2026 Recruiting: Abdou Toure update from aaron torres

[Huskyforlife]

Well in case anyone was wondering why this kid wasn’t a priority, they made it super obvious…

 

[boog204]

This is actually super interesting. Toure wanted to be treated as a priority and get the red carpet treatment. I don’t blame him for that. We either don’t do that or weren’t willing to do that for him. Whether that triggers the “not a UConn kid” crap is up to you. I have zero issue with the kid wanting to get $$ and have the Bentley treatment. I also respect our staff for “knowing”’what they’re willing to do for a recruit. I will say, I think our fan base would be really annoyed if Mingo said this. Totally get different class of player, but still.

 

[Mike Honcho]

This is actually super interesting. Toure wanted to be treated as a priority and get the red carpet treatment. I don’t blame him for that. We either don’t do that or weren’t willing to do that for him. Whether that triggers the “not a UConn kid” crap is up to you. I have zero issue with the kid wanting to get $$ and have the Bentley treatment. I also respect our staff for “knowing”’what they’re willing to do for a recruit. I will say, I think our fan base would be really annoyed if Mingo said this. Totally get different class of player, but still.

Hard to argue with this. Toure was clearly UConn's 2nd or 3rd option. His family felt that, and decided to go where he felt more valued. Had we prioritized him, it might have been a different conversation. I suspect our lack of interest was based more off of play style/fit and where we stand with other prospects, and less because he's "not a UConn kid" or had outrageous NIL demands. He seems like an upstanding kid with a bright future ahead of him.

 

[navery12]

This is actually super interesting. Toure wanted to be treated as a priority and get the red carpet treatment. I don’t blame him for that. We either don’t do that or weren’t willing to do that for him. Whether that triggers the “not a UConn kid” crap is up to you. I have zero issue with the kid wanting to get $$ and have the Bentley treatment. I also respect our staff for “knowing”’what they’re willing to do for a recruit. I will say, I think our fan base would be really annoyed if Mingo said this. Totally get different class of player, but still.

I think it should be pretty clear he's not a UConn kid based on his comments. Which is not a knock against him at all, but he literally said he watched UConn the last 2 years and decided it wasn't a good fit for him. I'd say by definition that makes him not a UConn kid

 

[Mike Honcho]

I think it should be pretty clear he's not a UConn kid based on his comments. Which is not a knock against him at all, but he literally said he watched UConn the last 2 years and decided it wasn't a good fit for him. I'd say by definition that makes him not a UConn kid

Read between the lines. What's he gonna say, UConn backed off? (Which his dad did say.) It's a defensive mechanism.

 

[navery12]

Read between the lines. What's he gonna say, UConn backed off? (Which his dad did say.) It's a defensive mechanism.

He's gonna say nothing and talk about Arkansas, the school he committed to

 

[Duncan Idaho]

UConn really needs a small airport near campus.

Windham Airport?

 

[Mike Honcho]

He's gonna say nothing and talk about Arkansas, the school he committed to

He's 17 and reporters keep asking him about his hometown school.

 

[navery12]

He's 17 and reporters keep asking him about his hometown school.

And there's a good way to answer those questions. That quote made it very clear to me that UConn made the right choice here

 

[Mike Honcho]

And there's a good way to answer those questions. That quote made it very clear to me that UConn made the right choice here

You must have been a precocious teenager.

 

[navery12]

You must have been a precocious teenager.

Has nothing to do with me. Braylon Mullins seemed to be able to talk to the Indiana media in a normal way last year

Braylon Mullins bets on himself, picks UConn over IU basketball. He explains his decision.

Braylon Mullins, a five-star prospect coveted by Indiana basketball fans, announced his commitment to two-time defending national champion UConn.

www.indystar.com

 

[Go_Huskies]

Don’t think I saw this article from Mike Anthony posted…gets into some comments from dad…UConn only offered 1/2 of what Cal paid

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His reaction makes sense now. He really wanted to go to uconn but the intensity of the desire was not reciprocal. If you have ever seen a pretty girl rejected, you understand. A blue chip recruit is like a pretty girl.

 

[bendm]

Arkansas already had a commitment from 14th ranked JJ Andrews a 6’6 SF. Guessing Cal sold Toure on being their starting SG?

 

[jibsey]

I think it should be pretty clear he's not a UConn kid based on his comments. Which is not a knock against him at all, but he literally said he watched UConn the last 2 years and decided it wasn't a good fit for him. I'd say by definition that makes him not a UConn kid

UConn kid? We know this from a couple comments? What makes a UConn kid and what makes him not one?

 

[navery12]

UConn kid? We know this from a couple comments? What makes a UConn kid and what makes him not one?

The fact that he looked at the UConn program and decided it was not a good fit for him. That's it

 

[boog204]

The fact that he looked at the UConn program and decided it was not a good fit for him. That's it

If you’re framing this as a player, then sure. But I feel like the majority of posters here default to the “not a UConn” kid BS when a recruit chooses another school from a character standpoint. Any recruit, in this landscape, who goes to the highest bidder is doing what 95% of us would’ve done at the same age.

 

[KingAG]

Abdou is a fantastic kid. Like help your grandmother bring the groceries in her house type of kid. Without being asked. His parents raised a phenomenal young man. Full stop. End thread.