There’s at least one person who can stand up to Dan Hurley.
His wife, Andrea, gave insight into what it’s like being around the UConn men’s basketball coach on a daily basis during a media appearance on CBS Sports Network.
“We got married when I was 20,” Andrea Hurley said to the panel. “I think there is a higher power that put us together. We are the best team. I can handle him, I humble him, I cheer him on, we’re a good team. I don’t know if there is anyone else in the world that could handle him, so God picked me.”
Andrea had just been in the news for backing her husband amid UConn’s victory over St. John’s, where she was critical of Red Storm fans for being vocal in rooting Huskies’ downfall after the Johnnies fell to Duke in the Sweet 16.
“I’m gonna say it,” she began. “When we went to the Elite Eight game, all those St. John’s fans were rooting against UConn. And that just broke my heart.”
She added, “It’s really sad, and that’s crappy. That was just crappy.”
Andrea Hurley also gained more notoriety for her role in a viral moment during UConn’s win in the Elite Eight, stunning Duke in a near 20-point comeback victory.
She was trying to keep players from prematurely celebrating before the game’s conclusion.
On one hand, a premature celebration could always backfire regardless of the situation, and two, storming the court just before the end of the game could still earn you a technical foul, so she was attempting to keep players on the bench until the moment was right.
UConn will be playing Michigan in Monday night’s national championship game, where a win would give the program yet another title in its storied history.
It would be the Huskies’ third title in four years, their fifth since 2010, and their seventh overall.
A win would also give UConn sole possession of third in men’s college basketball history with seven titles, one away from Kentucky in second, and would break a current tie at six with North Carolina.