Wisconsin Basketball Showing Interest in James Madison Transfer

Well, here we are again. The Wisconsin basketball team is seemingly leaving no stone unturned in attempts to reload after losing Tyler Wahl and potentially, AJ Storr, who declared for the NBA Draft but left the door open for a potential return.

This time, the Badgers have shown interest in James Madison (yes, that James Madison) guard Terrence Edwards Jr.

If you can’t beat them, recruit them, right?

Greg Gard must have been pretty impressed with Edwards Jr. after he helped lead the Dukes to a beatdown of the Badgers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In the game, the 6-6 guard had 13 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals.

NEWS: JMU guard Terrence Edwards Jr. plans to enter the transfer portal and will also declare for the NBA Draft, he tells @on3sports. ⁰⁰The 6-6 junior was the Sun Belt POY. Averaged 17.2 PPG this season.https://t.co/RAjyzpK5DB pic.twitter.com/6nOztelQV4

— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) March 26, 2024

Edwards is declaring for the draft, but will also leave the door open for a potential return to the NCAA. If he returns, he will have one year of eligibility remaining.

Wisconsin Basketball Showing Interest in Terrence Edwards Jr.

In his four years at James Madison, he averaged 12.1 points per game. He has a career three-point shooting percentage of 36.8%. This season, Edwards averaged 17.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game, earning him the Sun Belt Player of the Year award.

Luke Chaney, a reporter for 247Sports, reported that the Wisconsin basketball team was one of the teams reaching out to Edwards Jr.

James Madison transfer Terrence Edwards Jr. tells me the following schools have reached out to him since announcing his intentions to enter the portal earlier today:

Wisconsin
TCU
Vanderbilt
Mississippi State
Xavier
Oregon

Edwards averaged 17.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.4… pic.twitter.com/iaACPCkDSY

— Luke Chaney (@lukechaney247) March 26, 2024

If the Wisconsin basketball team doesn’t end up getting AJ Storr back, they’ll need to find someone to make up that production. I’m not convinced that that player is currently on the roster. A solution for the Badgers could be Frankie Fidler from the University of Omaha (20.1 ppg). The 6-7 wing is a former high school teammate of Chucky Hepburn and can fill up the box score.

If they can’t reel Fidler in, Terrence Edwards Jr. could be a nice option for the Badgers. He does a good job of getting to the rim as 42.7% of his shots were at the rim, converting 51.2% of his shots this season, per HoopMath. Only 18.3% of his shots there were assisted, so in other words, he can take defenders off the dribble effectively to get to the rim.

His free throw efficiency would also be a big bonus for the Badgers. He shot a solid 81% from the line this past season.

In the new world of college athletics with a transfer portal that is essentially free agency for players every year, you need to be active in the portal. The Wisconsin basketball team continues to be a name attached to multiple players in the portal. Whether they can get them to come to Madison remains to be seen, but you like to see them get involved.

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