2025 five-star guard Braylon Mullins chooses UConn over Indiana

The Indiana native picked Connecticut over North Carolina and the in-state Hoosiers

Indiana's Anthony Leal (3) looks to score in the scrimmage during Hoosier Hysteria at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
Indiana's Anthony Leal (3) looks to score in the scrimmage during Hoosier Hysteria at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. | Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Indiana native who plays his basketball at Greenfield-Central chose the UConn Huskies over the Indiana Hoosiers and North Carolina Tar Heels. Mullins made his announcement live on 247Sports at 6pm ET tonight.

As a junior at Greenfield-Central last season, Mullins led the program to a 24-1 record. He averaged 25 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.2 steals and shot 43 percent on 3 pointers.

"I think (Hurley) knows how to win and he knows how to coach you to win," Mullins told 247Sports National Basketball Analyst Travis Branham. "Whenever I talked to Coach Hurley I felt wanted and he said that he needed me. Their style of play fit me the best."

"He was just showing me a lot of what I was capable of doing in that offense," Mullins added about UConn's style of play. "He showed a lot of Cam Spencer highlights, a lot of off-ball, on-ball and ball-screen actions  He brings a lot of defense to the table too. You got to play hard and you got to work hard and I wanted to be coached like that. He definitely pitched that to me and I liked the pitch."

Mullins brings elite size to the guard position at 6-foot-5 and is widely regarded as a strong shooter with excellent range. True to the Dan Hurley mindset, Mullins has high basketball IQ and plays well off the ball offensively. Defensively, Mullins is a solid perimeter defender and loves to disrupt passing lanes, averaging almost 1.5 steals per game.

Mullins is the No. 23 player in the nation, No. 5 shooting guard and No. 3 in the state of Indiana in the 2025 recruiting class per 247 Sports.

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