Braylon Mullins is Back!

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Gary Parrish likes the decision by Mullins.

So I applaud Mullins and his family for thinking through the process from every angle and reaching what seems like a totally reasonable decision. It's great for UConn but also for college basketball. Because it wasn't too long ago when Mullins and any prospect like Mullins would be off to the NBA Draft ASAP, for better or worse. But now there are real reasons for Mullins and any prospect like Mullins to seriously consider returning to college even when a real NBA option exists, and I'll forever believe that's more good than bad.

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Braylon Mullins is heading back to the Huskies and Duke's Nikolas Khamenia has committed to UConn coach Dan Hurley

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Another article with quotes from his father about the decision. This time from the Courant.

“He just kind of mentioned it to me while we were eating one night at the hotel (during the Final Four), he was like, ‘I feel like I kind of want to come back,'” his dad, Josh, told The Courant over the phone Monday. “At that point when he said that, I was like, ‘Well I’m not going to push him the other way…’ I think for him, maturity reasons, I think it was better for him to come back and get another year of this, and then just roll into the NBA with a lot more confidence.”

“It didn’t take long. I think he might’ve even told Hurley before he left that his intentions were to come back, but he didn’t want to release it to the public yet. So he came home Friday and we ate dinner and talked about it. I said, ‘You sure that’s what you want to do?’ And he was good with it. So I left it alone after that,” Josh said.

https://www.courant.com/2026/04/21/why-braylon-mullins-decided-to-put-off-nba-draft-return-to-uconn-for-sophomore-season/

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Why Braylon Mullins decided to put off NBA Draft, return to UConn for sophomore season

 

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