2024 Recruiting: Liam McNeeley, the Second of His Name, 2.0

[ctbro1999]

I wish there was a practice session he could participate in. Are the guys still playing, I would think so, especially the NBA bound.

I saw the UConn men Insta (or FB) account post some photos recently of the guys in practice gear with a "Back at it!" caption. I'm sure they'll be able to run McNeeley through a practice session of some kind to give him a taste.

 

[nomar]

And who did you hear that from?

He heard it from Richard Kent, who heard it from Simon Charles, who heard it from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

If this kid doesn't come to Storrs, then it's purely because of NIL $$$ and we don't need that kind of player in the program anyways.

Maybe Murray will take him gopher hunting.

 

[JohnnyJr]

That's not what I heard. He used UConn to drive up Duke's NIL offer. He was never serious about coming to UConn.

Some Duke fans on Reddit were convinced we offered Flagg 1.5 mil to their 750k, no way we offered that much

 

[ctbro1999]

Some Duke fans on Reddit were convinced we offered Flagg 1.5 mil to their 750k, no way we offered that much

Considering Hurley is on record saying that "$1.2-1.3M"is a "ridiculous number", those DOOK fans are completely BS'ing.

 

[Kemba15]

That's not what I heard. He used UConn to drive up Duke's NIL offer. He was never serious about coming to UConn.

 

[FlexOnEm]

Some Duke fans on Reddit were convinced we offered Flagg 1.5 mil to their 750k, no way we offered that much

Considering Hurley is on record saying that "$1.2-1.3M"is a "ridiculous number", those DOOK fans are completely BS'ing.

Lol think again. We have a strong donor class that was more than willing to open their wallet. UConn could have topped Duke in their offer. As @superjohn said, this didn’t come down to NIL.

 

[navery12]

Considering Hurley is on record saying that "$1.2-1.3M"is a "ridiculous number", those DOOK fans are completely BS'ing.

Ridiculous number for who was asking for it. No matter how much people here want to bury their heads in the sand and deny it, UConn has competitive NIL and that's a positive thing

 

[husky99]

Close only matters in horseshoes and hand grenades

 

[auror]

Obviously still a ton of dominoes to fall here and multiple spots open, but Torvik released 2025 projections/rostercast. Has us #5 with AK back and adding Liam, 7 with AK back and no adds, 14 with AK gone and adding Liam, 38 with AK gone no adds.

Just interesting early data points that will be fun to monitor.

You have to add Diarra back in, too. But Diarra+Karaban+McNeeley is still only 5th.

That being said, 5th is within the "could be #1 margin of error".

 

[cwh20]

I remember following Timberlake's instagram follows like they were the Zapruder film, which in retrospect is hilarious for lots of reasons. So I won't get sucked into that again.

The basketball clearly seems like the right fit here; hopefully the other stuff is as well.

That’s funny. PF Ike Diagu. He was down to UConn, Arizona St and Kansas(?). This podcaster came to the Boneyard and said he was going to announce that night on his show. Many Boneyarders went to the site but they wanted money. There was a way around it but some did pay. I listened to the hour+ show. Ike never called in. That was the end of me getting too involved. He eventually chose ASU. UConn survived.

This is not to say that I’m not interested in UConn getting McNeeley. That’d be awesome!

 

[Stinger92860]

You have to add Diarra back in, too. But Diarra+Karaban+McNeeley is still only 5th.

That being said, 5th is within the "could be #1 margin of error".

A few things have to fall right for us in the next 4-5 weeks and by next March we could be hitting on all cylinders again.

 

[HuskyHawk]

NIL had nothing to do with Flagg picking Duke instead of UConn.

I wish this board would stop accusing every player who doesn't choose UConn of making the decision based solely on money. There are lots of reasons to choose schools other than UConn. Except Syracuse, there's no valid reason to go there.

 

[bendm]

You have to add Diarra back in, too. But Diarra+Karaban+McNeeley is still only 5th.

That being said, 5th is within the "could be #1 margin of error".

Obviously still a ton of dominoes to fall here and multiple spots open, but Torvik released 2025 projections/rostercast. Has us #5 with AK back and adding Liam, 7 with AK back and no adds, 14 with AK gone and adding Liam, 38 with AK gone no adds.

Just interesting early data points that will be fun to monitor.

where do we go adding Brea to Diarra, AK and Liam? i have to keep reminding myself a team can be much much worse than this past season's team but still be good enough to make a run to the final four.

 

[Fatroony5]

where do we go adding Brea to Diarra, AK and Liam? i have to keep reminding myself a team can be much much worse than this past season's team but still be good enough to make a run to the final four.

5th.

 

[navery12]

where do we go adding Brea to Diarra, AK and Liam? i have to keep reminding myself a team can be much much worse than this past season's team but still be good enough to make a run to the final four.

#5, but I think all of his numbers were with the assumption of Diarra back in the OP. They don't seem to match otherwise

 

[UConniki]

Let’s not do this. Michigan is a serious program. Ann Arbor is a great college town. If his family is in Indiana it will be far easier to see many of his games

His family is in Texas.

 

[Fatroony5]

#5, but I think all of his numbers were with the assumption of Diarra back in the OP. They don't seem to match otherwise

Right now he’s working under the assumption AK is back but not Diarra.

 

[UconnU]

Where would we even play Flagg? He’s squarely a stretch 4. I’m fairly certain Alex will be back to finish his degree, a promise he made his grandmother.

 

[auror]

Hard to get swayed by "He just followed the whole staff and team on IG" after the whole Timberlake and Flagg situation. It just makes so much sense for Liam to come here and replace Castle as our 1&done 5 star though, just an incredible fit!

Following a couple guys while on a visit means "I'm communicating while I'm on the visit."

Following the whole team means "the visit went awesome and probably will commit."

Timberlake was an outlier. Kansas threw a late ridiculous bag that as an older midmajor in the early days of NIL who probably didn't get paid before and had no chance of NBA forced his hand. McNeeley is not in that same situation.

 

[UofCT]

I hope he's not getting NIL envy from being a Montverde teammate of Mr. NIL.

I wonder how much money Castle would have lost out on if he opted to get like $500K more in NIL and go to Duke or Kentucky. He's going to get a $25 million dollar contract in June while everyone else is in the transfer portal.

 

[dennismenace]

Kid is 6’7 Cam Spencer. Only thing missing are highlights of McNeely making plays out of the pivot with shot fakes and pass fakes.

How about staring down the opponents student section and pointing at the exit sign?

 

[Deepster]

I am hereby copyrighting the “McThreely” brand name.

 

[IllinoisHuskie]

The fact that he went to Monteverde tells me he wanted to be with a winner. No other current program than UConn can offer more winning.

 

[Drame]

He took a turn around, off one-foot, mid-range fadeaway, a la Dirk Nowitzki last night. Missed it, but it wasn't a bad shot, he just missed it. Nowell might have been guarding him, and he clearly had a height advantage.

Not posting that to disagree, rather to say that if/when he does take a midrange, it may be a strategic shot rather than a bad shot. I also understand that last night was also an all-star game, not two teams playing within systems.

He hit 10 ft turnaround baseline jumper and swished as well.