Busy offseason looms for UWGB men's basketball coach Doug Gottlieb
The UWGB men's basketball team could have to replace most of its starting lineup thanks to graduations and the NCAA transfer portal.
Doug Gottlieb’s second season as coach of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball team went far better than his first. But the work to improve never stops, and it has gotten even more challenging for a mid-major in the era of the NCAA transfer portal. The roster already has taken a hit this month, and not just with the graduation of starting guards Preston Ruedinger and Justin Allen .
UWGB could suffer another significant loss after sophomore guard and Horizon League all-conference third-team selection C. J. O’Hara entered the portal.
Freshman guard Caden Wilkins, who started 22 games this season, also is in the portal. O’Hara led the team in scoring with 14. 1 points per game and turned into an excellent recruiting tool for Gottlieb.
He can show potential commits how O’Hara arrived as a walk-on, was developed, and two years later is in line to make significant money at a bigger school. It’s a good bet O’Hara and Wilkins won’t be the only two that could depart, although all eyes will be on Marcus Hall. The junior forward has an opportunity to become the first UWGB player to spend his entire career at the school since Kam Hankerson graduated in 2020.
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