Madison, WI — For the first time in five seasons, the Wisconsin basketball frontcourt will not be anchored by Steven Crowl this November. The longtime Wisconsin Badgers big man exhausted his eligibility this March, along with five other members of UW's senior class.

Wisconsin freshman point guard and top recruit Daniel Freitag announced his decision to enter the transfer portal. Here are takeaways from the news

Wisconsin hosted Portland transfer forward Austin Rapp, the reigning WCC Freshman of the Year, for an official visit. Rapp averaged 13.8 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 35.2% from three-point range last season for Portland.

Gard and his staff now have a lot of work to do to make that a reality. Wisconsin's rotation loses three key starters and its two leading bench players. Those players accounted for 62% of the team's minutes, 67% of its points, 50% of its rebounds, 67.5% of its assists and 67.4% of its three-point makes this season.

Carter Gilmore thanked the fans, his coaches, teammates and family in an emotional goodbye to Wisconsin basketball.

Auburn's Johni Broome, Duke's Cooper Flagg and Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. have been voted unanimous 2025 CBS Sports First Team All-Americans. Purdue's Braden Smith and Texas Tech's JT Toppin rounded out the First Team that was determined by a panel of CBS Sports writers and analysts Votes were submitted Monday.