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2025 Recruiting: Acaden Lewis, Down to Eight Schools

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Zionn said:
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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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UConn: “Coach [Dan] Hurley is a great guy. He’s super straightforward, which I like, and I need a coach like that to tell me when to tell me when I mess up or what to improve on; he has a good balance of that, and the guys really love him. It’s different there, going on the unofficial; the practices were the best I’ve seen: [they have] a great pace and the guys were all locked in, so that was great to see. And, obviously, they win, and you want to be in a winning program with winning culture and one that values their guards.”
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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.”
 
Here’s another update with 247:

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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."
 
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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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?
 
auror said:
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, McNeeley 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.
 
auror said:
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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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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Hungryhusky99 said:
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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When this staff gets a guy on campus, it’s not wise to ever bet against them.
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Innnnnteresting…

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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.
 
7774 said:
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?
 
7774 said:
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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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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Friarsnoop said:
I'm sure he was trying to help, but that's an absolute embarrassment to Georgetown. It means a local kid who, along with his father, loves the coach but doesn't see any hope in the near future to even include them in a group of 8 schools he's considering.
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He just put Cooley in the Friend Zone. "Call me when you get hotter."
 
7774 said:
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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Haha, typed my response without seeing this
 
Friarsnoop said:
I'm sure he was trying to help, but that's an absolute embarrassment to Georgetown. It means a local kid who, along with his father, loves the coach but doesn't see any hope in the near future to even include them in a group of 8 schools he's considering.
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He’s probably looking to be in school for a year or so. It’s not a bad thing to say their timelines don’t match.

I’m sure if Cooley can begin to turn things around the kids in the area will remember how recruitments like this were handled.

Sometimes you have to plant seeds.
 
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