dan hurley, only 52, is a generationally accomplished basketball coach.y a brash braggart, but say this, there is a method to his madness. >> this is not a participation trophy coach. dan hurley is a human furnace of intensity. >> fire, fire, try to make a play. >> hell bent on wringing every ounce of potential from his latest roster of uconn players. >> it's a zero sum game. the one that wins is going to have temporary relief. the one that loses is going into a hell hole of suffering. i mean, that, for me, is how i look at these sports competitions. >> and then there's this side of him, a championship coach burning sage the night before the season opener hoping to ward off bad juju. at the free-throw line, three point line. and dead spots on the court. next in his ritual, spritzes of holy water. finally, out come bags of garlic balls. he's not playing for the camera, folks. that's the man of the moment on the heads and knees, appeasing basketball gods by placing offerings under the home bleachers. >> let the games begin. >> that was november. >> four mon