From his junior season and now early into his spring grassroots season, Chris Retic has emerged has one of the most under the radar talents in Wisconsin’s 2027 class. Not only has he continued to impress on the court but also has great translatable tools to the collegiate level.

The breakout in his game started in his junior season. In his junior season at Golda Meir Retic averaged 21.2 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 2.5 steals, and 5.2 blocks per game. He earned first team all-conference honors in addition to helping Golda Meir win a Milwaukee City Blue Championship.

Even with all the great talent at the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish Tournament last weekend, including several top one nationally ranked players, Retic was one of the top performers of the tournament playing with Jay Academy. This included having one of the most dominant performances of the entire tournament. This included 18 points just in the second half of a win. Retic led Jay Academy to a 3-1 weekend in which they reached the platinum quarterfinals. “Great experience,” is how he described the Swish N’ Dish Tournament. “It allowed me to compete against high-level talent, and I felt I was able to showcase my versatility and aggressive playstyle throughout the tournament.”

“Versatile, high-energy 6'7" all-around scorer who shoots the ball at a decent rate and defends multiple positions, using my length to impact both ends of the floor,” is how Retic described his own game. As well to these tools, he is also a highly athletic wing forward. While Retic has continued to shoot the three consistently, the main aspect of his game he is working on is becoming a knock down shooter.

“Currently open,” is how Retic described the state of his current recruitment. With how he has been playing, look for plenty of more college coaches to be interested in the 2027 recruit moving forward. With no offers to date, Retic is a highly underrecruited talent currently.