High-25 recruit Mullins picks UConn over IU, UNC

High-25 senior Braylon Mullins dedicated to UConn on Wednesday, giving Dan Hurley and the Huskies their third top-25 dedication within the 2025 class.

Mullins selected UConn over house state Indiana and North Carolina, taking official visits to all three packages and internet hosting coaches from all three faculties a number of occasions over the previous month.

“I felt like enjoying for Coach Hurley was one of the best determination and match for myself,” Mullins instructed ESPN. “Coming off back-to-back nationwide championships, he understands successful and that meant loads to me.”

Hurley and his workers turned up the warmth on Mullins final spring, extending a scholarship supply after which bringing him on campus in the summertime. Mullins pointed to the connection he developed with Hurley — in addition to the prospect to win a title — as the important thing elements in his dedication.

“I additionally had an incredible relationship with Coach Hurley. We might textual content, discuss, FaceTime,” Mullins mentioned. “The connection I constructed with him and successful nationwide championships got here collectively and helped me and my determination. A nationwide championship is the last word objective once you go to varsity. I need to have an opportunity for that.”

“[Hurley is a] very upfront particular person,” Mullins continued. “He’ll make you’re employed arduous. He offers you arduous teaching. Some folks do not prefer it. It brings one of the best out of me.”

A 6-foot-5 taking pictures guard from Greenfield Central Excessive Faculty (Indiana), Mullins is among the premier scorers and shooters within the 2025 class. He is ranked No. 24 within the ESPN 100, boosting his inventory significantly throughout his spring and summer time with Indiana Elite on the Adidas 3SSB circuit after battling a stress fracture throughout the highschool season.

In 17 video games on the 3SSB circuit, Mullins averaged 19.4 factors and shot 47.3% from 3-point vary — making a minimum of 4 3-pointers in 9 video games. He went 6-for-6 from 3 throughout a Could recreation towards Upward Stats and hit eight 3-pointers in an April recreation towards DreamVision.

Mullins is greater than only a shooter, with the flexibility to learn the protection, make good choices and be an efficient playmaker in both transition or the half courtroom. He is a motion shooter who understands methods to transfer with out the ball and get open.

“Braylon is a terrific decision-maker, all the time making the suitable play on the proper time,” Greenfield Central coach Luke Meredith mentioned. “He is one of the best shooter within the nation for my part. Nice imaginative and prescient, good dimension for his place, keen passer, good with each arms ending and passing and an elite basketball IQ besides. Only a particular participant and a fair higher younger man.”

Mullins is UConn’s third top-25 dedication within the 2025 class — just one different college has a number of top-25 recruits already within the fold (Duke, with two).

Mullins joins Darius Adams (No. 19), who introduced in late September, and Eric Reibe (No. 23), who dedicated final week. In response to ESPN Analysis, that is the primary time because the ESPN recruiting database began in 2007 that UConn has had a number of top-25 recruits in the identical class.

The Huskies have now landed 10 ESPN 100 prospects over the previous three courses.