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Message: [QUOTE="drayenob, post: 4990045, member: 9282"] I do it to support NIL. But I do enjoy reading things like this from someone who is directly involved: [I]Don't read into the Kentucky visit any more than Mahaney's Kentucky visit. They were never getting Mahaney and they'll only get Brea if we allow them to get Brea. There is only one UConn and every kid in the country knows it. Our coaches don't miss. Mahaney tidbit: Aidan and his parents were enamored with the Cam Spencer role. Saw what Cam was able to come in and do last year and think his skill set is in line to replace a lot of that production. Think the staff saw that as well. He was the one. Started the portal with four targets. Had three spots in mind. All four said yes. NIL rumors about Brea = not true. Any belief that his weird process was a reflection on him or his family = not true. Sounds like he's a great kid that absolutely would have fit in nicely. First three said yes first. Loved the kid so in a perfect world everyone plays for UConn. Minutes are minutes and we've got three stud rising sophomores and a stud rising Hass. Wasn't so much about needing to [I]recruit[/I] anyone to [I]stay[/I] so much as not getting greedy (just because we can) at the risk of upsetting the balance. All of this easier if it were possible at this moment to predict AK's future. Kind of comes down to weighing up whether you want to (potentially) have one too many guys or (potentially) have one too few guys if the extra man upset some returners and someone decided to bounce. I've seen it on here and on Twitter so I'll say it here: if this result ends up holding then this was entirely "This group is the group. Time for the three young guys to take a leap forward. Time to go push for the three-peat." Nothing but good things to say about Brea, though Final update: as of this moment we are still expecting everyone to return with the exception of AK, who remains at a dead even 50/50 (seriously). [/I] [/QUOTE]

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