Bill Murray's son, Luke, is an assistant coach for the UConn Huskies, who upset No. 1 Duke in historic fashion.
Elite Eight battle on Sunday. The Huskies staged a furious comeback of historic proportions: Prior to today, No. 1 seeds had been 134-0 when leading by 15-plus points at halftime.UConn trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half, but hung around in the second half, and Tarris Reed Jr.
brought it within 67-62 with just over four minutes remaining. A lot was going on, so you might not have noticed legendary actorDuke's Cayden Boozer committed a surprising turnover with six seconds left to give UConn's Braylon Mullins a shot at UConn immortality. Mullins drilled a logo 3 with 0.3 seconds left to win 73-72 and send UConn to the Final Four. Luke Murray, Bill's son, has been an assistant coach on Dan Hurley's UConn staff since 2021. The Huskies won back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024.In it, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actor said,"He can pay his own bills and everything. That's really exciting. But he's good at what he does. He's pretty good at what he does. I get a kick out of it. And he wears a tie! Who wouldn't be proud of his son in a tie?"
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