The last few months have not exactly been the friendliest to fans of the Washington Huskies. The Dawgs had a disappointing end to their basketball season right as COVID-19 emerged. A potential championship softball team had their spring campaign halted. The dream of a magical 2021 in-state recruiting class in football isn’t dead but is thoroughly on the ropes. The fall sports slate in the Pac-12 was cancelled including football and at least the non-conference portion of the basketball season.
And now Paolo Banchero has committed to Duke.
For anyone who decided to follow UW men’s basketball recruiting right now, Banchero had about as many ties to a program as you can have outside of your dad being the coach.