5-star Liam McNeeley IS BEING RECRUITED BY UCONN, KENTUCKY + KANSAS - AND ONE IS THE CLEAR BEST FIT!

On today's show @AaronTorres discusses 5-star Liam McNeeley's recruitment, with Kentucky, Kansas and UConn being involved - and which is the best fit!
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[@craftsmanctfl3493]

Aaron, I like your commentary a lot because you seem to enjoy it so much. I graduated from Kansas, but now live in Connecticut and worked at UConn, so go Huskies!

[@garrettdenny3643]

Tf traitor

[@connorrussell2084]

Hurley could recruit McNeeley based on the role Karaban had and show how he could fit and even take on a bigger role from it.... unless McNeeley doesn't want to be on the East Coast, UConn really does seem like a great fit

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

Here’s some general information for college bb fans. Since NCAA Tournament expansion to 64 teams in 1985, only 6 schools have won 3 Titles or more: Duke 5, UConn 5, North Carolina 4, Kansas 3, Kentucky 3, Villanova 3. That’s it. Those 6 schools have the most titles under the 64+ team NCAA Tournament bracket.

[@thejoyofboxing8805]

He’s going to UConn

[@TheSportsandFilmFellowship]

Braun, Gradey Dick, and then Furphy…. Yeah Liam fits at Kansas. UConn would be nice with Nowell but we shall see

[@randypotter5418]

He.come to uk and learn way more and be a star and fans would love him forever us uk fans remember you all forever

[@jeromedanielson4422]

Kentucky is no better than any other top-tier basketball school.

[@ryanadams2308]

UConn is what Kentucky thinks they are.

[@SAYYW0RD]

Why would you not go to the back to back champs and try and make history by going for the 3peat

[@UKCAT5FAN]

Sup Aaron!

[@bobbear4437]

Committed to UConn on 4/26!

[@paulwagner2089]

Go to UCONN kid.

[@thebryceisright4851]

We really need liam. A guy who can pull up from any spot on the court. I cant wait for this season to end and the age of super-seniors is over. UK can make it work with freshmen, but getting a guy like Reeves was the reason we were competitive, and BJ Freeman if he comes fills in that role. We really need the next Rob Dillingham, someone who can step on the court and just get a bucket, and thats who liam mcneely most likely is (just in a less energetic way).

[@mikect05]

Does Johny Furphy get NIL...dis they fix that loophole that foreign players can't take part in the US? I don't even understand that BS Good job as always bro 💪🏽

[@ryanharrison4058]

If he wants to go to the NBA after one year he should go to Kentucky. If he wants to learn how to win and be a team player he will go to UConn.

[@johnnydripstic6423]

Win… Cal wins maybe not big game but winning games isn’t a prob it’s not winning in March that hurts him

[@whosyodaddy21]

If he wants both then he needs to go to Kansas. Self develops players. Look at his track record. Hel’ll go to the nba no matter which school he chooses tho honestly

[@jimmiesmith5590]

That's dead now

[@anthonyyusef5897]

Why would anyone want to go to Kentucky right now.

[@Freespeechisgone]

Well he signed with UConn

[@TheSportsandFilmFellowship]

Furphy stock is high. He’s going to the draft no matter how bad he struggled. Nexta years draft is stacked with talent in the top 10. This is a bad draft. Furphy will go because there’s barely any shooters in this draft

[@randypotter5418]

Hey be a hero if he came to uk to help us to be really good this year

[@Chesney46]

You have to go after him I know the freshman situation but you can’t let talent go could be a two year player that could play with Jayden for a couple of years

[@carsonc29]

a 2 year 5 star kid at UK doesnt even sound right..UK would be a piss poor choice for him..

[@hoosierfan4life836]

IU was the best fit but someone got in his ear and told him he could make a million if he decommits. He didn’t look that great last night in McDonald’s game.

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

In today’s college bb, it’s become a situation where your team should probably only recruit incoming freshmen IF and probably ONLY IF your head coach is certain that that freshman will be a starter for your team. If you bring in a freshman player and he rides the bench for most of the season, he most likely will transfer after the season is over. So what’s the point other than having more depth on your team. So I’d say…..only recruit freshman who will start almost immediately. Otherwise, just keep recruiting veteran players from the Transfer Portal. Today’s college bb head coaches are also now general managers who essentially “draft” yearly from the portal to build their teams.

[@ImMe20127]

This is a sad but true reality smh I wish they’d just go back to letting kids go straight from HS and then possibly making them stay 2 years minimum if they do go to college

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

@@ImMe20127 💯

[@carsonc29]

problem isnt the freshmen, its the 5 star freshmen..those are the kids you gotta think twice about..

[@ImMe20127]

@@carsonc29 heck we even have 4 star kids that come to Kentucky that don’t play their first year and they end up transferring

[@carsonc29]

@@ImMe20127 thats because Cal recruits more 4 and 5 star kids the very next season..so if they dont play in year 1, they probably not seein much playing time in year 2....this is a problem that Cal isnt gonna be able to solve since HE is the one who set the expectation..kids go to UK and expect to leave for the NBA in 1 season...and as long as getting kids to the NBA is Cal top priority, then UK will never have experience

[@shartshooter]

Really hope Kentucky gets a seventh freshman that's expecting minutes next year. That's worked out great for us.

