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[QUOTE="OkaForPrez, post: 4348253, member: 997"]
Hurley said his recruiting pitch has been about UConn's tradition, facilities and ability to put players into the NBA. But, he said it has been tough selling the American Athletic Conference, which he called a great basketball league that "didn't fit us."

"Because of where we want to recruit and how we want to build it, the thing that we had to talk around to a kid from Brooklyn was, you know, Tulsa, Tulane the Texas schools," he said "That didn't necessarily fit what they envisioned in college — Madison Square Garden, the Big East Tournament, Villanova."

UConn announced last week that it is leaving the AAC to return to the Big East, where it won seven conference tournaments and three of its four national championships.

The timing of move has not been finalized, but Hurley said the excitement he's been hearing both from fans and prospects has been palatable.

"Kids are getting back to me a lot quicker," he said. "And some guys who weren't being as responsive; who I stopped communicating with, did come out of the woodwork and ask me how I was doing."
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