Greg Gard and the Wisconsin basketball program are after veterans in the portal; that much is obvious. However, they are being very selective about who it is they want. There are so many players in the portal, and a lot of them have laundry lists of people they’ve heard from, but rarely is Wisconsin on those lists. Gard wants to hit a home run again in the portal this year, both in team fit, personality, and play style. According to Dillon Graff of BadgerNotes, Nick Boyd is the new and exciting name that fits those parameters, and he’s already visited Wisconsin.
Nick Boyd is deciding between Wisconsin and North Carolina as his final stop in his college career
Nick Boyd is a star guard out of San Diego State University, where he played last season. He spent the three years prior playing at Florida Atlantic. He will have one final year to play, and he’s considering his options. Graff said in his article about Boyd, “[He] was originally scheduled to take an official visit over the weekend, but that visit instead took place earlier in the week.”
Boyd is currently on a visit to North Carolina this weekend, the team that knocked out his San Diego State Aztecs in the NCAA Tournament. As of now, those are the only known teams to be in the mix; however, Graff also notes that potentially Seton Hall and Syracuse could be, too.
Boyd was excellent last season, averaging 13.4 points a game, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.9 assists on 41% shooting from the field. He finished the year scoring 19, 18, 20, 12 in his final games. He’s primed for a big season in his last college stop. He would slide right into a spot that John Tonje has left both being able to facilitate the basketball and create his own shot. This would be a big get for Greg Gard but he may have to pry him out of UNC’s hands.
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