"It's hard to watch": UConn's Dan Hurley's wife Andrea "hates" seeing husband after he loses a game 

Everybody knows UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley as the energetic and fiery tactician who led the Huskies to back-to-back national championships. What many don't know is how he reacts after his team loses a game.

Hurley's wife, Andrea, gave American journalist Graham Bensinger the perfect description of how the two-time champion coach reacts after a defeat. In an episode of "In Depth with Graham Bensinger" posted on YouTube on Tuesday, Andrea disclosed that Dan gives the silent treatment when he comes home after every loss.

"After a loss? It's worse. It's so bad. It's like ... I just know the work that's going to be put into that night by like I don't know ... Do I do go to bed? Do I go downstairs? He comes in and he's very quiet," Andrea told Bensinger. [3:50-4:04]

"So it's a long night which I hate. It's the quietness. It's like the sadness. It's the feeling of failure that he puts on himself. It's hard to watch," she added [4:05-4:17]

The Huskies coach admitted that he used to struggle so much with moving on following a loss. For him, it's tough waking up the day after failing, describing the feeling as a traumatizing personal failure that is jarring and deflating.

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Dan Hurley opens up on the state of college athletics

Dan Hurley (Image Source: IMAGN)

Graham Bensinger asked Dan Hurley about his view on the current state of college athletics. Hurley mentioned the positive things athletes are enjoying, including the freedom to transfer to another team and the opportunity to share the revenue through NIL deals.

However, the UConn coach called for a more systemic approach and leadership to protect the interests of college basketball programs as well.

"We just need more structure. We need more guardrails. We need more leadership. You can't have what's going on currently in our sport, which is total free agency all the time," Hurley said [1:41:27-1:41:40].

The two-time NCAA champion coach believes that there has to be a contract between the players and the school. This ensures the commitment of the players to stay and not transfer to other programs when they weren't used that much in a season. Hurley believes that having this mechanism protects the players from being treated poorly when they transfer to other programs.

Dan Hurley feels the transfer portal which allows players to find new teams after the season ends would eventually be bad for the sport. Hurley pointed out that college basketball fans want loyalty from their players and they want them to stay for a couple of years.