Jason Candle expects a few of his assistants at Toledo to follow him to UConn. "You want structure and continuity around you."

Jason Candle on trying to retain UConn players: "You've got to work hard at building those relationships. We've got to earn those players' trust. This is not my program; this is their program."

Jason Candle on what he will tell the UConn players: "Congratulations on a great year, and go finish it off."

Jason Candle on packing The Rent: "[I] want to put a product on the field that people get excited about, and then that stadium will fill up, and that'll take care of itself."

Jason Candle on recruiting: "We've had a lot of guys that have developed through our program that weren't very highly recruited players."

Jason Candle on Geno Auriemma and Dan Hurley: "I like to be around winners, and nobody's done it as good as [Auriemma's] done it...Both of your coaches here in men's basketball and women's basketball are pictures of what success should look like. So I'm going to lean on them."

Jason Candle on what Curt Cignetti has done at a basketball school like Indiana: "You'd be foolish not to pay attention to that blueprint and watch it and see what you can add to your own program."

UConn finishes the regular season No. 39 in The Athletic's full 136 rankings. The most helpful thing for them by far was their win over ACC Champs Duke

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Tarris Reed Jr. (ankle) is a game-time decision, Dan Hurley says.

Dan Hurley on Florida: "They're the biggest team we'll play against."

Hurley noted that when Reed does return (Tuesday night or otherwise) he'll share the floor with Reibe more often than UConn bigs have in the past.

Dan Hurley says he reached out to new UConn football coach Jason Candle and said, "I think he's gonna be awesome"

Dan Hurley on Seton Hall this season: "Great start. I'm happy for Shaheen [Holloway]...What they've done for the [Big East] is big."

Dan Hurley on Florida: "To almost win at Duke, that tells you all you need to know."

Dan Hurley on Jason Candle: "I think he's going to be awesome... A serious ball coach that the entire state and university needs to just support and get behind because you're looking at people like James Madison and Tulane in the playoff, why can't we become that in football?"

Dan Hurley on Florida's size (if Tarris Reed Jr. doesn't play): "The elephant in the room is the rebound. Without Tarris, that's a challenge. They're one of the best rebounding teams in the country."

Dan Hurley on last year's Florida loss: "You have to relive the game as part of the preparation. It made me think about how worthy of a champion they were."

John Fanta has his 5️⃣ best of the week! 😤 Tre Carroll 😤 Braylon Mullins 😤 Jaylin Sellers 😤 Bryce 😤 Elijah Fisher

Over their last 4 games: Pat Spencer Cam Spencer - 16.0 PPG - 16.5 PPG - 5.8 APG - 5.5 APG - 59/75/100 - 61/58/100 - 69% TS% - 79% TS% - +51 +/- - +45 +/-