5-Star SG Darius Adams Commits to UConn Over Michigan State, Tennessee

One of the top-ranked players in the country out of the Class of 2025 has made his collegiate commitment.

Per 247Sports' Travis Branham, Darius Adams from La Porte, Indiana, has committed to Dan Hurley and the back-to-back national champion UConn.

Adams is considered to be the No. 19 player nationally, the No. 4 shooting guard in the country and the No. 2 player out of the state of Indiana by 247Sports Composite.

Adams held offers from plenty of top-ranked programs but ultimately was down to three schools with legendary coaches in Hurley's UConn, Tom Izzo's Michigan State and Rick Barnes' Tennessee.

After visits to all three schools, he decided Hartford was the best place for him.

"I would just say being around the guys and the coaching staff," Adams said, per Branham. "It was never like I didn't want to be around them, it never got boring. I really wanted to stay there, I really wanted to practice."

Adams marks the first commit for the Huskies for the Class of 2025, but plenty of top players are likely to follow if UConn can have similar success to its 2023-24 season. As for the Class of 2024, UConn boasts the No. 6 recruiting class, according to 247Sports, highlighted by Liam McNeeley, a 5-star prospect out of Montverde Academy in Florida.

After winning another championship last season, Hurley had the chance to walk away from the collegiate ranks but rejected a six-year, $70 million offer from the Los Angeles Lakers to stay at UConn.

He was later rewarded by the school with a six-year, $50 million contract.

After an offseason that proved his commitment to the Huskies, Hurley is looking to lead UConn to a third consecutive championship, which would be the first three-peat since John Wooden's legendary UCLA teams won seven in a row from 1968 to 1973.