![]() ![]() That first spring when we got back here, you know what goals are of UConn basketball – win a national championship, Final Fours, lottery picks, that type of thing. “I thank Dan for giving me the opportunity to just try to be a small part of this when we came back (to UConn). Now he’s back at the Final Four with coach Dan Hurley, who has returned the program to an elite level since being hired in 2018. But when this comes, it galvanizes everybody and they all want a piece of it. They watched us from afar during the season. “It’s neat,” assistant coach Tom Moore said of the turnout. Rudy Gay, Caron Butler and Chris Smith couldn’t make it Saturday but planned to be there for the national championship game on Monday, if UConn reaches that stage. Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun, who guided the Huskies to three of the program’s four nationals titles (1999, 2004, 2011) has made the trip to every site during the NCAA tournament run. ![]() ![]() Ray Allen, perhaps the greatest player ever to wear a UConn men’s basketball uniform, showed up, as did A.J. National championship winners Rip Hamilton (1999), Jake Voskuhl (1999), Marcus Williams (2004), Emeka Okafor (2004), Rashad Anderson (2004), Charlie Villanueva (2004) and Kemba Walker (2011) were expected to be in attendance. Houston – Any UConn trip to the Final Four turns into a basketball program family reunion.Ī number of ex-Huskies flocked to NRG Stadium Saturday to support their former college team in the national semifinals against Miami. Connecticut center Donovan Clingan practices for their Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Houston. ![]()
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