While there’s always hype around UConn men’s basketball’s incoming freshman class, this year feels a little bit different. The class of 2019, which includes Akok Akok, James Bouknight, Jalen Gaffney and Richie Springs, marks head coach Dan Hurley’s first true recruiting class. Combine that with the Huskies’ move to the Big East next season, and it’s clear that this class might not just be the new kids on the block, but the start of a new era for UConn men’s basketball.
Fortunately for these young Huskies, senior Christian Vital knows a thing or two about being apart of a heralded recruiting class.