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The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team is one win away from reaching its third national championship in the last four years.
The Huskies reached the Final Four after a stunning Elite Eight victory over the Duke Blue Devils when Braylon Mullins hit a long 3-pointer to give them the lead just before the final buzzer. Duke reached the game with a victory over the St. John’s Red Storm.
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Andrea Hurley, wife of UConn Huskies head coach Dan Hurley, watches the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame exhibition game between the UConn Huskies and the Boston College Eagles at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on October 13, 2025. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)
Dan Hurley’s wife, Andrea, weighed in on St. John’s fans who seemed to be rooting for the Huskies as they faced the Michigan State Spartans in the other Sweet 16 game on that side of the bracket. It seems the rivalry between the two schools is alive and well.
“OK, I’ll say it. St. John’s fans… When we went to the game, all these St. John’s fans were against us,” Andrea Hurley said in “The Field of 68: After Dark.” “And it broke my heart. … It’s really sad. … It’s shit… It was shit.”
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UConn head coach Dan Hurley talks with a referee during the first half of the Elite Eight NCAA tournament game against Duke in Washington on March 29, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)
Hurley said she was talking to Rick Pitino’s wife during the Big East championship and asked her how she did, apparently forming a bond with the family over the rival school. She added that she may not want to see the Red Storm in the tournament, but she doesn’t necessarily want to face the Blue Devils either.
Dan Hurley praised his wife earlier in the week after saying she was able to keep players from storming the court after Mullins’ shooting against Duke. UConn may have received a technical foul for entering the court too early, which could have presented a different conversation than the media before the Final Four.
UConn head coach Dan Hurley speaks during a news conference before the NCAA college basketball tournament national semifinal game against Illinois in the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 2, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)
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UConn will face Illinois in its Final Four game. The winner will face Arizona or Michigan.
