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2026 Recruiting: Abdou Toure Announces Top Seven

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husky429 said:
I hate this whole idea and acting like a kid going somewhere else is a character flaw.Our NIL is strong as hell.
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Didn’t say ours wasn’t, but those dudes are willing to give dudes like a million, i don’t think we’re doing that.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It’s even funnier when you realize we’re probably top 10 in NIL spending. Maybe slightly behind the Arkansas and Dukes of the world, but in the same ball park as them easily.
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Are you both talking about NIL or revenue sharing? Or a combination of the two that you're generalizing as NIL? Because with the new rules NIL won't be as much as it was the last couple years. Unless you have someone like Cooper Flagg come along who can get national advertising opportunities, the NIL dollars won't be that large.

For example, Darryn Peterson at Kansas is ranked as the top 2025 recruit (by 247Sports) and might be as good as Cooper Flagg in his one year in college. But will we see him on national TV ads that would be worth big bucks? The local Lawrence/Kansas City based businesses can't give him more than what is market for a local ad.
 
HooperScooper said:
For example, Darryn Peterson at Kansas is ranked as the top 2025 recruit (by 247Sports) and might be as good as Cooper Flagg in his one year in college. But will we see him on national TV ads that would be worth big bucks? The local Lawrence/Kansas City based businesses can't give him more than what is market for a local ad.
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They all told us Cooper Flagg was a "generational talent" just last year. Now this kid is just as good??? 🙃
 
HooperScooper said:
Are you both talking about NIL or revenue sharing? Or a combination of the two that you're generalizing as NIL? Because with the new rules NIL won't be as much as it was the last couple years. Unless you have someone like Cooper Flagg come along who can get national advertising opportunities, the NIL dollars won't be that large.

For example, Darryn Peterson at Kansas is ranked as the top 2025 recruit (by 247Sports) and might be as good as Cooper Flagg in his one year in college. But will we see him on national TV ads that would be worth big bucks? The local Lawrence/Kansas City based businesses can't give him more than what is market for a local ad.
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I am just generalizing. The point being we pay our players handsomely, just like the schools people here love to talk down on.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It’s even funnier when you realize we’re probably top 10 in NIL spending. Maybe slightly behind the Arkansas and Dukes of the world, but in the same ball park as them easily.
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I believe we are just outside the top 10 in that category. Norlander wrote an article recently that had UConn in the “tier 2” behind a top 10 in the 10 million dollar club.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
I believe we are just outside the top 10 in that category. Norlander wrote an article recently that had UConn in the “tier 2” behind a top 10 in the 10 million dollar club.
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Was there 10 schools in tier 1? I also doubt Norlander got permission to post our budget from anyone within the program officially.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
I believe we are just outside the top 10 in that category. Norlander wrote an article recently that had UConn in the “tier 2” behind a top 10 in the 10 million dollar club.
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Except this coming season is the last for this type of NIL. So no recruits and transfers are getting that kind of money going forward with the new rules and revenue sharing. Why does everyone forget about this? I think I’ve posted about it, including articles, about 10 times in the last few months.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Was there 10 schools in tier 1? I also doubt Norlander got permission to post our budget from anyone within the program officially.
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Yeah there were 10 albeit it’s more of a calculated guess than fact
  • Arkansas
  • BYU
  • Duke
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Louisville
  • Michigan
  • North Carolina
  • St. John's
  • Texas Tech
 
HooperScooper said:
Except this coming season is the last for this type of NIL. So no recruits and transfers are getting that kind of money going forward with the new rules and revenue sharing. Why does everyone forget about this? I think I’ve posted about it, including articles, about 10 times in the last few months.
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I didn’t forget about that. I’m talking about the right now. Could that be different in a few months? Sure.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
I didn’t forget about that. I’m talking about the right now. Could that be different in a few months? Sure.
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Got it. Starting in 2026-2027 season this NIL stuff won't be an issue.

