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NEW YORK, NY – Dan Hurley needs everybody to know that the Huge East was robbed.
On Sunday, after seeing the performances of his convention versus others, the UConn head coach mentioned he wasn’t happy with the committee’s resolution to exclude Huge East groups, notably St. John’s and Seton Corridor.
“Look what we’ve executed in non-conference video games. Seton Corridor beat us by 15. We’ve gained eight-straight on this match, all by vital margins, however they have been adequate to beat us, they have been adequate to beat Marquette. There ought to have been 5 – 6 Huge East groups on this match,” Hurley mentioned after UConn superior to the Candy 16 on Sunday.
Solely three Huge East groups made the NCAA Match, and all of them have moved onto the Candy 16. UConn, Marquette, and Creighton are a one-, two-, and three-seed, respectively, within the match, however the convention couldn’t crack the sector of 68 wherever else.
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UConn head coach Dan Hurley yells calls in the course of the second half of an NCAA faculty basketball recreation towards Windfall, Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Windfall, R.I. (AP Photograph/Mark Stockwell)
Earlier than the NCAA match, followers argued that no less than a pair different Huge East packages ought to have made it.
The Pink Storm, who made the Huge East semifinal and misplaced to UConn, have been the Twenty fifth-ranked staff within the KenPom rankings, a school basketball and March Insanity bible. They have been the very best KenPom-rated staff to overlook the match. Seton Corridor didn’t rank as extremely (63rd), however, as Hurley identified, beat each UConn and Marquette in the course of the common season.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – APRIL 03: Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies seems to be on in the course of the NCAA Males’s Basketball Match Remaining 4 championship recreation towards the San Diego State Aztecs at NRG Stadium on April 03, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Photographs)
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When Virginia bought blown out within the First 4 by Colorado State, Hurley certain appeared to have some extent, saying different massive convention have “underperformed.” The SEC went 2-6 within the first spherical, together with No. 3 Kentucky shedding to No. 14 Oakland, and No. 4 Auburn falling to No. 13 Yale.
“The error was made,” Hurley added. “It sucks.”
Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies reacts within the first half towards the St. John’s Pink Storm in the course of the Semifinal spherical of the Huge East Basketball Match at Madison Sq. Backyard on March 15, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs)
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UConn will face No. 5 San Diego State in a rematch of final 12 months’s nationwide championship within the subsequent spherical.
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