Poll: Badgers still have a lot of needs to fill this offseason

The Wisconsin Badgers are one week into the transfer portal, but things have been quieter on that side as the staff continues to do their evaluations to try and find the best fits with the resources available.

Of course, the Badgers have been quite busy looking to retain their top players as well, with efforts going strong there after the losses of John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas to the transfer portal.

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Still, Wisconsin does have six roster spots and quite a few needs to figure out this offseason, so in our weekly reacts poll, we asked fans which of the needs was the biggest this offseason.

Well, the results showed that there are quite a few, with no consensus at the top.

34 percent of fans said that the team needed a wing, while 26 percent pointed to a combo guard to replace John Blackwell. Another 21 percent said the team needed a true center, while 19 percent of the vote went to point guard.

All four of the answers make sense. A wing feels like Wisconsin’s ‘biggest’ need at this point with the loss of John Blackwell and the addition of Owen Foxwell. The Badgers need someone who can carry much of the scoring load. They’ve found that player in the transfer portal the last three years with AJ Storr, John Tonje, and Nick Boyd. Two of those three played on the wing.

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A combo guard is also a need for this team, and that could change what the Badgers are looking for at the wing. Wisconsin needs a scorer at one of the two positions. At the other, they’d probably prefer more of a three-and-D type (such as a Braeden Carrington or an Andrew Rohde). Wisconsin’s defense wasn’t up to the program’s regular standards last year, so adding players to improve that is key this offseason. Of course, it’d be an added bonus if the Badgers can also add some shooting with the defense to fit their system.

A true center could also be big for the Badgers, although that’s the position that usually comes at the highest cost in the transfer, so Wisconsin…

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Publish date : 2026-04-12 14:55:00

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