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Connor Essegian
No. 3 – Wisconsin Badgers
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBig Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (2003-12-12) December 12, 2003 (age 20)
Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolCentral Noble High School
(Albion, IN)
CollegeWisconsin (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • Big–Ten All Freshman Team (2023)

Connor Essegian (born December 12, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference.

Early life and high school career[edit]

Essegian was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and played at Central Noble High School. As a sophomore, Essegian led Central Noble HS to it's first NECC Tournament in 50 years and it's programs best overall record (22–5). That year he averaged 24.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. His 648 points scored during his sophomore campaign was this highest single season scoring total in Noble County history.[1] As a junior, Essegian led the Cougars to a 20–1 record while averaging 24.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game while shooting better than 41 percent from 3–point range. He scored a school record 44 points during the conference tournament quarterfinals.[2] During his senior season, Connor averaged over 26 points per game (68% FG, 43% 3FG) and led Central Noble to the Indiana Class 2A state basketball championship game.[3] Essegian finished his high school career as one of the most prolific scorers in Indiana state high school history placing 10th on the all–time list with 2,526 points, passing other Indiana high school greats like Larry Bird, Shawn Kemp, Eric Gordon, Steve Alford and Oscar Robertson.[4] Essegian was named one of five finalists for 2022 Indiana Mr. Basketball joining Travis Grayson, CJ Gunn, Fletcher Loyer and eventual winner Braden Smith.[5]

Recruiting[edit]

Essegian received 32 NCAA Division I offers. He trimmed his list down to seven and chose Wisconsin over Butler, Creighton, Minnesota, Wake Forest, Loyola (IL) and IPFW.[6]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Connor Essegian
SG 		Fort Wayne, IN Central Noble High School (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 15, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 78
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:

  • "2022 Wisconsin Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  • "ESPN- Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  • "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

College career[edit]

Freshman season[edit]

As a freshman, Essegian started the season coming off the bench as a 3–point specialist. Midway through the season, the Badgers were dealing with injuries and the lack of scoring. Coach Greg Gard then inserted Connor into the starting lineup for Jordan Davis.[7] After being inserted into the starting lineup, Essiegen would score a season and career high 24 points in a defeat against the Michigan Wolverines.[8] He finished the season as the Badgers third leading scorer averaging 11.7 points per game. Essegian broke the Badgers freshman single season 3-point record with 69 made threes surpassing Brad Davison's mark of 60 in 2018. Essegian was also named to the Big Ten All–Freshman Team becoming just the eighth Badgers to earn the honors joining Chucky Hepburn (2022), Ethan Happ (2016), Nigel Hayes (2014), Sam Dekker (2013), Joe Krabbenhoft (2006) and Alando Tucker (2003).[9] After his freshman season, Connor was invited to represent the Armenia men's national basketball team as they attempt to quality for the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[10]

Sophomore season[edit]

Essegian was expected to be a big part and a starter for the Badgers 2023–24 season. That changed when the Badgers signed AJ Storr in the NCAA transfer portal from St. John's. Therefore, Connor was asked to come off the bench to start the season. The Badgers lacked bench scoring last season and this was a way for Coach Greg Gard to have a valuable scoring threat coming off the bench.[11] Essegian's playing time has been limited in his sophomore season due to a early season back injury and lackluster defense according to Coach Greg Gard.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2023–24 Wisconsin 35 19 27.4 .404 .359 .884 3.7 0.7 0.5 0.0 11.7
2023–24 Wisconsin 19 0 7.3 .386 .308 .833 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.2

[13]

Personal life[edit]

Essegian's parents are Rich and Jody Essegian. The cousin of Connor's grandfather is MLB hall of famer Robin Yount. Another cousin of Connor's grandfather is Chuck Essegian who played college football and baseball, played in the 1951 Rose Bowl. He also played 6 seasons (1958–63) where he played in the 1959 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chuck Essegian set a World series record with two–pinch hit home runs and became just the second player to play in both a Rose Bowl and World Series, the other being Jackie Jensen.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Connor Essegian - G (2022)". buckys3thquarter..com. November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Essegian, Loyer named Mr. Basketball finalists". wfft.com. March 31, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "College men's basketball: This small town shaped Wisconsin signee Connor Essegian". superiortelegram.com. June 2, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "IHSAA Boys Basketball Scoring Records". www.superiortelegram.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "Indiana Mr. Basketball: Here are the five finalists in the 2022 race". indystar.com. March 30, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Connor Essegian is No. 1 for Wisconsin in the 2022 class". wisconsin.rivals.com. September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "How Connor Essegian flourished into a freshman starter". wisconsin.rivals.com. January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Badgers G Connor Essegian has already put his name in the record books". buckys5thquarter.com. March 2, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "Connor Essegian Named to the Big Ten's All-Freshman Team". wisconsin.rivals.com. March 7, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "Essegian called to represent Armenian National Team". uwbadgers.com. June 12, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "The value of having Connor Essegian off the bench for the Badgers". buckys5thquarter.com. November 6, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Greg Gard Gives Blunt Assessment on Connor Essegian". 247sports.com. December 15, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "Connor Essegian Statistics". ESPN. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  14. ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster Connor Essegian". Retrieved January 24, 2024.

