UConn's Dan Hurley is in the Final Four yet again. He's trying to enjoy it a little more, too
UConn had just finished Friday's public practice at the Final Four. Coach Dan Hurley had paced around the court for the better part of an hour clutching a tablet, staring and poking at the screen seemingly as much as he watched his players get up shots in massive Lucas Oil Stadium. “You have to enjoy the journey,” his father, Hall of Fame prep coach Bob Hurley Sr.
, said afterward.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — UConn had just finished Friday's public practice at the Final Four . Coach Dan Hurley had paced around the court for the better part of an hour clutching a tablet, staring and poking at the screen seemingly as much as he watched his players get up shots in massive Lucas Oil Stadium. Yet as he came to the edge of the court, he looked to the stands to make eye contact with his parents, then gave a wave before before descending the stairs and locking back in for the walk to the locker room.
“You have to enjoy the journey,” his father, Hall of Fame prep coach Bob Hurley Sr. , said afterward. “It can’t be about the destination.
” Merely a small moment, a glimpse of what has become a recurring theme for Hurley in bringing a third team to the Final Four in four seasons. The man who pushed the Huskies to back-to-back national titles in 2023 and 2024 is trying — trying, mind you — to take an extra beat and enjoy these moments a little more. Yet that doesn't mean he's mellowing or even turning down the volume on those fiery, impassioned and sometimes boorish sideline antics — evidenced by the bizarre sight of him staring forehead to forehead with veteran referee Roger Ayers while in a haze after the Huskies' stunning last-second shot to beat Duke in the Elite Eight .
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