Despite the loss, just the second for Karaban in 20 NCAA tournament games, he leaves as among the best players in program history. Everyone owes everything to that guy.”Indeed, before Karaban played his first game in 2022, UConn had not won a game in the NCAA tournament since Hurley took over in 2018. Like Hurley, Karaban is all in on his sport. We just obsess, and we share that obsession.”In his final NCAA tournament, Karaban gave it all he had. Still, the only players with more NCAA tournament victories than Karaban are former Duke stars Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley.

Source: Forbes April 07, 2026 18:36 UTC