After seven games, including four against high-quality opponents, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is 5-2. Now they enter perhaps their toughest stretch of the season, in which they play #2 Marquette at home on Saturday, at East Lansing to face Michigan State on Tuesday, and at #3 Arizona on Saturday, Dec. 9. Here are […]
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Ex-Wisconsin high school star rejoins West Virginia as a coach, but said he wanted to be a Badger
A college basketball player for the past five years, Jordan McCabe has a paying gig in the game now. The uptempo point guard from Kaukauna and 7th-leading scorer in Wisconsin high school basketball history was hired in July by new West Virginia head coach Josh Eilert as an assistant on his staff. He will now […]
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Observations from the Wisconsin basketball 69-51 scrimmage: A.J. Storr is an offensive weapon of mass destruction
The undersized point guard Kamari McGee drove to the basketball, but appeared well-covered by two opposing players tracking back on defense. But McGee flipped the ball into the air behind him, and new Badger A.J. Storr seemed to appear from nowhere. He rose through the air to grab the ball and flush it. The alley […]
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Wisconsin basketball family easily exceeds $100k donation goal, fund cancer treatments for former teammate
Walt McGrory, a 6’3” guard from the Minneapolis area, walked on to the Badgers and played for the basketball team from 2017-2021. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree in economics, he intended to take his fifth Covid year at the University of South Dakota and play one last season of college basketball. Before he could, […]
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Badgers offer another player from deep in-state class of 2025
After evaluating him for a while, Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach Greg Gard offered 2025 forward Xzavion Mitchell after an unofficial visit over the weekend, Mitchell posted on X (formerly Twitter). The 6’8” rising junior attends Oshkosh North High School, alma mater of NBA All-Star (and shuddabinabadger) Tyrese Halliburton. Mitchell has good vision, footwork and handles. […]
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The top high school baller in the country will graduate early. Could that help UW get the best basketball player in the state?
The best high school basketball player in the country, Cooper Flagg, is a rising junior. He holds an offer from Duke. The best high school basketball player in Wisconsin, Kon Knueppel II, is a rising senior. He also holds an offer from Duke. Earlier this month, Flagg, a 6’8” phenom from Maine projected by many […]
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New Badger AJ Storr flashes athleticism, plays key role for Bahamas National Team against Kansas Jayhawks
This story first ran on Badger Stripes. The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team seems to have found a good one in transfer sophomore AJ Storr after he averaged 15 points and 5 rebounds for the Bahamian national team in two exhibition matches against Kansas … and former Michigan forward Hunter Dickinson. Storr shot 5-12 from the […]