The transfer portal giveth and it also taketh away. However, Wisconsin basketball owes a good deal of its success to the moves made by Greg Gard and his coaching staff in the portal.
Players like AJ Storr from St. John’s, Max Klesmit from Wofford, and Kamari McGee from UW-Green Bay have all come in as transfers and become meaningful contributors for the Badgers.
Furthermore, Wisconsin basketball probably wouldn’t have won either of its last two Big Ten regular season titles without Micah Potter and Chris Vogt, both of whom were transfer portal additions in the frontcourt.