Overview
- UConn freshman Braylon Mullins hit a 35-foot buzzer-beater off an Alex Karaban pass to beat Duke 73–72 in the Elite Eight and send the Huskies to the Final Four.
- Following the shot, outlets profiled his parents, Josh and Katie, and highlighted younger twin brothers Cole and Clay.
- Josh Mullins played in high school and junior college and later coached Braylon at Greenfield-Central High School, and Braylon has credited him for instilling persistence.
- In high school he averaged 32.9 points as a senior, won 2025 Indiana Mr. Basketball, earned McDonald’s All-American honors, and chose UConn over Duke, Indiana and North Carolina, reportedly drawn to coach Dan Hurley.
- Coverage also notes there is no public confirmation of Mullins’ ethnicity, though he is an Indiana-born American.