Braylon Mullins became a college basketball hero overnight with his buzzer beater in the Elite 8 against Duke to send UConn to the Final Four. It was an iconic moment that millions watched happened in real time and put no one in the brightest spotlight other than him.

Yet when the Huskies lost to Michigan in the National Championship, he had a massive decision to make; Return to UConn for another season or declare for the NBA Draft?

Mullins was projected as a Top 20 pick, but it was clear that he wasn’t physically ready to make the jump to the NBA and would have spent most of the season in the G-League.…