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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4999954, member: 10"] Good article with lots of quotes from him about his decision to transfer in the Waterbury Republican-American. Unfortunately none of the websites to take down a paywall work on that newspaper. But here are some quotes below. I didn't know that he had offers from low majors like Iona, St. Peter’s, Towson, Quinnipiac and Boston University but then very early in his senior year he tore ligaments in his elbow and got Clostridioides difficile and his senior season was over after just two games and all the offers disappeared. But then late in the season South Kent had an open gym and Luke Murray was there recruiting another player and offered Johnson a preferred walk-on spot. [I]“I made the right decision to come here, because I would say it was the best two years of my life,” Johnson said. “The coaches instilled a hard work ethic in me and made me a better player and a smarter player. I was around some tremendous guys that I will have lifelong relationships with. “For a hometown Connecticut kid, it is crazy to get to be part of two national championships. I wouldn’t trade it for anything or change anything about it.” “Going against the best point guard in the country and against the freshman of the year every day in practice it is hard not to get better,” Johnson said. “Those guys pushed me, and I pushed them. It helped me get used to playing against bigger guards and stronger guards and smart guards. We pushed each other hard, because at the end of the day we are like brothers who wanted to see each other do better."[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rep-am.com/sports/uconn/2024/05/10/waterburys-johnson-leaving-uconn-for-next-basketball-chapter/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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