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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2107767, member: 250"] " Hughes announced his retirement as coach of the San Antonio Stars before the 2016 [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/wnba-ORSPT000441-topic.html']WNBA[/URL] season. But there were moments during the season when he reconsidered his decision, mostly based on one player — former [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/uconn-womens-basketball-ORSPT000223-topic.html']UConn[/URL] guard [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/basketball/moriah-jefferson-PESPTF00363-topic.html']Moriah Jefferson[/URL], who averaged 13.9 points and 4.2 points as a rookie with San Antonio. "She gave me reasons to rethink that because she was that much fun," said Hughes, who worked as a color commentator on the Syracuse-UConn broadcast for ESPN2 Monday night. "I was just amazed by her. Not only the player, the talent, but the way she adapted so quickly. The conversations I would have with her reminded me of a much older player." [URL="http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-uconn-women-basketball-notebook-0321-20170320-story.html"]Moriah Jefferson's Emergence Gave Stars' Coach Hughes Second Thoughts On Retirement[/URL] How many times have we heard it. UConn players come out READY! [/QUOTE]