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Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Five-Star Recruit Sends Message to Departing Kansas Star
AJ Storr had a nice breakout campaign as a sophomore during the 2023-24 season as a member of the Wisconsin Badgers when he averaged 16.8 points a game after managing just 8.8 points a game as a freshman. He transferred to Kansas for this past season, but his scoring fell to 6.1 points per game and he was only able to hit on 38.4% of his field-goal attempts. Advertisement He recently entered the transfer portal, and he has now announced that he will be playing for Ole Miss during the 2025-26 campaign. He made the announcement on his personal Instagram account on Tuesday. Elmarko Jackson, a Kansas guard who was once a five-star recruit, replied to Storr's post. "Let's go ajila," Jackson wrote. Storr is 6-foot-7 and 205 pounds, and he can play both the off-guard and small forward positions. He showed some promise as a 3-point shooter during his freshman year, but he has shot a low percentage from 3-point range over the last two seasons. He isn't an effective defender, but he can use his athleticism and size to score from all three levels. Mar 22, 2024; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Wisconsin Badgers guard AJ Storr (2) dribbles the ball against James Madison Dukes guard Terrence Edwards Jr. (5) in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY SportsRobert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Kansas reached the men's NCAA Tournament this year, but it lost to the Arkansas Razorbacks 79-72 in the opening round. Storr came off the bench to score 15 points on 4-of-7 shooting in that game. Advertisement Meanwhile, Ole Miss made it to the Sweet Sixteen, where it lost by three points to Michigan State. This will be the fourth college Storr has played for in as many seasons. He was at St. John's as a freshman before heading over to the Badgers the following year. Related: Top Transfer Portal Player Has Clear Message for Arkansas' John Calipari
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
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. Advertisement 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. Advertisement 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
USA Today
21-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How AJ Storr performed in Kansas' NCAA Tournament first-round loss to Arkansas
How AJ Storr performed in Kansas' NCAA Tournament first-round loss to Arkansas Wisconsin transfer guard A.J. Storr and the No. 7-seed Kansas Jayhawks fell 79-72 to the No. 7-seed Arkansas Razorbacks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday evening. In one of the more thrilling contests of the round of 64, the Jayhawks nearly completed an 11-point second-half comeback against John Calipari's group. Kansas led by as many as three points in the final six minutes of action before the Razorbacks piloted a 7-0 scoring run to establish an edge for the remainder of the contest. Storr did provide Kansas a valuable boost off the bench throughout the contest. In 28 minutes of action, the veteran guard tallied 15 points, three rebounds, one assist and one block. He did so off 4-of-7 shooting from the floor, 2-of-3 from outside and 5-of-6 from the foul line. All things considered, it was one of his best performances in a Kansas uniform. That strong performance caps off a disappointing debut season with the Jayhawks. The Wisconsin transfer averaged just 6.1 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 15.7 minutes per game. He started in just four of his 34 appearances, playing on a Kansas team that went from the AP Poll's preseason No. 1 to an NCAA Tournament first-round exit. Storr initially entered the NBA draft last offseason before turning to the transfer portal, eventually choosing Kansas. Opposite to his highly successful one year with the Badgers, his time with the Jayhawks saw his minutes diminish and productivity shrink. Notwithstanding his 2024-25 numbers, Storr is certainly talented. The former St. John's transfer averaged 16.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 28.8 minutes per appearance as Wisconsin's clear-cut No. 1 offensive option during the 2023-24 season, earning a Second Team All-Big Ten nod in the process. Storr and the Badgers fell to No. 12-seed James Madison in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. He scored 13 points off 5-of-7 from the field in that 11-point loss. Both he and Chucky Hepburn, whose Louisville Cardinals lost to Creighton in Thursday's first round, suffered the same fate with their new programs. Storr now moves to 0-2 in career NCAA Tournament contests. After spending each of his three collegiate seasons with different programs, the focus now turns to whether he enters the upcoming NBA draft, reenters the portal, or returns to the Jayhawks. Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion
NBC Sports
11-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Several once-highly ranked teams enter conference tournament week in need of wins to make NCAA field
LAWRENCE, Kan. — This was a time early in the season when Kansas seemed to be an insurmountable juggernaut, full of high-profile transfers such as Zeke Mayo and AJ Storr, All-American candidates such as Hunter Dickinson and veterans accustomed to winning. They were the preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25. And for several weeks, the Jayhawks played like it. But things hardly went according to script the rest of the season. They lost to longtime rival Missouri in a non-conference game, and dropped rare home games to West Virginia, Houston and Texas Tech. They plummeted out of the Top 25 altogether, ending a run of 80 consecutive weeks in the poll, and tumbled down the Big 12 standings. Now, they enter their conference tournament as the No. 6 seed. And perhaps most importantly, they could be staring at the same seeding — or worse — in the NCAA tourney, where coach Bill Self's teams have never been worse than a No. 4. 'I think we're talented enough. We were the preseason No. 1 team in the country for a reason,' Dickinson said after a confidence-boosting win over Arizona. 