Wisconsin guard John Tonje is wasting no time making his mark at his new school

Wisconsin guard John Blackwell (25) celebrates a basket with Wisconsin guard John Tonje (9) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

Wisconsin guard John Blackwell (25) celebrates a basket with Wisconsin guard John Tonje (9) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)


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MADISON, Wis. — Much of the attention surrounding Wisconsin after last season focused on the players who had left for other Division I programs, after AJ Storr transferred to Kansas and three-year starting point guard Chucky Hepburn headed to Louisville. It turns out that adding former Colorado State and Missouri guard John Tonje from the transfer portal could outweigh any of those losses. Tonje had one of the nation's most extraordinary individual performances of the young season Friday night by scoring 41 points in Wisconsin's 103-88 victory over No. 9 Arizona.

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