Unlike many 2021 five-stars, Hamilton (Wis.) small forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. hasn't officially named favorites. This week, though, the 6-foot-10, 205-pound namesake of an NCAA head coach did go into detail with Rivals analyst Corey Evans about his thoughts on the Duke basketball program and six others: North Carolina, Northwestern, Kansas, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (his dad's employer).
And Baldwin Jr.'s suitor-specific comments to Evans came after the following broad statement:
"There is a shortlist of schools that I am looking at now...pretty much, if I am talking to them, I have some vested interest in them.