Yes, but that isn't NIL. It's a different thing. UConn is disadvantaged there, as we have football to fund, and even Women's hoop, hockey and baseball theoretically.
When Rick Pitino is talking about how much NIL the school is going to pay, he's talking about revenue sharing in a colloquial way.
I hope we go after Jones to play at the 4 next year. I assume he will be in the portal. Love his game.
It could be great for UConn and the Big East and it's what happens whenever a coach gets fired.
Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top! He is an ideal fit.
Be fine. if the BE can keep him. Last thing this league needs is talented freshmen to take off for other conferences.
Probably P4 bound, but let's see. Played his cards right then.
He can go back to PC if they hire a coach he likes, but he might as well enter the portal.
I get the sense that most kids, whether they enter or not, get a sense of their market value.
Yup, if only Vaaks was from the Balkans vs Estonia, no doubt he’d be a glove fit with Brad Underwood’s Balkinois roster. /s
Some talk that we will be involved with Pettiford when he enters the portal.
Needs to change his name to Vaakonovic
He'd give us a little of what we're missing.
People on here still don't seem to know the new rules with revenue sharing and NIL. UConn's revenue sharing for men's basketball is very competitive. That's all I care about. The old NIL model with pay for play was discontinued on July 1, 2025 when revenue sharing started.
This portal season will be interesting, because based on the rules, Big East teams, willing to spend, should have a significant advantage over how much revenue sharing they can spend versus "football" schools in the SEC, Big Ten, and Big 12. How that is enforced will be fascinating.
Yes, it will be interesting to watch. That's all I meant by saying UConn was "disadvantaged" compare to other BE teams, we do put something towards other sports. NIL still exists and those two commercials featuring UConn guys during the selection show were a good example. Just can't be a proxy for booster spending anymore, at least not under the rules. So a school with a robust presence in the local market, where a player can legitimately earn NIL still has some advantages.
All the chatter I've heard is that the market will still go up a bit vs last year, so I don't expect the Big East to gain any advantage.
Would not be surprised
I sure hope so, we were heavily involved with him out of high school. From Jersey City and Hurley is friend's with his dad.
Do you think we can sell Silas and Pettiford on playing next to each other? If so, I'm fully on board
That would be the question.
I am too - question is what happens to Ball? Microwave off the bench?
The sales pitch from the staff would have to alleviate any concerns they would have about playing time and roles. As for the roles the staff could pitch them on being Kemba/Shabazz in 2011 and Shabazz/Boatright in 2014 and how those tandems won titles. The college basketball landscape has changed considerably since then, but this staff's ability to communicate their recruiting pitches is top notch as well as managing allocation of NIL/revenue.
