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2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 13
John Blackwell
- Position:
- Guard
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 205
- Year:
- 4
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Brother Rice
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
Transfer
- Transferred to Duke following three seasons at Wisconsin (2023-26).
- Rated a five-star transfer by 247Sports and ranked as the No. 3 overall transfer and No. 1 shooting guard in the transfer portal.
- Appeared in 107 games with 74 starts for the Badgers.
- Scored 1,505 career points to finish 11th in Wisconsin history.
- Averaged 14.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists over his collegiate career at Wisconsin.
- Earned All-Big Ten Third Team honors as a junior after averaging 18.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
- Collected All-Big Ten Honorable Mention recognition and Big Ten All-Tournament Team honors as a sophomore after averaging 15.8 points per game.
- Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and became the first Wisconsin player since Nigel Hayes (2013-14) to earn four Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards in a season.
- Recorded 24 career 20-point games and five career 30-point performances.
- Opened his junior season with 31 points against Campbell (Nov. 3).
- Scored a career-high 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Washington (March 12), making six three-pointers for his first career double-double with 30-or-more points.
- Led all players with 26 points in the upset over No. 2 Michigan (Jan. 10), going 9-of-16 from the field.
- Added 31 points against No. 9 Illinois in the 2026 Big Ten Tournament (March 13).
- Scored a sophomore season-high 32 points against Iowa (Jan. 3).
- Recorded his first two career double-doubles during his sophomore season with 24 points and 10 rebounds against Washington (Feb. 25) and 25 points and 11 rebounds at Minnesota (March 5).
- Led the Badgers with 18 points against Michigan in the 2025 Big Ten Tournament Championship game (March 16).
- Recorded 17 points and seven rebounds in a win over No. 1 Arizona as a freshman (Dec. 9).
- Led Wisconsin in scoring during the 2024 Big Ten Tournament with 18 points against Maryland (March 14).
High School
- Three-star prospect out of Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
- Ranked as the No. 26 combo guard nationally and the No. 3 prospect in the state of Michigan by 247Sports.
- Averaged 13 points, five rebounds and four assists per game as a junior.
- Shot 49% from three-point range, the highest percentage in the state of Michigan that season.
Personal
- Son of Glynn Blackwell, who played four seasons at Illinois (1984-88).
- Glynn appeared in 106 career games for the Fighting Illini and averaged 12.1 points per game as a senior.
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