Hamilton High School (Wis.) junior forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. — a.k.a., the youngest player to ever receive an offer from Mike Krzyzewski — pointed out to the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Ben Roberts this week that the Duke basketball allure glows at the mere mention of the game’s top active legend:
“Any time you bring up Coach K, eyes light up. Nothing but great things to say about him.”
Baldwin Jr., who ranks No. 2 on the 247Sports 2021 Composite and now appears on some sites as 6-foot-10 and 205 pounds, went on to explain to Roberts that he notices and appreciates the personalized attention from all of Duke’s recruiting whizzes:
“The Duke staff as a whole is just a great staff.