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2026 Recruiting: Abdou Toure update from aaron torres

Palatine said:
Providence, UConn and Walmart.

Pretty sure that Walmart will pay Toure whatever they need to pay him. UConn does not have the cash to compete with Walmart. If he picks us it will be for reasons other than the most money.
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Was in Bentonville to Mountain Bike this summer. The money Walmart is pouring into that area is ridiculous. If I was looking into real estate now, that would be an area to target. I can see Austin 2.0 in 25 years. Their top 150 vendors are required to have hub offices there to work with them. The level of new residential development is insane, very cool biking culture and they're making it a destination for bikers. I spoke to a woman who brought her teenage son in from Norway. Then you have the Ozark lakes nearby.

Took a cruise down to Fayetville for a day - lot more going on there than Storrs.
 
RuffRuff said:
Was in Bentonville to Mountain Bike this summer. The money Walmart is pouring into that area is ridiculous. If I was looking into real estate now, that would be an area to target. I can see Austin 2.0 in 25 years. Their top 150 vendors are required to have hub offices there to work with them. The level of new residential development is insane, very cool biking culture and they're making it a destination for bikers. I spoke to a woman who brought her teenage son in from Norway. Then you have the Ozark lakes nearby.

Took a cruise down to Fayetville for a day - lot more going on there than Storrs.
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Walmart should ask for their money back that they’re pouring into the football team. ND might have 800 yards of offense against them today lol.
 
Son of Robert said:
We have not heard a thing about him coming here lately. There's no smoke, no nothing.
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And as the old saying goes...when there's no smoke, there's no "warm spherical objects" (filter doesn't like what I'm trying to say)
 
Man, this recruitment is all but over now, and the writing's on the wall that he's going elsewhere... but at this point I would still love to have him. He's more athletic than anyone else were looking at (by a lot), he's a good kid and has a strong work ethic. Not saying I would prioritize him over everyone else, but I do think he'd be a great multi-year system fit and a culture continue-r. Unfortunate to me the way the winds are blowing here
 
AntG168 said:
Being right sucks sometimes. NEXT.
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RuffRuff said:
Was in Bentonville to Mountain Bike this summer. The money Walmart is pouring into that area is ridiculous. If I was looking into real estate now, that would be an area to target. I can see Austin 2.0 in 25 years. Their top 150 vendors are required to have hub offices there to work with them. The level of new residential development is insane, very cool biking culture and they're making it a destination for bikers. I spoke to a woman who brought her teenage son in from Norway. Then you have the Ozark lakes nearby.

Took a cruise down to Fayetville for a day - lot more going on there than Storrs.
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Wow - you went to bentonville as a tourist. congrats man that is wild
 
I think there's a non-0% chance he commits. There's been no smoke at all lately, but things can change quickly. In the past week:

1. Trilly put in a gif for Cloer to NC State
2. Trilly said a source told him UConn might let County walk to go all in on Mingo/Landrew. When asked to clarify if they we going all in on both he said he wasn't sure it was realistic to get both.
3. Tom Moore's comments in his Storrs Central interview the other night when talking about our recruiting model Tom Moore Live Q&A (Varsity) (at the 57:48 mark)

If Cloer told the staff he will be committing to NC State, that's suddenly a bucket of NIL money planned for Cloer that gets freed up. If we can't realistically afford both Mingo and Landrew (hope this isn't true) then following the model Tom mentioned, we could pivot to a big offer for Mingo, up the offer for Toure a bit, and the remaining budget goes to another developmental player. I know this probably gives off Pepe Silvia vibes, but it's at least plausible.
 
david said:
I think there's a non-0% chance he commits. There's been no smoke at all lately, but things can change quickly. In the past week:

1. Trilly put in a gif for Cloer to NC State
2. Trilly said a source told him UConn might let County walk to go all in on Mingo/Landrew. When asked to clarify if they we going all in on both he said he wasn't sure it was realistic to get both.
3. Tom Moore's comments in his Storrs Central interview the other night when talking about our recruiting model Tom Moore Live Q&A (Varsity) (at the 57:48 mark)

