Raleigh, NC- It has been a rocky season for a two-time defending champion, but as Uconn takes his first step towards a third direct National Championship, head coach Dan Hurley feels that his team can be benefited from a rough way for NCAA tournaments.
Hurley said that his Hakis earned “8-seed” after an ugly November performance in Mauhinvitational and mixed results in Big East Play, but those struggles changed Eucon in a potential Cinderella story, staring with his Friday matchup against Oklahoma.
Hurley said before Eucon’s Thursday shootround, “I think it’s a strange way, it’s a little pressure to go to the tournament, where we can just go out and rip it now.” “We do not have this huge pressure of expectations. Many people don’t think that we are going to win the first game.”
Hurley soon called the matchup with a “battle of a dog”, but said he feels that unlike the last two sessions, when Uconn entered as a favorite of a tournament, this year’s crew has been prepared better for the tough games.
Hurley said, “We are testing more battles, just through more, Hurley said, Hurley said, Hakis was included in the stretch to win the signature against Bayler, Texas and Gonjaga at the beginning of the year to start 4-3.
Uconn enters the tournament on 23-10 and is at eighth place while creating the tournament since 2016-when Hakis lost to Kansas in the second round under former coach Kevin Oli.
Forward Alex Karban challenged some of the issues of this season for injuries, but he said that Each of the last two years has not woken up the voweline of Economics from what the program has got for Mountantop. What is different this time, he said, isn’t Hakis playing as if they set a goal on their back.
Karban said, “I don’t think there is any pressure.” “There is no pressure in the year what we have done in the last two years. It is a completely different team. We are on a completely different journey. We just want to wear jersey with respect and pride. If we do this, something can happen when you play in Uconn.”
