 2327 58.2 Season highs PlayerGameDatePoints31Frank Kaminskyvs. Michigan State March 1, 2015Rebounds15Frank Kaminskyvs. Green Bay November 19, 2014Assists9Bronson Koenigvs. Michigan State March 15, 2015Steals4Frank Kaminskyat Marquette December 6, 2014Josh Gasserat Milwaukee December 10, 2014Blocks7Frank Kaminskyvs. Green Bay November 19, 2014 Departures Following the 2014–15 season seniors Frank Kaminsky, Josh Gasser, Traevon Jackson and Duje Dukan had all exhausted their NCAA eligibility. Following their NCAA championship defeat when Nigel Hayes was asked if he would declare for the NBA draft he said, "I'm nowhere near good enough to do anything but come back."http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/2015/4/7/8360663/sam-dekker-nba-draft-nigel-hayes-wisconsin-badgers Dekker unsure of future; Hayes says he'll return 7 April 2015 On April 10 Sam Dekker chose to forgo his senior year and declare for the 2015 NBA Draft.https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2015-04-10/wisconsin-junior-sam-dekker-foregos-senior-season-declare-nba Wisconsin's Dekker declares for NBA draft | NCAA.com www.ncaa.com NBA draft selections Year Round Pick Overall Player NBA Club 2015 1 9 9 Frank Kaminsky Charlotte Hornets 2015 1 18 18 Sam Dekker Houston Rockets References Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons Wisconsin Wisconsin Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Badge Badge Category:Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship seasons