Badger Men's BB Thread 2026

[57packer]

Greg Gard and the Badgers have gotten a new commit for '26. Melbourne Phoenix point guard Owen Foxwell has committed to Wisconsin. The 6'2" guard will be a 23 year old freshman having played professionally in Australia the past 5 seasons. He averaged 11.1 PPG, 3.0 RPG and 4.5 APG this season. Was previously committed to LSU.

Seems like a pass first PG, but not a great athlete unfortunately. NIL has certainly changed the landscape when a 5th year pro opts to enter college.

 

[realitybytes]

Greg Gard and the Badgers have gotten a new commit for '26. Melbourne Phoenix point guard Owen Foxwell has committed to Wisconsin. The 6'2" guard will be a 23 year old freshman having played professionally in Australia the past 5 seasons. He averaged 11.1 PPG, 3.0 RPG and 4.5 APG this season. Was previously committed to LSU.

Seems like a pass first PG, but not a great athlete unfortunately. NIL has certainly changed the landscape when a 5th year pro opts to enter college.

next we will be seeing guys retire from the nba and going back to school. granted, it will most likely be guys that never played much (if any) pro ball, but were good enough to be drafted by an nba team.

 

[Keg Man]

Greg Gard and the Badgers have gotten a new commit for '26. Melbourne Phoenix point guard Owen Foxwell has committed to Wisconsin. The 6'2" guard will be a 23 year old freshman having played professionally in Australia the past 5 seasons. He averaged 11.1 PPG, 3.0 RPG and 4.5 APG this season. Was previously committed to LSU.

Seems like a pass first PG, but not a great athlete unfortunately. NIL has certainly changed the landscape when a 5th year pro opts to enter college.

5th year pro from OZ.

I toured New Zealand in June 2008. They're Professional Basketball Championship was going on. I believe Janesville Craig would have whooped then. My fraternity Club team - mostly ruggers- might have gotten hardware.

This is the kid's first chance

 

[57packer]

Looks like John Blackwell has entered the portal. He'll likely pick up a nice NIL deal kinda like Hepburn did last year. UW just doesn't have the cash to keep these kind of guys. Gard will need to hit the portal hard for a replacement. My guess is JB was told he's not really likely to be drafted by the NBA. Make all the NIL money you can before you go overseas.