UConn's championship culture kept Dan Hurley from choosing the Lakers

Dan Hurley has built something special at UConn, but it was built on a championship foundation that was laid years before him under the great Jim Calhoun.

The Huskies have one of the most — if not the most — decorated trophy cases in college basketball. The men's team has won six NCAA championships, including the last two in a row under Hurley, and 11 championships on the women's side.

The Huskies are college basketball royalty, and even though NBA royalty — the Los Angeles Lakers — were strongly perusing Hurley to fill their vacant head coaching position, the word from both Adrian Wojnarowski and Hurley himself suggests that what UConn has is too valuable for him to leave.

Even more valuable than a courtship from the Lakers — who boast 17 championships of their own.