UConn’s Dan, Andrew Hurley savoring latest March Madness run together

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Andrew Hurley had options.

Division III schools recruited him.

He could’ve gone prep for a year after an ankle injury limite꧋d him his senior year at East Cꦍatholic High School (Conn.).

But t💎hose opportunities paled in comparison to 𝔉the one his father, Dan Hurley, offered.

A chance to play ღfor himไ as a walk-on at Connecticut.

“He put me against the clock. I didn’t have a lot of time to 🌜decide,” the younger Hurley told The Post on Sunday, as the top-seeded Huskies prepared to meet fellow No. 1 Purdue i﷽n the national championship game Monday night at State Farm Stadium. “He just kept telling me, ‘You gotta decide.’ ”

The 6-foot-1 Andrew accepted the offer.

Four years later, it feels like a dream.

He’s played in 11 NCAA Tournament games and has been able to dribble out the clock in eacꦦh of them, including last year’s national tit𓂃le game, in front of friends and family.

Most important of all𒁃, he’s done it a😼ll alongside his dad.

“To be able to be in the position we’re i🦂n and the success we’re having, it’s been something you can’t ever ask for,” Andrew said. “It’s insane how lucky I’ve been.”

Dan, though, belie♏ves his son has had a significan𒐪t role, too, even if he only plays when the game is out of hand.

Andrew “huꦗmanizes me,” as t🍌he player who knows the coach better than anyone.

Andr⛄ℱew was one of the first players to make Cam Spencer feel at home at his new school.

Andrew❀ is particularly important early in th🦂e season with new players who are adjusting to playing for the intense, hard-driving and at times maniacal Hurley.

“If you’re not getting yelled aཧt, you’re doing something wrong,” he tells them.

Andrew added: “Him being my father and us sharing a lo✨t of the same personality traits, I understand him, and I understand how he’s feeling. … People might get the wrong idea about him. He’s a real fiery guy outside of everything. But he’s really passionate. He has a lot of comp🃏assion for people. He’s very emotional. He’s a real loving guy.”

Andrew doesn’t get prefeꦍrential treatment, Spencer said.

Andrew will hear it from his dad, just l🃏ike everyone else.

“Maybe getting yelled at a little b🧸it more,” 💯he said.

Most important to the two is the🅰 time they have gotten to spend with each other these l🎀ast four years.

Dan put off leaving his high school job at 🗹St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark to spend time with his sons, Andrew 🦩and D𒅌anny Jr.

But he has missed ಞa lot due to his career since making the move to college in 2012.

“As a coach, you sacrifice a lotꦯ, especially at the college level or the NBA level. Oftentimes, your wife and your kids suffer with that time lost,” Dan said. “So to be able to get that time back and be together 11 months a year, see each other every day, multiple times a day, the highs and lows of everything we go through made up for a lot of time we lost.”

Andrew has another 👍year of eligibility but isn’t𝐆 sure if he will use it.

He has considered coaching or potentially becoming 🍰a sports psychologist.

He is a psychology major.

He would like to do something in basketball.

But there is still one game left — and the potential for him to dribble out the clock of anothe🍷r championship game.