UConn basketball recruiting: Top-five SG Darius Adams commits as first member of Huskies’ 2025 class

Class of 2025 four-star recruit Darius Adams made his long-awaited commitment Monday to the UConn Huskies and coach Dan Hurley in a live ceremony aired exclusively on CBS Sports HQ. Adams, a top-five shooting guard in the country and the No. 22 overall recruit, according to 247Sports, chose UConn over finalists Tennessee and Michigan. 

The 6-foot-5 Adams hails from high school talent factory La Lumiere in Indiana, where he has built a reputation as a versatile combo guard who can create, score and defend at a high level. He’s coming off a breakout summer on the EYBL circuit, where he averaged 15 points per game and showcased his scoring ability inside and beyond the arc.

Here’s Adams’ scouting report from 247Sports Director of Scouting, Adam Finkelstein:

Adams is a skilled and smooth guard with good positional size at 6-foot-5 and an instinctive feel for the game. He’s a multi-dimensional scoring threat who can make threes and mid-range pull-ups in a variety of different ways.

Adams can also make reads with the ball, so he can come off screens and get to his mid-range game if that’s how the defense is playing him. Combine that with his reliability as a passer and he has the type of floor game that should fit into offensive structure nicely at the next level.

Where there is untapped potential is in his frame and the amount of sheer force he plays with. He’s still growing into his body a bit and doesn’t always yet have the same amount of athletic burst as other top prospects. Once that frame clicks though, it could unlock new aspects of his attack, help him play through contact more consistently, and make him more efficient in the lane. Right now, he can be fluid with the ball in the open floor, but doesn’t pressure the rim or finish as well in a half-court game.

Defensively, the added physicality can only help as well. His size and intellect are both assets, while he also has very good hands and a high steal rate, but would only add versatility with more power and explosiveness.

Overall, Adams is a skilled, smooth, smart, has good size, and his best basketball still in front of him as he continues to make strides physically.

Adams is the first commitment for UConn in the 2025 cycle and the building block of what could be a stellar class for the Huskies. They’re coming off back-to-back national championships and have made a concerted effort to be involved with a number of other big names in the class, which includes five-star guard Meleek Thomas, five-star forward Nate Ament and five-star center Chris Cenac.