The mere mention of the large, gray, trunked mammoth that wandered into the banquet room was enough for Dan Hurley to cringe. Addressed more directly, he just waved it off. “Not another summer of that,

When footage of UConn coach Dan Hurley attending a Billy Joel concert inside Madison Square Garden surfaced last June amid his flirtation with the Los Angeles Lakers, it brought widespread reassurance to UConn fans.

Besides the two championships won under Hurley, UConn also won the coveted championship in 1998-99, 2003-04, 2010-11 and 2013-14 with head coaches Calhoun and Kevin Ollie. Hurley was also rumored to be in consideration for the Knicks' head coaching job after Tom Thibodeau was fired on Tuesday.