Duke basketball: Ranking the chances of 10 finalists for Patrick Baldwin Jr.
By Matt Giles
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6. Wisconsin
By its location alone, Wisconsin must at least be a player in the race. Madison is roughly an hour’s drive from Patrick Baldwin Jr.’s home in the Milwaukee area. It’s also important to keep in mind that his offer from the Badgers was among the earliest and that he has unofficially visited the campus.
Like Virginia, though, Wisconsin has seen March Madness success — back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2014 and 2015 plus another Final Four in 2000 — without raking in five-star talent. The program’s last five-star was Sam Dekker, who arrived in 2012 and lost to Duke in the 2015 NCAA Championship Game. Seeing that there are no reported ties to the school outside of it being in his home state, it doesn’t seem likely that Baldwin Jr. becomes the next five-star in Madison.
Looks like a SEVEN PERCENT CHANCE the Wisconsin Badgers land Patrick Baldwin Jr.