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Breaking down the UConn men s basketball recruiting classes of the last 19 years
According to 247Sports.com’s composite rankings, UConn’s 2021 recruiting class is currently ranked No. 14 in the nation. That’s the sixth-highest class the program has had since 2003, when 247Sports started extensively ranking classes.
By Dave Borges and Derek Turner |
June 1, 2021 |
Updated: June 1, 2021 10:03 a.m.
We decided to take a look at all of the Huskies’ recruiting hauls over the past 19 years. It’s interesting to see how high (or low) some were rated, and how they ended up respective to their ranking, via success individually, in the NCAA tournament and/or their post-UConn careers.
How the NCAA s new transfer rules are changing recruiting and creating chaos in college basketball
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There is havoc in men’s college basketball, a diaspora of players leaving programs that shows no sign of ending soon.
Roughly one out of every three players who donned a uniform this past season has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. That’s over 1,600 players, enough to field about 120 teams, and some believe that number could still swell to double the total from a year ago when the portal had over 1,000 entrants for the first time.
The reasons are clear: the NCAA’s decision in October to grant an extra year of eligibility to all current student-athletes, coupled with a more recent ruling that allows players to transfer one time without penalty. While the rule changes were meant to benefit student-athletes, they have created chaos.
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UConn s Richie Springs keeps with program despite scant playing time: This will all pay off soon
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Nov 25, 2020; Storrs, CT, USA; Connecticut Huskies forward Richie Springs (13) warms up before a game against the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils at Gampel Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY SportsDavid Butler II / USA TODAY / Contributed Photo
Sit back, relax and put on an extended version of a song from your playlist say, the live version of “Free Bird.”
The length of that song about equals how much playing time Richie Springs has had in his first two seasons at UConn.
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UConn s Isaiah Whaley talks his decision to return: I couldn t see myself playing for another team
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Connecticut s Isaiah Whaley (5) defends against DePaul s Kobe Elvis during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Big East men s tournament Thursday, March 11, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Frank Franklin II / Associated Press
“The Wrench” is back.
Or all of the above?
“I feel like I’ve had a new nickname each year I’ve been in college,” Isaiah Whaley said, with a laugh, by phone on Friday.
But as Whaley embarks on a fifth and final season at UConn, courtesy of the NCAA’s ruling that all student-athletes from this past winter get an extra year of eligibility, perhaps yet another new nickname is in store. “The Wrench,” a nickname Whaley believes he got from a fan online but isn’t completely sure, may be hung up in the shed for good.