The UConn men’s basketball team’s national championship rings feature a “back-to-back” design, which the program says that is a “first-of-its kind in college athletics.”

Last year, when the UConn men’s basketball team received its championship rings in a private ceremony about 20 minutes before the First Night celebration, coach Dan Hurley said the timing was “weird.” It threw him off that while he was obsessing about the new season about to begin,