Dan Hurley, UConn Land Commitment From Transfer Portal Guard
The UConn Huskies ended the 2025-26 college basketball season in disappointing fashion. Entering the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the East Region, they advanced all the way to a national championship appearance. However, their run ended with a 69-63 loss to the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines.
The Huskies didn't have much time to reflect on their loss before needing to navigate the transfer portal. In the 15-day window from April 7-21, UConn had a total of five players depart in the portal. After falling just short of a national championship, it's a considerable number of players to lose.
However, Dan Hurley and his staff have been hard at work to recoup their losses. In fact, they made a big transfer splash on Tuesday.
Nils Machowski, a 6-foot-3 guard from Berlin, Germany, originally began his collegiate career with the UCF Knights. However, after two seasons in Orlando, he transferred to the Wofford Terriers.
He just put together his best season, starting 32 games for the Terriers. He averaged 17.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, which all marked career highs. Machowski also shot 43.3% from the field and 38.2% from the three-point line.
With one more year of eligibility, he once again hit the transfer portal in search of a new team. On Tuesday, he made his decision, committing to UConn, according to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express.
NEWS: Wofford transfer Nils Machowski has committed to UConn, agent Milan Nikolic tells DraftExpress.
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) April 28, 2026
The 6'3 German guard was named Second Team All-SoCon after averaging 17.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.6 assists, shooting 39% from three. pic.twitter.com/6rTNBApEMN
After putting up career numbers, On3 Industry Rankings listed him as a three-star recruit, the No. 97 shooting guard and the No. 400 player to hit the portal this offseason.
Machowski marks the fourth transfer player that UConn has landed a commitment from. He joins forward Oskar Giltay (Stanford Cardinal), Nik Khamenia (Duke Blue Devils) and Najai Hines (Seton Hall Pirates).
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This story was originally published April 28, 2026 at 11:50 AM.