MBB: junior wing Jordan Davis has entered the transfer portal
MBB: junior wing Jordan Davis has entered the transfer portal
Davis lost his starting job halfway through the season and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
While there has already been plenty of roster movement and intrigue on the women’s side of things, the men’s basketball team was still playing games until earlier this week so no one had made decisions about next season yet. Well, all of that changed on Thursday afternoon when junior wing Jordan Davis announced that he’ll be entering the transfer portal.
Davis played in 75 career games (18 starts, all coming this year) over the past three seasons and averaged 20.6 minutes per game as a junior. He scored 5.1 ppg, grabbed 3.5 rpg, and dished out 0.4 apg while also registering four blocks and 13 steals this past season. His shooting never quite developed like everyone hoped (39.9% FG/30.8% 3P) but he was a good rebounder for his position, took care of the ball, and usually played decent defense.
You also have to respect how he handled losing his starting spot to a true freshman in the middle of the season. Davis never complained and, by all accounts, it seemed like he and Connor Essegian had a great relationship.
With Davis leaving the team there is now an open spot in the rotation (and an open scholarship to use in the transfer portal) for next season. I think this is probably the best case scenario for both Davis and the team, to be quite honest.
The Badgers were already going to be active in the transfer portal themselves, but that means that some scholarships had to open up somewhere. One can also surmise that a current scholarship player (like Carter Gilmore or Isaac Lindsey) could return to walk-on status. Wisconsin has been linked to a number of players already, but it’s difficult to say how serious any of the relationships are.
I would love to see the addition of another big man and a wing that can shoot, but I’d guess that most teams in the country are looking for the same thing. Anyways, I hope Davis finds a good landing spot and has a successful final two years of his college career.