Dan Hurley’s wife calls out St John’s fans for rooting against UConn in March Madness

The UConn Huskies men’s hoops squad is 1 triumph distant from reaching their 3rd nationalist title successful the past 4 years.

The Huskies got to the Final Four aft a stunning Elite Eight triumph implicit the Duke Blue Devils erstwhile Braylon Mullins nailed a agelong 3-pointer to springiness them the pb close earlier the last buzzer. Duke reached the crippled with a triumph implicit the St. John’s Red Storm.

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Andrea Hurley, woman of UConn Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley, watches the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame accumulation crippled betwixt the UConn Huskies and Boston College Eagles astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Conn., connected Oct. 13, 2025. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)

Dan Hurley’s wife, Andrea, weighed successful connected St. John’s fans seemingly rooting against the Huskies arsenic they took connected the Michigan State Spartans successful the different Sweet 16 matchup connected that broadside of the bracket. It appeared the rivalry betwixt the 2 schools is live and well.

"OK, I’m gonna accidental it. St. John’s fans … When we went to the game, each those St. John’s fans were rooting against us," Andrea Hurley said connected "The Field of 68: After Dark." "And that conscionable broke my heart. … It’s truly sad. … That’s crappy … That was crappy."

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UConn caput manager Dan Hurley talks with a referee during the archetypal fractional of the Elite Eight NCAA tourney crippled against Duke successful Washington connected March 29, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)

Hurley said she was talking to Rick Pitino’s woman during the Big East Championship and asked her however she did it, seemingly forming a enslaved with the household implicit the rival school.She added that she whitethorn not person wanted to spot the Red Storm successful the tournament, but didn’t needfully privation to look the Blue Devils either.

Dan Hurley had praise for his woman earlier successful the week aft helium said she was capable to support players from storming the tribunal aft Mullins’ changeable went successful against Duke. UConn whitethorn person received a method foul for going connected the tribunal excessively early, which whitethorn person presented a antithetic speech from the media going into Final Four.

UConn caput manager Dan Hurley speaks during a quality league up of the nationalist semifinal NCAA assemblage hoops tourney crippled against Illinois astatine the Final Four successful Indianapolis connected April 2, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)

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UConn volition instrumentality connected Illinois successful their Final Four matchup. The victor volition either play Arizona oregon Michigan.

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