Wisconsin's AJ Storr mulling several options, including entering transfer portal
Jeff PotrykusMADISON – AJ Storr, who led Wisconsin in scoring and started all 36 games this season after transferring from St. John’s, is mulling entering the transfer portal.
Storr declined to comment on his future after UW's season ended last week in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
“Right now,” he said, “I’m still thinking about the loss.”
His three options are to enter the 2024 NBA draft, return to UW for a second season or enter the portal.
Storr averaged 16.8 points per game to help UW secure a No. 5 seeding in the NCAA Tournament.
He struggled in UW’s 72-61 first-round loss to James Madison, however.
Storr finished with 13 points but missed all 3 three-point attempts, hit just 5 of 14 shots overall and had four turnovers.
Storr hasn’t hidden his desire to play in the NBA.
“That has been my dream,” he said before the James Madison game.
Reserve guard Connor Essegian announced Sunday he plans to transfer. Walk-ons Luke Haertle and Ross Candelino announced Monday they are entering the transfer portal.
The Badgers will be active in pursuing transfers before next season.
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Players to watch include Omaha junior wing Frankie Fidler and South Dakota State forward William Kyle III, both high school teammates of Chucky Hepburn; and UNC-Greensboro power forward Mikeal Brown-Jones, a graduate transfer.
UW coach Greg Gard acknowledged after the loss to James Madison that the staff is prepared for just about anything.
“We see the world we’re in,” Gard said, referring to the ability of players to transfer whenever they choose without having to sit out at their new school. “We’ll have conversations.
“If guys want to test the waters in the draft or get feedback. We haven't had those conversations yet. We’re so raw after the end of the game.
“And like I said, you just look at the landscape, that's the environment we are in. So, you have to deal with it and prepare."
