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If you want to know why he doesn't seem like the typical 5 star kid. His parents did an excellent job raising him.
“He wanted to get coached, that’s why he chose this school,” Stacey said. “He saw coach Hurley in practice in rare form. He knew if he stayed somewhere in his comfort zone where he went and somebody allowed him to just do whatever he wanted on the court, it would be harder for him to get better.
“The cerebral part and his skill, I’ve always believed in it. I knew the match with UConn and the work that he was going to get, I knew it would help him move his needle.”
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“He wanted to get coached, that’s why he chose this school,” Stacey said. “He saw coach Hurley in practice in rare form. He knew if he stayed somewhere in his comfort zone where he went and somebody allowed him to just do whatever he wanted on the court, it would be harder for him to get better.
“The cerebral part and his skill, I’ve always believed in it. I knew the match with UConn and the work that he was going to get, I knew it would help him move his needle.”
Family has helped keep UConn’s Stephon Castle humble
Storrs – Throughout his basketball journey, freshman Stephon Castle has followed his parents’ advice. Keep working, stay humble. Those words of wisdom have served as Castle’s foundation and helped hi...
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