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Former Wisconsin basketball commit transfers to new school

Former Wisconsin basketball commit transfers to new school

The transfer portal has been incredibly active across NCAA men’s basketball and former UW-Green Bay standout guard Noah Reynolds announced his next destination Monday.

Reynolds will head to TCU after averaging 20 points, 4.5 assists and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 51.1 percent per game during the 2023-2024 season, his only one with the Phoenix.

Related: An updated list of Wisconsin basketball’s transfer portal targets

The 6-foot-3 athlete spent two seasons at Wyoming before he announced he’d be transferring to Wisconsin last April, ultimately having a change of heart and joining his brother Nic, an assistant coach at Green Bay.

The Badgers have yet to reel in anyone in the portal after seven players from the 2023-24 roster have either announced their intentions to transfer or have already transferred to new programs.

 

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Familiar face to Wisconsin basketball announces transfer to Duke

Familiar face to Wisconsin basketball announces transfer to Duke

The NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal has been full of twists and turns this offseason. The latest: former Purdue forward Mason Gillis is heading to Duke. After five years with the Boilermakers, the longtime Purdue starter is heading to Durham.

Gillis was a redshirt his freshman season before being an active part of the team’s rotation in West Lafayette for four campaigns, most recently averaging 6.3 points and 4.2 rebounds over 39 contests during the 2023-2024 season.

Related: An updated list of Wisconsin basketball’s transfer portal targets

He joins a Duke program that lost in the NCAA Tournament regional final in 2023-24. Head coach Jon Scheyer will be entering his third season in 2024-25, still looking to make his first Final Four run.

Purdue, on the other hand, is reloading its roster after a national championship loss to UConn. Gillis isn’t leaving a bad team for a better one, but rather capitalizing on his final year of free agency.

In the modern age of college basketball, it’s hard to imagine that many players will begin and end their collegiate careers with the same program and Gillis is a great example of just that.

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Wisconsin basketball top transfer target commits to Big Ten newcomer

Stanford transfer forward chooses Big Ten school

After entering the transfer portal in late March, former Stanford forward Brandon Angel announced Monday that he had committed to Oregon. The forward will join the Ducks after four seasons with the Cardinal.

Angel was recruited by the Badgers as a four-star athlete in the class of 2020, ultimately ending up in the Pacific Northwest. He averaged 13 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest while shooting 56% from the field in his fourth and final year with Stanford.

Wisconsin heavily pursued him during this transfer cycle as the program searched for a replacement for Tyler Wahl.

Considering his 6-foot-7, 200-pound frame, Angel would’ve been a strong addition for the Badgers in the portal, but in the end, he’ll end up joining one of the Big Ten newcomers in 2024.

Wisconsin has seen most of its top portal targets commit elsewhere in the last week. Greg Gard and his staff will need a splash before the cycle ends to change expectations entering 2024-25.

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Wisconsin women’s basketball advances to WNIT Great 8 to face Saint Louis

Wisconsin women advance to Great 8 in WNIT, facing Saint Louis

The Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team beat Illinois State 86-61 on Thursday, advancing to the Great 8 in the WNIT on Monday night versus Saint Louis.

Playing in their first postseason action as a program in over a decade, Marisa Moseley’s squad continued their WNIT run against the Redbirds. Led by Sania Copeland and Serah Williams, both of whom chipped in 18 points, Wisconsin won in dominant fashion.

They’ll now get another home game at the Kohl Center in Madison, hosting the Saint Louis Billikens on Monday night at 7pm Central. Saint Louis is coming off of an 82-78 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday night.

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Impressive Iowa State guard from state of Wisconsin enters transfer portal

Impressive Iowa State guard from Wisconsin enters transfer portal

The numbers in the NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal continue to grow,  and a Kimberly, Wisconsin, native from Iowa State entered his name Saturday.

After one season with the Cyclones, guard Jackson Paveletzke will head to his third school in three years. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound athlete averaged 3.4 points per game while playing an average of 10.5 minutes per contest with Iowa State.

What makes Paveletzke an interesting option on the open market is his freshman season with Wofford. In his first collegiate season, he averaged 15.1 points and 3.7 assists while shooting 49.3% from the field.

Considering Wisconsin has already reeled in one Wisconsin native from Wofford, Max Klesmit, Greg Gard and his staff could certainly revisit the well again this offseason with Paveletzke.

