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Dan Hurley Stuns Lakers, Stays with UConn

The basketball world is reacting as the coaching carousel between college and the pros took another turn on Monday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

BREAKING: Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches.

Hurley, 51, played college ball at Seton Hall under one-time Portland Trail Blazers coach P.J. Carlesimo. He got his first job in college basketball as a Rutgers assistant from 1997-2001 before going back to high school to coach St.