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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 3060461, member: 3723"] Didn’t see this posted: [URL='https://www.nhregister.com/uconn/article/After-first-run-through-American-Athletic-13650780.php']After first run through American Athletic Conference, UConn’s Dan Hurley is impressed[/URL] [I] Dan Hurley has completed his first go-round through the American Athletic Conference. Obviously, it hasn’t gone so well.[/I] [I]The Huskies have played every team at least once, and will have their second meeting with Wichita State on Thursday at Koch Arena (7 p.m., ESPN2).[/I] [I]While both UConn (13-14 overall, 4-10 AAC) and Wichita State (13-13, 6-8 AAC) are having down years, the AAC has shown more depth and competitiveness this season. The league currently could have four NCAA tournament teams — Houston, Cincinnati, UCF and Temple — and there is more parity overall, with Memphis and, particularly, South Florida, having unexpectedly strong seasons.[/I] [I]In short, it’s been an eye-opener for Hurley, who coached Rhode Island in the Atlantic-10 the prior six seasons.[/I] [I]“It’s a really good league,” Hurley said on Wednesday. “I’d say the guys are probably a little bigger, probably an inch or two taller than they were in the A-10, a little bit stronger in terms of their body. It’s a better league.”[/I] [I]Hurley added that the talent level in the league really hit home for him right off the bat, in the Huskies’ AAC opener on Jan. 2 at South Florida. The Huskies squandered a 12-point lead late in the first half and lost 76-68.[/I] [I]“The reality of where we’re at in it, we’re not blind to that,” said Hurley. “We know where we are, we know the climb we’ve got to make ... (we know) how good the league was and where we are relative to how good the league is.”[/I] [/QUOTE]

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