RALEIGH, N.C. -- Dan Hurley held back tears after Sunday's 77-75 loss to Florida as the UConn coach came to terms with the end of a 13-game NCAA tournament winning streak and "a historic run."
UConn, winners of the past two national championships but a heavy underdog to top-seeded Florida on Sunday, utterly frustrated the Gators throughout most of the game, leading by as much as four in the second half, but Walter Clayton Jr.'s two late 3s proved to be the daggers that finally felled the giant.
"There's some honor, I guess, in the way that this went down," Hurley said.