“I was always culture, culture, culture,” Hurley says. “Toughness. Defense. Hard preparation and scouting. I was about culture, play harder with the defense.”
Now he’s gone to shooting, passing and toughness.
“We play both ends of the court now,” Hurley said. “And we recruit talented, good people.”
The switch flipped on March 17, 2022, when UConn became a first-round casualty for the second consecutive year under Hurley, this time via a 70-63 loss to New Mexico State.
“The feeling of having 48 points with two minutes to go, having to win games like that was exhausting,” Hurley said. “You can’t win six games like that unless you have a top-level offense.”
Man that New Mexico St loss was really the inflection point for this program. Build Teddy Allen a statue