Dan Hurley Admits He Made His Wife Leave UConn’s Final Four Game to Find His 'Lucky' Bracelet

Dan Hurley and Andrea Hurley. Credit: Eugene Gologursky/Getty for Connecticut Children's Hospital Foundation; Michael Reaves/Getty NEED TO KNOW Dan Hurley and his wife, Andrea, were scrambling before UConn's Final Four game The UConn head coach said he was "freaking out" because he didn't have the beaded bracelet he's worn for every game UConn went on to beat Illinois 71-62 to advance to the March Madness championship game, where they lost to Michigan Dan Hurley is superstitious — and isn't afraid to admit it. The University of Connecticut men's basketball head coach is attached to one item in particular: a beaded bracelet that he's worn his entire coaching career, which almost didn't make it to team's Final Four game against Illinois on Saturday, April 4.

Hurley and his wife Andrea Hurley recounted the "insane" journey to get his bracelet to the court on her Instagram Stories before UConn's national championship game on Monday, while giving a breakdown of their outfits. "So I got to the arena and my one job was to fix his lucky Jesus bead bracelet," Andrea, Dan's wife of more than 25 years, recalled, while explaining that the bracelet sometimes needs extra beads that she had brought along with them to Indianapolis for the tournament. Dan and Andrea Hurley.

Credit: Dan Hurley/Instagram "Right before the game's going to start, I've worn these beads every game I've ever coached my whole career. And I noticed like 12 minutes before the game was about to start that I had no beads," Dan said. "I wish noticed that an hour and 12 minutes before the game started," joked Andrea.

Dan, who added that he had worn the bracelet during his high school coaching days over 20 years ago, said he was "freaking out," and had his assistant coach, Luke Murray , call Andrea to get the bracelet and bring it to the game. "You wanna know how the beads got there? " Andrea asked viewers in the video.