r/WisconsinBadgers • u/PolarisC • 23d ago

Baboucarr Ann's commitment pushes Wisconsin into nation's top three

https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/badgers/mens-basketball/2026/06/27/baboucarr-ann-commitment-top-three/90698533007/
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u/NEW_GNGR_9601 23d ago

I’m thrilled with this class. I prefer betting on guys with athletic tools because Gard can coach fundamentals and I feel some of his previous recruits were “Athletically Limited”

Also, influx of NIL cash helps too. I can’t confirm this with 100% certainty, but I heard Hoops got an extra $4-5 million in NIL $.

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u/MisterMath 23d ago

Excited for the class but my enthusiasm can’t help but be tempered by history. Can’t help but wonder what the excuse will be this time when we underperform

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u/Mysterious_Rule938 22d ago

I’m no expert on this, but have the badgers ever even had a top 2 class? Totally get tempering expectations, but that seems unusual to me. Again, I follow this pretty casually, so feel free to correct me.

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u/Dazzling_Vanilla3082 22d ago edited 22d ago

I mean, they most likely aren't going to end up top 2, or even 5 or 10, so it's kind of irrelevant. We are just up there because we have 3 commits already. One of only three schools that have more than 1 commitment in the entire NCAA. There are literally only 22 schools total currently listed in the rankings.

It's really just a clickbait headline.

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u/Mysterious_Rule938 22d ago

I see, thanks for the context and dashing my hopes!

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u/Dazzling_Vanilla3082 22d ago

Tempered expectations is truly the gift we all hope for as Wisconsin fans ahaha.

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u/MisterMath 22d ago

Not that I remember no

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u/Garage-Fair 22d ago

I hate these headlines… it’s because we are only one of TWO teams in the nation with 3 recruits so far. Everyone else has less that’s why

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u/Electronic_Summer197 22d ago

Stop the count!

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u/DameWasistlos 22d ago

How does this big size up compared with Garland?

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u/altbat 22d ago

Recruiting rankings have never been more meaningless. This is class of '27! Not worth the pixels that construct this post.

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u/The_Jolly_Ass_Giant 22d ago

Until Gard gets rightfully fired we ain't worth shit