Dan Hurley Floats UConn-Duke White House Game After 4,300 Attend UFC Event
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Dan Hurley Floats UConn-Duke White House Game After 4,300 Attend UFC Event
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Summary
Dan Hurley said he would back a White House basketball game, suggesting UConn-Duke on the South Lawn after being asked in Washington whether the Huskies should play there next.
The idea followed UFC Freedom 250, which drew an estimated 4,300 people — including about 1,200 active-duty service members — for fights tied to President Donald Trump's 80th birthday.
Trump called the event unprecedented in sports as fighters repeatedly greeted him ringside, while the program featured the Marine Band, Zac Brown singing the anthem and a Blue Angels-Thunderbirds flyover.
That patriotic showcase is being framed as a template for broader America 250 celebrations planned in Washington later this summer.