Projecting Wisconsin Basketball’s Roster, Depth Chart After Two ’27 Commits

Wisconsin basketball’s roster for the 2026-27 season still isn’t technically complete – the 15th and final spot remains vacant.

Still, that’s not stopping the Badgers from doing work on future iterations of their roster. In a little over a week, Wisconsin landed two high school commits in the class of 2027 as it continues to shape its team for the future.

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The Badgers added elite, nationally sought-after four-star combo guard Jalen Brown a few days into June, and followed that up with a pledge from 7-foot-1 Minnesota native Jack Thelen, who keeps Wisconsin’s robust big man pipeline into the North Star State alive and well.

With two recent additions to Wisconsin basketball’s program, let’s take a look at the Badgers’ projected roster and depth chart for multiple upcoming seasons.

2026-27 Guard Depth

Former Miami (OH) RedHawks forward Eian Elmer. | Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

Point Guard

Shooting Guard

Wing

Owen Foxwell (Fr.*)

Trey Autry (Sr.)

Eian Elmer (Sr.)

Zach Kinziger (So.)

Jackson Ball (Fr.)

Hayden Jones (So.)

Josh Manchester (Fr.)

Jack Janicki (Jr.)

LaTrevion Fenderson (Fr.)

The class of 2027 signings don’t impact Wisconsin’s rotation for next season. Still, with the above projection, the Badgers should be able to reliably play four separate guards off the bench (Kinziger, Ball, Jones and Janicki).

2027-28 Guard Depth

Point Guard

Shooting Guard

Wing

Zach Kinziger (Jr.)

Jalen Brown (Fr. )

Jackson Ball (So.)

Josh Manchester (So.)

Jack Janikci (Sr.)

Hayden Jones (Jr).

LaTrevion Fenderson (So.)

The big caveat here is that we don’t know Foxwell’s eligibility quite yet. Considering he’s currently 22 years old, let’s assume he’s a one-and-done in Madison for the sake of argument.

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With this depth chart projecting two seasons into the future, it shouldn’t be taken as a direct projection of what the Badgers rotation will look like, but rather who they could still have on their roster – and what holes they might need to fill. I’d expect the highly-touted Brown to waltz in and…

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