Wisconsin basketball loses top international prospect to Big Ten rival

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Highly-pursued Bosnian wing Harun Zrno committed to Indiana on Friday.

The fast-growing class of 2025 prospects chose the Hoosiers over fellow finalists Wisconsin, Creighton and Virginia.

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Zrno has not yet received a ranking from 247Sports. The 6’7″ forward only had listed offers from the strong final group of programs. He visited each throughout January: Indiana on Jan. 7, Wisconsin on Jan. 10, Creighton on Jan. 12 and Virginia on Jan. 16.

The 21-year-old prospect averaged 20.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists in Bosnia’s top professional league this season. He is Indiana’s second commitment in the 2025 class, joining four-star power forward Trent Sisley. The class ranked no. 77 in the nation before Zrno’s addition.

The program has prioritized the transfer portal in recent years, with a six-player transfer class entering the 2024-25 season. This transfer class has Indiana at 14-6 (5-4 Big Ten) on the season with the calendar set to flip to February. The team is no. 60 in KenPom, no. 61 in the ESPN BPI and no. 65 in the NCAA NET Rankings.

Wisconsin, meanwhile, has three players committed to its 2025 class: four-star shooting guard Zach Kinziger, three-star center Will Garlock and international shooting guard Hayden Jones. That group is currently ranked no. 54 in the nation.

Greg Gard and his staff have increased their international recruiting efforts in recent years, landing Italian center Riccardo Greppi in the class of 2024 and Jones in 2025. Zrno would have been another impressive recruiting win.

The no. The 18th-ranked Badgers are 15-4 (5-3 Big Ten) on the season. Strong recruiting had helped that stellar record. John Blackwell and Nolan Winter headline the program’s recent high school commitments, while Max Klesmit, John Tonje and Kamari McGee have all become big-time transfer additions.

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