How N.J. legend Dan Hurley went from battling alcohol, depression at Seton Hall to his ‘dream job’ at UConn
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
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In December of 1993, at the beginning of his junior season at Seton Hall, Dan Hurley had had enough of his personal demons and decided to do something about it.
He called a press conference in the back room at Dohoney’s tavern on West Side Avenue in Jersey City, and invited several local beat reporters. Hurley felt comfortable at Dohoney’s because it was owned by Ed Ford, a longtime Jersey City character who was commonly known as “The Faa” and was the best man at the wedding of Hurley’s parents, Bob and Chris.
Seton Hall’s first Big East Tournament title: An Oral history of a program-defining moment
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Posted By Justin Sousa on Dec 29, 2020
On April 3, 1989, the Seton Hall men’s basketball team played in their first and only NCAA national championship game at the Kingdome in Seattle. The Pirates were without a regular season or conference tournament title to their name in those days, but program legends like John Morton, Daryll Walker and Ramón Ramos were playing the best basketball of their careers to get the team to the pinnacle of college basketball games that season.