'Has anybody ever averaged 2.6 points one season and then scored 41 in a game the next?' - John Tonje earns praise as 'the best transfer in the country'

If there's one team that has had a hot start in the new NCAA season, it is the Wisconsin Badgers. Ranked No. 15, they are 7-0 after a win against the unranked Pittsburgh Panthers, who suffered their first loss of the season after six straight victories, all thanks to John Tonje.

Tonje was an unknown 23-year-old who transferred to Wisconsin from the Missouri Tigers, where he averaged 2.6 points per game in eight games played last season. Before that, the guard spent four seasons at Colorado State, and in his last, and the best, season, he averaged 14.6 points per game.

Seven games into the season, Tonje is averaging 23.0 points per contest while shooting 54.3 percent from the field, 40.6 percent from three, and 95.2 percent from the charity line.

"The best transfer in the country"

John's play thus far has earned him praise from many, including CBSS Sports' Basketball Insider Adam Finkelstein, who raved about his impact for the Badgers.

"I don't think there is a transfer in the country who has been, I'm going to put it this way because let's just be real, dollar for dollar more impactful than John Tonje," he said after the game against Pittsburgh. "I mean, what he's done in terms of the scoring, the second half he had today, what he did against Arizona, he scores at multiple levels. He gets to the free throw line like maybe nobody else in college basketball."