[@mmartinez8439]

No Aaron it didn’t kind of work at all lol. So the ceiling with freshener or 24 and 10 with a first round loss. Lol and clearly sec as a whole was not that strong. Also ur example of cal bringing in vets and failing shows you the issue lol the one common denominator in young and old teams is john lol hes the problem lol

[@carsonc29]

problem with brining in transfers is even though they have college experience, they are still a freshmen in YOUR system..especially if the previous coach ran a different style

[@goldenroberts4624]

Tbh I'm don't like getting out out I. Tournament so quick but we see if it keeps happening. Go to the nba compound at KY. Best choice for him and his family that why cal gets them all not bc he a good coach but he great getting them ready to be men in the NBA. I hope we can win like the old days but I love watching these young kids change them and there family life. KY beat option and you can come off and the bench and still get drafted

[@carsonc29]

Cal doesnt do anything for those kids in terms of development..the kids he recruits dont even need him to make the NBA

[@user-wx4wz2qt2m]

We got to be able to play DEFENSE an REBOUND and then we will be fine. LETS GOOOOO CATS 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

[@randypotter5418]

They wouldn't be all freshmen this year

[@johnnystivers6788]

Hope Kentucky but with the players they have and coming in Kansas is probably the favorite but boogie was feeding him the ball and trying to talk him into going to Kentucky in the McDonald’s all American game practice scrimmage

[@carsonc29]

when are UK fans gonna learn that you cant just load up your roster with 5 stars and think its gonna lead to NC or even a FF? UK needs to leave this kid alone and focus on who you already have coming in..kid is too good to be on UK bench

[@Dave-zl2ky]

Not Kentucky.

[@jeromedanielson4422]

If you wanna learn how to play defense, Kentucky isn't the place to go!

[@Drollpanther]

If he wants to underachieve then Kentucky

[@ecthelord]

Casual he would be in the league and a Tyler hero player in the next 5 yrs

[@carsonc29]

@@ecthelord he wouldnt need Cal or UK to be in the league..people act like Cal is developing these kids from unknown to NBA prospects..he isnt

[@richardkermode8833]

Cal up to his same old bs lol

[@franciscocastellanos-vz3yi]

Mark Pope should get Ford not a good recruiter Kentucky should get coach that knows how to win and recruit Kentucky does not have a staff or a rosteer show rosteer should get friend off not drop out suspend 2024-2025 season Francisco Castellanos

[@freakboy40]

Come on Aaron...LMAO. Love your show but you are delusional if you are thnking playing freshmen works because this is about tournament wins at their level. Not seeds. When you get to the tournament, you have to do things freshmen struggle with and that is defense. That is understanding how to play at this level.

[@Wetrockstah2116]

Kentucky baby!! But he will probably end up at Kansas.

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

If UConn wins the championship he will go there

[@carsonc29]

@@chuckroutionGB2022 not how that works..lots of other factors in plsay

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

@@chuckroutionGB2022 If UConn wins the title again, the odds of a 3 peat would be historically and incredibly low. In fact, in the NFL, it’s never been done so far, and it’s even harder to win an NCAA Title in college basketball than it is to win an NFL Title.

[@chuckroutionGB2022]

@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 UCLA won 7 in a row and 10 in 12 years

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

@@chuckroutionGB2022 That’s definitely true. But that was 50 to 60 years ago! That was a very, very different era in cbb. UCLA reportedly has an incredibly wealthy booster who paid LOTS of money to those great UCLA players to get them to play for UCLA. Teams only got into the NCAA Tournament IF and only if they won their conference. UCLA played in a very weak PAC 8 Conference which they won every year. West Coast college bb teams were notoriously weak. There were ONLY 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament until expansion to 32 teams in 1975. The NCAA Tournament was played in specific regions. So UCLA ALWAYS PLAYED IN THE WEAK WEST COAST REGION. All they had to do was WIN 2 GAMES to get to the Final Four!! And EVERY YEAR UCLA got the best recruits with the aid of their Zillionaire booster. IT IS WAY WAY harder to win an NCAA Title in the 2020s than in the 60s and 70s. That’s why UCLA has won ONLY 1 NCAA TITLE IN ALMOST 50 YEARS.

[@hdhxhebdh]

Im big kentucky fan would love see him come to us with are new coach pope ..but i say he wont becuz everyone leaving or going to cal 👎🏻 😅 ..but i dont like Kansas but if he dont pick ky he be good fit for kansas ! But come to big blue got good player coach 😊 BBN

[@melwilmoth]

He should go TO UCONN and play for a coach who has actually knows how to coach...Mark Pope is not that coach.....

[@willnorton9064]

Trent Perry to zags

[@TheSportsandFilmFellowship]

Not with Nembhard, Hickman and Dusty there

[@willnorton9064]

@@TheSportsandFilmFellowship it wouldn’t be for him to play year 1, but year 2 he would start and zags are great at development so he would have a high chance at the league and be in good in the league if he went to zags

[@johnnystivers6788]

The Kentucky fan base that just goes by whatever the media says are the ones who don’t know anything about basketball. It’s the players we had the injury it’s all about the Fit. If Adou comes back we doing need him as much, and Billy coming off the bench as a defensive guy, let DJ and all the other freshman not named Reed Sheppard go to get another guard like BJ Freemam or another upperclassman and get your rotation to 8 guys. Don’t need a big Jayden and Somto are both big physical guys who rebound and block shots Somto especially Karter is a 3 level scorer Travis is staying for a couple of years with Jayden and Boogie. Bring in Liam play the 2 bigs with Boogie and Karter that’s 4 freshman other 4 maybe 5 guys be upperclassmen. It was just a bad matchup and yeah they weren’t ready. But all these fans who are fans because they watch but have never played told me all year Bradshaw would be the best Center in baseball and will give you 2 threes or more a game. Next years team has better athletes more defense and physical play. Liam is a prototype college player at 6’7 streaches the floor knock down shooter. Idc if your an 8th grader if he can shoot like Liam you go get him