There is no question that returning for his senior year did several things for Shabazz Napier:
1. It made his mom happy (as we heard continually through the tournament).
2. It allowed him to win a 2nd national title and etch his name in the top tier of UConn greats.
3. It provided a good lesson once again to TV hosts who are running these postgame celebrations, don’t ever relinquish control of the microphone (did you hear Napier call out the NCAA in the postgame mix? beautiful …).
4. It vastly improved his NBA draft appeal (read: a lot more money), and attracted the attention of virtually anyone with a platform to comment over the past two weeks.
Count this guy who knows a little about basketball among that group:
No way u take another PG in the lottery before Napier.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 8, 2014
One more look
Here is the scene inside Gampel as the final seconds tick off …
