“It creates more confusion,” Hurley said, “when you cancel the Ivy League conference tournament but you play in the NCAA tournament, it probably just creates more confusion, hysteria, concern.” ... With only eight scholarship players, Hurley has had to scale practices back. “Our ability to work at the rate we want to is diminished,” he said. ... Thursday’s game will be the first postseason game for Alterique Gilbert, who was injured and missed the conference tournament each of his first three seasons. ... UConn is at No. 60 in the current NCAA NETRankings. ... Vital, 10th in program history with 1,735 points, needs 48 to tie Kemba Walker, 51 to catch Ryan Boatright, 60 to catch Ben Gordon and 75 to tie Corny Thompson, sixth at 1,810.