UConn coach’s wife blasts St John’s fans

The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team is one win away from reaching its third national championship in the last four years.

The Huskies reached the Final Four after a stunning Elite Eight win over the Duke Blue Devils when Braylon Mullins hit a long 3-pointer to give them the lead just before the buzzer.

Duke reached the game with a victory over the St. John’s Red Storm.

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Andrea Hurley, wife of UConn Huskies head coach Dan Hurley, watches a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame exhibition game between UConn and Boston College at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on October 13, 2025. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)

Dan Hurley’s wife, Andrea, weighed in on St. John’s fans who seemed to be rooting for the Huskies as they faced the Michigan State Spartans in the other Sweet 16 game on that side of the bracket. It seems the rivalry between the two schools is alive and well.

“OK, I’ll say it, St. John’s fans. … When we went to the game, all these St. John’s fans were against us,” Andrea Hurley said on “The Field of 68: After Dark.” “And it broke my heart. … It’s really sad. … It’s shit. … It was shit.”

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UConn head coach Dan Hurley talks with a referee during the first half of an Elite Eight NCAA tournament game against Duke in Washington on March 29, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)

Hurley said she was talking to Rick Pitino’s wife during the Big East championship and asked her how she did it, apparently creating a bond with the family over the rival school. She added that she may not want to see the Red Storm in the tournament, but she doesn’t necessarily want to face the Blue Devils either.

Dan Hurley praised his wife earlier in the week after saying she was able to keep players from storming the court after Mullins’ shooting against Duke. UConn may have received a technical foul for storming the court too early, which could have led to a different conversation from the media before the Final Four.

UConn head coach Dan Hurley speaks during a news conference before an NCAA national tournament semifinal game against Illinois in the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 2, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)

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UConn will face Illinois in a Final Four game. The winner will face the winner of Arizona-Michigan.

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