Actor Bill Murray in attendance at UConn’s Sweet 16 game

Bill Murray made the journey to Washington, DC Friday night to look at UConn men’s basketball tackle Michigan State in the Sweet 16, possible one of many iconic actor’s ultimate instances representing the Huskies behind Dan Hurley’s bench.

The 75-year-old actor was seated in the entrance row behind the Huskies’ bench, sporting a navy blue vest and a UConn-branded hat. He was seated only a few rows in entrance of Bob Hurley Sr., the daddy of Hurley and a legendary highschool basketball coach at New Jersey parochial faculty St. Anthony’s.

An iconic American comedy actor, Murray first rose to prominence as a member of Saturday Night Live in the late Nineteen Seventies, incomes nationwide acclaim on the silver display from starring roles in “Caddyshack” and the (*16*) collection. More just lately, the 75-year-old actor has been a frequent collaborator with famed director Wes Anderson, working alongside him in movies similar to “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Grand Budapest Hotel.”

Murray has maintained deep ties to the Nutmeg State past his present stint at UConn. He was a two-sport athlete at St. Luke’s School in New Canaan and enrolled at Fairfield University whereas he coached a number of AAU applications. His first collegiate teaching gig was provided by present Huskies common supervisor Tom Moore at Quinnipiac, the place Murray served because the Bobcats’ director of basketball operations.

Should UConn advance previous the second weekend, the Murray household’s presence at the Final Four remains to be up in the air. According to a UConn spokesperson, there is no such thing as a definitive reply from UConn but on whether or not Luke Murray will stay with the Huskies or start his tenure at Boston College.