Wisconsin has offered Canadian-born center Cyril Martynov

Coach Gard has asked 2023 center Cyril Martynov to reclassify into the 2022 recruiting class:

Earlier this week, the Badgers coaching staff watched 2023 center out of Toronto, Canada, play during the July evaluation period and came away rather impressed.

Martynov, who currently holds offers from Arizona State, Georgia Tech, and UC-Santa Barbara, confirmed to BadgerNotes that Coach Gard has also offered him a scholarship to play for the Badgers; however, there is a caveat.

The offer from UW is now contingent on him reclassifying to the 2022 recruiting class and joining the program this fall.

“Right now, they [UW] are pitching the development aspect for 2022, which would obviously be much better at the University,” Martynov explained.

With Chris Vogt’s graduation, the Badgers are incredibly thin in the frontcourt behind starting center Steven Crowl - and desperately need depth. UW has been unable to find a good fit in the transfer portal, so this is undoubtedly a unique way of addressing the issue.