If you’re a college basketball fan, being inside Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night for the Jimmy V Classic felt like something you simply couldn’t miss. The event, part of ESPN’s annual partnership with the V Foundation, serves as a fundraiser for cancer research in honor of former NC State coach Jim Valvano. And this year’s main event had Dan Hurley and Todd Golden, the last two national championship-winning coaches, going head-to-head.
The UConn Huskies ended up taking the win, 77-73, but he still wasn’t happy with the performance against the 18th-ranked team in the country.
“We were minus 12 on the glass, that’s probably my biggest concern,” Hurley said in the post-game press conference.
The Huskies came into this game with plenty of motivation. It was the Florida Gators who end

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