Former Wisconsin guard AJ Storr has chosen to transfer to Kansas, he told The Athletic.
Storr, ranked No. 16 in The Athletic’s list of best players in the transfer portal, also considered Illinois, Texas and John Calipari’s Arkansas. He joins a Jayhawks squad that went 23-11 last season and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where it lost to Gonzaga.
Storr averaged 16.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game last season, his first with Wisconsin. He started his collegiate career with St. John’s in 2022-23 before heading to the Badgers.
NCAA news: Wisconsin sophomore transfer AJ Storr – one of the top players in the portal – has chosen to play for the University of Kansas, he told @TheAthletic @Stadium. John Calipari’s Arkansas, Illinois, Texas were finalists. Storr averaged 17 points and 4 rebounds this season.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 18, 2024
He was the best player on a Wisconsin team that ended up with a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Storr made second-team All-Big Ten last season, although his overall game does leave something to be desired beyond the scoring.
The good news is that it’s hard to stop him from scoring. He’s a big-time athlete out in transition and as a driver or cutter to the rim. That makes him a mismatch nightmare within college basketball. Once he gets a bit of downhill steam, he’s going to get to the basket. Storr takes a ton of contested shots and doesn’t see the floor all that well in finding teammates for dump-off passes or kickouts. Storr made just 53.6 percent of his halfcourt attempts at the rim, per Synergy, a rough number for someone this big and strong.
Whether or not he’s able to be the lead guy on a great team will come down to him continuing to develop as a decision-maker and as a shooter.
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