UConn basketball coach floats potential game at White House after UFC event

UConn men’s hoops caput manager Dan Hurley floated the thought of the squad playing a crippled astatine the White House fixed the occurrence of the UFC Freedom 250 lawsuit connected the South Lawn.

Hurley was successful Washington, D.C., and approached by TMZ, which asked him if he’d similar to spot a Huskies hoops crippled played connected the White House tract next.

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Connecticut Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley stands with guardant Alex Karaban and defender Solo Ball earlier playing the Michigan Wolverines successful the men's NCAA Tournament nationalist title astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected April 6, 2026. (Robert Deutsch/Imagn Images)

"That would beryllium good," Hurley said. "I deliberation UConn should decidedly beryllium successful it, UConn-Duke. … Yeah, it’d beryllium beauteous cool. I’m decidedly down."

The UFC fights coincided with President Donald Trump's 80th birthday.

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Connecticut Huskies caput manager Dan Hurley talks with an authoritative during the archetypal fractional against the Michigan Wolverines successful the nationalist title of the men's 2026 NCAA Tournament astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected April 6, 2026. (Robert Deutsch/Imagn Images)

The estimated 4,300 successful attendance, which included astir 1,200 active-duty work members, greeted the president with large cheers arsenic the occasional "Happy Birthday" was shouted from the crowd.

The lawsuit kicked disconnected with the Marine Band’s show of the nationalist anthem, sung by Zac Brown, and was capped disconnected with a flyover by the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds.

"It was beyond thing that anybody's ever seen successful sports," the president concisely remarked to reporters arsenic helium departed the White House up of Monday’s G7 acme successful France.

Head manager Dan Hurley of the UConn Huskies reacts during the 2nd fractional against the Illinois Fighting Illini successful the Final Four of the 2026 NCAA men's hoops tourney astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected April 4, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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Many of the fighters thanked Trump for having the "courage" to enactment connected the spectacle, portion the bulk of victors jogged ringside to shingle his manus oregon person a connection aft their respective bouts. The patriotic ambiance acceptable the code for the remaining America 250 celebrations to travel successful Washington, D.C., aboriginal this summer.

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.