{"id":212364,"date":"2024-04-10T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=212364"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:18:14","slug":"a-message-from-president-maric-on-the-2024-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/04\/a-message-from-president-maric-on-the-2024-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from President Maric on the 2024 National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To UConn Nation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bringing home our men\u2019s basketball program\u2019s sixth national championship is a dream come true for UConn, our extraordinary student-athletes, Coach Hurley and his staff, our alumni, and fans everywhere. The historic back-to-back wins \u2013 the first for a men\u2019s basketball program in 17 years \u2013 set all-time records, capping a season that saw the Huskies win 37 games. It\u2019s something that Coach Hurley has worked toward for years, building an organization around exceptional talent and inspiring them to trust and support each other. Their passion for the game, team spirit, and drive to win are \u2013 as we\u2019ve seen firsthand \u2013 second to none!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportal.ct.gov%2Foffice-of-the-governor%2Fnews%2Fpress-releases%2F2024%2F04-2024%2Fgovernor-lamont-announces-victory-parade-and-rally-honoring-uconn-mens-basketball&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctom.breen%40uconn.edu%7Cb3f92ec6c8b1406291cc08dc597ebedf%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638483648094643057%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eDbrhkcGsD8lECavY3nrxX8dimxKCp8pFC2J2RAbftE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The team will be honored with a victory parade and rally in Hartford this Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are also incredibly proud of our women\u2019s basketball team. Our student-athletes, Coach Auriemma, and his staff made it all the way to the program\u2019s 23rd Final Four appearance, and then battled Iowa in front of a then-record women\u2019s basketball television audience of 14.2 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Words can\u2019t adequately express what these teams and their achievements mean to our university and the State of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>We also want to thank our students, alumni, fans, donors, and elected officials for showing the unwavering devotion and boundless passion that is synonymous with UConn Nation.<\/p>\n<p>UConn victories resonate far beyond the confines of the basketball court, and the enthusiasm of our community and our state are ongoing reminders of the joy that the Huskies bring.<\/p>\n<p>UConn and our athletic programs are nationally and globally known, great contributors to our state\u2019s economy, and a symbol of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Please join me once again in congratulating our amazing student-athletes and coaches on their incredible seasons!<\/p>\n<p>Leading with joy and love for all,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Radenka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join me in congratulating our back-to-back champions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":212368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-212364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 09:43:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212367,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212364\/revisions\/212367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/212368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212364"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=212364"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=212364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}