Dayton transfer Koby Brea reportedly visiting UConn men’s basketball this weekend

The UConn men’s basketball program will have another visitor on campus this weekend.

Koby Brea , the nation’s top 3-point shooter at Dayton last season, will begin his visit to Storrs on Friday and stay until Sunday. The news was first reported by college basketball insider Adam Zagoria , who said Brea will also visit Duke from Tuesday to Thursday next week.

The 6-6 guard from Washington Heights, New York, cut his list down to five schools on Monday – all of the options blue-bloods with Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky also in the mix.

Playing 29.1 minutes per game for Dayton last season, his fourth year with the Flyers, Brea averaged 11.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He led the nation in 3-point percentage, shooting an impressive 49.8% from beyond the arc on 6.1 attempts per game – no other player in Division I shot over 46.5%.

UConn men’s basketball in mix to land Dayton transfer Koby Brea, nation’s top 3-point shooter

“If I had to pick one of those five schools, I would think he’ll go with UConn, everything else being equal,” Dayton Daily News reporter David Jablonski told The Courant on Tuesday. “His family and friends were a big traveling party to so many of his games on the East Coast. Huge crowds at Fordham, La Salle, they go everywhere to see Koby play. If he can land at UConn, I’m sure a lot of people will support that.”

Brea shot 37% on 4.8 attempts from beyond the arc in 2022-23, 42.3% as a sophomore (4.3 attempts per game) and 35.5% on 1.8 attempts as a freshman at Dayton.

UConn, facing the potential of sending its entire starting five to the NBA, landed the top-rated high school recruit in the 2024 class, Liam McNeeley on Friday. The Huskies are also in the mix for Saint Mary’s guard Aidan Mahaney, who was in Storrs Thursday. Dan Hurley and staff already added former Michigan big man Tarris Reed Jr., who will join Samson Johnson in the frontcourt to help fill the shoes of Donovan Clingan, a projected NBA lottery pick.

The Huskies are also set to lose freshman guard Stephon Castle, another projected lottery pick, and top scorers Cam Spencer and Tristen Newton, who both used their fifth year of eligibility last season. Alex Karaban, a redshirt sophomore, is testing his draft potential while keep the option open to return.