UConn head coach Dan Hurley called the Big East Conference the best league in America this year after his team’s 76-59 national title win over San Diego State last week.
(via March Madness):
“I thought we were the best conference in the country this year. I think year in, year out, we are. I felt like our top five, in particular, especially when Providence had it going, the top four or five was clearly the best. And it showed in the NCAA Tournament. If Xavier doesn’t lose [Zach] Freemantle, they’re very easily in the Final Four. Obviously Creighton was right there. Tough call away from maybe playing us tonight here. Then Shaka Smart, for me, was the best coach in the country. And their (Marquette’s) season, up until that tough second round game versus Michigan State, they had as good a season as anybody in the country. And Providence was playing great until they started to struggle late. The Big East was the best conference in the country this year. We were the most successful in the NCAA Tournament, and we have the national championship. So we were the best league in the country this year and I don’t think that’s going to change with the type of coaches that now have moved around. I don’t think we’re going anywhere. I know we’re not.”
