The reigning king of college hoops had wrung himself dry over the previous couple of hours, as he does every game, win or lose — the ranting, the raging, the whining, the often-brilliant coaching. Danny Hurley then changed out of his navy blue suit and into UConn sweats for his meeting with the media Wednesday night,

Alex Karaban has already had a college basketball career that will put him in the UConn history books. The redshirt junior, now a team captain, has two national championships to his name, starting 77 of the 78 games that the Huskies played during their back-to-back title runs over the last two seasons.

UConn men's basketball lost its first game since November, falling 68-66 to Villanova. Huskies head coach Dan Hurley stayed optimistic after the loss, crediting Villanova for a great performance and highlighting his team's effort.