UW Milwaukee men’s hoops hits the lottery...

[Brayden11]

Patrick Baldwin Jr., one of the highest-rated basketball recruits to ever come from Wisconsin, has made his college decision.
He's staying home.
Baldwin, a 6-foot-9 senior forward out of Sussex Hamilton, will play next year for his father, Patrick Baldwin Sr., the head coach at UW-Milwaukee.
Baldwin announced his commitment Wednesday at the high school, choosing a light-beige Panthers hat out of a brown bag and a top 10 that included Duke, Georgetown, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Northwestern, UCLA, Virginia and Wisconsin. Duke and Georgetown were in the final three schools Wednesday.

 

[Brayden11]

It helps when your pops is the coach...but still, UWM? Its a commuter school with not much to offer. He‘s most likely a 1 and done. Go Panthers

 

[skinny]

Haven't had a player in the Horizon league like this kid in a long time, maybe never.

Gordon Hayward possibly when Butler was in the horizon.

 

[Brayden11]

No doubt about that. It’s a cheap ticket at the old Bucks arena and a buddy of mine has a son on the team so it’ll give me something to do during the wonderful winters in Wisconsin. Its been awhile since Bruce Pearls teams were good to even consider going to a UWM game unless they were playing Marquette or Wisconsi.

 

[John Kelly]

I remember Dad as a point guard at Northwestern.

Patrick Baldwin was scrappy.

Looks like he'll be a better sire than racehorse.

Checking on the broodmare now.

She was a former NU volleyball player.

Her name was Shawn Karey before she married Patrick Baldwin.

Interestingly, former Wisconsin hoop star and NBA player Frank Kaminsky had a similar pedigree.

Father was a modest college basketball player and mother (Mary Stack) was an NU volleyball player back in the day.

 

[John Kelly]

Expect one of those little girls to play in the WNBA one day.

I project the youngest of the three to be the best filly of the crop.

 

[John Kelly]

The girls are now 16, 13 and 10 years old.

 

[Heim]

Haven't had a player in the Horizon league like this kid in a long time, maybe never.

Gordon Hayward possibly when Butler was in the horizon.

McCallum's kid.....Junior was a 5 star recruit that followed daddy to Detroit Mercy.

Had a decent career. Drafted by SAC. Not sure where he is now.

 

[John Kelly]

Haven't had a player in the Horizon league like this kid in a long time, maybe never.

Gordon Hayward possibly when Butler was in the horizon.

Just checked the list of Horizon League men's basketball MVPs.

Hayward is the best product, by far.

Kendrick Nunn (Oakland) won the award four years ago.

 

[railbird]

Shelvin Mack was better than Hayward the brick mason.

 

[railbird]

not just was better, is better

 

[Brayden11]

Yeah ok. Based on what? Come on man. Stick to Little League and MW basketball

 

[John Kelly]

Shelvin Mack's claim to fame in the NBA?

Mack guarded Kobe on the final night of the Black Mamba's storied career.

As we all know, Kobe went for 60 points that night.

Amazingly, it took Kobe 50 shots to score 60 points, but who was counting?

 

[John Kelly]

I loved the way Shelvin Mack attacked an offensive player's dribble when at Butler.

Relentless defender at the college level.

Mack is now playing in Greece.

 

[IWishIWasAPro]

It takes quite a man to pass up schools like Duke. Good for him.