Shabazz Napier will return to the Connecticut Huskies for his senior season he announced on Friday, passing up a chance to be selected in the upcoming NBA Draft.
Shabazz Napier will return to UConn for senior season
Shabazz Napier will pass on the NBA Draft and return to UConn, along with the team’s other top-six scorers.
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Napier was a first-team All-Big East selection in 2012-13 after averaging 17.1 points per game and leading UConn to a 20-win season. The Huskies were ineligible for postseason play as a result of poor Academic Progress Rate scores, but the ban will be lifted for Napier's final college campaign.
The Huskies will return their top-seven scorers next year, including Napier, Ryan Boatright, DeAndre Daniels and Omar Calhoun, each of whom averaged in double-figures last season. That prospect has Napier looking forward to the Huskies' future:
"We think we have a great team for next season and we're excited about playing for a conference championship and in the NCAA Tournament."
UConn will compete in the newly-formed American Athletic Conference next season after the breakup of the former all-sports version of the Big East.
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