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UConn Head Coach Dan Hurley Celebrates Big East Regular Season Championship In True American Fashion

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After the No. 3 Connecticut Huskies won the Big East regular season championship, head coach Dan Hurley celebrated in a bar with students and fans. [X/Screenshot/Public — @NikiLattarulo]

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Andrew Powell Sports and Entertainment Blogger
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Dan Hurley is pretty cool for this, I can’t even lie.

The No. 3-ranked Connecticut Huskies won the national championship last season but you may be surprised to know UConn hasn’t won at least a share of the Big East regular season championship in 18 years.

Being led by center Donovan Clingan with his double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds Sunday in a 91-61 blowout victory over Seton Hall, the Huskies pulled in their first outright Big East title in 25 years. (RELATED: The Western Michigan-Ball State Game Has To Have One Of The Most Insane Endings In College Basketball History)

In fact, the win was such a big deal for UConn that they even cut down the Gampel Pavilion nets following the contest.

“The hardest thing to do is to be excellent over the course of three, four months in a brutal, hard league,” said Huskies head coach Dan Hurley, who suited up for Seton Hall in his playing days.

Speaking of Dan Hurley, after the team left the arena, he decided to celebrate UConn’s Big East championship in one of the most American ways possible — by showing up at a bar to celebrate with students and fans.

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And he also had this gem of a tweet in celebration:

Incredible stuff. Dan Hurley: a true American.