Aidan Mahaney COMMITS to UConn (Merged)

[FfldCntyFan]

LOL he's way better than Cam Spencer according to one of these guys.

That's a hell of a statement but I will be thrilled if it proves true.

 

[dingaling]

pretty good video breaking down mahaneys commitment

I actually like these guys even if they are wrong half the time

 

[caw]

LOL he's way better than Cam Spencer according to one of these guys.

Better, no. Cam played like an old man schooling kids. Mahaney is quicker and more athletic. His upside is high but he isn't automatic from three like Cam and doesn't have that silly good footwork. Not sure I can think of a really good comparison at UConn.

 

[Bomber36]

LOL he's way better than Cam Spencer according to one of these guys.

After the season Cam had, this is hard to accept.

 

[Mr. French]

If Diarra doesn't come back would Mahaney start at PG? Adam Finkelstein sure made it sound like he could if needed. Not saying Diarra isn't coming back but right now we as aren't 100% sure of who will be on the roster besides confirmed players. That would mean we would still be looking for another guard in the portal too.

I'm not sure he doesn't anyway ... but I don't know what those convos have been with Hassan and Coach.

 

[Boatbro]

I feel like McNeeley and Stewart should be swapped. You would want the more athletic guy on the wing, no? Also, I would be pretty surprised if Mahaney doesn't start over Ball.

This will most likely be the 8 man rotation, should stretch to 9 or 10 deep early in the season. Expecting a big jump from Ball this season.

AM 32.5 AN
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TR 25 SJ 15 YS

 

[I Bleed Blue]

We are living in a dream. Back-to-back titles, multiple lottery picks, securing top available recruits and transfers, reloading in an instant for a shot at a 3-peat. WTF, Hurley?

Just think 16 months ago we were almost all ready for Hurley to be fired when the wheels fell off on that January stretch.

2 natty’s and a BET latter and he’s the best coach in college basketball! Life is funny like that sometimes

 

[aburks41]

Kentucky fans are claiming that Trilly was saying on his Discord that UK refused to counter the offer that UConn gave Mahaney in NIL, but I don't sub to Trilly's discord so I'm not sure if it's legit.

It’s unequivocally false btw. Mahaney committed on his visit (per Storrs Central). Trilly said that he only took the UK visit because he wanted to go visit his family in Kentucky on UK’s dime lol. They got embarrassed and this is their made up narrative to try to save face. That screenshot isn’t even trilly, it’s some random UK fan they think has “sources” but he’s been wrong about everything UConn related. Dude also claimed McNeeley was a Kentucky lean when he never even stepped foot on campus.

Here’s the real screenshot because they are purposely trying to frame it as Trilly when it’s not.

 

[Bomber36]

Just think 16 months ago we were almost all ready for Hurley to be fired when the wheels fell off on that January stretch.

2 natty’s and a BET latter and he’s the best coach in college basketball! Life is funny like that sometimes

Hindsight is 20/20.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Watching UK fans’ handwringing about how NIL and paying players has taken over the game has to be the least self-aware thing I’ve ever seen from a fanbase.

Next we’re gonna see it from Memphis, Kansas, Duke and St. John’s.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Hindsight is 20/20.

Absolutely

 

[UC0NN]

pretty good video breaking down mahaneys commitment

This dude is practically comparing him to Michael Jordan lol. He has zero credibility but I do love the hype anyways.

 

[KembaRunner]

Better, no. Cam played like an old man schooling kids. Mahaney is quicker and more athletic. His upside is high but he isn't automatic from three like Cam and doesn't have that silly good footwork. Not sure I can think of a really good comparison at UConn.

I can’t remember anyone with that silly good footwork. Watched his March highlights earlier today and there are just too many that make you go GYATDAHHM.

Cam is goated.

 

[jostar1]

Mahaney’s mother, Patsy Mickens, traces that poise to his childhood in Lafayette. As a young kid, Mahaney wasn’t afraid to speak up if he saw someone laughing at his older brother, Noah, who has Down syndrome.

At Campolindo, Mahaney sat with classmates at lunch who had no one else at their table, volunteered for special-needs charities in his free time, and awoke at 5 a.m. every weekday so he could be in the gym by 6. His goal was clear: to join Gary Payton, Jason Kidd and Damian Lillard among the East Bay’s pantheon of great point guards.

Freshman Aidan Mahaney has hometown St. Mary’s eyeing March Madness success

Aidan Mahaney grew up rooting for St. Mary’s and now the freshman from Lafayette is the face of perhaps the greatest team in coach Randy Bennett’s 22 seasons.

www.sfchronicle.com

 

[KembaRunner]

I can’t remember anyone with that silly good footwork. Watched his March highlights earlier today and there are just too many that make you go GYATDAHHM.

Cam is goated.

 

[HooperScooper]

Welcome Aiden!

Uh oh. Here we go again.

 

[UC0NN]

Cam was probably the best 3 point shooter in the country the last 2 years.

But his 2 point game to me is most impressive. That says all you need to know about Cam. Guy could score 20 ppg in his sleep, but values team first.

 

[aburks41]

Mahaney’s mother, Patsy Mickens, traces that poise to his childhood in Lafayette. As a young kid, Mahaney wasn’t afraid to speak up if he saw someone laughing at his older brother, Noah, who has Down syndrome.

At Campolindo, Mahaney sat with classmates at lunch who had no one else at their table, volunteered for special-needs charities in his free time, and awoke at 5 a.m. every weekday so he could be in the gym by 6. His goal was clear: to join Gary Payton, Jason Kidd and Damian Lillard among the East Bay’s pantheon of great point guards.

Freshman Aidan Mahaney has hometown St. Mary’s eyeing March Madness success

Aidan Mahaney grew up rooting for St. Mary’s and now the freshman from Lafayette is the face of perhaps the greatest team in coach Randy Bennett’s 22 seasons.

www.sfchronicle.com

Sounds like a great kid. Super excited to see what he will do in our system

 

[CL82]

Uh oh. Here we go again.

I kinda low-key feel that while the rest of us were watching highlights you were evaluating perspective recruits by whether or not their names would be misspelled by The Boneyard.

(spoiler: they will.)

 

[huskidork]

lets GOOOOOOOOOooo

 

[David 76]

Aidan, welcome aboard!

 

[husky99]

 

[dennismenace]

McNeeley off the bench??? Ya gotta be kidding, this kid is phenomenal.

minutes won in practice.

 

[dennismenace]

De-Nile? Or Crying me a river? Works both ways really!

 

[dennismenace]

These last couple of years+ just seem like we’ve taken a step to some other level beyond anything we’ve seen before. Just amazing (and so enjoyable)!!!

Agree. It's like out of this world. Hope this continues. It like a masterpiece the way it is put together and functions.

 

[willie99]

We're too good, our staff gets to mold the team they want, I'm somewhat giddy

 

[Coach J]

The Boneyard has come a long way - so far thru 12 pages of this thread I am pretty sure nobody said, "Aidan is sneaky athletic"

 

[Waquoit]

Just think 16 months ago we were almost all ready for Hurley to be fired when the wheels fell off on that January stretch.

What do you mean we, kemosabe?

 

[fatlucy]

Just think 16 months ago we were almost all ready for Hurley to be fired when the wheels fell off on that January stretch.

2 natty’s and a BET latter and he’s the best coach in college basketball! Life is funny like that sometimes

Only some people were ready for him to be fired. Most of us were supportive.

 

[jibsey]

75% of Cam would be enough.