Paul Sullivan: Already a March Madness legend, UConn’s Braylon Mullins turns his focus to Illinois in the Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS — When Jimmy Chitwood hit the game-winning shot at the end of “Hoosiers” and became an Indiana high school legend, it was the climactic scene of the movie. It’s a different story for UConn freshman Braylon Mullins, a fellow small-town Hoosier and Indiana Mr. Basketball, who became a March Madness legend Sunday when his game-winning 3-pointer against Duke sent the Huskies to the Final Four.
Mullins was the toast of college basketball and knew his name would go down in NCAA Tournament history. “Yeah, after the game, I got 200 or 300 texts (from) family, friends, famous (people),” he said. “Crazy.
It’s just all over the place. I think now you’ve got to move past the highs of that moment. I mean, it wasn’t the national championship.
And now we’ve got to focus on Illinois. ” Illinois? Oh, yeah, the team Mullins faced while making his college debut Nov.
28, scoring two points in 10 minutes in UConn’s win. As anonymous as he was that day, Mullins enters Saturday’s semifinal game at Lucas Oil Stadium with a target on his back. Every time he touches the ball, fans will be paying attention.
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