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Former Wisconsin basketball star AJ Storr is among the favorites to win the Wooden Award entering the 2024-25 college basketball season. BetMGM places Storr’s odds at +2000, tied for the eighth-highest in the sport.
The Wooden Award is annually awarded to the most outstanding college basketball player in men’s and women’s hoops. Previous winners include Zach Edey, Zion Williamson and Anthony Davis. BetMGM lists only Alabama’s Mark Sears, North Carolina’s RJ Davis, Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson, Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner, Arizona’s Caleb Love, Auburn’s Johni Broome and Marquette’s Kam Jones ahead of the former Badger. Storr, a 2024 Second Team All-Big Ten team member, elected to transfer from UW to Kansas this spring after one season in Madison. Storr averaged 16.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.6 steals in 28.8 minutes per appearance in 2023-24, serving as Wisconin’s go-to option on the offensive side of the floor. During the 2024 Big Ten Tournament, he averaged 22.5 points per game and dropped a season-high 30 points against Northwestern. https://twitter.com/BetMGM/status/1853550325338157113 In one game with the Jayhawks this season, the Rockford, Illinois, native scored five points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out a pair of assists against Howard. Storr and the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks battle No. 9 North Carolina on Friday, Nov. 8.
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Publish date : 2024-11-08 23:10:00
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