On the eve of his team’s Elite Eight clash with Illinois, UConn head coach Dan Hurley stumbled over a series of tweets from a little-known former Illini player.
Sean Harrington, now an ESPN analyst, wrote on X that UConn “has not had to deal with a team as athletic and physical” as Illinois. He added that Terrence Shannon Jr. “will be the best player on the floor” and that UConn “doesn’t have a good answer for him.”
To most coaches, criticism from a career backup guard who last played for Illinois 21 years ago would be easy to ignore.