During last year’s dominant run to its second straight national championship, Dan Hurley called his group “bulletproof.” Elite offense, elite defense, elite on the glass. Dominant at the rim on both ends. Armed with lottery-level talents, but also veteran college stars who knew what it took to win. Take a punch from that UConn Huskies group, and you usually didn’t get up.
The 2024–25 Huskies? Not so untouchable. They foul far too much, as Hurley would be the first to admit. The defense? The worst by a Hurley-coached team outside of his first season at a new school in his college career, and by a long shot at that. They’ve no-showed first halves, allowed shocking late surges to inferior competition, even lost on their home court for the first time in over two calendar years.
