2025 Recruiting: Braylon Mullins commits to UConn!
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Is there a live feed of this?
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At 6:00 pm there was…
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Thank you my man.
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Shoutout to Hawk too
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How many 3's did the Celts take last night? That is where the game is going at all levels. DH and staff know this and they have also figured out it is easier to find a shooter and teach him to play defense than vice versa. I don't think we'll go full Alabama offense but I expect 85% of our shots are 3's or in the paint. Lastly, the new IU football coach reminds me a lot of DH. Proven winner at many levels, super confident in himself and a sh$t talker. College Gameday will be in Bloomington this Saturday. I'm going out on a limb and saying they make the playoffs this year. IU's football history has been a constant Big Ten doormat.
Hurley for sure has input into the commitment videos. And Ray is in it and apparently narrating it. Hawk is in it as well. Read into that what you will I guess.
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I was thinking the exact same thing when this news broke. I can't really think of any new category, except we are now the bluest of the blue bloods.
I've noted this before, it's not a matter of how highly ranked the recruits are, but how well they are developed, how well they perform and how much they contribute to winning. Teams win championships, not individuals, nor individual recruiting classes.
I really don't care if UConn wins the recruiting crown. It's the staff getting the players they think are the best for the program and being the last team standing when it counts most.
The Mount Rushmore of Husky two guards might have just gotten another addition. The kid has a lot to prove but he’s loaded with talent and ability. I think Hurley will get all of it out of him.
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Is Braylon Mullins related to ex Dookie and Golden State Warrior from the 60’s, Jeff Mullins?
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Does it really matter where it came from? It showed good taste and class. We should not become the program that is despised because of a holier than tho arrogance toward every other program, but rather disliked yet respected by every other program.
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No but his dad played at IUPUI.
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Wow. I though you were punking is.
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We are UConn!! 4>1 But 5>>>>1 is even better!
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Watching the commitment I think if he was eligible and we gave him an offer Braylon's dad would have come to UConn. Dude was as excited about this announcement as any parent I've observed.
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and then there was 3 top 25 recruits ‼️
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Is anyone going to be a better pure shooter than cam Spencer.
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Probably not percentage wise. His efficiency was off the charts
Would we not understand if Hoosier Nation hates us more than Purdue, Michigan and any other school. Seems like every big name signing we get comes at the expense of IU. Maybe we should play a game at IU?
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I was thinking about the Celtics game last night with how many threes they were jacking up. With that said, I really hope they don't go three-ball crazy, which I really don't think that will happen. Hurley is all about execution and creating good scoring opportunities may they be beyond or within the three-point arc. From a purely spectator perspective, I'm more interested in seeing a team that scores and wins in a number of different ways and not just jacking up threes. As much as I like winning, I want to be entertained.
There was an article about Hurley changing his recruiting philosophy, and getting better shooters compared to athletes. Now I would think that a lot of coaches would love to get the best shooters/scorers possible, but it's just not that easy since there's so much competition for those highly skilled incoming freshman. Those who followed UConn in the late '80s and early 90s remember how Calhoun often recruited athletes since it was hard to get the highly ranked skilled recruits to come to Storrs. As UConn grew their reputation, he began getting more skilled scores such as Donyell Marshall, Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton, etc.
Now based on the recruits Hurley has been bringing in the last few years, it's clear he is trying to get more skilled offensive players and some very good three-point shooters. Having players that can stretch the defense but also drive into gaps and deliver the ball to the right teammates (cutters, kickouts, interior post players, etc.), creates a well-balanced offense that is extremely hard to defend. It's ridiculous that the roster next season will potentially have five players on the floor that can knock down threes and do many other things as well. And of course they need to be able to defend. We've all seen some Kentucky and Duke teams that are chock full of skilled offensive underclassmen, that's simply we're not able to win because they couldn't defend and or couldn't produce when it counted most.
Hurley is clearly looking for players that know how to play team basketball at a high level or at least can learn how to do so. Now that they're winning championships, the success of landing the top ones that fit this are now achievable.
I assume some of the highly ranked recruits in the past few seasons were made up of some very dynamic scorers with advanced offensive skills, but those aren't the ones that are winning titles. Not saying that having one of those type of players like AJ Dybantsa (not a good fit since few here would spell his name correctly
) wouldn't be a nice peace to have if willing to work within the team system, but it's just not worth getting into the bidding wars for those type of players, plus the risks they might cause chemistry issues with the overall team if they are focused on putting up individual numbers to help their draft status. Landing Castle last year was an important piece who was considered a likely 1-and-dine and highly skilled individual scorer, but one who was a hard worker and willing to do whatever the coaching staff asked of him, and not just to put up big numbers. Castle did exactly that and was a big reason we won the national championship. And he seemed to do just fine in the NBA draft this past summer.
It's great to be a husky fan. This season in next season are going to be really exciting. And if they keep winning, I don't see this changing.