Until March 29, UConn guard Braylon Mullins was merely a talented freshman on a very good Huskies team. Then, he became something else entirely.
It was Mullins’s shot against Duke—one of the most memorable in NCAA men’s tournament history—that pushed UConn to the Final Four, where it came oh-so-close to upsetting Michigan to win its third national title in four years. His status as a Huskies legend secured, he had a decision to make: stay in the Nutmeg State for another year or embrace the riches afforded a potential first-round NBA draft pick?
