On Nov. 12, 2020, almost nine months to the day after a brutal leg injury arrested his breakout season, Akok Akok was back in practice. Now, he had been back in practice for a few weeks before this, but that day was different. That day, the athletics communications video department also happened to be in the same gym, so nearly 20,000 (and counting) people around the UConn fanbase got to see a noticeably beefed-up Akok back down Josh Carlton 15 feet away from the basket, effortlessly spin around him, and take it to the rack, rising up and over the senior’s hopeless block attempt.
UConn men’s basketball position preview: Big men
