Jackson was considering UConn, Syracuse, Iowa and UCLA at the time, but his head coach thought UConn’s return to the Big East would help them in recruiting going forward. In 2019, UConn’s last class before it transitioned to the Big East, the Huskies four-man class was ranked No. “The Big East obviously has a storied and celebrated history for a generation where now the kids of that generation are being recruited. His father, Kyle Sr., played at St. John’s and believes UConn’s return to the Big East helps the program in recruiting. Plus the Big East is a much better conference than where they were the last couple of years.”

Source: Forbes August 12, 2020 15:03 UTC