The Sporting News spoke to a media member from each school, mostly from each school’s newspaper, and they give their thoughts on if Andrew Wiggins will pick their team or not.
Remember, these are only opinions.
Kentucky and Florida State have long been considered the frontrunners to land Wiggins, but his decision may come down to this, says Kentucky Kernel sports editor Alex Forkner: “Does Wiggins want to share the limelight on the way to a national title at UK, or be the main man at FSU? I’d call it a coin flip.”
Brendan Bures, the sports editor for the FSView and Florida Flambeau, gives Wiggins a 75 percent chance of coming to Tallahassee, even though the Seminoles are not the basketball powerhouse that the other three finalists are.
“I believe Wiggins chooses Florida State because of his father’s (and mother’s) alumni status, his best friend Xavier Rathan-Mayes (who’s already committed to FSU) is attending, and he wants to be the guy, not just one of many,” Bures said.
The intriguing school in this mix is North Carolina, especially considering Williams has an opening for a wing scorer with Reggie Bullock off to the NBA. UNC’s other three 2013 recruits are either big men (Isaiah Hicks and Kennedy Meeks) or a point guard (Nate Britt). And much like Lexington, Chapel Hill would be Wiggins’ best bet at a national title, should that be on his priority list. Teaming with P.J. Hairston and James Michael McAdoo would form a formidable team. And just think of the people he wouldn’t be letting down on this “Andrew Wiggins to UNC” Facebook page.
Meanwhile, Kansas has its own big hole to fill with Ben McLemore declaring for the NBA draft. Wiggins could star in Lawrence with McLemore’s departure, but Pat Strathman, the sports editor at The University Daily Kansan, the school’s student newspaper, gives it a 10 percent chance.
“With Marcus Smart heading back to Oklahoma State, the urgency to get him increased drastically, but I think with the history of “one-and-done” players, Wiggins won’t choose Kansas,” Strathman said.
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Sounds like Florida State is confident, Kentucky thinks they have a shot, North Carolina is too busy to talk about it and Kansas has given up.
What say you?
