Wisconsin men’s basketball: transfer portal rumblings VIII

We threw out a bunch of names that the Badgers could be excited about from the switch portal over the previous couple of weeks and since then extra names have solely been added to the portal. Wisconsin has added backup level guard Kamari McGee from Inexperienced Bay however has missed on different high targets. Let’s check out the place issues stand at present.

New curiosity in two gamers

• A participant that Wisconsin has been linked to is Max Jones (Clearwater, Fla.) out of D-II College of Tampa. The 6-foot-5 and 205 pound capturing guard averaged 21.9 factors per sport final season (44.5% FG, 32.5% 3P), 4.5 rebounds per sport, 2.7 assists per sport and 1.2 steals per sport. Two years in the past he was named the Sunshine State Convention Freshman of the Yr and he additionally earned first workforce All-SSC honors in each of his seasons at Tampa. Right here’s a link to a highlight video that reveals off his capturing prowess.

• One of many high gamers to enter the switch portal this offseason is South Dakota State wing Baylor Scheierman (Aurora, Neb.). He introduced that he was coming into his identify into the portal in addition to the NBA Draft, so he has quite a lot of large choices to make quickly. The reigning Summit League Participant of the Yr averaged 18.2 factors, 8.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.3 steals per sport final season. The 6-foot-6 and 205 pound sophomore was the one Division I participant to guide his convention in rebounding and assists. He shot 50.8% from the ground and 46.9% from three on 169 makes an attempt. Actually each workforce within the nation would like to have Scheierman on their workforce, as could be seen by the checklist of groups which have reached out to him, so I’d put Wisconsin’s probabilities right here on the decrease finish…however you’ll be able to’t win when you don’t enter the race!

Simply so we’re clear…Tyrese Hunter isn’t coming to Wisconsin

• The heading of this part is fairly self-explanatory, however Racine’s Tyrese Hunter, previously of Iowa State, is making the rounds and I haven’t seen Wisconsin talked about even as soon as. Hopefully he doesn’t select Purdue as a result of he’s an excellent participant and I’d hate for the Badgers to must see him twice a 12 months.

A former goal (?) is off the board

• I don’t know the way actually Wisconsin was in bringing Patrick Cartier (Brookfield) out of D-II Hillsdale (Mich.) School, nevertheless it doesn’t matter anymore as a result of he’s heading to Colorado State.

Switch guard visiting campus this weekend

• On Tuesday, rumors began surfacing that Wofford capturing guard Max Klesmit (Neenah) could be in Madison this weekend. Effectively, they turned out to be true! Evan Flood of Badger247 confirmed that Klesmit could be on campus for an official go to. It is a little bit of a shock because the Badgers weren’t included on Klesmit’s ultimate 4 checklist of colleges, however with Wisconsin dropping out on a few different switch choices they have to’ve reopened discussions with him.

Standing at 6-foot-3 and weighing 190 kilos, Klesmit was named third workforce All-Southern Convention final 12 months. He averaged 14.9 factors, 2.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals per sport final season whereas capturing 44.6% from the sphere and 34.0% from three.