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2025 Recruiting: Braylon Mullins commits to UConn!

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NewBlood said:
Ray - Rip - Hawk - Rashad - Shabazz
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I can digg it

mines would be and in no order

Ray / Rashad / Hawkins / Gordon / Shabazz

these guys had it all range, spot up, on the move, consistency & clutch
 
RuffRuff said:
Gonna be interesting watching the lunatics of UConn twitter engaging with BMs dad regularly. Let’s hope he holds his commitment ;).
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Some have said players don’t read the BY. I don’t know that I buy that. But family and close friends definitely do in some cases. They definitely read UConn Twitter.
 
I'm surprised to see so many people comment on Braylon's defense. He plays for a public high school team that runs a zone all the time and isn't developing him on that end. And obviously in AAU defense is cutesy at best.

I don't think there's any real evidence one way or the other about his capability NOW as a defender, but he obviously has the physical and mental profile to be a contributor on that end.
 
husky429 said:
I'm surprised to see so many people comment on Braylon's defense. He plays for a public high school team that runs a zone all the time and isn't developing him on that end. And obviously in AAU defense is cutesy at best.

I don't think there's any real evidence one way or the other about his capability NOW as a defender, but he obviously has the physical and mental profile to be a contributor on that end.
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If he was in fact anchored in a zone defense in high school I totally agree. You learn defensive fundementals playing man-to-man defense. It's that simple. I get why high schools might feel the need to use zone. But, anything that's developmental - youth, AAU, etc. should be man-to-man in my opinion.
 
husky429 said:
I'm surprised to see so many people comment on Braylon's defense. He plays for a public high school team that runs a zone all the time and isn't developing him on that end. And obviously in AAU defense is cutesy at best.

I don't think there's any real evidence one way or the other about his capability NOW as a defender, but he obviously has the physical and mental profile to be a contributor on that end.
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Small sample but there was the writeups from the Las Vegas camp that he wasn't getting the ball much but was totally disruptive with a defensive impact. Against top offensive players, I'm sure it at least establishes that he has capabilities.
 
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This .... is outstanding!! Welcome Braylon, fill it up!
 
NewBlood said:
Ray - Rip - Hawk - Rashad - Shabazz
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boog204 said:
If we're doing "pure" shooters then Rip wouldn't make my list. If we're choosing a guy to hit a big shot, then absolutely.

Ray, Rashard, Bazz, Mouring, BFair, Ben Gordon (over 40% career on large volume) are the ones that jump out to me. Hawk was a great shooter but he was under 40% both his years and Rip was under 40 two of his three years.
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Ahem - a vote for Chris Smith - career 3pm in college: 40%
 
Don't Mullins and Adams play the same position? And doesn't Ball? That's three guys at the 2, and that's assuming Mahaney is considered a pure point. If you slot one of them at the 3, what happened to the supposed giant leaps forward we expect frpm Ross and Stewart? And that's assuming McNeeley leaves. Am I missing something, or are we forming a line around the corner at the small wing?
 
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Sphinx said:
Don't Mullins and Adams play the same position? And doesn't Ball? That's three guys at the 2, and that's assuming Mahaney is considered a pure point. If you slot one of them at the 3, what happened to the supposed giant leaps forward we expect frpm Ross and Stewart? And that's assuming McNeeley leaves. Am I missing something, or are we forming a line around the corner at the small wing?
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If 1-2 of the guys you mentioned aren’t in next year’s draft, then something went horribly horribly wrong during the upcoming season.
 
Ricker said:
Small sample but there was the writeups from the Las Vegas camp that he wasn't getting the ball much but was totally disruptive with a defensive impact. Against top offensive players, I'm sure it at least establishes that he has capabilities.
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Yep. There’s been articles written, it’s been talked about…don’t shake ya head at me! (Sorry channeling my inner JC).

It’s the same way any singular fan makes a comment or projection: it’s based on his physical tools, what we’ve seen on tape, what we’ve heard from experts and what a normal translation would look like.
 
Sphinx said:
Don't Mullins and Adams play the same position? And doesn't Ball? That's three guys at the 2, and that's assuming Mahaney is considered a pure point. If you slot one of them at the 3, what happened to the supposed giant leaps forward we expect frpm Ross and Stewart? And that's assuming McNeeley leaves. Am I missing something, or are we forming a line around the corner at the small wing?
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Because Stewart is a 4 and we'll have at least 3 of the other guys you mentioned on the court at all times. Plenty of minutes to go around
 
husky429 said:
but he obviously has the physical and mental profile to be a contributor on that end.
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That’s all us fans need to hear.

Hurley and Co. will make a defender out of him.
 
Sphinx said:
Don't Mullins and Adams play the same position? And doesn't Ball? That's three guys at the 2, and that's assuming Mahaney is considered a pure point. If you slot one of them at the 3, what happened to the supposed giant leaps forward we expect frpm Ross and Stewart? And that's assuming McNeeley leaves. Am I missing something, or are we forming a line around the corner at the small wing?
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All three of them are 2s, but can slot in at the 3 as well. And there's a decent shot that Ball is gonzo by June to the league.

I'd love to see Mullins and Adams absolutely killing each other in practice next summer to battle for that freshman starting SG spot ball had at the beginning of 2023.
 
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Interesting comments from Mullins about Hurley's recruitment of him. I don't want to see another post ever again complaining that the staff isn't doing enough on the recruiting trail.

“Coach Hurley was the head coach I heard from the most,” Mullins said. “And honestly, that’s who you are playing for so hearing from him was definitely a big part of it.”

“(Assistant) coach (Luke) Murray was the one who recruited me first and he got me in touch with coach Hurley and coach Hurley offered around the end of May or early June,” Mullins said. “The reason why I picked UConn, I’ve been in touch with coach Hurley since the day he offered me. Being in contact with the head coach means a lot. There weren’t a lot of schools I was talking to where I was talking to the head coach all the time. Being able to have a very good relationship with the coaching staff helped me out a lot."
 
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HooperScooper said:
Sounds like the Rudy Gay recruitment. Maryland was in his backyard but Rudy said Calhoun came to watch him play in high school many times and Gary Williams never did.
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I think if that's true, it's actually incompetence and laziness. Rudy Gay, top 5 player, and you never see him. Woodson, on the other hand, just gave up. Didn't want to deal with Hurley. If he tried harder, it would have hurt even more.
 
knicksin7 said:
Woodson, on the other hand, just gave up. Didn't want to deal with Hurley. If he tried harder, it would have hurt even more.
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Woodson may have overestimated NIL was worth to Mullins.
 
DogMania said:
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.
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I have said it before and I will say it again, UConn is the best college basketball program in the modern era (since NCAAT went to 64 teams in 1985).

They are the Gold Blood, while Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Kansas are the Blue Bloods.
 
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