https://goyotes.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/michael-russell/1586

UWSP has their new Assistant Coach.

Not that I have to announce this, but I'm done posting here.  I am beyond sick of seeing Chicken Hoops moronic posts over and over.  PauldingLightUP can keep up with the recruiting I'm sure.

6'0" Orono(MN) Guard, Dane Skime, will play collegiate basketball at Stout.

Ethan Winkler entering the portal, had decent stats for a freshman and I would assume would find a decent home.  That said, about the only people I would care about entering the portal for Point would be Drohner and Nystrom.  Winkler won't be the last departure I would also assume.

If Richter is back next year, his seat is lava hot.  He better get it turned around in a hurry.

6'5" Fremd(IL) F, Tommy Moffett, has committed to Platteville.

Bristol Lewis has indeed left Platteville for greener pastures.  Those greener pastures are committing to D2 Northern Michigan.

UWSP assistant coach, Paul Combs, has announced his retirement.  It will be interesting to see what happens, if anything, with the assistants at UWSP.  I suppose they could just promote Dan Witter.

Senior Zavier Castillo (6-6) of Greendale has committed to Whitewater. Castillo averaged 25.4 points and 5.4 rebounds as a senior while helping the Panthers to an 18-7 record.  This is a big get for the Warhawks.

SPASH 6'3" Wing, Sivan Dinga, will not be traveling far to play basketball.  He has committed to play for the Pointers.  Dinga was named 1st Team All Conference in the Wisconsin Valley as well as the Defensive Player of the Year.

6'7" D2 University of Jamestown transfer, Aiden Johnson, has committed to Stout.  Stout is on the board, Johnson is originally from Cannon Falls, MN.

Senior guard Broker Buschor (6-3) of Darlington has committed to Platteville.

Recruiting update
Rankings mean nothing but they give you an idea how Wisconsin players are thought of in the state.

Eau Claire
Isaac Peterson 6'5" Rochester Mayo(MN)
Cade Felch 6'4" DC Everest ranked 61
Ryan Lipke 6'7" West(IL)
Noah Maniscalco 6'0" De Pere ranked 121
Cason Newton 6'1" Byron(IL)
Marcus Webb 6'0" Whitefish Bay

La Crosse
Valin Ramberg 6'6" Marshfield ranked 45
Collin Johnson 6'3" Lakeville South(MN)
Arlon Walter 6'8" Kickapoo ranked 163
Graham Sanneh 6'8" East Ridge(MN)
Will Gyarmaty 6'3" Rochester Mayo(MN)
Ian Kowal 6'3" Onalaska ranked 31
Jackson Hayes 6'7" Waconia(MN) D2 Winona St transfer

Oshkosh
Brayden Borrowman 6'6" Oswego(IL)
Xavier Justice 6'0" Batavoa(IL)
Peyton Powers 6'2" Columbus ranked 92

Platteville
Cooper Grimm 6'3" Center Point(IA)
Blake Renfro 6'6" McHenry(IL)
Brady Ward 6'8" Illinois Valley Central(IL)
Xavier Porter 6'3" Perspectives Leadership(IL)
Max Leifker 6'7" Legacy Christian(MN)
Broker Buschor 6'3" Darlington ranked 35

River Falls
Cooper Michalski 6'3" Chequamegon ranked 192
Robbie Angiulli 6'8" Wausau East ranked 249
Ethan Martin 6'4" Belle Plaine(MN)

Stevens Point
Mason Brone 6'3" G-E-T ranked 40
Evan Kern 6'3" New Berlin West ranked 52
Cal Loose 6'2" Port Washington ranked 102
Brody Gilbertson 6'3" Wisconsin Rapids ranked 50
Joseph Daly 6'7" New London ranked 28


Stout
Nobody that I have seen

Whitewater
Luke Paddock 6'4" Elkhorn ranked 30

Huge commit for the Pointers, New London's Joseph Daly.  Pointers finally add some size. Daly is comfortable out at the 3 point land at 6'7" as well.

Up 8-5 going to the 9th, sure can find some ways to lose.  Great job Richter and the Pointers.  As far as programs go, UWSP baseball is the worst program in the conference at this point.  I never expected to see the program fall this far.

Everyone with eligibility left on UWSP's roster this past season will be back except for Nick Fox and Austin Schaumburg.  That leaves their roster at 20, but they still need to add some size to this incoming recruiting class.

My worry would still be in the frontcourt with Krohn being an unknown on if he can get back to pre-injury form.  Can you rely on Manz until Krohn is healthy enough?  What does Grganto give you?  I have some high hopes for Grganto considering his high school teammate played significant minutes at La Crosse as a freshman and Grganto was more of the go to guy in high school than Crowley was.

With this much returning experience, and as experience leaving the conference, I expect a conference title and a solid run in the NCAA tourney for the Pointers.  They have been talking about banner number 30 in the Quandt for what seems like forever, they need to go get it.

Quote from: cubs on April 08, 2026, 04:54:20 PM

Quote from: tomt4525 on April 03, 2026, 09:57:34 PMRichter has turned UWSP's baseball program into a complete joke.  For the most part early on at UWSP, he won with Jirschele's guys.  So, I thought at the very least he could coach.  It's painfully obvious he can't recruit the talent needed to compete and he can't coach it up either.

Then again maybe just play the kids who have some impact talent regularly?

Nystrom has done nothing but his since he was inserted into the starting lineup last week.  How did it take until the conference portion of the season for him to finally get back-to-back starts?  To go from riding the pine the first quarter of the season to now having him be your 4-hole hitter today is a bit of a head scratcher...

Wouldn't disagree with that other than the players making an impact are few and far between.  Nystrom should have been playing earlier for sure.  Argersinger was their best hitter last year and has really struggled so far.  There is no true shut down pitcher on their roster, haven't had that in what seems like forever.  Talent acquisition and coaching has been lackluster the past couple years.