UConn was one of six Big East groups in the field of 68, joining Villanova, Providence, Creighton, Seton Hall, and Marquette. 토토사이트 검증
Hurley concedes he was trusting the Selection Committee would have included one more from the association.
"It would have been great to see Xavier in there. Xavier was a NCAA Tournament crew," Hurley said. "Travis has worked really hard there with that group. I felt like they should have been in. In any case, I think every one of the groups in our association will be hard to beat in the competition. We kicked the damnation out of one another this year. So I believe all of us will be truly difficult to beat in the competition."
First year recruit monitor Jordan Hawkins missed the Huskies' last three games while recuperating from a blackout yet Hurley showed it resembles the green bean gets back to activity when the Huskies play Thursday.
"Getting Jordan back will be great. He worked out with the group (Sunday)," Hurley said.
Gathering: Western Athletic Conference
Best win: 75-64 over Davidson
Competition history: 25 appearances, 10-27
Last appearance: 2019, lost to Auburn 78-77 in first round
Series with UConn: First gathering
Mentor: Chris Jans (120-31 out of five years at N.M. State, 141-43 out of six years generally)
Central members: 6-6 G Teddy Allen (19.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg), 6-4 G Sir'Jabari Rice (12.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg), 6-7 F Johnny McCants (8.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg).
Thin: The Aggies just needed to played two games in the WAC competition to come out on top for the championship. They beat Grand Canyon 75-70 in the elimination rounds, then, at that point, Abilene Christian 66-52 in the finals. … UConn and New Mexico State have never played one another. UConn beat its neighbor, New Mexico, in the second round of the 1999 NCAA Tournament. The Huskies beat Lobos 78-56 in Denver while heading to the school's first public title. … He didn't play in the game since he was redshirting, however Allen was on the Wichita State list in the 2018-19 season for UConn's two games against the Shockers that season. … Jans was an associate mentor at Wichita State from 2007-14, then, at that point, was employed as the lead trainer at Bowling Green. He was terminated after one season after a video surfaced of him slapping a lady's rump at a neighborhood bar. He was then recruited back at Wichita State University as an exceptional collaborator and remained there from 2015-17. He has been the lead trainer at New Mexico State beginning around 2017.