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.