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The 2024 college basketball season is about to begin… and Then Hurley tells TMZ Sports his UConn program is running at a “super high level” of confidence as they prepare for a three-peat!!
The 51-year-old head coach greeted fans in New York City … a few weeks before the Huskies’ first regular season game on Nov. 6 in Storrs, Connecticut.
All eyes are on the back-to-back NCAA champions heading into the 2024-25 season… and Hurley — who decided to stay at UConn instead of joining the Los Angeles Lakers — said their recent success has boosted their self-esteem has expanded the team. certainty, which will be crucial as they attempt to defend their title again.
“I think it’s even more urgent to keep the program where it is, you know, but now we have a super high level of confidence,” Hurley said.
“So we are even more urgent than ever, but confidence is now high.”
Hurley even compared their desire for three peats to the need for oxygen… that’s how much they want it.
The Huskies would be the first college hoops team to do it in recent memory Jan Houten-led UCLA teams did it in the 60s and early 70s.
Needless to say… Hurley believes the Huskies can do just that.