Dan Hurley is self-aware. Just ask him.
And given some time to reflect, he feels the same way about some of his more colorful outbursts this season as his observers.
The UConn head coach sat down for an interview with "The Dan Patrick Show" on Monday, with just hours left in his Huskies' reign as national champions. He spoke candidly about some of his headline-grabbing outbursts from this season and explained why he's not been in San Antonio for the Final Four.
"I have enough self-awareness and situational awareness that I skipped San Antonio," Hurley told Patrick. "I decided not to parade myself around the Final Four and to take a break — to let people have a little bit of a break from me."
This opened the door for Patrick to ask Hurley, "How do you mature?"
Hurley responded that he hasn't changed this season — that he believes that the perception of him changed in 2024-25 because UConn wasn't competing for a national championship for the first time in three seasons.
"When you're winning championships, it's called relentlessness," Hurley said. "I've been called relentless the last two years. Even though I've been experiencing the same types of interactions with fans and officials.
"This year it's been called immature, it's been called a lot of things because, you know, my team isn't on top. I haven't changed a whole lot that way."
Hurley then addressed one of his biggest headline-grabbing moments of the season. UConn lost in the NCAA tournament in the second round in a tightly contested game to Florida, which has since advanced to Monday night's championship game against Houston.
After the game, Hurley was recorded on video in the tunnel trashing the game's officials as Baylor waited to take the court ...