It's alarming (and yet: not surprising!) just how quickly all this money has flooded into college basketball from the wallets and bank accounts of boosters and hopeful alumni. Another catalyst: The expected "cap" limit from schools' revenue sharing and the arbitration on "true NIL" that's supposed to take hold once/if the House settlement goes into effect this summer. In advance of that, boosters are trying to front-load deals for players to get them to sign.

www.cbssports.com

The $10 million club: College basketball's portal recruiting hits unthinkable levels of financial chaos

The price of talent is spiking to record amounts -- again -- now with hundreds of millions at stake in college hoops' unregulated economy
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
On3 thoughts on the Toure-to-UConn chatter:

www.on3.com

Basketball Recruiting Intel: Arkansas, Michigan, Texas Tech & others are gaining steam

Rivals' Jamie Shaw lays out and discusses the latest recruiting Intel with top prospects in the 2026 cycle.
www.on3.com www.on3.com


Speaking with sources around this recruitment, the school everyone seems to be watching to see how they move is UConn... even while they are still watching UConn, that the Razorbacks were picking up momentum.

Article includes Bryson Howard notes, but not much on UConn there:

The 6-foot-4 guard has also nailed down seven official visit dates. Texas A&M (Aug. 29), UNC (Sept. 5), Texas (Sept. 12), Duke (Sept. 19), Houston (Sept. 26), Kentucky (Oct. 4), UConn (Oct. 17), and Tennessee (Oct. 24) are on the books. Speaking with sources recently, they are telling me they are watching where Houston and Kentucky are sitting as we head into the start of visits.
 
HooperScooper said:
Except this coming season is the last for this type of NIL. So no recruits and transfers are getting that kind of money going forward with the new rules and revenue sharing. Why does everyone forget about this? I think I’ve posted about it, including articles, about 10 times in the last few months.
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That's cute that you think the NCAA is actually going to enforce that. There is a less than zero chance these market value rules are ever even attempted to be enforced
 
navery12 said:
That's cute that you think the NCAA is actually going to enforce that. There is a less than zero chance these market value rules are ever even attempted to be enforced
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You're always right so you're probably right about this too. We'll see. There are a lot of people who agree with you.

www.cbssports.com

As college basketball enters its most uncertain era yet, few believe the new rules will stop the flow of money

College basketball's next phase in the revenue-sharing era has many questioning what's real and if cheating will come back in a big way
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
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HooperScooper said:
You're always right so you're probably right about this too. We'll see. There are a lot of people who agree with you.

www.cbssports.com

As college basketball enters its most uncertain era yet, few believe the new rules will stop the flow of money

College basketball's next phase in the revenue-sharing era has many questioning what's real and if cheating will come back in a big way
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
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Not sure why you always start off every reply to me with saying I'm always right, but sure. I just don't see any way the NCAA will be able to legally cap the NIL deals, they'll be sued into oblivion
 
NJHoops said:
Recruiting local and in-state has never been less important than it is right now.
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Don’t want to make it seem like an actual issue. Because yeah, CT produces a UConn level player once every few years or so if that.

Whereas Jersey probably produces 3-5 every year.

It’s just an observation. I wonder if Toure follows suit to want to leave CT like most CT kids or if we’ll be able to keep him home.

I’m far less informed on this situation than the Betsey situation. Never believed Betsey was coming here.
 
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HW611 said:
Don’t want to make it seem like an actual issue. Because yeah, CT produces a UConn level player once every few years or so if that.

Whereas Jersey probably produces 3-5 every year.

It’s just an observation. I wonder if Toure follows suit to want to leave CT like most CT kids or if we’ll be able to keep him home.

I’m far less informed on this situation than the Betsey situation. Never believed Betsey was coming here.
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Unless you consider the prep schools. Didn’t Bama grab a CT prep kid this year?
 
RuffRuff said:
Unless you consider the prep schools. Didn’t Bama grab a CT prep kid this year?
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possibly. I’m only talking about kids UConn would actively recruit though.
 
HW611 said:
possibly. I’m only talking about kids UConn would actively recruit though.
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Jemison ended up being ranked higher by 247 than Bundalo & Adams and went to Hurley's buddy Oats, after getting an offer from Kansas as well. Yet we never even took a look at him in our backyard it seems.



This staff has a very specific archetype they target and they don't seem to want to break that for local kids.
 
RuffRuff said:
Unless you consider the prep schools. Didn’t Bama grab a CT prep kid this year?
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Yes, London Jemison from Bloomfield, CT. He was teammates with Tyler Betsey for one season at St. Thomas More. UConn didn't recruit him. Another CT kid from the Hartford area DJ Hawkins who is at St. Thomas More just got an offer from Syracuse.

 
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