UConn coach Dan Hurley has publicly stated multiple times during the preseason that sophomore guard Solomon Ball is primed to take a major step forward for UConn during the 2024-25 season.

Recently, another member of the Huskies' sophomore class has also showed signs of a breakthrough.

Enter Jayden Ross.

"A switch has been flipped," Hurley said of the 6-7 Ross on this week's episode of the College Hoops Today Podcast. "We saw it in our closed scrimmage when he took what he's been doing on the practice court for the last 10 days, and he took it into that scrimmage where he was our best player."

The 6-7 Ross averaged just 0.7 points and 0.7 rebounds last season as a freshman but was also playing behind several proud veterans who were a part of a team that finished 37-3 and won the national title in dominant fashion.

UConn -- who's currently ranked sixth in the ROTHSTEIN 45 and owns the second-shortest odds to win the National Championship -- will open its 2024-25 season on Wednesday at home against Sacred Heart.

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Rothstein has been a college basketball insider for CBS Sports since 2010 and a contributor to the CBS Broadcast Network since 2016. He joined FanDuel in 2022 as a Content Creator. Rothstein is also the host of the College Hoops Today Podcast via Compass Media Networks.