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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 an impressive Elite Eight victory over the Duke Blue Devils when Braylon Mullins nailed a long 3-pointer to give them the lead just before the final buzzer. Duke came into the game with a win over 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/Sportswire Icon)
Dan Hurley’s wife, Andrea, chimed in that St. John’s fans were apparently rooting for the Huskies when they faced the Michigan State Spartans in the other Sweet 16 matchup on that side of the bracket. It seemed like the rivalry between the two schools is alive and well.
“Okay, I’m going to say it. The St. John’s fans… When we went to the game, all those St. John’s fans were rooting for us,” Andrea Hurley said on “The Field of 68: After Dark.” “And that broke my heart… It’s really sad… That’s bullshit… That was bullshit.”
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UConn head coach Dan Hurley talks to a referee during the first half of the NCAA Elite Eight tournament against Duke in Washington on March 29, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)
Hurley said he was talking to Rick Pitino’s wife during the Big East Championship and asked her how he did it, apparently forming a bond with the family through the rival school. He added that he might not have wanted to see the Red Storm in the tournament, but he also didn’t necessarily want to face the Blue Devils.
Dan Hurley praised his wife earlier in the week after saying she was able to stop players from storming the court after Mullins’ shot against Duke. UConn may have received a technical foul for taking the court too early, which may have presented a different conversation from the media heading into the Final Four.
UConn head coach Dan Hurley speaks during a news conference before the NCAA college basketball tournament national semifinal against Illinois in the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 2, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)
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UConn will face Illinois in their Final Four matchup. The winner will play either Arizona or Michigan.
