2025 Recruiting: Braylon Mullins commits to UConn!

[GampelGladiator]

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball - Wikipedia

 

[Austin316]

Massive get! Let’s go!

 

[Bonamassa]

The argument whether UConn is a "Blue Blood" has jumped the shark. We need a new higher category specifically for the Huskies.

 

[UConnKev]

 

[I Bleed Blue]

 

[UConnKev]

 

[Scrutineer]

From Indiana's fan site (Inside the Hall):

Another class of 2025 Indiana basketball recruiting target is off the board.

Braylon Mullins, the frontrunner for Indiana’s 2025 Mr. Basketball Award, committed to UConn Wednesday evening.

The decision by Mullins is a setback for Indiana, which spent significant time recruiting Mullins the past few seasons. The Hoosiers offered him a scholarship more than a year ago. However, after a standout spring and summer recruitment with Indiana Elite, his recruitment went national.

Indiana is still involved with several prospects in the rising senior class. However, as prospects continue to come off the board, it’s increasingly likely that the Hoosiers will have to be heavily involved in the transfer portal market next spring.

Mike Woodson said, in May, at Huber’s Winery in Borden, Indiana, "the days of signing a large group of high school players were over."

“It’s what it is. You just don’t know. I would love to grow a team with high school kids, they stay with me for four years, man, but those days are gone, man,” Woodson said. “You’ll get a player that’s disgruntled and ‘hey, I want more minutes.’ I’m trying to put together a team where you can’t worry about minutes. It’s gotta be about team. And you gotta commit to team because then everything else takes care of itself, man.

“And that’s with any coach in college basketball. That’s what you gotta navigate, man, because everybody wants to play, everybody wants to go to the NBA, well, that’s not realistic. You can’t play everybody 40 minutes. Everybody is not going to play in the NBA. And that’s being real from a guy that spent 34 years of his life there. It’s what it is.”

 

[GampelGladiator]

No longer a blue blood...but rather...THE blue blood

 

[superjohn]

Got the three recruits he wanted? Going to threepeat? The dude wants all the smoke, it's refreshing.

 

[awy]

they got the best center, the best shooter and someone with a lot of upside when he works on his body. believe in the staff that targeted them, this is a group built for championship

 

[Scrutineer]

No F bombs. Are we sure he's a fit?

No way. He won't cut it here if he keeps that up...........

 

[Hamms30]

It's like the staff is running around playing pokemon go.

 

[superjohn]

they got the best center, the best shooter and someone with a lot of upside when he works on his body. believe in the staff that targeted them, this is a group built for championship

I think he envisions Adams playing like Tristen, Mullins like Cam, and Reibe like Clingan. Obviously not exactly like them, word is he sees Braylon as having one and done talent. That was a big part of the pitch.

 

[Scrutineer]

Got the three recruits he wanted? Going to threepeat? The dude wants all the smoke, it's refreshing.

What's really remarkable is how DH is still focused and still going after the players he needs to be successful.

Human nature is such that a "normal" person would be relaxing and living it up on Good Morning America and other such crap shows................wait, he can do both!

 

[HooperScooper]

No F bombs. Are we sure he's a fit?

I told you an Indiana kid that looks like the kid next door is not swearing on camera.

 

[3rdbass]

Was just thinking how he compares ... and I think it's clear he's a better athlete and finisher than Hawk as a prospect, but is he already as good as Hawk was end of frosh/soph year?

I think he might be that good.

Better Athlete? Not sure about that. Better Ball handler sure but that doesn't take a lot.

 

[UConnKev]

Another great commitment video!

 

[TheHorde]

Another great commitment video!

Ray and Hawk and castle in that commitment video kiddos hmmm

 

[uconnbill]

The player I wanted most this recruiting season. I love shooters and this young man plays with heart and skill

Welcome to Storrs, Braylon

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Don’t think we ever recruited at this kind of level in program history. Welcome Mullins!

 

[Dove]

Gotta love threads with Stone Cold giving a thumbs up, and Tiger doing a fist pump.

 

[Bazz2014]

Another great commitment video!

Ahhhhhh, the perfect nightcap.

Welp, off to the IU boards to bathe in their tears!

 

[uchusky32]

Welcome to Husky Nation l, Braylon!

 

[Mr. French]

This might be a bit far, but I’m not sure it is. I think this kid might end up being the best shooter to wear a UConn jersey since Ray Alllen.

"A bit far, but not sure it is" is a great description of how I felt as I wrote it.

 

[superjohn]

Another great commitment video!

They got Ray to narrate his video, baller.