HOUSTON — Even after he achieved the basketball immortality that he has spent a lifetime chasing, UConn’s human tempest of a basketball coach still could not relax.
“Make sure nobody steals my net!” Dan Hurley shouted with a grin on his face as he exited UConn’s locker room to go to his postgame news conference.
There’s no stealing any of this from Hurley now, not his keepsake, nor his accomplishment. The son of a New Jersey coaching legend and brother of one of college basketball’s greatest point guards at last had his moment in the family spotlight.