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Ngongba Visiting October 13th (First Night)

NJHoops said:
247sports.com

Top20 prospect Patrick Ngongba II previews final visits before decision

Patrick Ngongba II, the No. 20 overall recruit in the country, discusses his official visits and updates his timeframe on making a decision with 247Sports.
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Only program he talks about the pitch being development, how we've developed bigs, and getting to the next level is UConn. Then he says his priority in choosing a school is development... Could be nothing, could be something.

But at the very least, it's clear that he has the same priorities that we do as a program and he's hearing what makes our program special.
 
I think people got pessimistic about this recruiting battle because the second official wasn’t made public for so long, but there’s obviously still a lot going on here. This staff’s teams are always bonded and tight with each other- it was clear in June, it’s even better now.
 
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He seems truly undecided. Visits will determine it most likely.
 
I always seem to find myself disappointed this isn't broadcast on TV or it's on FloSports.

Does anyone know if it will be broadcast on TV this wknd? We are the defending national champs with a roster capable of repeating.
 
superjohn said:
I always seem to find myself disappointed this isn't broadcast on TV or it's on FloSports.

Does anyone know if it will be broadcast on TV this wknd? We are the defending national champs with a roster capable of repeating.
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First Night will air locally on WFSB and will stream for free on UConn+ (UConnPlus.tv).

EDIT: ESPN doesn't care about college hoops anymore other than filler content and doesn't give it the TLC it gives to the NFL and NBA so they don't do the whip around or dedicated First Night coverage they used to have. It also hurts that every one doesn't start on the same day anymore so it takes some of the buzz away when they used to do it. So it's a little bit of ESPN killing anything that isn't a sacred cow and NCAA being terrible at marketing itself.
 
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Surprised there's no articles yet about what recruits are showing up for first night.
 
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1 uncommitted recruit is very underwhelming. Would think you could at least get a group of interested underclassmen to visit, First Night is a big recruiting piece for a lot of schools.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
1 uncommitted recruit is very underwhelming. Would think you could at least get a group of interested underclassmen to visit, First Night is a big recruiting piece for a lot of schools.
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There could be kids on unofficial visits, but Borges wasn't sure if there will be any.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
1 uncommitted recruit is very underwhelming. Would think you could at least get a group of interested underclassmen to visit, First Night is a big recruiting piece for a lot of schools.
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I have to imagine there will be some local underclassmen. All we're recruiting for this class is Ngongba and Flagg. It's huge that we seem to be in a great position with Ngongba and we got him on campus for the weekend, seems like many wrote his recruitment off. If we get him it's another awesome class coming off one of our best classes ever. If we also sign Flagg it's our best class ever and we're not only the best program in the country but we're the "it" program.
 
superjohn said:
I have to imagine there will be some local underclassmen. All we're recruiting for this class is Ngongba and Flagg. It's huge that we seem to be in a great position with Ngongba and we got him on campus for the weekend, seems like many wrote his recruitment off. If we get him it's another awesome class coming off one of our best classes ever. If we also sign Flagg it's our best class ever and we're not only the best program in the country but we're the "it" program.
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Yeah, would be great to see some ‘25 and ‘26 guys will be attending. Gotta keep the pipeline going.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
1 uncommitted recruit is very underwhelming. Would think you could at least get a group of interested underclassmen to visit, First Night is a big recruiting piece for a lot of schools.
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They’ve never used this event as a major recruiting thing. Hurley did a little more at URI when it was more of a concert and just a little about basketball, which I actually prefer for the student and player experience. These kind of events in general are kind of weird- they start off hype and then it’s hit or miss (all of the basketball-centric ones, not just UConn). Some schools use it as a reason to stack visits, but it’s not the event itself that’s the real draw. Pat is the focus this weekend. They put a lot of work into his initial one, and there’s new stuff for this visit.
 
NJHoops said:
They’ve never used this event as a major recruiting thing. Hurley did a little more at URI when it was more of a concert and just a little about basketball, which I actually prefer for the student and player experience. These kind of events in general are kind of weird- they start off hype and then it’s hit or miss (all of the basketball-centric ones, not just UConn). Some schools use it as a reason to stack visits, but it’s not the event itself that’s the real draw. Pat is the focus this weekend. They put a lot of work into his initial one, and there’s new stuff for this visit.
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I normally skip first night. But the draw for this one is the ring ceremony and the banner reveal. That’s going to be pretty cool
 
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