THAT HIGHER EDUCATION VALUE PROPOSITION.

Looks like I might have missed on a prognostication.  "[The University of Wisconsin at] Milwaukee has long aspired to something more academically. Pursuing basketball greatness in the Horizon League isn't likely to do that."  We'll soon see.  "Patrick Baldwin Jr. chose UW-Milwaukee over other finalists Duke and Georgetown Wednesday morning."  In part, that signing is consistent with the university's traditional role as a commuter college.  "With his commitment to UWM, he joins a Panthers team led by his father Pat Baldwin."  I'll let the sports pundits and sports psychologists parse the wisdom, or not, of family relationships blending with coaching relationships.

For now, though, what does that choice, over Duke or Georgetown, say about a disconnect between college basketball and academics, or whether academic status hierarchies are overrated?