External links[edit]


Category:Living people Category:American men's basketball players Category:Basketball players from Indiana Category:Shooting guards Category:Sportspeople from Fort Wayne, Indiana Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players

1977–78 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–19 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaUW Fieldhouse
Seasons
1977–78 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Michigan State 15 – 3   .833 25 – 5   .833
No. 13 Indiana 12 – 6   .667 21 – 8   .724
Minnesota 12 – 6   .667 17 – 10   .630
Michigan 11 – 7   .611 16 – 11   .593
Purdue 11 – 7   .611 16 – 11   .593
Ohio State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 11   .593
Illinois 7 – 11   .389 13 – 14   .481
Iowa 5 – 13   .278 12 – 15   .444
Northwestern 4 – 14   .222 8 – 19   .296
Wisconsin 4 – 14   .222 8 – 19   .296
Rankings from AP Poll)

The 1978–79 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Bill Cofield, coaching his second season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster[edit]

1977–78 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
C 00 Larry Petty 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr New York, New York
G 10 Arnold Gaines 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Baltimore, Maryland
G 11 Wesley Mathews 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Bridgeport, Connecticut
G 12 Darnell Reid 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Bridgeport, Connecticut
G 13 James Smith (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
G 15 Skip Jackson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Long Island, New York
G 21 Dan Hastings 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
F 22 James Gregory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Washington, D.C.
G 32 Robert Jenkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) So Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G 33 Dean Anderson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Madison, Wisconsin
F 35 Claude Gregory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Washington, D.C.
C 40 Mark Newburg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr La Crosse, Wisconsin
F 45 Bill Pearson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Sr McFarland, Wisconsin
F 50 Joe Chrnelich 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Milwaukee, Wisconsin
C 53 Ray Sydnor 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Baltimore, Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1977*
 UW—Milwaukee W 72–66  1–0
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/3/1977*
 Canisius W 96–70  2–0
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/7/1977*
 at George Washington L 74–77  2–1
 Charles E. Smith Center 
Washington, DC
12/9/1977*
 at No. 14 Providence L 62–73  2–2
 Providence Civic Center 
Providence, RI
12/12/1977*
 at Iowa State L 73–82  2–3
 Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, IA
12/14/1977*
 DePaul L 62–85  2–4
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/29/1977*
 Loyola (IL) W 71–70  3–4
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
12/31/1977*
 Northern Illinois W 74–73 OT 4–4
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/5/1978
 at Ohio State L 61–77  4–5 (0–1)
 St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
1/7/1978
 at No. 12 Michigan State L 63–74  4–6 (0–2)
 Jenison Fieldhouse 
Lansing. MI
1/12/1978
 Purdue L 70–79  4–7 (0–3)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/14/1978
 Indiana W 78–65  5–7 (1–3)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/19/1978
 at Michigan L 64–83  5–8 (1–4)
 Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
1/21/1978
 Minnesota L 51–61  5–9 (1–5)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/28/1978
 Northwestern L 85–93  5–10 (1–6)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
1/30/1978
 at Iowa L 73–88  5–11 (1–7)
 Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
2/2/1978
 at Illinois L 71–74  5–12 (1–8)
 Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
2/4/1978
 Iowa W 82–72  6–12 (2–8)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/9/1978
 at Minnesota L 55–64  6–13 (2–9)
 Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
2/11/1978
 Illinois W 80–73  7–13 (3–9)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/14/1978*
 at No. 1 Marquette L 64–75  7–14
 MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
2/16/1978
 Michigan L 66–68  7–15 (3–10)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
2/18/1978
 at Northwestern W 81–80  8–15 (4–10)
 McGaw Memorial Hall 
Evanston, IL
2/23/1978
 at Indiana L 54–58  8–16 (4–11)
 Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
2/25/1978
 at Purdue L 78–87  8–17 (4–12)
 Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
3/2/1978
 No. 6 Michigan State L 75–89  8–18 (4–13)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
3/4/1978
 Ohio State L 78–83  8–19 (4–14)
 UW Fieldhouse 
Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[2]

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1977-78 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-02-24.

External links[edit]

Warning: Default sort key "1977-78 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Basketball Team" overrides earlier default sort key "Essegian, Connor".

Game summaries[edit]

at No. 18 (FBS) Wisconsin[edit]

See also: 2022 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Illinois State vs. Wisconsin – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Redbirds 0 0 000
No. 18 (FBS) Badgers 7 10 14738

at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

  • Date: September 3, 2022
  • Game time: 6:10 p.m.
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); Cloudy; Wind at NE10 MPH
  • Game attendance: 73,727
  • Referee: Larry Smith
  • TV announcers (FS1): Tim Brando (play-by-play), Spencer Tillman (analyst)
  • [1]
Game information
See also: 2022 Wisconsin Badgers football team


Statistics[edit]

Batting[edit]

