Dan Hurley has been encouraging his UConn players to embrace the challenge of trying to three-peat as NCAA champions.
The roster for the following season had just been completed, with star forward Alex Karaban’s decision in late May to return to school for his junior year rather than remain in the 2024 NBA Draft.It was time to address the coming season — the challenge that awaited Connecticut, which is looking to become the first school to win three consecutive national championships since UCLA reeled off seven in a row from 1967-73.
It returns just one starter in Karaban — along with Big East Sixth Man of the Year Hassan Diarra, senior center Samson Johnson, and talented but unproven sophomores Jaylin Stewart, Solo Ball and Jayden Ross. “They’re really talented. Their size and length is frightening,” said a college coach who has seen Connecticut. “I was really impressed with their wings. At the two and three spots, they’re really athletic. I thought they were solid defensively. They’re still doing a lot of the things they were doing last year.”
At some point, the logical thinking goes, losing so many top players to the NBA will catch up to them. Karaban is the lone contributor from the first championship team to remain.
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