Samson Johnson of the Connecticut Huskies during the Empire Classic college basketball game against the Indiana Hoosiers. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images.

Samson Johnson, the second-longest tenured Husky on the 2023-24 roster, will look to bridge the experience gap as he serves as frontcourt backup next season. Skip to content.

UConn forward Samson Johnson didn’t enter the Transfer Portal after last season, but “a lot” of schools wanted him to. The 6-foot-10 Patrick School product didn’t play a whole lot behind ...

The second half of the national title game was a battle of highlight-reel dunks between Purdue’s Camden Heide and UConn’s Samson Johnson.

While UConn men's basketball's star center Donovan Clingan recovers from a foot sprain he suffered in practice last week, Dan Hurley and the coaches are able to concentrate on others.

Connecticut's Samson Johnson (35) dunks the ball in front of Texas' Ze'Rik Onyema and Dillon Mitchell (23) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the final of the Empire ...

It would not be an understatement to say that Samson Johnson’s collegiate career hasn’t had the ‘Hollywood’ start he desired. Coming into Storrs, Connecticut, in June 2021, many had sky-high ...

Samson Johnson is a college basketball center for the UConn Huskies, a team that competes in the Big East Conference of the NCAA Division I.According to his roster profile on the Huskies ...

So, Samson’s been sharpening some pretty good iron in practice over the last couple of years.” Moore also noted that those physical battles helped Johnson prepare for taking on Reed in practice.

Samson Johnson, part of UConn’s highly-touted recruiting class, will arrive on campus this week with the rest of the Huskies’ freshman. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images.

Johnson is just as focused training by himself as if there was a coach in the gym. To prepare for UConn, Johnson has been working out daily, putting up shots and tailoring his handle and post moves.

Mar. 14—NEW YORK — Junior Samson Johnson had a total of 46 seconds of Big East tournament experience prior to Thursday's quarterfinal game. And that experience came two seasons ago against ...