Can Amari DeBerry make the leap after a quiet freshman season?

The Huskies need one of their young post players to step up with Olivia Nelson-Ododa off to the WNBA, and DeBerry is the best-equipped to fill the void.

Ian Bethune

Amari DeBerry had a quiet freshman season. Buried behind Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Dorka Juhász and Aaliyah Edwards on the depth chart, DeBerry saw action in just 16 of UConn’s 33 games and played a total of 83 minutes on the year with a final stat line of 1.6 points and 0.6 rebounds per game.

But there’s plenty of optimism surrounding the rising s…