Dom Amore: Braylon Mullins’ shot shook the world, from UConn to all the way back home in Indiana
GREENFIELD, Ind. — In decades gone by, this was a working grain mill and silo, towering 112 feet above the train depot across the tracks with the small downtown just beyond. The mill was abandoned in the 1970s, the rail line in the ’80s, and both sat decaying until just before the pandemic.
Saved from demolition and ingenuously repurposed as a restaurant in 2020, the old rail ties used to make the bar, The Depot is now one of the places to be in a growing, bustling city of 25,000. If you need proof, the framed, signed UConn No. 24 jersey greets all who enter.
Braylon Mullins, a frequent diner here, took down Duke in the East Regional last Sunday with 19,000 in Capital One Arena in D. C. , and as many as 19 million watching on TV.
Back home, Greenfield, Ind. , the town that knew him when, and The Depot are the epicenter of the Mullins’ Miracle Mania. “Braylon comes in here, his parents have been regulars since we opened,” said Kayla Montgomery, one of the managers.
“He and his high school teammates come in pretty often. During the recruiting process, we hosted all of the coaches, IU coaches, UConn coaches. He likes smashburgers.
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