Before the Wisconsin Badgers tip off with the No. 18 Iowa Hawkeyes, Jeff Potrykus dropped some major news on everyone on Twitter noting that starting redshirt sophomore wing Kobe King was not in Iowa with the team.
#Badgers will be without Kobe King tonight. Did not travel with the team from Madison. Not health related.
— Jeff Potrykus (@jaypo1961) January 27, 2020
Potrykus went on to note that King was “frustrated with the direction of the team this season.” Now, no one fully knows what any of this means, and the official statement from the Wisconsin men’s basketball team account says that King is dealing with a “personal matter.