Normally pacing the 28-foot coaches’ sideline with assorted expressions of intensity and amusement, Bobby Hurley entered the Wells Fargo Arena media room Tuesday in rare sorrow.
As the fourth-year coach settled behind the podium, the space began to spread his dejection. He was asked first if his team – who topped the Pac-12’s non-conference hierarchy for the second straight season – felt like they should be 2-2 through the league’s first two weekends. Hurley answered faintly, echoing a tone that seemed to relive all-too-familiar frustrations.
“You would hope, based on just how the schedule played out, I thought we’d be better,” he said.