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Former Wisconsin Badgers forward sets EuroLeague record

Former Wisconsin Badgers forward sets EuroLeague record

Former Wisconsin Badgers forward Nigel Hayes-Davis set a new EuroLeague record with 50 points in a game Friday.

Playing for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, Hayes-Davis put on a show against ALBA Berlin, leading his team to a 103-68 victory. He surpassed Shane Larkin’s record of 49 points, setting a new all-time mark for a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game.

“I had it written in my notes at the beginning of the season that I wanted to break the scoring record this year,” Hayes-Davis said after his 50-point outing.

He finished 18-for-27 from the field while nailing nine three-pointers on 16 attempts, also chipping in five free throws on seven tries in the dominant performance.

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Another player with ties to Chucky Hepburn enters transfer portal

Another player with ties to Chucky Hepburn enters portal

The NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal continues to grow and another player with connections to Chucky Hepburn entered his name Tuesday.

That is 6-foot, 7-inch forward Saint Thomas, who announced he’ll look for his next opportunity elsewhere after one season at Northern Colorado. The veteran averaged 19.7 points and 9.8 rebounds per contest with the Bears after spending the first two years of his collegiate career with Loyola-Chicago.

Thomas is a familiar face to Badgers point guard Chucky Hepburn. The two faced each other on occasion while growing up in the state of Nebraska, even meeting at the state tournament.

Thomas not only entered the portal, but also declared for the 2024 NBA draft, potentially bringing his college career to an end.

If he remains at the collegiate level, he could be a possible replacement for Tyler Wahl as the starting power forward for the Badgers next season.

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Big 12 powerhouse in contact with Wisconsin Badgers transfer guard

Big 12 powerhouse in contact with Badgers transfer guard

The Big 12’s Kansas Jayhawks are in contact with former Wisconsin guard A.J. Storr, according to a report from 247Sports’ Michael Swain.

Storr announced he was declaring for the 2024 NBA draft while maintaining his college eligibility. He entered the portal on Thursday, ensuring he would not be back in Madison for a second season.

The star guard averaged a team-high 16.8 points per game in his one season with Greg Gard’s squad at Wisconsin. A possible transfer would mean his third collegiate team in as many seasons, and seventh team in seven years dating to high school.

Storr will have no shortage of suitors if he decides to return to college.

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Seven members of Wisconsin basketball team receive All-Big Ten honors

Seven members of Wisconsin basketball team receive All-Big Ten honors

The winter term Academic All-Big Ten team was unveiled this past week and 73 Wisconsin Badgers athletes made the cut, seven of which were on the men’s basketball team.

On Greg Gard’s team, starting frontcourt mates Tyler Wahl and Steven Crowl made the list, while Kamari McGee, Isaac Lindsey, Markus Ilver, Isaac Gard and Ross Candelino were also included.

Wahl in particular maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA, joining Owen Lindmark from the Badgers men’s hockey team as the only other athlete to do that with Wisconsin.

Of the other sports, the Women’s Basketball team (6), Men’s Hockey (11), Men’s Swimming & Diving (15), Women’s Swimming & Diving (23) and the Wrestling team (12) made up the rest of the 73 athletes recognized.

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Top Wisconsin Badgers assistant coach rumored to leave for MVC school

Top Wisconsin Badgers MBB assistant coach rumored to MVC school

Wisconsin basketball top assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft is rumored to be leaving the Badgers for the head coach opening at Southern Illinois.

The Salukis moved on from head coach Bryan Mullins on March 8 after five seasons and the spot remains vacant.

Krabbenhoft has an incredible reputation in Madison, not only as a coach but also as a recruiter. He has been the Badgers’ lead recruiter on nearly all of their top commits, including Daniel Freitag, Chucky Hepburn, Brad Davison, Nolan Winter, Ben Carlson and Johnny Davis.

The 37-year-old played for the Badgers from 2005-2009 before returning to join Bo Ryan’s staff as the team’s video coordinator in 2012-2013, later returning to Greg Gard’s staff as an assistant coach in 2016 before being promoted to associate head coach in 2022.

Nothing about the Krabbenhoft–Southern Illinois connection is confirmed. But this situation is worth monitoring as the offseason continues.

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