• Wisconsin Basketball has added two key transfers in Andrew Rohde and Austin Rapp.
• Both Rohde and Rapp are considered four-star transfer prospects by 247Sports.

Wisconsin basketball spent little time after the 2024-25 season’s conclusion before aiming attention forward. In today’s age of college basketball, that means focused transfer recruiting efforts to reload the roster both for the upcoming season and beyond.

The Badgers have done exactly that, now early two full weeks into the 2025 transfer window. They began with a commitment from former Virginia guard Andrew Rohde on April 3, then followed with one from Portland forward Austin Rapp just two days later.

Rohde and Rapp enter the program at different stages of their college careers. Rohde is a senior with experience at St. Thomas and Virginia, while Rapp just broke out as a freshman at Portland last season.

Both, however, bring a similar profile the Badgers’ lineup: versatile scoring and top-end 3-point shooting. Rohde shot 41% from 3 last season at Virginia, along with per-game averages of 9.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists. Rapp, meanwhile, led the West Coast Conference in every relevant 3-point-shooting statistic, making 83 of 236 attempts for a 35% clip.

The two transfers project as key complementary pieces in Wisconsin’s 2025-26 starting lineup. Assuming John Blackwell withdraws from the NBA draft before the June 15 deadline, he and Nolan Winter are back as that lineup’s leading contributors.

Aside from the 2025-26 lineup projection, Wisconsin’s two-person transfer class is rising in 247Sports’ national rankings, with both players past the threshold of blue-chip transfer recruits. For more, here is where that transfer class stands at this early stage in the cycle.

Wisconsin basketball 2025 transfer portal class ranking with Andrew Rohde, Austin Rapp

Class Profile: Two commits (two four-stars), 90.00 average player rating, 19.47 total points

247Sports National Rank: No. 26

Big Ten Rank: No. 5

247Sports ranks Rapp as the No. 171 overall transfer and No. 32 power forward, while Rohde is No. 167 overall and the No. 49 shooting guard. As mentioned, both are four-star transfer prospects.

Wisconsin now continues its transfer pursuits with a clear remaining need in the starting lineup, plus several depth roles available. Continued strong recruiting efforts should see the program’s class only rise nationally.