I agree with your next post in that nothing could make me want to go to BYU. But they hired one of the more exciting young coaches and have the Jazz billionaire owner throwing money into the program nowBYU??
^^^This guy gets it
Woah woah woah we're talking breakin not battlin!
UConn is not struggling with NIL at all; we're actually thriving in the NIL era. We get guys who are balanced in their thinking and are smart enough to know that they'll get good dough from us and move on to the NBA at a draft level better than most other programs.
Beat Street?
I don't think NIL era is fully formed and I don't think we're thriving on the trail right now. If this wasn't the start of the NIL era, we'd already have our draft class signed.
But that doesn't mean they're not thriving with recruiting. Nobody has their full class already signed
Maybe. But that seems to be the case for everyone. Only 12 of the top 50 recruits on 247Sports have verbally committed so far. I wonder how that compares to prior years at the same point in time?
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But I don't think we can say "thriving" until we land a few and things will be fine. I guess my point is UConn finally makes it to the zenith of college basketball and all of a sudden there's a new factor to deal with that wasn't there before. I mean why do we have to worry about BYU and Texas Tech, for cryin' out loud.
I hear what you’re saying and it’s frustrating. But I still believe this staff will get the right kids that fit their system that are winners who want to be here.
We just landed back to back 5*s on top of other top 50 recruits.
So since only 9 recruits in the 2025 class have committed so far then nobody is "thriving" at this point. Relax. UConn is going to be just fine. I promise.
Correction, only 9 of the top 50 have verbally committed.Maybe. But that seems to be the case for everyone. Only 12 of the top 50 recruits on 247Sports have verbally committed so far. I wonder how that compares to prior years at the same point in time?
2025 Top Basketball Recruits
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I get where you're coming from, and it does suck. But I'd say we are thriving on the recruiting trail. Whether we can close on some of these guys is a different story, but there's 12 top 25 recruits we've been connected to and 11 of them are 5 star guys. And we're still recruiting 7 or 8 of them. I don't think that's ever happened before for UConn
Trust me, I don't doubt this staff for a nanosecond. I know they have a Plan B...and C and D.
Nor should they. Both are not at our level.
Seems to me winning the last two nattys and going into next season in the top 5 with a really deep roster is thriving.
Seems to me you missed the entire point of the discussion.
No, not at all. Without saying it, my point is we know how to identify talent early in the recruiting process, bring talented team oriented players on board, develop that talent as well as any program in the country, win championships, and send players to the NBA. I'd call that thriving. AND, we do all that without overpaying NIL dollars. I'd call that thriving efficiently.
