Former Wisconsin basketball standout AJ Storr finds new team, his fourth in four years
Former Wisconsin basketball standout AJ Storr finds new team, his fourth in four years
AJ Storr will now try his hand at the Southeastern Conference.
The former Wisconsin Badgers basketball standout is continuing his tour across college basketball when he announced his commitment to Mississippi, his fourth team in the last four years.
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The SEC will be the fourth conference Storr will play in during his college career.
He began his career at St. John's of the Big East before transferring to Wisconsin for his sophomore season. After a breakout season playing in the Big Ten, he took his talents to Kansas of the Big 12 after reportedly getting a huge NIL payout worth up to $750,000.
Next stop, Mississippi.
"On my way!" Storr wrote on Instagram with a photo of himself wearing a team jersey.
Storr was a second-team all-Big Ten player when he started all 36 games for Wisconsin in 2023-24 and led the Badgers with 16.8 points per game.
But his playing time and production dropped last season at Kansas. He came off the bench and averaged just 6.1 points — sixth on the team — and was seventh in minutes played at 15.7.
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Storr joins a Mississippi team that advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last season as a No. 6 seed, beating No. 11 North Carolina in the first round and then upsetting No. 3 Iowa State in games played at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
Mississippi (24-12) lost to Michigan State, 73-70, in the Sweet 16.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Ex-Wisconsin basketball star AJ Storr transfers to Mississippi
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