STORRS, Conn. — In the exhilaration of the post-championship locker room, Andre Jackson Jr.’s heartstrings were pulled hard in one direction. He won two championships in high school, and he wanted to do the same at UConn.
“Only way I’m not coming back is if Coach tells me to leave,” Jackson said.
Run it back, everyone was saying. But when coach Dan Hurley read Jackson’s quotes, he was a little concerned. He gave Jackson a few days to calm down, then the day before the parade they had the conversation.
