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“Recruiting New Jersey and the metropolitan area is a huge part of our recruiting plan, the strong footprint that we want in terms of the geography of our approach,” Hurley, a Jersey City native and former Seton Hall standout and Rutgers assistant coach, said this week on a Zoom call in response to a question from NJ Advance Media.
“Guys that play high school and AAU and grassroots ball in Jersey, they have the makeup. They’ve got toughness, they’ve got the edge to come and play at a place like UConn, and handle the pressure and expectations of playing at a place like UConn.”
“Guys that play high school and AAU and grassroots ball in Jersey, they have the makeup. They’ve got toughness, they’ve got the edge to come and play at a place like UConn, and handle the pressure and expectations of playing at a place like UConn.”
Dan Hurley, UConn are siphoning off some of N.J.’s top basketball talent through a recruiting pipeline
Dan Hurley and UConn have established a growing pipeline of elite New Jersey players, including recent signee Samson Johnson from the Patrick School.
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