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The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team is one win away from reaching their third national championship in the last four years.
The Huskies made it to the Final Four after a stunning Elite Eight win 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 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, Conn., on Oct. 13, 2025. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)
Dan Hurley’s wife, Andrea, weighed in on St. John’s fans apparently rooting for the Huskies as they took on the Michigan State Spartans in the other Sweet 16 game on that side of the bracket. It appeared that 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 those St. John’s fans were rooting for us,” Andrea Hurley said on “The Field of 68: After Dark.” “And it just broke my heart. … It’s really sad. … It sucks … It was shit.”
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UConn head coach Dan Hurley talks to 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 talked to Rick Pitino’s wife during the Big East Championship and asked her how she did it, and apparently she formed a bond with the family over the rival school. She added that she might not have wanted to see the Red Storm in the tournament, but that she didn’t necessarily want to face the Blue Devils either.
Dan Hurley had praise for his wife earlier this week after he said she was able to stop players from storming the court after Mullins’ shot went in against Duke. UConn may have received a technical foul for taking the field too early, which may have presented a different conversation from the media going into the Final Four.
UConn head coach Dan Hurley speaks during a press conference prior to the NCAA college basketball tournament national semifinal game against Illinois at the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 2, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)
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UConn will take on Illinois in their Final Four matchup. The winner will either play Arizona or Michigan.
