As UConn gets ready for its 2025-2026 campaign, head coach Dan Hurley brought back several former players to challenge his current players. G League guard Joey Calcaterra and Milwaukee Bucks guard Andre Jackson are among those former players who helped out in the training camp, even participating in drills and sweating it out with current UConn Huskies players.
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Both Andre Jackson and Joey Calcaterra were part of Dan Hurley’s NCAA national championship-winning squad in 2023. Jackson won an NBA title with the Bucks the very next year in 2024. The two were seen in the post, reconnecting with their former coach and his players. Dan Hurley’s drills made them sweat, and this had fans talking:
“Hurleys practice may be harder than nba lol,” said one fan.
“respect and honor what made you and NBA player…never forget your roots…. true UCONN Blood Bloods….” said another fan.
“I love that Hurleys guys come back, it shows the relationships he has with guys. I also love how intense Hurley is being with Andre right there 😂😂😂 Some things never change 🔥🔥” another fan pointed out.
“Jackson is my favorite the kid just out works everyone to create opportunities, and absolutely relentless!” said another person.
“2023 and 24’ were such fun seasons to watch.” said another fan.
“Andre! Always good to watch the champ hoop,” added another person.
Dan Hurley is continuing his preparations with the UConn Huskies for the next season as they continue their quest to reclaim the NCAA national title. Hurley has so far been building momentum from the previous season, where the team was eliminated in the second round, just a year after their back-to-back title wins.
Dan Hurley All Praises For Junior Guard Solo Ball
With many of his players from that back-to-back championship team gone, Dan Hurley is looking to newer blood in his quest to win another national title. One of these is 6’3 junior guard Solo Ball. He had his breakout season as a sophomore and Hurley is looking to him to help lead the team this new season.
“Solo, I would just say, you know … the confidence, you know, what he was able to do,” Dan hurley said. “I mean, he did not know if he was a guy that was careening towards shooting like mid-40s to even higher from 3 at incredibly high volume, and it’s not easy to make threes in a Jordan Hawkins, you know, rip level of getting it off quick and making hard 3s.”
He averaged 14.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game as a sophomore for the Huskies, a big improvement from just averaging 3.3 points per game during his freshman year.
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