SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut — The mere mention of the large, gray, trunked mammoth that wandered into the banquet room was enough for Dan Hurley to cringe.

Addressed more directly, he just waved it off.

“Not another summer of that,” he said as the dais was breaking up.

That should be enough to calm any fears that Hurley would entertain the possibility of leaving UConn and coaching the Knicks, who fired coach Tom Thibodeau a few hours earlier this week before Hurley arrived at the Aqua Turf Club, where his wife, Andrea, received the St. Clare Award at the Franciscan Sports Banquet in recognition of her community service.

Her service included time spent volunteering at places like Connecticut Children’s Medical Center , but for many in Connecticut, her greatest public service was in

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