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Future of Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Brings Promise with Three Incoming Freshmen

By Taylor Johnson

Mar 24, 2017; New York, NY, USA; The Wisconsin Badgers bench reacts during the second half against the Florida Gators in the semifinals of the East Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 24, 2017; New York, NY, USA; The Wisconsin Badgers bench reacts during the second half against the Florida Gators in the semifinals of the East Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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With four starters graduating from the Wisconsin Badgers, three incoming freshmen will look to bring promise to the future of the program.

If you’re the Wisconsin Badgers, what do you do when you lose four starters to graduation? Well, reload of course. And that’s what head coach Greg Gard will do next season with incoming freshmen Kobe King, Nathan Reuvers, and Brad Davison.

King was a standout at La Crosse Central. He led his Red Raiders to state championship a couple of weeks ago while earning Wisconsin’s Gatorade Player of the Year. King was also selected to First Team All-State, named the Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year, and to the All-USA Wisconsin First Team from USA Today.

According to 247Sports.com, King comes to Madison as a three-star recruit, a top 175 player in the country, 39th-best shooting guard, and ranked second in Wisconsin.

Reuvers and Davison will join Wisconsin from the other side of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

Reuvers went to Lakeville North where he led his team in scoring with 25.9 points per game and rebounding with 12.1 per game. He helped lead Lakeville North to a berth in the Class AAAA quarterfinals where they would end up losing 69-66 to Wayzata. Reuvers scored 19 points in a losing effort. Reuvers is one of the best players in the country according to 247Sports rankings and second-best in the state of Minnesota.

Davison is a Maple Grove High School standout who hails as the 22nd best point guard in the country, third best player from the land of 10,000 lakes. He too would lead his team to the Class AAAA state tournament, making it to the semi finals before losing to eventual champion Apple Valley. Davison came into the game averaging a team best 24.3 points per game, but would score just 13 in the loss.

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Of the three incoming freshmen, Reuvers is widely regarded as the most-ready to have an instant impact for coach Gard. Regardless, these three should end up having a lasting impact on this program and continue the success that was left before them.