Despite earning a higher seed for two years, the Huskies have fallen in the first round. This year, more is expected and they know it.
ALBANY — Dan Hurley isn’t running away from the obvious: Connecticut enters the NCAA Tournament with a bull’s-eye on its back.
Under Hurley, the No. 4 Huskies have been one-and-done in the tournament as the higher seed each of the last two years.He has recruited well.“This is the pressure business. I’m fortunate that the way I was raised, my upbringing in the game, I’ve been around this my whole life,” Hurley said on Thursday at MVP Arena, as UConn prepared to face No. 13 Iona late Friday afternoon. “I’ve existed in this world. I’ve been engineered to experience this since I was like a little kid.
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