Skip to main content Currently Reading UConn's Isaiah Whaley talks his decision to return: 'I couldn't see myself playing for another team' David Borges FacebookTwitterEmail Connecticut's Isaiah Whaley (5) defends against DePaul's Kobe Elvis during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Big East men's tournament Thursday, March 11, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Frank Franklin II / Associated Press “The Wrench” is back. Or all of the above? “I feel like I’ve had a new nickname each year I’ve been in college,” Isaiah Whaley said, with a laugh, by phone on Friday. But as Whaley embarks on a fifth and final season at UConn, courtesy of the NCAA’s ruling that all student-athletes from this past winter get an extra year of eligibility, perhaps yet another new nickname is in store. “The Wrench,” a nickname Whaley believes he got from a fan online but isn’t completely sure, may be hung up in the shed for good.