Dan Hurley and UConn entered the 2024-25 season as the 2-time defending national champion, looking to become the first team to 3-peat since John Wooden’s UCLA won 7 straight from 1967-1973.
But the Huskies have regressed dramatically in the 2024-25 season. Their latest loss came on Saturday, a 69-68 defeat at Seton Hall that saw the Huskies’ Solo Ball turn it over and the Pirates’ Scotty Middleton tip home his own miss with 2.7 seconds left in overtime.
Take a look at the moment below:
SETON HALL PIRATES WITH THE STEAL AND BUCKET FOR THE WIN OVER UCONN ? ? pic.twitter.com/c5HXMzojw9
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 15, 2025What’s worse is that the Huskies were up 68-63 with less than a minute to go in the extra session after Tarris Reed Jr. made it a 5-point game. But they didn’t score again as the Pirates erased the deficit and secured a dramatic victory for just their second Big East win of the season.
UConn will still get into the tournament, but it has some serious work to do if it’s to be considered a legitimate contender to win a third straight title. That’s led to plenty of criticism toward Hurley on social media from fans monitoring the Huskies’ overtime collapse — especially in the light of his flirtations with the Los Angeles Lakers before deciding to remain in the college ranks.
Here’s just a sampling of the reaction:
Dan Hurley probably crashing out right now as we speak. t.co/NlGyDNBTNN
— Ben (@TheSportsVetran) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley in 3 years: pic.twitter.com/etIGa3vhtM
— Random (@xitfirst) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley doing this and then losing four days later to a 6-18 team is absolutely incredible theater pic.twitter.com/fPiySrUiao
— Lucas Dolengowski (@LDolengowski) February 15, 2025No one in the country deserves to lose this way more than Dan Hurley. pic.twitter.com/EEDMrIZRvj
— Berkley’s Pops ™️ (@BrandoAKing) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley turned down $70 million to coach LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers just to lose to a 6-18 Seton Hall team. All time fumbling the bag move.
— Pitino Parkway (@PitinoParkway) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley being humbled after his ego parade last game is genuinely hilarious
— shyannajude (@shyannajude) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley if Donovan Clingan was born in any of the other 49 states: pic.twitter.com/spRLYrdyNp
— WT – Lamont Enthusiast (@WildcatsTongue) February 15, 2025UConn and Dan Hurley have now lost to Colorado and Seton Hall this season. Colorado and Seton Hall are the 2 worst power conference teams in CBB. t.co/A6X3aYTMnF
— College Sports Superfan (@eisner_ryan) February 15, 2025Maybe Dan Hurley should focus on finding a working inbound play instead of bragging about his 2 rings
— I am Bru (@joshdobbspube) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley has some serious problems to fix that hasn’t been fixed all season, and at this point I don’t think the team is going to work on them. If you don’t run a full court press vs UConn, you deserve to be fired. t.co/JsBGt7uEe9
— Gelato (@jalletto) February 15, 2025One of the sweet little bonuses of this season is watching the collapse of Dan Hurley in 4k.
— Rare Rookies #BBN (@rarerookies) February 15, 2025Dan Hurley destroyed by social media after UConn’s stunning collapse, loss to Seton Hall Saturday Down South.
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