SPORT, Mickey Perry leaves Wisconsin background [M, D209]

Wisconsin State Journal (Jesse Osborne):

In search of more playing time, redshirt freshman guard Mickey Perry opted to leave the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team....

[A]s the regular season started, found himself as the fifth guard in a four-guard rotation, behind starters Kammron Taylor and Michael Flowers and true freshmen Jason Bohannon and Trevon Hughes....

Perry, a Maywood, Ill., native who attended Proviso East - the same school as former UW standout Michael Finley - will have to sit out a year per NCAA rules and will be eligible beginning with the second semester next season. As of Friday, it was not clear as to which schools Perry was considering a transfer.

[UPDATE: Proviso Probe first reported on Perry leaving University of Wisconsin on December 26, 2006.

[Dayton Daily News (Sean McClelland) reports that Perry is headed to University of Dayton. Under NCAA rules Perry can practice this year, but not play in games.]