The transfer portal for men’s and women’s college basketball opened earlier this week and the Wisconsin Badgers were not immune from a few defections already.
On Monday, a pair of Badgers backup bigs entered their names into the portal as UW prepared for their first postseason game in a decade.
Wisconsin Women’s Basketball Loses Pair to the Portal Prior to WNIT
Tessa Towers, a 6-foot-5 sophomore out of Batavia, Ill., was the first to put her name in the portal and, while it’s disappointing, it certainly isn’t surprising. She played in three games as a freshman and only one as a sophomore, totaling 10 minutes of playing time across the four appearances, so there didn’t seem to be a spot in the rotation for her at UW.