'We have the talent. But it's just a matter of going out there and showing it.' They will get their chance when they play Utah or UCF in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. Kansas isn't the only once-highly ranked team trying to build some late-season momentum, though. In fact, the Jayhawks are one of 14 teams that were ranked in the preseason poll but no longer reside in it. Many are still locks to make the NCAA field, but others are teetering on the bubble and a couple may need to win their league tournaments just to qualify. Unranked locks Arizona dropped from the Top 25 this week after its loss at Allen Fieldhouse, but the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tourney is still a good bet for a good seed on Selection Sunday. So is two-time reigning national champion UConn, which was ranked third in the preseason Top 25 but dropped out in early February and is seeded third in the Big East Tournament. Other unranked locks include Creighton, the second seed in the Big East; Gonzaga, the No. 2 seed in the West Coast behind Saint Mary's; and Ole Miss, which was ranked as high as No. 16 this season and is seeded eighth in the SEC tourney. Best of the rest Baylor was ranked eighth in the preseason Top 25 but fell out by mid-January, and going 4-6 over its final 10 games ahead of the Big 12 tourney — where it is seeded seventh — hardly helps. Still, the Bears of VJ Edgecomb and Co. took second-ranked Houston to the wire, and picking up a win in Kansas City this week should be enough. Arkansas, which was preseason No. 16, enters the SEC tourney having won four of five, and a win or two as the No. 9 seed could be important. The same goes for preseason No. 17 Indiana, which is likewise seeded ninth in the Big Ten Tournament. Just keep winning North Carolina is starting to resemble the preseason No. 9 in the country, but a slew of early losses — Stanford, Wake Forest, Pitt and Duke during one five-game stretch — has made life tough for the Tar Heels. They're seeded fifth in the ACC and could need at least two wins to make the NCAA field, and perhaps to save coach Hubert Davis' job. Texas also could be playing for its coach, Rodney Terry, along with an NCAA berth. The Longhorns were preseason No. 19 but out by early January. They are are seeded 13th in the SEC and open with fellow bubble-dweller Vanderbilt. Win it all Cincinnati was ranked 20th and Rutgers was 25th in the preseason Top 25, but both probably need to win their conference tournaments to make the NCAA field. The Bearcats are seeded 13th in the Big 12 and play Oklahoma State, while the Scarlet Knights are 11th in the Big Ten and open with USC.
Chicago Tribune
11-03-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Several once-highly ranked teams enter conference tournament week in need of wins to make NCAA field
LAWRENCE, Kan. — This was a time early in the season when Kansas seemed to be an insurmountable juggernaut, full of high-profile transfers such as Zeke Mayo and AJ Storr, All-American candidates such as Hunter Dickinson and veterans accustomed to winning. They were the preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25. And for several weeks, the Jayhawks played like it. But things hardly went according to script the rest of the season. They lost to longtime rival Missouri in a nonconference game, and dropped rare home games to West Virginia, Houston and Texas Tech. They plummeted out of the Top 25 altogether, ending a run of 80 consecutive weeks in the poll, and tumbled down the Big 12 standings. Now, they enter their conference tournament as the No. 6 seed. And perhaps most importantly, they could be staring at the same seeding — or worse — in the NCAA tourney, where coach Bill Self's teams have never been worse than a No. 4. 'I think we're talented enough. We were the preseason No. 1 team in the country for a reason,' Dickinson said after a confidence-boosting win over Arizona on Saturday. 'We have the talent. But it's just a matter of going out there and showing it.' They will get their chance beginning Wednesday, when they play Utah or UCF in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. Kansas isn't the only once-highly ranked team trying to build some late-season momentum, though. In fact, the Jayhawks are one of 14 teams that were ranked in the preseason poll but no longer reside in it. Many are still locks to make the NCAA field Sunday, but others are teetering on the bubble and a couple may need to win their league tournaments just to qualify. Unranked locks Arizona dropped from the Top 25 this week after its loss at Allen Fieldhouse, but the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tourney is still a good bet for a good seed on Selection Sunday. So is two-time reigning national champion UConn, which was ranked third in the preseason Top 25 but dropped out in early February and is seeded third in the Big East Tournament. Other unranked locks include Creighton, the second seed in the Big East; Gonzaga, the No. 2 seed in the West Coast behind Saint Mary's; and Ole Miss, which was ranked as high as No. 16 this season and is seeded eighth in the SEC tourney. Best of the rest Baylor was ranked eighth in the preseason Top 25 but fell out by mid-January, and going 4-6 over its final 10 games ahead of the Big 12 tourney — where it is seeded seventh — hardly helps. Still, the Bears of VJ Edgecomb and Co. took second-ranked Houston to the wire last weekend, and picking up a win in Kansas City this week should be enough. Arkansas, which was preseason No. 16, enters the SEC tourney having won four of five, and a win or two as the No. 9 seed could be important. The same goes for preseason No. 17 Indiana, which is likewise seeded ninth in the Big Ten Tournament. Just keep winning North Carolina is starting to resemble the preseason No. 9 in the country, but a slew of early losses — Stanford, Wake Forest, Pitt and Duke during one five-game stretch — has made life tough for the Tar Heels. They're seeded fifth in the ACC and could need at least two wins to make the NCAA field, and perhaps to save coach Hubert Davis' job. Texas also could be playing for its coach, Rodney Terry, along with an NCAA berth. The Longhorns were preseason No. 19 but out by early January. They are are seeded 13th in the SEC and open with fellow bubble-dweller Vanderbilt on Wednesday. Win it all Cincinnati was ranked 20th and Rutgers was 25th in the preseason Top 25, but both probably need to win their conference tournaments to make the NCAA field. The Bearcats are seeded 13th in the Big 12 and play Oklahoma State on Tuesday, while the Scarlet Knights are 11th in the Big Ten and open with USC on Wednesday.
