The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team moved to 2-1 on the season with a win over McNeese State on Wednesday night, but their biggest victory of the day came in the form of five signatures on five dotted lines.

The 2020 recruiting class is the best ever recruited by Greg Gard and also the best ever in the “recruiting websites” era. “Wisconsin’s five-man Class of 2020 is the No. 8 recruiting class in the nation according to ESPN.com. This is UW’s highest-ranked class in the online rankings era (since 2003),” according to the UW press release on the 2020 class.

“My staff and I are so thrilled to welcome these five terrific people and their families to our program,” Gard said. “The depth and talent from a basketball standpoint is unmistakable, but what we appreciate just as much is how they all understand the big picture and they recognize what the University of Wisconsin can do for them outside of basketball as well. They all want to be Badgers because of the great things this University and community affords them.”

“My assistants Joe Krabbenhoft and Dean Oliver have been phenomenal over the last five months, especially considering the circumstances and the Moore family tragedy we’ve endured. Alando Tucker has also fit it in seamlessly and been a tremendous asset for us. Our staff has always been a unified group, but I’ve watched them grow even closer recently and the fruits of their labor are evident with the addition of this year’s exceptional class.”

Greg Gard on the 2020 recruiting class now that they have official signed... pic.twitter.com/EMfUNqwRjO — Matt Belz (@savedbythebelz) November 14, 2019

Here is what Gard had to say about each new recruit.