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[QUOTE="G0UCONN, post: 4632638, member: 76"]
I went through my personal connection to him in an earlier thread set up when he first entered the portal. Was getting the inside "play by play" throughout the process from Nick.

Bottom line story is:

Luke Murray reached out to him 5 minutes after entering portal.   We really wanted him.   Murray and Hurley contacted him daily since then.

Top three schools interested that he liked were UNC, KU and UConn.

UNC offered 250K, KU offered 250K plus a Hellcat car, our offer was far far less (not sure how much exactly).

He had a great visit in Storrs, loved the team and coaches, knows it is a great fit, etc.   The NIL from us was so low vs. KU (which he also obviously liked) it was a factor.

Meeting on day 2 of visit started with Murray, Hurley and him in room and an empty chair.   Suddenly JC comes in to fill the empty chair and help with the pitch.   Very impressive.

In the visit he had an exchange with AJax telling him if you promise to be back, I will commit now. AJax couldn't do that.   He declared next day or 2.

Came down to two great programs and chose KU.  He is a great kid, athlete (Mac McLung like dunker), shooter, team player, and winner.    Would have been perfect.   Tough loss for us but we will be fine.  We are UConn.
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