Connecticut hires Hurley as coach

Dan Hurley became a hot commodity after coaching Rhode Island to two straight NCAA Tournaments. On Thursday, he left for a bigger name in New England basketball.

Hurley jumped across state lines to join a UConn team that has won four NCAA titles in 20 years but is under NCAA investigation and just finished a second straight losing season. The Huskies fired Kevin Ollie this month.

Hurley was 113-82 in six seasons with the Rams, who went 26-8 this year before losing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Duke. It was the second straight trip to the tournament for the Rams, who won their first regular-season Atlantic-10 championship.

The 45-year-old Hurley played at Seton Hall during its Big East rivalry with UConn in the 1990s. He is the son of Hall of Fame high school coach Bob Hurley Sr. and the brother of Arizona State coach Bob Hurley.

Florida Atlantic: Hired Dusty May as its new coach, signing him to a five-year contract. May spent the past three years as an assistant at Florida under Mike White — the brother of new FAU athletic director Brian White.

Evansville: Boston Celtics assistant Walter McCarty is returning to college basketball as the Aces’ coach.