Greg Gard and the Wisconsin basketball coaching staff have been in contact with the top shooting wing available in the transfer portal.
Jamie Shaw reported that the Badgers have expressed interest in A-10 Sixth-Man of the Year Koby Brea from Dayton. He also mentioned schools like Kentucky, Villanova, Creighton, Duke, and Kansas reached out.
Brea, a New York native, stands at 6-foot-6 and 175 pounds. He had a solid senior season for the Flyers, averaging 11.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.2 assists while connecting on 49.8% of his 3-point attempts.
Brea has played all four seasons with Dayton, appearing in 113 career games. He will have just one season of eligibility remaining.
As it pertains to the Wisconsin basketball team, the Badgers return a strong nucleus heading into 2024-25. However, AJ Storr’s departure has left a sizeable hole on the wing, making the addition of a dynamic three-point shooter like Brea a no-brainer if there’s any mutual interest.
Right now, the in-house option to fill the role at the ‘3’ would be All-Big Ten freshman standout John Blackwell. But in a perfect world, you, Coach Gard, will land a wing with more prototypical size for that spot who can bring a different scoring dynamic and defend opposing small forwards.
Brea has a laundry list of teams interested in his services. Still, Wisconsin basketball has plenty of minutes available to sell transfers in the portal and a surplus of NIL money to spend compared to last season. I have confidence that the Badgers will find a transfer whose skill set meshes with their new offensive direction.
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