" Hurley took over the UConn men’s basketball program in March of 2018 with no promises the obstacle that its conference affiliation had become would be removed. On Thursday, 15 months later, the obstacle suddenly vanished, and UConn had once again become the destination program he’d dreamed of - a Big East school. " “I didn’t get any type of tip-off that this was coming,” Hurley said, after the press conference broke up. “This was like a Christmas surprise. … It’s kind of surreal. "
