SHOW / EPISODE

68. Okafor Stands Tall, Clingan Commits and the Dawn of a "NIL" Era

57m | Jul 6, 2021

This week's episode will be the last for a little while as Mac and family prepare to welcome their new baby, so naturally fate delivered the most news-packed week of the offseason for UConn basketball.

First things first, congratulations to the 2004 UConn men's basketball team, which emerged as the winner of our Greatest Teams Challenge by beating top-seeded 1999 in fairly convincing fashion. Mac and Tim discuss the competition, 2004's greatness and how what often feels like one of the program's more underrated teams asserted its dominance when the chips were down.

Then, Mac and Tim look ahead to the future, which will now include a 7-foot-1 homegrown superstar. Donovan Clingan officially committed to the Huskies this past week, delivering the latest recruiting win to Dan Hurley and his staff.

Finally, we wrap things up by discussing the NCAA's recent moves on Name, Image and Likeness and speculate on which UConn athletes could have best cashed in on their fame. Who might Kemba have endorsed? Who would have repped Wings Over Storrs or St. Pep's? How many Dunkin Donuts commercials would Khalid El-Amin appeared in? All that and more in this week's "season finale."

Like what you hear? Want to offer feedback? Feel free to reach out at yesuconnpodcast@gmail.com. You can also find me on Twitter at @MacCerullo.

Podcast artwork courtesy of Jon Kulakofsky/The Daily Campus 2014.

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