For UConn, the Elite Eight game was a perfect story of resurgence, but for Dan Hurley’s wife, Andrea, isn’t buying into the story’s setup. The Huskies won the game 80-78 against the Blue Devils in the last second of the game. But rather than the win, it was the behavior of a certain fan base in this game at the Capital One Arena that she didn’t expect.
Speaking on The Field of 68 podcast, Andrea Hurley described the disappointing behavior of the St. John’s fans during the game she found immensely disheartening, and even spoke about the program’s head coach, Rick Pitino’s wife. “I grabbed Mrs. Pitino at the end of the game, actually, one of the championships, and I was like, ‘How do you do this?” She is the sweetest person,” she said.
“And I love talking to other wives, and I’m like I was rooting for St. John’s, like I don’t want to play them probably, but I don’t want to play Duke either.” Hurley’s wife added. “So, we were rooting for St. John’s, and then we went to the game and all those St. John’s fans were rooting against us, and it just broke my heart. That’s really sad.”…