Koby Brea entered the portal. Please please Coach Hurley

[TheShot1990]

Not officially
well, this did come out last night:

Portal Update: Koby Brea Cancels Visit

As of now, it looks like he’ll end up at UConn.

www.dukebasketballreport.com

 

[Fan1978]

Will be interesting to see if Self can convince those guys to share the ball and play D. Not everyone can be the Man.

Good luck to him

 

[CL82]

I heard Bill Murray gave him 3 million

... and a walk-on part in his next movie. How do you compete with that?

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Trilly thinks he’s ours by the end of the weekend

This is not true. He said it's 50/50 us and UK.

 

[david]

This is not true. He said it's 50/50 us and UK.

You're in the Koby Brea thread, not Aidan Mahaney

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

You're in the Koby Brea thread, not Aidan Mahaney

The post I was quoting was referring to Mahaney. Or at least was pretty clearly insinuating it was.

 

[FearThePups]

You're in the Koby Brea thread, not Aidan Mahaney

Well, I’d look at having Shulga in for a visit next week if Mahaney drags his feet.

 

[Leebo]

The post I was quoting was referring to Mahaney. Or at least was pretty clearly insinuating it was.

He already said he wasn't responding about Mahaney.

 

[bjc42]

from what I have gathered throughout these posts, it seems like brea is locked up and Mahaney is leaning us?

 

[david]

The post I was quoting was referring to Mahaney. Or at least was pretty clearly insinuating it was.

Yeah, reading back it's hard to tell. I see why you thought he was referring to Mahaney.

 

[CL82]

This is not true. He said it's 50/50 us and UK.

Yeah but he meant he was a lock for us.

 

[UCTitleTown]

All the transfers makes me wonder if some schools will just simply skip recruiting HS kids and just put together rosters of 100 percent transfers...then no need to develop or make promises they can't keep to kids.

Portal players cost more than high school recruits. A roster of all portals is a bad business model.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Brea will be a Husky by the end of the weekend.

^Straight from Trilly in his discord. I don’t want to post screenshots anymore because I’ll risk being banned but I am posting them on Storrs Central because it’s behind the paywall. Someone else can post it here if they want to but I’m already on thin ice there from “trolling” Kentucky fans lmao

Oh and there’s an extra surprise in there too from Trilly. Hurley is going for the kill shot.

Just speak in code. Aiden and Koby announcing simultaneously!?

 

[upstater]

lol @ Duke fans on twitter saying he asked for $1.8M, why are hardcore college sports fans so deranged?

I don't know why people are doubting this. That's what it would take for him to even consider playing for Duke. I heard he's actually paying his own way at UConn.

 

[UCPharma11]

Koby Brea, Dayton Flyers, Shooting Guard
Crystal Ball to the good guys. May I note Bronny James is slated ahead of Brea in the Top SG in the transfer portal. LOLOL

 

[Tenspro2002]

I love how Hurley has decided he can coach up anyone who comes in with the right attitude to play D and just wants the best offensive talent and culture fits.

 

[caw]

lol @ Duke fans on twitter saying he asked for $1.8M, why are hardcore college sports fans so deranged?

Maybe he did. I mean I would need at least 2x the amount from Duke to play there compared to UConn, because god knows Scheyer hasn't proven he can help a player improve at all.

 

[BigTenFan]

Portal players cost more than high school recruits. A roster of all portals is a bad business model.

Understood - but some schools have unlimited budgets so it won't be an issue for them.

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Flagg could end up being the last recruit we lose to Duke for a long time.

Def trending that way

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Well, I’d look at having Shulga in for a visit next week if Mahaney drags his feet.

Rather Shulga over mahaney anyways

 

[noeynox]

Understood - but some schools have unlimited budgets so it won't be an issue for them.

Right now, Hurley figured out the right formula before anyone else. Recruit high caliber HS recruits like Sanogo, Andre Jackson, Clingan, Karaban, Hawkins, Castle as your core. Supplement through the portal for complimentary players like Joey California and high impact plug and play guys like Newton and Spencer. NIL and the Portal have been immediate disruptors to the college game. We were fortunate enough to have a headcoach that was both experienced and young enough to embrace this. It literally chased legends like Jay Wright, K, and Roy Williams into retirement. I don't think older coaches wanted to deal with this huge shift in the game.

 

[OceanDoggie]

Right now, Hurley figured out the right formula before anyone else. Recruit high caliber HS recruits like Sanogo, Andre Jackson, Clingan, Karaban, Hawkins, Castle as your core. Supplement through the portal for complimentary players like Joey California and high impact plug and play guys like Newton and Spencer. NIL and the Portal have been immediate disruptors to the college game. We were fortunate enough to have a headcoach that was both experienced and young enough to embrace this. It literally chased legends like Jay Wright, K, and Roy Williams into retirement. I don't think older coaches wanted to deal with this huge shift in the game.

Uconn Men's players of last 3 seasons ranked by Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) Rankings -

Castle - 9
Clingan - 37
Ball - 43
Johnson - 47
Hawkins - 48
Jackson 50
Diggins- 52
Akok - 62
Diarra - 64 (Portal)
Stewart - 65
Sanogo 69
Ross - 72
Karaban - UR

 

[tzznandrew]

Uconn Men's players of last 3 seasons ranked by Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) Rankings -

Castle - 9
Clingan - 37
Ball - 43
Johnson - 47
Hawkins - 48
Jackson 50
Diggins- 52
Akok - 62
Diarra - 64 (Portal)
Stewart - 65
Sanogo 69
Ross - 72
Karaban - UR

For context, Karaban is only unranked because he joined midseason. Most services had him 65-75 range before that.

 

[Mooch82]

Koby Brea, Dayton Flyers, Shooting Guard
Crystal Ball to the good guys. May I note Bronny James is slated ahead of Brea in the Top SG in the transfer portal. LOLOL

I mean…I don’t think it’s a hot take that Bronny is probably a better overall basketball player than Brea.

 

[Mooch82]

Uconn Men's players of last 3 seasons ranked by Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI) Rankings -

Castle - 9
Clingan - 37
Ball - 43
Johnson - 47
Hawkins - 48
Jackson 50
Diggins- 52
Akok - 62
Diarra - 64 (Portal)
Stewart - 65
Sanogo 69
Ross - 72
Karaban - UR

Karaban being unranked doesn’t make sense. He was pretty consistently top 75 or so.