UConn’s Hurley regrets ‘error’ with Big East 6-0

• Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterMar 25, 2024, 12:13 AM ET

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NEW YORK– Just three Big East teams made this year’s NCAA tournament. After UConn’s controling 75-58 efficiency versus Northwestern on Sunday at Barclays Center to top its opening weekend, all 3 enjoy the Sugary food 16.

Marquette beat Colorado 81-77 Sunday and Creighton outlived Oregon 86-73 in double overtime Saturday to make it a perfect 6-0 for the conference.It only even more

verifies UConn coach Dan Hurley’s belief that the Big East should have to have more groups in the competition.”Undoubtedly the error was made,

“Hurley stated after the defending nationwide champs won their 8th straight tournament game by double digits.”It sucks.”Editor’s Picks 2 Related The NCAA tournament selection

committee excluded the

next tier of Big

East teams– Seton Hall, St. John’s and Providence. All three reached the 20-win plateau.Instead, the committee selected two teams from the Mountain West and one each from the ACC and Huge 12.

The Mountain West sent six teams total.Hurley and the rest of the Big East coaches, who have their own group chat, appear to have actually observed. The Mountain West is 3-5 up until now in

the competition. The Huge 12 is 3-3. On the other hand, the Big East is the first conference to send out at least 3 teams to the NCAA competition and have none lose a game prior to the Sweet 16

considering that the SEC in 2014. Before that, it had not happened given that the Big East in 2003. “Just the quality of the league; look what we’ve carried out in nonconference games,” Hurley said in defense of the Big East on Sunday.”I do not understand what our record is the last 2 years, nonconference [multiteam occasions], NCAA tournament, and Seton Hall beat us by 15. You know, we’ve won 8 straight in this tournament, all by considerable margins, and they sufficed to beat us and they were good enough to beat Marquette.”And there must have been five or 6 Big East groups in this competition. You have actually seen how other leagues that got the quotes that our league was worthy of has actually underperformed.”Big East commissioner Val

Ackerman told reporters before UConn’s win Sunday that the conference is still attempting to figure out what failed with the choice committee. “We have to comply with the committee’s procedure,” she stated, according to college basketball broadcaster John Fanta. “Are we working behind the scenes to attempt to better comprehend what the committee is searching for? Yes, that is taking place. However I don’t believe screaming at the top of my lungs is going to get us more groups.”In the meantime, the idea process appears to be that the Big East groups having success in the tournament can only assist progressing. So they seem combined in rooting for each other’s success.Hurley said in his postgame press conference that the Big East coaches are providing their staunch assistance.”Me, [Marquette coach Shaka Smart] and [Creighton coach Greg McDermott]

, we’ve got a group chat going, and the other coaches in our league, I saw [

. Providence coach] Kim [English] and [Seton Hall coach] Shaheen [Holloway], you understand, with the complete league group chat that we have got with the coaches. I understand everyone is fired up to see us continue to press and representative the league at a high level, “Hurley stated.”I know Val is excited, too. “UConn remains a heavy favorite to duplicate as national champ.