Mullins' three-pointer sealed UConn's win over top-seeded Duke in the Elite Eight round of the 2026 NCAA March Madness Tournament
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- Braylon Mullins celebrated UConn’s big win over Duke in the NCAA March Madness Tournament with his girlfriend, Kylee Beranek, on Sunday, March 29
- The UConn freshman, who hit the game-winning shot to advance UConn to the Final Four, danced with his high school sweetheart in a TikTok shared after the game
- UConn defeated top-seeded Duke 73-72 in the Elite Eight round of the tournament
The celebrations continued long after UConn's Braylon Mullins left the court!
After the 19-year-old freshman became the hero with his game-winning shot that sealed UConn's victory over Duke in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA March Madness Tournament, he got to celebrate again with his girlfriend, Kylee Beranek.
Mullins' high school sweetheart uploaded a energy-filled TikTok moments after her boyfriend hit a long three-point shot with 0.4 seconds left on the clock to give the Connecticut Huskies a 73-72 win over the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils on Sunday, March 29.
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With UConn now heading to the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. — which also happens to be Mullins and Beranek's home state — she set the sound of her TikTok to The Jackson 5's 1971 hit, "Goin' Back to Indiana," and featured her and the basketball star dancing to the tune.
Beranek was repping full team spirit in the video, sporting a UConn shirt that reads, "We’re Not Done," that she pointed to throughout the video and a "Final Four" hat. She was also wearing custom denim jeans that had her boyfriend's last name written down the side of the leg.
She jumped up and down and busted out fun dance moves throughout the video while mouthing the words to the song. She then hugged Mullins, who smiled and looked on from behind her, before sharing a kiss together on screen.
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"HOMECOMING BABY!! #marchmadness #fyp #braylonmullins #buzzerbeater #uconn," she captioned her TikTok.
Mullins and UConn will take on third-seeded Illinois when they head to Indiana on Saturday, April 4.
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Mullins sat down for an interview on the Today show the next morning, telling the hosts that he's "still full of emotions" after the game. "I can't even explain it myself," he admitted, adding, "It's crazy that that all happened yesterday."
Mullins recounted the final moments of the game, when his team was down two points with just seconds left to go. "When we were on the defensive side of the ball, we tried to get a stop, tried to foul the worst free throw shooter on the floor, and they ended up turning the ball over," he said.
"I wanted to get the ball to Alex [Karaban], he had just hit a shot I think a minute before that, and he ended up throwing the ball back to me," Mullins shared. "I knew there was like 0.4 seconds left on the clock, so I thought that was the best opportunity we were gonna get."
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