See what Dan Hurley said after UConn's national championship loss
The UConn men's basketball team contended for their third national championship in four years. Hear what Dan Hurley said about the loss to Michigan.
This NCAA tournament run vaulted Dan Hurley 's name up with some of the greatest in men's college basketball. But when the often-fiery UConn men's basketball coach walked to the postgame podium after the Huskies' 69-63 loss to Michigan in the National Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Hurley was measured. "I'm not real emotional.
The players are crying a lot more than I am," Hurley said. "We lost the game because we missed. We didn't make enough shots.
It's hard to be disappointed with your team when they fight so hard. " Hurley entered play vs. Michigan on Monday, April 6, with a .
800 career winning percentage in March Madness (20-5 record), which ranked as the highest among active coaches, and third-highest in college basketball history (minimum 15 games), only behind San Francisco's Phil Woolpert (13-2, two national titles) and UCLA's John Wooden (47-10, 10 national championships). UConn drops to 6-1 all-time in the national championship game, with titles in 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023 and 2024. A victory over Michigan would've joined Hurley together with six other coaches NCAA history with three or more national titles -- UCLA's John Wooden (10), Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (5), Kentucky's Adolph Rupp (4), Indiana's Bob Knight (3), North Carolina's Roy Williams (3) and UConn's Jim Calhoun (3).