Dan Hurley, only 52, is a generationally-accomplished basketball coach. He is also, by his own admission, alternately a brash braggart, a first-team doom-and-gloomer, and a top-tier eccentric.

Our conversation with Dan Hurley after UConn’s quarterfinal win over Villanova. On how his team closed on a 22-5 run, Alex Karaban and Samson Johnson’s leadership, cheese pizza and more ...