Badgers’ Basketball Staff Drawing Close to Exciting 2027 Four-star Forward

The primary recruiter of McDuffie for the Badgers has been assistant coach Sharif Chambliss, who is in the process of getting a fall visit fully ironed out. Getting McDuffie back on campus is a priority for Chambliss and the Badgers as the staff feels as though the forward is one of the best fits from within the state of Wisconsin. McDuffie has a dynamic playing style that would work well with the offense that coach Greg Gard has crafted the past two seasons.

Wisconsin Badgers Remains Firmly in the Mix Early For In-State Forward Deuce McDuffie

While Gard, Chambliss, and McDuffie may all be close, other programs and staff members have been drawing close to the talented forward as well. McDuffie noted that Marquette has been a very active program in his recruitment, and while no scholarship offer is present yet, the program has been around the recruit consistently. McDuffie stated that Marquette have visited three of his recent practices and have kept in touch otherwise as well.

McDuffie is part of the greater plan that Wisconsin currently has involving keeping some of the best talent within the 2027 class within the state. 2027 is a particularly talent rich class in the state with four top-100 recruits in Dooney Johnson, Donovan Davis, Jack Kohnen, and Jalen Brown. Kager Knueppel, the younger brother of Kon, is also just outside of the group with a ranking of 113th at the moment, which likely will change during the season.

While the Badgers have been successful during the regular season and made the NCAA Tournament, Wisconsin can quickly become a small program compared to some of the big dogs of college basketball. Wisconsin has a very real chance of landing McDuffie, Davis, Johnson, or even Brown, but many of the premier basketball programs have yet to extend offers, which likely will change things.

The Badgers are hoping that early connections and plenty of work upfront will result in the program sticking through potential recruitment altering offers. With McDuffie, the work has been paying off since the Badgers appear to be the clear frontrunner to land the talented forward.