(through July 24, 2022)
Players in bold are on the active roster.
 Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; TB = Total Bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Nick Ahmed 17 52 7 12 2 0 3 7 0 2 15 .231 .259 .442 23
Sergio Alcántara 34 79 8 17 3 1 2 10 0 3 20 .215 .241 .354 28
Seth Beer 27 81 4 17 3 0 1 9 0 8 24 .210 .301 .284 23
Matt Davison 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 .100 .308 .400 4
Drew Ellis 6 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .154 .214 .231 3
Grayson Greiner 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 .375 .167 1
Josh Hager 28 50 4 12 2 0 0 3 0 8 17 .240 .345 .280 14
Yonny Hernández 12 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 .083 .154 .083 2
José Herrera 43 99 9 19 2 0 0 4 0 9 28 .192 .259 .212 21
Cooper Hummel 50 129 14 22 4 3 2 11 4 20 47 .171 .282 .295 38
Carson Kelly 46 141 18 30 7 0 5 16 0 8 33 .213 .261 .369 52
Buddy Kennedy 25 70 9 17 2 2 1 12 0 6 17 .243 .304 .371 26
Jordan Luplow 60 149 24 27 5 0 11 26 4 17 46 .181 .276 .436 65
Ketel Marte 85 303 47 82 27 2 9 34 4 41 57 .271 .360 .462 140
Jake McCarthy 38 100 20 25 7 1 3 10 3 6 34 .250 .299 .430 43
David Peralta 83 267 26 64 17 1 12 39 1 25 73 .240 .304 .446 119
Geraldo Perdomo 86 262 34 53 6 2 2 20 3 34 63 .202 .299 .263 69
Joshua Rojas 64 229 36 63 13 1 5 27 8 26 54 .275 .347 .406 93
Pavin Smith 65 213 20 44 6 0 9 31 1 25 63 .207 .290 .362 77
Alek Thomas 64 219 30 57 11 1 7 24 4 15 44 .260 .315 .416 91
Daulton Varsho 87 312 44 74 15 1 13 47 6 27 84 .237 .305 .417 130
Christian Walker 93 326 44 67 12 1 22 47 0 50 73 .206 .315 .451 147
TEAM TOTALS 95 3134 403 708 145 16 108 379 40 338 808 .226 .305 .386 1209

Source[1]

Pitching[edit]

(through July 24, 2022)
Players in bold are on the active roster.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA WHIP G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Madison Bumgarner 6 9 3.71 1.33 20 20 0 104.1 106 51 43 33 78
Humberto Castellanos 3 2 5.68 1.40 11 9 0 44.1 50 29 28 12 32
Zach Davies 2 4 3.94 1.19 15 15 0 80.0 69 40 35 26 62
Luis Frías 0 0 13.50 2.83 4 0 0 6.0 10 9 9 7 3
Paul Fry 0 0 9.00 4.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 2 2
Zac Gallen 5 2 3.31 1.02 18 18 0 100.2 75 40 37 28 96
Tyler Gilbert 0 3 5.34 1.25 7 6 0 30.1 29 19 18 9 18
Jake Hager 0 0 7.71 1.29 3 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 1
Tyler Holton 0 0 0.00 0.67 2 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Carson Kelly 0 0 13.50 2.50 2 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0
Merrill Kelly 9 5 3.26 1.21 19 19 0 110.1 97 42 40 36 89
Ian Kennedy 3 4 3.64 1.48 34 0 4 29.2 30 15 12 14 27
Dallas Keuchel 0 2 9.64 1.82 4 4 0 18.2 27 22 20 7 18
Joe Mantiply 1 3 2.39 0.98 40 0 2 37.2 35 10 10 2 38
Corbin Martin 0 0 3.93 1.64 6 1 0 18.1 19 10 8 11 15
Mark Melancon 3 8 4.96 1.56 37 0 13 32.2 40 24 18 11 23
Keynan Middleton 1 2 1.74 0.77 11 0 0 10.1 6 5 2 2 10
Kyle Nelson 1 0 1.76 0.95 35 1 0 30.2 21 7 6 8 22
Matt Peacock 0 0 6.75 1.86 2 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 2 2
Óliver Pérez 1 1 15.75 2.25 7 0 0 4.0 8 9 7 1 1
Sean Poppen 1 2 3.91 1.38 26 0 0 25.1 24 12 11 11 19
Noé Ramirez 2 3 5.06 1.39 41 0 0 37.1 35 23 21 17 38
Caleb Smith 1 1 4.60 1.53 29 1 0 45.0 42 25 23 27 44
Edwin Uceta 0 0 4.26 1.11 6 0 0 12.2 8 7 6 6 7
Luke Weaver 1 1 8.16 1.88 10 1 0 14.1 23 13 13 4 16
J. B. Wendelken 2 1 5.28 1.35 29 0 0 29.0 25 18 17 14 21
Taylor Widener 0 0 9.64 2.36 4 0 0 4.2 9 5 5 2 3
TEAM TOTALS 42 53 4.27 1.31 95 95 19 837.1 802 443 397 293 687

Source[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Games PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG FLD%
1689 7155 6556 1061 1936 388 25 434 1404 457 1273 .295 .343 .561 .983
  1. ^ a b "2022 Arizona Diamondbacks Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
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