New rules empowering college players have coaches frustrated [Video]

STORRS, Conn. — Minutes after his team won the Big East Tournament championship, UConn coach Dan Hurley was worrying out loud about one of his freshmen being lured toward the transfer portal with name, image, and likeness compensation offers from other schools.

Highly recruited forward Jaylin Stewart had just hit three key 3-pointers in that win over Marquette after playing limited minutes during most of the season. Hurley said he was hoping Stewart would play a bigger role with the Huskies next year, but that means the coach might have to do some re-recruiting even with his top-seeded team in the middle of a run at a second straight national championship.

“We’ve just pleaded with him on a daily basis,” Hurley said. “You know, that portal is calling and there’s a lot of tampering going on.”

As Hurley …