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Battle's case is rare but not surprising these days. Several Big Ten teams underwent roster changes involving the transfer portal, with players coming and others going. Hunter Dickinson, a two-time All-Big Ten center, also transferred from Michigan to Kansas. But sometimes players stick around at one school to maximize NIL opportunities.
Case in point: returning Big Ten and national player of the year Zach Edey.
"There's no doubt if it wasn't for name, image and likeness, he would be in the NBA," Purdue coach Matt Painter said Tuesday. "[NIL] for our sake brought him back here. So, for him to make very similar money to what he would make."
Purdue's the favorite to win the Big Ten title again this season. The 7-4 Edey reportedly is making close to $1 million in NIL deals, more than any other Big Ten player not named Caitlin Clark.
Illinois' Terrence Shannon, an all-league first team guard, returned to help his draft stock, but NIL was part of the conversation after that announcement.
"Me going back to school put me in a better position to enter in the draft next year," he said Tuesday. "And then I talked about NIL with my school."
Wisconsin returns all five starters, but a few of them reportedly turned down potentially bigger NIL paydays elsewhere to try to compete for a Big Ten title.
"We won't go all the way where it's just about NIL," Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said. "It's a small fraction of what we talk about, but it's been a very good faction. Our collective has done a good job, and I think we had some very generous people step up with their care about the program."
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Go Gophers!!
Battle's case is rare but not surprising these days. Several Big Ten teams underwent roster changes involving the transfer portal, with players coming and others going. Hunter Dickinson, a two-time All-Big Ten center, also transferred from Michigan to Kansas. But sometimes players stick around at one school to maximize NIL opportunities.
Case in point: returning Big Ten and national player of the year Zach Edey.
"There's no doubt if it wasn't for name, image and likeness, he would be in the NBA," Purdue coach Matt Painter said Tuesday. "[NIL] for our sake brought him back here. So, for him to make very similar money to what he would make."
Purdue's the favorite to win the Big Ten title again this season. The 7-4 Edey reportedly is making close to $1 million in NIL deals, more than any other Big Ten player not named Caitlin Clark.
Illinois' Terrence Shannon, an all-league first team guard, returned to help his draft stock, but NIL was part of the conversation after that announcement.
"Me going back to school put me in a better position to enter in the draft next year," he said Tuesday. "And then I talked about NIL with my school."
Wisconsin returns all five starters, but a few of them reportedly turned down potentially bigger NIL paydays elsewhere to try to compete for a Big Ten title.
"We won't go all the way where it's just about NIL," Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said. "It's a small fraction of what we talk about, but it's been a very good faction. Our collective has done a good job, and I think we had some very generous people step up with their care about the program."
Transfer portal, NIL money reshape Gophers men's basketball allegiances and Big Ten
Jamison Battle's transfer from the Gophers to Ohio State led to a telling image Tuesday, when Battle returned to Minneapolis as a Buckeye for Big Ten media day.
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Go Gophers!!
