2026 Recruiting: Dylan Mingo Official Visit this weekend!

[CTFAN4LIFE]

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I asked chatgpt if this is the look of a happy UConn player and his family and the answer was "yes". It is so.

 

[RuffRuff]

He was so good as a backup big he could’ve came out that year and got drafted as a first rounder.

He 100% impacted that 2023 championship. He was an 10-0 run waiting to happen anytime he checked in.

I remember this most distinctly away at Marquette that year. We were trading baskets with them, Cling came in down 17-15 and we went on a 16-3 run with him in there. Marquette didn't know what to do with the basketball anywhere near the rim. Adama came back in and Marquette immediately went on a 9-0 run. Cling finished with 20 in that one, and it was the first game when you knew they had something special in the big galoop.

 

[fatlucy]

MINGO is the thread. Back to MINGO. Other topics move elsewhere.

 

[JakeTheDog]

I remember this most distinctly away at Marquette that year. We were trading baskets with them, Cling came in down 17-15 and we went on a 16-3 run with him in there. Marquette didn't know what to do with the basketball anywhere near the rim. Adama came back in and Marquette immediately went on a 9-0 run. Cling finished with 20 in that one, and it was the first game when you knew they had something special in the big galoop.

I hate to derail this thread even more but Clingan was MVP of the Phil Knight tourney early in his freshman season. If people didn’t notice his impact until Big East play then they weren’t paying attention.

 

[Lafayette]

I saw this on googles AI so I don’t know if it’s actually a thing. But you have to be a Basketball HOF in order to get your jersey retired at UConn. Very very high standard if true as I think the only jerseys retired on both sides are Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton, Rebecca Lobo, and Swin Cash.

I can’t find an article that says this standard directly.

You can add Sue Bird and Maya Moore who retired are in the hall of fame.

 

[uconngb]

MINGO is the thread. Back to MINGO. Other topics move elsewhere.

New to the Boneyard??

 

[Dove]

We had a player to come to Storrs and Mingo was his name-oh!!


#earworm

 

[HooperScooper]

We had a player to come to Storrs and Mingo was his name-oh!!


#earworm

 

[HW611]

You can add Sue Bird and Maya Moore who retired are in the hall of fame.

They’ll probably get their jerseys retired shortly because this was recent.

RIP is not in the HOF

Hes in the collegiate HOF

You're probably correct.

But that's not really what's being talked about. His impact in BY lore is growing by the day.

He was incredibly impactful, but he wasn't THE reason they won ... in '23 for sure.

Nobody was THE reason in ‘23. It was a collective effort that he also had a big part in.

As others have pointed out, there were plenty of times he looked like the best player on the team.

 

[Magic32]

Back to our regularly scheduled programming. Any news on the visit or where he is visiting next?

 

[Stasher599]

Back to Mingo because nobody needs to defend the impact Cling had as a freshman. Anyone hear anything else about how the visit went?

 

[auror]

Mingo was expected to take a lot of visits this recruitment, per Trilly from before UConn's visit. He hasn't given an update post, despite being asked. There's a small update on Storrs Central. I think both Mingo and UConn keep things tight. (Another reason why he's a good fit with Hurley and will probably end up committing here).

 

[Tenspro2002]

The best take in that video is that we wouldn't think twice about benching senior Demary for Mingo.

I know Mingo is a borderline top 5 recruit, but I think he's underrating how good a senior Demary should be. Think they'd start together anyways.

Castle and Newton played alongside each other. Absolutely no reason we wouldn't play both.

 

[Samoo]

Castle and Newton played alongside each other. Absolutely no reason we wouldn't play both.

Hurley's hydra...