Dan Hurley is a logical dream target for the New York Knicks as their head coach after dismissing Tom Thibodeau. But that dream doesn't sound like it'll be reality. The University of Connecticut's head men's basketball coach poured cold water on the idea.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in a quarter-century last month, and head coach Tom Thibodeau was credited with helping the Knicks end the franchise's playoff drought.

Dan Hurley's future served as the talk of the college basketball world spanning the nearly 3,000 miles from Los Angeles to Storrs, Conn. around this time last year when the Lakers had an opening.