as chronicled by coach Dan Hurley<\/a> on social media, and flying out for NBA Draft prep with his agency in Chicago. He flew back to Connecticut for the camp and will return to Chicago for more workouts ahead of the combine next month.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was a good little physical, mental break, but I\u2019m doing great. I\u2019m excited to move on and really start something new,\u201d he said. \u201cKnowing that my college career is finished, I saw it play out completely, and heading into this NBA journey now knowing I\u2019m fully committed to it. Leaving nothing behind in college.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karaban is projected to go anywhere from late in the first round to the middle of the second round in the draft, which will take place on June 23 and 24. At this point, having played 151 college games, NBA organizations know what they would be getting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve proved myself throughout my college career, just what I can do as a player, the intangibles I have, who I am as a person,\u201d he said. \u201cI think people have plenty of evidence to see that throughout my college career. So really I\u2019m just gonna be myself during this process, continue to show the type of player I am and just be ready for it. Physically, get healthy, get that rest after the long season, be ready to go. But I\u2019m excited for the process. I really am.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UConn group chat is still active, he reported, through what he called \u201cchaos\u201d as everyone looks to make the best decision for the next year of their career. Only two Huskies, point guard Silas Demary Jr. and wing Jayden Ross, have confirmed that they will be back.<\/p>\n
\u201cTarris Reed\u2019s annoying me so much, it\u2019s actually unbelievable,\u201d Karaban said. \u201cIn the group chat, he\u2019s sending the voice memos. It\u2019s actually been the most active, I think it\u2019s because we\u2019re all so bored, we have nothing to do. And it\u2019s like, no more practices and coaches are figuring out the portal, all that. So we\u2019re trying to figure it all out. But we\u2019re staying together and the guys mean a lot to me so we\u2019re staying in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The captain has been in touch with players like Solo Ball, Braylon Mullins and Jaylin Stewart as they figure out their own decisions. Stewart entered the transfer portal on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just try to talk to them through all of the experiences that I\u2019ve had, decisions I\u2019ve had to make, I want to be by their side,\u201d he said. \u201cI know how hard of a decision it is, and each guy is in a different circumstance, but I want them to be truly happy and I want to always be by their side no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CANTON \u2013 Alex Karaban was loose, all smiles as he put up free throws in a corner of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[2377,7,17605,217,926,925,2495,2680,17603,2679,231,772,4945,1400,1544,4159,2051,2681],"class_list":{"0":"post-713872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-alex-karaban","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-braylon-mullins","11":"tag-college-basketball","12":"tag-connecticut-news","13":"tag-ct-news","14":"tag-dan-hurley","15":"tag-hartford-courant","16":"tag-jaylin-stewart","17":"tag-local-news","18":"tag-ncaa","19":"tag-ncaa-basketball","20":"tag-ncaa-mens-basketball","21":"tag-ncaa-tournament","22":"tag-ncaab","23":"tag-solo-ball","24":"tag-transfer-portal","25":"tag-uconn-mens-basketball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116431124446969228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}