Meet the Badgers’ 2026-27 Starting Five Dream Team
After a whirlwind week in the transfer portal, Wisconsin basketball has effectively locked up the majority of its starting lineup for the upcoming 2026-27 season. With three veteran transfers—Owen Foxwell, Trey Autry and Eian Elmer—and two holdovers in Austin Rapp and Nolan Winter, the Badgers boast a projected starting five that excels in three-point shooting, size and experience. Foxwell is a polished 37-percent sniper from Australia’s NBL, Autry and Elmer both hover around 40 percent from deep, while Rapp and Winter stretch defenses with their combined height of 13 feet. Experience is abundant, with starters amassing nearly 500 career games between them. The glaring question mark remains whether this squad’s offensive firepower can be matched with sufficient defensive grit.
Finally, a collegiate basketball lineup that looks less like an underpowered Ikea bench and more like the Avengers of three-point shooting—if the Avengers refused to guard anyone under six feet. It’s as if Gary Payton said “defense is overrated” and the Badgers took it as a mission statement. Who needs rim protectors when you can rain triples until opponents beg for mercy? The real suspense this season won’t be whether Wisconsin can score—it’ll be whether anyone remembers how defense works or if we all just marvel at the human equivalent of three-point artillery. Tune in when the Badgers either break the scoreboard or sober up and realize that defense, you know, exists.
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