2025 Recruiting: Acaden Lewis, Down to Eight Schools
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We definitely got the highest praise out of the 8.
UConn: “UConn just felt different when I went on my visit. It was amazing. The players are really bought in over there. The coaching staff is super serious but they know when to joke. It just felt different. The practices were really quick. It felt kind’ve pro-ish. It felt different. So that was a really good unofficial and just a great school in general. They win, and you want to be in a winning culture.”
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The staff won’t have any problem addressing Acadens ‘wants’ in a program.
“The culture of the school will be big for me. I want to see how they talk to the top guy, their second guy, their thirteenth guy. See how they treat their managers and everyone in the program. The roster will be big too. WIth the portal and everything going on there, I want to go into a family environment where I know the coaches are invested in me.”
“The culture of the school will be big for me. I want to see how they talk to the top guy, their second guy, their thirteenth guy. See how they treat their managers and everyone in the program. The roster will be big too. WIth the portal and everything going on there, I want to go into a family environment where I know the coaches are invested in me.”
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Here’s another update with 247:
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What he’s looking for:
"Roster is very important for me, I want to play," Lewis said. "I'm not there to sit behind a bunch of people they have at the guard spot. The roster is really important along with my relationship with the head coach. NIL is cool but my main focus is playing and being somewhere where I think I'll be comfortable, where I belong and where it feels like a family."
Thoughts on UConn:
UConn: "They're back-to-back national champions which is appealing. Coach Hurley, Coach Kimani and his staff are great people and it was great going up there for my visit. The practice is different, the pace is great and I just enjoyed it. I can see myself going there and really getting better. There's also not much else to do there than to play basketball and get better. I like that."
Rising combo guard Acaden Lewis reveals his final eight schools
Acaden Lewis, one of the top spring stock risers cuts down his list to eight, breaks down each school.
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What he’s looking for:
"Roster is very important for me, I want to play," Lewis said. "I'm not there to sit behind a bunch of people they have at the guard spot. The roster is really important along with my relationship with the head coach. NIL is cool but my main focus is playing and being somewhere where I think I'll be comfortable, where I belong and where it feels like a family."
Thoughts on UConn:
UConn: "They're back-to-back national champions which is appealing. Coach Hurley, Coach Kimani and his staff are great people and it was great going up there for my visit. The practice is different, the pace is great and I just enjoyed it. I can see myself going there and really getting better. There's also not much else to do there than to play basketball and get better. I like that."
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Suprised no Kentucky. Dont think he is Dukes plan A or B, so have to imagine we are in good shape. Not sure how the staff is planning to handle all the guards we are on in terms of priority.
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Kentucky is the first school on the list.
Sounds like he loves us, but I wonder if it comes down to who else is still here next year for us. If Mahaney, Nowell, and Ball (and say Thomas coming in) are here, is that too much guard roster competition if he's the 5th guy for his freshman year?
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I’d imagine it would be. But Mahaney could potentially head to the draft, and Karaban, McNeely and Stewart as well. Could be Nowell, Ball, Thomas (hopefully), Ross and Abraham left. 3 positions to get time at with 5 guys isn’t a huge logjam.
hurley's been selling kids on the quality of UConn's practice and the concrete and individualized player dev plans. He does sound like he's buying into that pitch. This plus a multiple ballhandler, more extended rotation with more minutes going around should lessen the concern about competition for minutes.
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Somebody (or two somebodies) getting drafted.
And tbh in the age of the wild west portal... a kid of his caliber should have no concerns.
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Obviously the leader here is syracuse. 1>6, ACC money, clementines, Yukon, Georgetown Superbowl. Lock.
When this staff gets a guy on campus, it’s not wise to ever bet against them.
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Innnnnteresting…
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Ed wants to be Hurley so friggin bad
He lost me at “he’s a damn good man”, though.
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Keeping Dad close so he can poach if the opportunity presents itself.
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Ed did get a commit from Acaden’s school in 2024. He has a great relationship with that coaching staff (this isn’t an assumption).
He’s doing work to build relationships in the DMV. It’s not going to show in this recruitment but it’ll pay off at some point down the road.
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Bahaha, it's hard to pick out the funniest part of this because it's all gold. The basketball equivilant of getting turned down in high school by a hot girl because you're an ugly loser.
"Georgetown is a really great guy, but I don't think we should date because that would just ruin the great friendship we have. But that doesn't take anything way from what an incredible person Georgetown is. I love him, but just as friends."
Bahahahaha.
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how about as a friend with benefits?
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Mine was: "I don't want to get in the way of your dreams."
Elizabeth, if you're reading this, I knew it was a lie. I was a 5'10 145lb basketball player. We all knew I wasn't playing professionally.
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The real slim shady.
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Damn. I've never thought about that but this tracks.