 | Arizona State University has announced that it will not be extending Men's Basketball Head Coach Bobby Hurley when his contract expires in June. Hurley coached the Sun Devils for 11 seasons, making the NCAA Tournament three times. During that time, Hurley's brother Dan coached the UCONN Huskies to back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024. Bobby Hurley is best known as the starting point guard on Duke's back-to-back 1991 and 1992 NCAA Tournament Champion teams. Make the jump to review Hurley's NCAA Tournament experience as a player and head coach. |
Bobby Hurley's NCAA Tournament Coaching Career
Hurley' s Sun Devils lost to Syracuse in the First Four in 2018 but beat St. John's in the First Four the following year. However, Arizona State was eliminated in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament by Buffalo, where Hurley was head coach prior to taking the job in Tempe, including an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015. Hurley's 2019-20 squad was expected to participate in the NCAA Tournament before its cancellation due to the pandemic. Arizona State returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2023, beating Nevada in the First Four before losing to TCU in the first round. Whether loved or hated as a player and a coach, Hurley is definitely one of the greatest point guards in NCAA Tournament history and clearly one of the more colorful personalities in the game.
2015 NCAA Tournament: Buffalo loses 68 to 62 to Cincinnati
2015 NCAA Tournament: Buffalo loses 68 to 62 to Cincinnati
2018 NCAA Tournament, First Four: Arizona State Loses 60 to 56 to Syracuse
2019 NCAA Tournament, First Four: Arizona State Defeats St. John's 74 to 65
2019 NCAA Tournament, First Round: Arizona State Falls to Buffalo, 91-74
2023 NCAA Tournament, First Four: Arizona State Crushes Nevada, 98-73
2023 NCAA Tournament, First Round: Arizona State Falls 72 to 70 against TCU
Bobby Hurley's NCAA Tournament Playing Career
1990 NCAA Tournament, First Round against Richmond
1990 NCAA Tournament, First Round against Richmond
1990 NCAA Tournament, Second Round against St. John's
1990 NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen against UCLA
1990 NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight against UCONN
1990 NCAA Tournament, Final Four against Arkansas
1990 NCAA Tournament, National Championship against UNLV
1991 NCAA Tournament, First Round against Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana Monroe)
1991 NCAA Tournament, Second Round against Iowa
1991 NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen against UCONN
1991 NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight against St. John's
1991 NCAA Tournament, Final Four against UNLV
1991 NCAA Tournament, National Championship against Kansas
1992 NCAA Tournament, First Round against Campbell
1992 NCAA Tournament, Second Round against Iowa
1992 NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen against Seton Hall (and his brother Danny)
1992 NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight against Kentucky
1992 NCAA Tournament, Final Four against Indiana
1992 NCAA Tournament, National Championship against Michigan
1993 NCAA Tournament, First Round against Southern Illinois
1993 NCAA Tournament, Second Round against California
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