Former Wisconsin basketball player, transfer headed back to portal
After one quiet year with Wisconsin and a breakout season at Buffalo, ex-Badgers top recruit Daniel Freitag is going back in the transfer portal.
Daniel Freitag, the former Wisconsin basketball recruit who enjoyed a breakout season at Buffalo after his one year with the Badgers , is reportedly headed back to the transfer portal. Freitag joined Wisconsin as a highly sought basketball and football player from Minnesota, but he averaged just 2. 1 minutes in 14 games during the 2024-25 season, making a single basket.
After entering the transfer portal, he had a very different experience at Buffalo, averaging 19. 8 points, 4. 3 rebounds and 3.
8 assists in more than 33 minutes per game. It landed him an honorable-mention all-conference selection in the Mid-American Conference, a league that produced two NCAA Tournament teams in Miami (Ohio) and Akron. Freitag's season, however, ended Feb.
24 after he sustained a concussion. He didn't play in the MAC Tournament, and Buffalo finished the year 17-15 overall and 7-11 in MAC play. It's worth noting that the Badgers will also need at least one backcourt option in 2026-27 with the graduation of Nick Boyd.