Dillon Graff and Kedrick Stumbris return from Big Ten basketball media days flush with quotes, handshakes, and interviews from college basketball players and coaches across the conference. Most importantly, they return with the biggest storylines for Wisconsin basketball entering the season.

Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard led an offensive revolution in Madison last season, but the Badgers seem to think they are just getting started. Players and coaches are eager to say UW will push the tempo even faster, shoot more threes, and score more points this year. Despite how high-flying the Wisconsin Badgers were offensively last year, there is a compelling case to be made that Wisconsin will again be led by its offense rather than its defense.

Gard has been excellent on the recruiting trail lately. Between standout portal additions such as John Tonje, Nick Boyd, and Austin Rapp, the two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year has established himself as a player-acquisition aficionado. Braeden Carrington might be a sleeper addition for the Badgers this year, the 2025 freshman class could be Gard’s best yet, and the UW head coach is “really focused a lot” on a 2027 class that features four top-100 players from the state of Wisconsin.

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