The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Karaban enrolls at UConn early
Alex Karaban, a 6-foot-8, Class of 2022 forward from Northborough, Mass., has enrolled early at UConn for the 2021-22 spring semester and will join the men’s basketball team immediately.
As first reported by Hearst Connecticut Media in November, Karaban has been weighing the possibility of leaving IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., early and joining the Huskies. Karaban is not expected to play for UConn this season, but he can practice and travel with the team.
Karaban will follow the same path as current UConn redshirt junior Akok Akok, who enrolled at UConn for the second semester in 2018-19, but did not play in any games and made an immediate impact as a redshirt freshman in 2019-20. UConn currently has freshman guard Corey Floyd Jr. taking a redshirt season this year.
Karaban, who went to IMG Academy after two years at New Hampton (N.H.) School, was a consensus Top 50 recruit and was named the Gatorade New Hampshire Player of
the Year last season after averaging 25.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.9 blocks and shooting 60.3 percent to lead New Hampton to the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class AAA tournament championship. He was named MVP of the title game.
He also played for Expressions Elite on the AAU circuit and averaged 18.4
points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 blocks and earned selection to the All-Peach Jam Second Team.
Karaban, along with Floyd and 7-2 center Donovan Clingan (Bristol, Conn.), were originally ranked as a Top 10 recruiting class for UConn.