Meleek is currently scheduled for his OV June19-21.BBG Fundraiser at the Aqua Turf Club is scheduled for the 19th. Will be interesting to see how Dan/staff navigate both significant events to start his OV. I'm sure they've got it figured out. Sounds like the team and staff will be in Southington per press release.
2025 Recruiting: Meleek Thomas wants to visit UConn
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Yes, 2 games that day. It probably is more clear from reading the entire article.
Yes, maybe we get to pick rather than recruit
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Aura only goes so far. You still need to be able to match NIL numbers. A player might put a small discount on for the non monetary factors but let’s be real, these are job offers and total comp is a huge part of the story. Provided we have competitive comp, we’re at the top of the heap in terms of most other factors.
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Where you land in the NBA draft is the biggest monetary factor for the "5* and high 4*". Even going from undrafted to middle 2nd round (Newton/Spencer) is/could be some good $'s.
Don't think much impact on a Flagg type kid but how many guys were way ahead of Castle when he committed and how about now?
Still not sure I understand how NIL (and whatever) works re minimum guarantee or "if you are a Paige Bueckers type potential media personality" you can be told "we can guarantee $$$ but with our exposure you'll probably way exceed that." Also, thought sneaker money had some impact on where players go, does being or not being Nike school have much impact on school decisions?
Don't think much impact on a Flagg type kid but how many guys were way ahead of Castle when he committed and how about now?
Still not sure I understand how NIL (and whatever) works re minimum guarantee or "if you are a Paige Bueckers type potential media personality" you can be told "we can guarantee $$$ but with our exposure you'll probably way exceed that." Also, thought sneaker money had some impact on where players go, does being or not being Nike school have much impact on school decisions?
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I think the BBfG dinner is only for the 2024 championship team, not the new guys. So I'd guess he'll be hanging out with the transfers and freshmen in Storrs
Thought the release said that the crowd would also" be introduced to next year's team". Like I said -I'm sure they have it covered. I don't know about the NCAA rules on recruiting protocol re: NIL events-fundraisers and their ability to attend or not.
His visit is obviously tremendously important for UConn as is this event for recognition-NIL-fundraising purposes. If Meleek could be there/can be there--What an introduction to the UConn Family.
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Ah gotcha. Maybe they'll make him buy a ticket lmao
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Yeah I thought the incoming freshmen were included in the dinner.
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Zagoria seems to think we're recruiting Dybansta pretty heavily. We'll see.
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We are. Im no expert but i think Meleek could start a domino effect if he commits here.
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Unless we win the title again, we're going to have 3 to 4 guys at his position who are juniors and sophomores. Could be the reason. He is still growing and could play stretch 4 perhaps.
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I’m sure part of our pitch to Thomas is getting him committed and talking to Dybantsa and the stretch 4 whose name escapes me. It might give us the confidence to go all in on Acuff as well.
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He won’t sit behind anyone. He’s arguably a better prospect than Flagg.
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AJ is better. You get a chance to get him, you take him.
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Agree. His offensive package is certainly better and with Hurley his defense could be elite as well.
I'd still take Flagg as of today. AJ will be a year older though than when Flagg plays in college, they are basically a month apart in age, so he should be able to handle the college game better physically.
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Dybantsa is a better natural go to scorer than Flagg. Flagg's was better defensively and getting his teammates involved than Dybantsa is. At this moment I give the nod to Flagg.
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He’s talking about compared to Meleek
Is Dybantsa sharing the ball(on occasion) or is he just doing his thing?
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Whoops, the thread started talking about Flagg and I read his post too quickly before responding.
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From what people have said, it may have been more about the environment at Prolific. I'm confident if we are recruiting AJ that his character isn't a concern.
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Yeah from what I've seen, he doesn't seem selfish or anything it's just that Flagg is so great at getting everyone involved. Wasn't trying to slight Dybantsa.
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