2026 Recruiting: Junior County (UConn commit) played in a tournament called the National Hoopfest and won MVP

[david]

Junior County played in a tournament called the National Hoopfest and won MVP of his game against St. John's. Nice display of athleticism at the 2:36 mark:

 

[ARIDE]

Help me out ..what's Juniors position..I haven't seen where he will have an impact or his position ..off guard??shooter?

 

[king conn]

Looks like he loves to drive to the basket, which probably explains why Hurley went after him with what happened last year.

Looks to pass, hits his free throws. Looks to be a solid combo

 

[Drame]

I think they want him as a big point guard, like T new, Castle, Demary. Im hoping he has a Karaban like career. 4 years. Good enough to play right away but not good enough to go pro right away. It takes our point guards a while to learn the position so having someone here for 4 years would be great.

 

[Umami Zen]

Plays with his head up- Looking for his guys in their spots. Great facilitator/connector. Will be getting to FT line a lot with his finishing skills. See him as a CBB combo that can play with or without the ball. Solid UConn Program fit.

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Help me out ..what's Juniors position..I haven't seen where he will have an impact or his position ..off guard??shooter?

Combo guard

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Combo guard
He’ll come off the bench for Demary will have to get a hang of the offense while finding his spots & facilitating
Jack of all trades type not defined by 1 skill set
Im not sure about his defense at this level but at 6’4ish he’s seem above average defender/ athleticism & he has the “want to” mentality Hurley will get more out of him
Likely a 3yrs player who can make the nba

 

[bendm]

Combo guard
He’ll come off the bench for Demary will have to get a hang of the offense while finding his spots & facilitating
Jack of all trades type not defined by 1 skill set
Im not sure about his defense at this level but at 6’4ish he’s seem above average defender/ athleticism & he has the “want to” mentality Hurley will get more out of him
Likely a 3yrs player who can make the nba

i think Hurley has realized he needs a 2-headed monster at PG like we've had at C for a few years now, so i expect him to bring in an upperclassmen PG like Malachi to be the backup next year, meaning County will be battling Furphy for the backup SG minutes as a frosh.

 

[6&counting]

He's a PG:

 

[caw]

UConn will also be seeing his teammate #5 Katrell Harmon (top 60 kid) at least twice a year, as he committed to Creighton.

 

[Stinger92860]

I am hoping to see more of Furphy during the BE portion of the schedule. Not huge minutes, but maybe 5-7 minutes in som of the easier games.

 

[ucjoet]

In the video when he was announced off the bench and ran onto the court, he reminded me Tony Hanson ( one of my all time favorite Huskies). The floppy hair was a Tony Hanson trademark