To address some bigger roster needs in the spring portal, the Wisconsin basketball program was very active in the transfer market early this offseason to add immediate impact players to compete at a high level in the Big Ten conference. Wisconsin lost its top scorer from this past season in the Big Ten, with senior guard John Tonje exhausting his eligibility and entering the NBA Draft this offseason for 2025.
Head coach Greg Gard and the Badgers do return rising junior guard John Blackwell, a 15 point-per-game scorer, to lead the starting five this upcoming season.
Camren Hunter, G
Arkansas native and former A-Sun Newcomer of the Year in the 2021-22 season, junior guard Camren Hunter entered the spring transfer portal early this offseason. Hunter played under a dozen games off the bench, mostly in garbage time minutes in the second halves of games last season in 2024-25.
Hunter is re-joining the Central Arkansas Bears after spending one season at Wisconsin this past season in the Big Ten.
Committed to Central Arkansas
Chris Hodges, F
Junior big man Chris Hodges was the third Wisconsin player to enter the spring transfer portal early this offseason. The Illinois native center played over three dozen games for the Badgers over three seasons in Madison.
Hodges appeared in a career-high 15 games off the bench this past season for the Badgers in the Big Ten.
Committed to Montana State
Daniel Freitag, G
True freshman guard and Minneapolis, MN, native Daniel Freitag was the youngest Wisconsin player who entered the spring portal this offseason. A former three-star recruit who signed with Wisconsin's 2024 class, Freitag scored his first career points off the bench for the Badgers in the Big Ten late in the game with Wisconsin up big against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Freitag will have three years of eligibility remaining after spending one season at Wisconsin. He transferred to Buffalo in the MAC going into the 2025-26 season.
Committed to Buffalo
Xavier Amos, F
Chicago native and junior forward Xavier Amos entered the spring transfer portal for the second time in as many offseasons for 2025. Amos averaged four points per game and two rebounds as a consistent contributor in Wisconsin's forward rotation this past season in the Big Ten.
Amos was the only Wisconsin forward with multiple double-digit games off the bench who entered the spring transfer portal window this offseason for the Badgers.
Committed to Loyola