If Cloer told the staff he will be committing to NC State, that's suddenly a bucket of NIL money planned for Cloer that gets freed up. If we can't realistically afford both Mingo and Landrew (hope this isn't true) then following the model Tom mentioned, we could pivot to a big offer for Mingo, up the offer for Toure a bit, and the remaining budget goes to another developmental player. I know this probably gives off Pepe Silvia vibes, but it's at least plausible.
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The only hole in this logic is that I imagine Toure is significantly more expensive than Cloer
 
husky429 said:
Why? Cloer is ranked higher
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I guess Will Wade could have thrown a huge bag at Cloer, but feel like it's been the talk around Toure for a year plus that he's going to the highest bidder. And then a final 3 of the local school UConn, Calipari, and a desperate Kim English with a supposed blank check seems to back that up
 
AntG168 said:
Who was the last New Haven County kid that went to UConn?
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Off the top of my head, probably Edmund Saunders. But that area isn’t exactly a hotbed of high school basketball recruits.

AntG168 said:
Up until the back to back titles you'd be hard pressed to find a handful of people even talking about UConn basketball.
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Hard disagree. This might be true for a limited, more recent, period of time before the B2B, but when I grew up there (1980 - 2003) UConn basketball - men’s and women’s- was extremely popular. We just didn’t have much talent good enough to play there.
 
david said:
If we can't realistically afford both Mingo and Landrew (hope this isn't true) then following the model Tom mentioned, we could pivot to a big offer for Mingo,
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Just get it done. Then All we need in the portal next summer is a backup PG and backup C and we’re good to go.

Glad Mingo ain’t celebrating a big win in happy valley tonight!
 
navery12 said:
I guess Will Wade could have thrown a huge bag at Cloer, but feel like it's been the talk around Toure for a year plus that he's going to the highest bidder. And then a final 3 of the local school UConn, Calipari, and a desperate Kim English with a supposed blank check seems to back that up
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Tipton on PC:
"I would be surprised if they (PC) land Holt. I think Arkansas has the edge for Toure right now with Providence in second. Derkack I think they could have a good shot with. Not sure about Egbuono".

I have it on good accord that a staff member speaking at a dinner basically said they don't feel like he's worth his asking price. My guess is that they'd save it for the portal before paying for someone they don't feel they'd get the right value back. Also have some intel from someone in his circle that has he's going Arkansas. This one is 100% closed.

Hard to believe they couldn't afford Mingo & Landrew when they had Mullins, Reibe, Furphy & Adams locked up at this point last year.
 
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RuffRuff said:
I have it on good accord that a staff member speaking at a dinner basically said they don't feel like he's worth his asking price. My guess is that they'd save it for the portal before paying for someone they don't feel they'd get the right value back. Also have some intel from someone in his circle that has he's going Arkansas. This one is 100% closed.
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This right here.
 
husky429 said:
It's amazing how the collective scout on a kid changes as soon as he trends to another school.

Let's be realistic guys: Toure is still a hell of a ball player
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He’s around the 35th rated kid. Jameson outta CT was about the same last year (much better class) and not sure the board even talked about him. He wasn’t recruited by UConn (went to Bama), but not sure there is much diff in a kid we don’t recruit and another we don’t prioritize ultimately.
 
RuffRuff said:
Tipton on PC:
"I would be surprised if they (PC) land Holt. I think Arkansas has the edge for Toure right now with Providence in second. Derkack I think they could have a good shot with. Not sure about Egbuono".

I have it on good accord that a staff member speaking at a dinner basically said they don't feel like he's worth his asking price. My guess is that they'd save it for the portal before paying for someone they don't feel they'd get the right value back. Also have some intel from someone in his circle that has he's going Arkansas. This one is 100% closed.

Hard to believe they couldn't afford Mingo & Landrew when they had Mullins, Reibe, Furphy & Adams locked up at this point last year.
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Wait until it comes out that his asking price for UConn was higher than his asking price for Arkansas
 

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